< Actually, a family of four can sail this ship for less than $600 per person for a seven day cruise. Well within middle class reach.
That must be a special...you don’t work for them do you?
$600 per person for a seven day cruise
You get to sleep in the engine room.
jsanders2001 wrote: “That must be a special...you don’t work for them do you?”
That price was shown on their website. All the cruise lines, Royal included, are continuously running specials which usually don’t actually reduce prices. It was an advertised price for an inside cabin for four people. That would be cramped but still the price is well within middle class reach.
I don’t work for Royal but I have cruised on two of their ships. One was Oasis, a sister ship, almost identical to Harmony. I actually prefer smaller ships and other cruise lines.
Nope, $600 per person is easy to find. I usually get a 7-day Caribbean cruise in a balcony suite for $750-900 per son. Carnival is always the cheapest, often just under $400 per person for a 7-day itinerary, because they cram an extra 1000 people on the same size ship as the others, and charge less, so every family of five jumps on it... making the extra 1000 people just about all kids. Nooooo thank you! LOL
I like Princess, Norwegian, and Holland America especially... HAL is sort of the "old fart" line, which is fine for me... fewer people in line for the things that I want to do (jet skis, horseback riding, snorkeling with rays, rent a motorcycle and tool around the interior of some of the islands, etc... and the food is always amazing.
My usual search method starts at vacationstogo dot com, it has an easy sorting matrix. Then go to the webpages of the top few cruises that you've chosen, and see if you can beat the price there. I also often wait for the last 2 weeks before my departure date, and prices slip quickly. (The down side is that there is no chance to get upgraded to a better room, like you can if you book early and stay in contact with the cruise line.)
I'm sorry that so many on here seem to not enjoy cruises. I love them, and plan one every year... but life always gets in the way, so I actually SAIL about every other year or so (5 since 2006).