How to find cruise deals - 15 tricks to pay less for your cruise!
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15 tricks.
15 tricks. I think the cruise deals are out there, Mr. Cruise Tips TV.
I think they're out there. I've got to tell you, though, I've never seen such a wacky time for cruise pricing.
It's like there's extremes. You'll see one cabin is $4,000 one day,
and then you can find these crazy drop-and-go cruise deals for $299.
I think it's all about knowing what tactics to employ.
You're going to help.
I'm going to help with that. We're going to talk about it.
We're going to talk about some of the crazy deals that we're seeing,
and just talk a little bit about some of the best strategies for getting deals.
Now, some of these things are tried and true. They'll work year after year.
Some of them are a little bit more right now.
Some of them, I think, are things that people may have never heard before,
or that might be new to them.
I'm excited to share them.
Have I heard them before?
Probably because we filmed a video on this topic.
Since you edited that video, you're probably very familiar with all 15 of them.
I'm imagining.
But first, it's been a little while since we have shared a listener spotlight.
I want to thank Carol Boylin for sharing a 5-star review on, I believe,
probably iTunes.
This was back in February, so we are a little behind in our listener spotlights.
But here's what Carol said about the pod.
She said, I love this podcast. I'm new to podcasts heading out on a cruise soon,
and thought I would see if a podcast existed on cruises.
You two have a wonderful flow. I love listening to you all.
The first podcast I listened to was on Where to Stay in Galveston.
I had just booked the hotel. You all said was number one there.
Woo-hoo! We can't wait to hear more.
Thank you for being here for all of us.
Carol, I love your energy.
I'm so glad that that hotel and that episode on Cruising in Texas resonated well for you.
I'm thinking you were probably talking about the Tremont Hotel.
I'm assuming.
I remember that being the number one resort or hotel that was kind of down in that Galveston area
when we did our Cruising from Texas podcast.
So thank you, Carol.
We hope you have a wonderful cruise. I think Carol's probably already gone on her cruise,
if I'm not mistaken, but Carol sent me a DM and let me know how it went.
So Mr. Cruise tips TV. Let's talk about these ways to find cruise deals.
There are 15 of them.
I actually did a lot of research on this because I was trying to find cruise deals.
I was thinking, you know, times have changed a little bit and then you sort of have your tried and true ways,
but I wanted to see if there's any ways that other people use.
So I scoured the internet and I found some new ones.
This first one though is not a new one.
The number one strategy or tactic that we recommend to people is to just consider straight up cruising off season, right?
Sure.
Because it's like not peak time. It's just an easier time.
So if you're cruising to Alaska, off season is going to mean earlier late season.
So it's going to mean April, May.
Those are the early parts of the season or it's going to be September or October,
which are considered late season.
So when you're going to Alaska, you're going to pay more.
You're going to pay peak prices during the peak season.
When families are traveling, when people are traveling abroad.
So if you're looking at June, July and August, especially the first two to three weeks of August,
you're going to be looking at that peak Alaska pricing.
But if you're willing to cruise before the kids get out of school, April, May,
April has incredible deals and April is kind of new on the scene.
It used to be that the cruise ships didn't really start up until really more like May.
But now you can even cruise Alaska in April.
Now, if you liked snow peaks, snow topped mountains or whatever you call it,
snow capped mountains, if you like seeing a little bit more snow and the idea of potentially having slightly cooler weather,
like April, if you like sunny weather and still some snow capped mountains,
you might like May to Alaska, we actually adore Alaska curses in May because it's usually less wet.
It's less drizzly. It's more sunny.
I'm not going to say that it's warmer because I don't really have proof of that.
I just know that it's drier.
And I really enjoy seeing a little snow on the mountains up there when you're kind of navigating through.
So something to consider.
Now, a caution though on this tip is if you're doing the September and October thing,
it's going to be rainier. It's going to be a lot more rainy.
It's going to be a lot colder because fall has come.
And in Alaska, that's real, right?
In the United States, in some areas where we live, we might fall,
maybe just kind of like this slight differentiation from summer or winter.
But in Alaska, it's a thing.
Late August hits and there's a major shift in the weather typically.
And so expect a lot more drizzle.
But you can find killer deals in Alaska in September and October too.
There's no fall in California, right? They actually had that.
They had that eliminated?
Yeah. It just skips right over.
It's kind of like Indian summer.
You have hot fall, which is basically September.
Hot fall. I call it hot fall, Indian summer, September.
It's also some of those beautiful, I think, time of year in California since we were talking about that.
You can find places where it kind of looks like fall, but it doesn't really feel like fall.
Not so much.
Let me ask you about the Alaska thing here because I think when people cruise to Alaska,
they expect to see a little bit of snow, right?
Or a lot of snow.
So there's where your trade-offs are, right?
Yeah. The snow is generally melts throughout the summer, but there may be some areas where it stays.
There might be smaller pockets of it where you're going to have a little bit of snow-capped mountains,
but in general, it does melt sort of through the season.
Now, you have to remember that you'll see things like glaciers.
And glaciers are frozen, so they have a snowy icy look to them.
So you will have those opportunities like that, but just seeing snow on the ground in Alaska in the summer is not going to happen.
No.
If you're going there, I'm thinking maybe on your second visit or something like that,
you're going to go there and you're going to do excursions that are more, you know, not snow-related.
Yeah, for sure.
I think so too.
Like ATV tours and things like that.
Yeah.
Absolutely.
You'll find that it's just definitely more wet, though.
I mean, there's a lot of rainfall.
There's a lot of running water.
Okay.
So I'm thinking people are like, okay, but what about off-season and other places?
Alaska, great.
Super helpful.
But what about the Mexican Riviera?
What about the Caribbean?
What about Europe, right?
So let's talk about that.
For the Mexican Riviera, the off-season in a time to find good inexpensive cruises, it really varies.
You definitely want to avoid summer.
Summer is going to be peak season just like Alaska for the Mexican Riviera, and it's also hot in the Mexican Riviera.
Oh, he had a look on his face like he was gearing up for the Mui Caliente.
He was smiling and looking at me like he was going to say something cute.
I got to break out the Spanish when I said that.
Mui Caliente, Mui Caliente.
You did good.
Well, it is less Caliente in Mexico in early December.
Really, any time that is not a holiday, when kids are in school, the Mexican Riviera is less expensive.
So any time that it's not a holiday, think about that for a moment.
Anytime.
Anytime it's not a holiday and the kids are in school, it's cheaper to cruise the Mexican Riviera.
So think about the first two weeks of January, but maybe not the MLK Day weekend in January,
because that might be a little more expensive than Presidents Day in February.
Same thing.
They get a little cheaper in February, but then the Presidents Day holiday comes right.
You've got MLK Day, Presidents Day in January, February.
This could be a little more pricey.
Valentine's Day gets a little more pricey.
Obviously, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, those are all going to be more premium.
But you can just the Mexican Riviera in general, you're going to find more deals.
Caribbean is a little bit similar in the sense that when the kids are in school, the prices go down,
but another great hack for the Caribbean is obviously considering hurricane season,
because a lot fewer people are willing to cruise during hurricane season, but it can be quite pleasant, actually.
So those are some of the off-season hacks for those areas.
And lastly, if you're looking at Europe, December and January are going to be your inexpensive months,
except for Christmas, probably, a little exception there.
But for Europe, December and January.
So that's tip number one, Mr. Cruz-O-Civita.
Let's talk about our next out of the 15 tips for finding really good cruise deals.
And that is, this is a good one, and this is one that I really do not think that people know exists,
because I've only known about this for a year.
And that is not only to use a travel agent, but to ask said travel agent about something called group pricing.
So group pricing is where a travel agency, like an overarching parent travel agency company, right?
A big travel agency, like dream vacations.
They're going to book blocks of rooms at group rates, okay?
Your travel agent may have access through their host agency to those group prices for certain dates,
not every date, but certain limited dates.
So if you're smart, what you'll do is say to your travel agent,
hey, look, price is really important to me.
Can you look for a cruise to the Caribbean, give them maybe a couple of ideas for cruise lines,
a couple of ideas for dates, and say, do you have any good group rates?
And let them look for you specifically for those group rates, because that is something that a lot of people don't know
until their travel agent brings it to their attention, and your travel agent might not bring it to your attention.
And here's why.
You may go to your travel agent and say, I want to cruise on this ship this date.
Well, if they don't have any group rates that week, they may not tell you about it.
But if you were to call them and say, I'd like to go on this ship maybe around this month,
do you have any group rates maybe that you can throw some dates at me, I can be date flexible,
can you find me a group rate?
So just know that there's massive savings to be had there.
And I love this tip because again, it just opens up a dialogue between you and your travel agent.
All right, Mr. Cruise Subs TV.
Number three tip is something I just delicately like densed around and said super briefly,
but this is critical.
This is one of the most powerful ways to find cruise deals out there.
And it is one that I've been touting forever, and that is to be as flexible as you possibly can
about the dates that you will cruise.
You will notice almost every single cruise line, their prices vary from week to week.
If you don't have to cruise during an absolute set time, you're going to have more options.
Now, if you're a teacher, if you're in education and you only have summers off or holidays off,
or you're in a field where you just have to travel at that time or you have children
where this makes it difficult, I get it.
I'm not telling you you should do this.
I'm just telling you that you will find that there are cheaper cruises available when you can be date flexible.
But I feel for you if you can't be, and I get it because we are.
We've got a high schooler right now, and I got to tell you, it is really hard to pull him out of school.
And he gets behind really quickly, and it's a new world for us.
And so I just, mom's dad's parents, I feel you.
So how flexible are we talking here?
Are we talking about last minute?
Two weeks, a month?
Well, last minute is its own tip.
So we'll kind of talk about that too.
That's another really good strategy for getting cruises.
But I'm talking about, if you, let's just say you have a month that you can cruise in.
Instead of saying, I must cruise on January 1st, you could say, I'd like to cruise in the month of January,
and then that way you're going to have like four or five choices.
So if your birthday was like May 15th, and you're like, I want to go on a birthday cruise,
you may end up going like June 1st.
Maybe say, maybe within a month of my birthday and try that.
But then again, that may not work because then you might be moving into peak season, right?
So it could work, it could not work.
But yeah, I would say if you can play around with a month, you might be able to find a little bit of variance in the prices.
All right.
Even more, the more flexible you are, the more discounts you're going to get.
Flexibility is always good.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
All right.
Number four, it seems like kind of an obvious one, but it is to choose a budget cruise line from the beginning.
So know which cruise lines charge less, choose those.
Typically speaking guys, right now in the North American market, that's Carnival, and that's MSC.
Those are the two low price leaders.
And that's not to say they don't have expensive cruises, they definitely do, but you are probably going to be able to find your cheapest cruise deals on those two cruise lines at the moment.
For the most part, yeah.
Right.
Okay, Mr. Hrus, did Stevie, we're on to number five.
Just like there's budget cruise lines, there's also budget cruise destinations.
I see.
So some places just cost less to cruise than others.
So the places that are going to be least expensive are going to be the Caribbean and the Mexican Riviera.
They tend to have good inventory and they tend to be less expensive.
Now the Caribbean is probably a supply and demand thing, right?
It's just straight up.
There's tons of cruise ships in the Caribbean.
Okay.
So if the Caribbean, Mexico, and the Mexican Riviera tend to be the least expensive because of supply and demand or just location specific pricing, what are the most expensive ones?
What are the ones that if you want to save money, you should avoid?
And again, these are not cruise destinations to avoid.
They're just if you want to save money.
Well, Alaska is going to run more expensive.
Europe tends to be a little bit more pricey and, you know, sometimes Canada and New England can be a little more pricey.
Then again, I've seen some incredible deals on Canada and New England cruises too.
So I feel like that one kind of straddles a little bit, the line, but you have to think about getting there too.
Okay.
So we're going to move on Mr. Cruises to be to number six.
And our number six tip is to book your cruise early.
Now, this is particularly true with cruise lines like Royal Caribbean.
Royal Caribbean's pricing only tends to go up as your sale date gets closer.
So specifically with Royal Caribbean book early, you're probably going to get the best pricing by booking when they release those itineraries.
Not true with every single cruise line, but with Royal Caribbean, I would say use that as your tactic.
Number seven is the exact opposite of number six.
And that is to book last minute.
Now, there was a time when we were saying, you know, last minute cruise deals, they just really aren't a thing anymore.
Friends, they are without a doubt still out there.
If the cruise does not sell out, the cruise line needs to move those cabins.
So this could be very effective.
However, it's a risky strategy, right?
Because it doesn't allow you to choose when you want to cruise.
You've got to go.
You've got to do what, you know, what they say at Princess Cruises, you've got to drop and go.
So get comfortable with the cruise line's websites where they have last minute deals and look for them.
If you are the kind of person who can literally drop and go within maybe two months a month, you will find incredible deals.
Here's how I know this to be true.
I got some kind of, I don't know, I got a little bug that I wanted to look and see what Japan pricing was like for Princess.
Just thought, oh, just go look and see what the Japan cruise sort of landscape is like, right?
Going rate is.
With a going rate is because I heard that they dropped all their protocols.
It's getting easier and easier to go to Japan.
You don't have to be vaccinated.
You don't have to test.
You don't have to do anything.
You can just go.
So it's going to open things up.
I go on to Princess's website.
I find a nine or 10 night cruise.
I swear.
I swear Mr. Chris.
This is not an exaggeration.
There was an inside cabin on a long Japan cruise for $2.99 per person.
Wow.
I was like, you got to be kidding me.
Now the balconies and the mini suites were way more.
But again, if you can utilize that date flexibility and the ability to book late or last minute as a strategy, this could be an effective one.
This is a really good strategy for people who are retirees.
This is a good strategy for people who are entrepreneurs and have control over their schedule.
We do not have that.
We do not typically book last minute cruises because we can't just quote unquote drop and go.
But I will tell you, Princess is one of my very favorite cruise lines for drop and go pricing.
Their last minute deals are incredible.
Get very familiar with that part of their website.
You can't miss it.
And you will reap the benefits.
All right, number eight tip is to cruise on older ships.
And straight up, I'm just going to say avoid the brand new cruise ships.
You're going to pay a premium when a cruise ship is brand spanking new for good reason.
They are popular.
They are in higher demand.
They have all the bells and whistles and heck.
You are paying for that new ship smell, Mr. Cruise ships TV.
And it's a thing.
I got to tell you, new cruise ship, sparkly.
But is it always fun?
Always fun.
But is it worth it?
Well, depends on if you need to be on the latest and newest.
If you do and you're willing to pay for it, go for it.
But if you're looking for a deal, avoid those new ships.
I think it's worth it once in a while.
Definitely not always.
I mean, I like the charm of some of the older ships too.
Me too.
And they tend to be a little less crowded.
True.
Absolutely.
Mm hmm.
Yep.
All right, tip number nine is to look at longer cruises with fewer port days.
For example, you might find really good deals on cruises to and through the Panama Canal.
They're longer.
They have fewer port days.
They're a little harder to fill those ships, right?
Because people who normally would take a seven day vacation, they can't take a ten or a twelve
or a fourteen night partial or full transit through the Panama Canal.
A few other long cruises that have fewer port days that you might want to look at are trans-pacific
and trans-Atlantic cruises.
And lastly, repositioning cruises.
So all of those buzzwords and locations are probably going to be less expensive because
they have fewer port days.
They are longer.
It is harder for those cruise lands to fill the ships with your average traveler and you
can find screaming deals on them.
Do you need to explain repositioning?
Oh, sure.
Now repositioning cruise is typically, typically held when a cruise line is moving a ship
from one region to another between seasons.
So they may be repositioning a cruise from Alaska to the Mexican Riviera or vice versa
during those season switches or from the Caribbean to Europe.
And so you be on the ship from, say, Miami to Southampton or whatever.
And you would have a ton of sea days and very few port stops.
In theory, some of them actually do have a lot of port stops.
And they're just generally speaking more interesting and less crowded and less pricey.
And I say more interesting.
I mean that they're just different.
They're unique.
They sometimes will throw in uncommon ports as well.
So you might go to a little smaller port city or town that the cruise line normally doesn't
visit.
It only hits it on a repo cruise or repositioning cruise.
And that can be kind of fun.
Sounds fun.
Okay.
Number 10 is a good one.
And that is join the cruise lines casino program.
Regardless of what cruise line you are on.
This is a good idea.
If you're hitting the casino, if you're spending any amount of time in the casino, make sure
you join the program so that they can track you and log your activity and therefore give
you deals on future cruises.
Now the hard thing about this is that it's very, very inconsistent.
Every cruise line is a little bit different in terms of consistency with this.
Some cruise lines are a little bit more generous and you immediately start getting perks.
Others, it's really nebulous.
And there's no clarity around it, but it can't hurt for you to join the casino program
and make sure that you're on that mailing list.
Also, if you want to know more about this, Matt at Royal Caribbean blog on one of his
most recent podcasts, I want to say it was something like $4.94, $4.96.
I just don't remember which one it was, but he talked about the fact that he recently
achieved a little bit of like status in the casino and he's like, I don't really gamble
a whole heck of a lot.
But I've started to get a little bit more even with my casino time and he's starting to
see some perks.
So I thought that was pretty cool.
To listen to Matt's info on that, if you're interested in joining the casino program for
Royal Caribbean.
Okay, Mr. Cruise at CV number 11 is one that, again, just like one of the earlier tips that
we mentioned about using a travel agent to ask about group pricing, this next one is
one that I think a lot of people probably don't ever think about or know about that,
to know about, excuse me, and that is to get on the Cruise Lines email list.
So you're like, Sherry, why are you suggesting that I let a Cruise Line send me their spam?
That's not what I'm suggesting at all.
Yeah, you're going to get those daily emails from the Cruise Line.
Some of them are daily.
I get daily emails from some Cruise Lines, but I will tell you that the Cruise Lines absolutely
do email out their best Cruise deals.
And so if you're willing to sift through, I don't want to say spam, if you're willing
to sift through the brand emails, you will find last minute deals and you can still use
your travel agent book that last minute deal, but they're going to, again, they're trying
to fill those unsold cabins.
So they've got to do it somehow.
They've got to do it somehow.
They've got to get the word out.
And what better way to do that than to send an email blast to all of your existing customers,
right?
Because it's a marketing strategy that works in many different fields, but travel is no
exception.
So get on that email list and start looking at your emails.
Read them.
See if there's any deals in there.
Wait, you got to look at them and read them?
I'm out.
He's out.
Mr. Chris is to be one of those people who, you know, how in Gmail we all have like you
have tabs, right?
So you have like the primary tab, the updates tab, the promotions tab.
Mr. Chris is to be doesn't have a single email in his promotions tab because he's never
given his email address to a single human or website on the planet.
Well, that's not entirely true.
I am very stingy with it, but I also clean it out.
Yeah, you like delete that folder every day.
Well, yeah, I clean out the folder.
I don't delete the folder, but I clean it out.
Sorry.
Yeah.
You clean it out.
You don't delete the folder.
I'm sorry, but you delete the contents of the folder.
And I am very selective.
Yes.
He's fastidious, if you will.
And whenever I like look over your shoulder at your email, I'm always like, I will never
have an email that looks like that.
You can see there's like blank space under his emails.
You know what I mean?
Like he has like 10 emails and then there's actually blank space under them.
I'm thinking, I know, I would never, I could never.
You don't understand my background though.
Yeah.
You know, network security.
Yeah, network security, but it's also a corporate environment too.
So if you don't stay up on these things, it gets out of control.
Yeah.
And you know, mine did get out of control, but also people that I worked with got, it got
so far out of control.
We had to say, look, you're going to lose everything.
We're just going to delete your mailbox completely.
Oh, because of security reasons or just because it was over full.
Well, at the time, back in the day when you were in network security, we had more of that
issue, right?
Like with space.
It was in this working way out into the field here or in left field here.
But outlook was problematic with large size mailboxes.
Oh.
If you've ever worked like maybe 10, 10 years ago with outlook, you probably had issues.
Oh my gosh.
And that was one of the problems.
You get way too much mail in there with a bunch of attachments and it's almost impossible
to clean out.
But anyway.
I do snikies, but back to email.
So back to back to cruising.
Back to cruising, I do recommend getting on the email list for the cruise line.
And I can tell you that I've seen some really good stuff come through.
The problem is you have to sift through it.
All right.
Sifting.
Sifting.
Number 12 is one of my favorites because this is an old school cruise tips TV tip.
And that is to set a price alert at cruzeline.com, one of our favorite websites for researching
cruises.
Get over to cruzeline.com.
Search for the cruise you want.
So see a little box that says set a cruise alert price alert.
Excuse me.
Set a price alert.
Click the box.
It will ask you to enter your email address and it will email you if the price goes up
or down.
So you're actually going to get email notifications about cruises that you're watching to see those
prices go up and down.
Now you then need to check with your travel agent to find out the quote unquote real
price because cruzeline.com is probably pulling prices from a number of different places.
So we need to kind of like sift through that and figure out, okay, you know, is that price
actually what the cruise line is offering right now?
Or was it some kind of a clearing house or a third party that was selling it that way?
But your travel agent can help you.
And it is a really good way to watch for trends.
Well, if you book online like that, can you transfer it to your agent?
Yeah, sure.
Well, it depends.
If you book it online with a cruise line, in some cases, yes, if you don't use a personal
vacation planner with a cruise line, you just book online, you might be able to transfer
it.
But if you book with a third party like Expedia or Priceline or something, no, you can't.
Yeah.
So something to consider.
All right.
Number 13 tip is just to consider straight up inexpensive cabins like an inside cabin
or a guarantee cabin, right?
Those inside cabins are generally going to run you less.
And if you're looking to save money and cruise more and you can tolerate having a little
bit less space and no view, some people swear by this as their best strategy for saving
money on cruises.
But since it's so obvious, I'm going to kind of move past this one because I don't feel
like it bears a lot of explaining.
The next tip I have, number 14, I actually just included it in that one inadvertently,
but it is to consider a guarantee cabin.
And this is actually a really good strategy on some cruise lines.
Not all real Caribbean is another one of those lines again that offers guaranteed cabins.
I think Carnival does this too.
Even Princess does sometimes where you just get to choose the cabin category, but then
the cruise line assigns you the specific cruise cabin.
And honestly, if this isn't less expensive to book, I wouldn't recommend it as a strategy.
I would pick your own cabin.
But if it saves you hundreds of dollars, I think that's a time when you might want to
do it.
For me, I do guarantee cabins on Royal Caribbean, but I do not do them on Princess or Carnival
because I don't see any difference in price.
So again, this is only if you see a price difference, but otherwise don't let the cruise
line pick your cabin for you.
I wouldn't recommend it.
Alright, our last tip, Mr. Cruise Tips TV, is one that is work sometimes, but it doesn't
work for everyone and in every circumstance.
And that is to consider driving to your port because obviously if you don't have to fly,
you're saving a lot of money.
Now when we did a video on this topic over on YouTube, a lot of people kind of typed
into the comments, they're like, well, I can't drive to port.
And I understand that guys.
I'm not saying we can all drive to port.
If you have a 30 hour drive, a 10 hour drive, an 11 hour drive, obviously don't do it.
But if you are in a region in the United States or Canada or wherever where you may
be able to drive, obviously it's a money saver.
And not having to fly if you can do it correctly and you, you know, gas prices are reasonable
and you can still get a pre-cruise hotel at a reasonable price, it can save you a ton
of money to drive to your cruise port.
So if you're like in anything like below like six hours, I think that's a really nice
threshold.
You know, it might be worth it.
Yeah.
But I know people, especially, there's people who especially who live in like the Midwest
and areas that are within like a 12 to 14 hour drive from Galveston, New Orleans, Mobile
and Florida, there are people who will make the drive that's much longer, 10, 12, 14 hours.
I've heard of many people saying, look, I only have a regional airport where I live
and there's absolutely no way that I'm going to spend $750 per person or whatever.
I'm just making up a number to fly to Florida for a cruise that costs me $499, right?
Like the flight will be more than the cruise.
So for some people, it just makes sense to drive a really long way and they're used
to driving a lot and they'll do it.
So if you're one of those people, if you're like, I'm all drive 12 hours or 14 hours to
a cruise, I'd love to hear from you.
I know a lot of people who do this.
Many of you know, Ilana from Life Well Cruise, she has driven all the way from Canada to
Florida many, many times.
It's like, it's a three day drive and she's just now getting comfortable with flying, but
any time she had to go to Florida, she would literally make the drive and it's like, oh
my gosh, I can't even imagine a three day drive to a cruise.
But people do it.
They definitely do it.
Yeah.
It's bananas.
But hey, but sometimes it's an adventure along the way too.
Really is.
Those long drives can be quite an adventure.
For sure.
All right, friends.
I hope that you've picked up some tidbits and some nuggets of wisdom from us this week.
This was a really fun topic.
If you'd like to see the video version of this topic, just go back to our YouTube channel
at youtube.com forward slash cruise tips TV and check out the episode on this.
It's kind of fun.
It's a really nice footage and B roll in there.
If you are more of a visual person and you want to see that, you'll love that.
Also wanted to let everyone know what is the date today, Mr. Cruise, who's TV?
It's May 17th, right?
It is May 17th.
I for anyone cruising to Alaska, we have put out some serious Alaska content this season,
you guys.
We had so many requests from all of you this year.
You said, please tell me what I should pack for my Alaska cruise.
What should I do?
We've done that for you.
If you look back, there's two videos that I want you to check out.
One of them is called an Alaska Cruise Packing List, 20 Things I Pack.
That one was published in May.
Back in April, I published my Alaska Cruise Packing Dues and Dones.
These videos are somewhat similar to one another because they both focus on the topic
of packing for Alaska, but they approach it in a different way.
People are loving these videos.
They are shopping our Amazon store.
They're getting in there.
They're buying their binoculars.
They're buying their clothing.
Check out the videos and shop our Alaska store if you're going to Alaska this summer.
You will find so many good things in there at amazon.com forward slash shop forward slash
cruise tips TV.
Then you can just look for the Alaska Packing List.
You can't miss it.
You can also find other things in there like motion sickness remedies.
You've got toiletries and state room essentials and all kinds of great stuff.
So enjoy those new videos and thank you all so very much for tuning in to the podcast this
week.
Until next time, we'll see you on the high seas.
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