{"id":50523,"date":"2015-07-24T16:57:33","date_gmt":"2015-07-24T20:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/?p=50523"},"modified":"2015-07-24T16:57:33","modified_gmt":"2015-07-24T20:57:33","slug":"the-truth-about-going-overboard-on-your-next-cruise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/2015\/07\/24\/the-truth-about-going-overboard-on-your-next-cruise\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truth about Going OVERBOARD on Your Next Cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_50527\" style=\"width: 411px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/timetotravel.jpg\"><picture data-avif-picture=\"1\"><source type=\"image\/avif\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/timetotravel-scaled.avif 1x\"><img data-avif-wrap=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50527\" class=\"wp-image-50527\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/timetotravel-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"timetotravel\" width=\"401\" height=\"262\" \/><\/picture><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-50527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Truth about Going OVERBOARD on Your Next Cruise<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Contrary to what some travelers may think, cruising is generally a much more affordable way to travel in comparison to most land vacations. It\u2019s actually much easier to keep yourself from overspending on a cruise because so many amenities are included in your fare.<\/p>\n<p>Because there is so much to do on-board a cruise ship, oftentimes travelers think that taking advantage of all the various amenities like world-class dining options, comedy shows, musical concerts and activities will cost them extra. This couldn&#8217;t be further from the truth! In fact, cruising includes almost everything.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your cruise fare includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your stateroom (with your own bathroom)<\/li>\n<li>Many delicious dining options (including room service)<\/li>\n<li>Various entertainment options<\/li>\n<li>Different group activities for people of all ages<\/li>\n<li>Childcare during the day (so you can relax while they play!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, there are a few things that are not included in your cruise fare that might make you go a little overboard on your spending. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alcohol &amp; specialty drinks<\/li>\n<li>Specialty restaurants<\/li>\n<li>Shore excursions<\/li>\n<li>Spa treatments<\/li>\n<li>Gratuities\n<p><div id=\"attachment_49760\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/travel-agent.jpg\"><picture data-avif-picture=\"1\"><source type=\"image\/avif\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/travel-agent-400x267.avif 1x, https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/travel-agent-400x267@2x.avif 2x\"><img data-avif-wrap=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49760\" class=\"wp-image-49760 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/travel-agent-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"travel agent\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/picture><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-49760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Truth about Going OVERBOARD on Your Next Cruise<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To learn more about how to save while cruising, contact our knowledgeable and friendly agents at CruiseExperts.com. All of our travel agents are Cruise Line International Association-accredited and will help answer any questions you may have.\u00a0Call us today at 1-888-804-CRUISE (2784) or visit our website,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.CruiseExperts.com<\/a>. Sign up for our email newsletter<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/innercircle.php\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0InnerCircle\u00a0<\/a>for exclusive offers and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/last-minute-deals\/\" target=\"_blank\">last minute cruise deals<\/a>. Be the first to know about upcoming\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/hot-deals.php\" target=\"_blank\">cruise specials<\/a>. Join today!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contrary to what some travelers may think, cruising is generally a much more affordable way to travel in comparison to most land vacations. It\u2019s actually much easier to keep yourself from overspending on a cruise because so many amenities are included in your fare. Because there is so much to do on-board a cruise ship, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/2015\/07\/24\/the-truth-about-going-overboard-on-your-next-cruise\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  The Truth about Going OVERBOARD on Your Next Cruise<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":50526,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[220,73,221,72],"class_list":["post-50523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-cruise-specials","tag-inner-circle","tag-last-minute-cruise-deals","tag-www-cruiseexperts-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}