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mrsh2010
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Cruise- WWYD
We are planning a European Cruise for next September. I wanted to be away for our 2nd Anniversary. If we go the following week it will be $200 cheaper. I really wanted to be away for our anniversary but $200 can be an excursion for both of us.
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Posted 9/28/11 9:51 AM  |
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JandJ1224
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Re: Cruise- WWYD
I would go following week!
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| Posted 9/28/11 9:58 AM |
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jam11308
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Re: Cruise- WWYD
Are you using a travel agent? If so, maybe if you mention your dilemma & that it's your anniversary they'll give you some form of shipboard credit? If so, maybe it will make up some of that $200 difference & will make your decision easier. Our TA does this for us all the time so I hope that you have the same option 
If you don't, then I'd probably go the following week...like you said, those excursions can be expensive!
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| Posted 9/28/11 10:44 AM |
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MrsFrizzle
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Re: Cruise- WWYD
I would go the week of my anniversary. $200 isn't enough for me to not go the week of my anniversary
Check cruisecompete.com maybe you can get a better price.
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| Posted 9/28/11 10:50 AM |
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mrsh2010
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Re: Cruise- WWYD
Posted by jam11308
Are you using a travel agent? If so, maybe if you mention your dilemma & that it's your anniversary they'll give you some form of shipboard credit? If so, maybe it will make up some of that $200 difference & will make your decision easier. Our TA does this for us all the time so I hope that you have the same option
If you don't, then I'd probably go the following week...like you said, those excursions can be expensive!
i wasn't going to use a travel agent- was going to book right trough Royal Caribbean. But maybe I should look into a TA. hmmmm!
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| Posted 9/28/11 11:14 AM |
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mrsh2010
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Re: Cruise- WWYD
Posted by jkfris09
I would go the week of my anniversary. $200 isn't enough for me to not go the week of my anniversary
Check cruisecompete.com maybe you can get a better price.
I will look into this thanks!
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| Posted 9/28/11 11:14 AM |
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DiamondGirl
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Re: Cruise- WWYD
If the only difference was not being there on our actual anniversary I would probably just do the cheaper week 
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| Posted 9/28/11 12:05 PM |
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jam11308
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Posted by mrsh2010
i wasn't going to use a travel agent- was going to book right trough Royal Caribbean. But maybe I should look into a TA. hmmmm!
If nothing else, it's definitely worth looking into. The more we use our travel agent, the more they hook us up each trip. Last trip we each got $75 of shipboard credit ($150 total), plus champagne & fruit the day we sailed & chocolate covered strawberries 1/2 way into the voyage as a "thank you" for using them. They told us that we're each getting $100 of credit this trip + whatever else they decide to surprise us with & this is only our 3rd cruise using them (my ILs use them 2-3x a year & they get crazy perks!). We have a great agent who is always looking to hook us up. TA's aren't for everyone, but it couldn't hurt to see what they can do. Good luck!
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| Posted 9/28/11 12:08 PM |
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femalej
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Re: Cruise- WWYD
it depends. is the only difference $200? does your DH care?
if you went the following week, what would you do that day of your anniversary? maybe a nice dinner? or would you be annoyed that you werent already cruising.
if you do a nice dinner and then have a vacay to look fwd to, its like 2 celebrations in one
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| Posted 9/28/11 12:13 PM |
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mrsh2010
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Celia
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Re: Cruise- WWYD
Posted by jam11308
Posted by mrsh2010
i wasn't going to use a travel agent- was going to book right trough Royal Caribbean. But maybe I should look into a TA. hmmmm!
If nothing else, it's definitely worth looking into. The more we use our travel agent, the more they hook us up each trip. Last trip we each got $75 of shipboard credit ($150 total), plus champagne & fruit the day we sailed & chocolate covered strawberries 1/2 way into the voyage as a "thank you" for using them. They told us that we're each getting $100 of credit this trip + whatever else they decide to surprise us with & this is only our 3rd cruise using them (my ILs use them 2-3x a year & they get crazy perks!). We have a great agent who is always looking to hook us up. TA's aren't for everyone, but it couldn't hurt to see what they can do. Good luck!
We used a TA for our Honeymoon cruise and he stunk! We got nothing- no upgrade- no onboard credit. So I figured this time we would just book ourselves.
Unless.... someone can refer a really good TA in Western Queens or Eastern Nassau.
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| Posted 9/28/11 12:42 PM |
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mrsh2010
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Celia
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Re: Cruise- WWYD
Posted by femalej
it depends. is the only difference $200? does your DH care?
if you went the following week, what would you do that day of your anniversary? maybe a nice dinner? or would you be annoyed that you werent already cruising.
if you do a nice dinner and then have a vacay to look fwd to, its like 2 celebrations in one
J- DH doesnt really care one way or another. Our anniversary will land on a Tuesday so we would only be going out to eat. But then again, I just realized that we would be flying out on that Friday and that means its only 3 days later.
You know what, I think I will do the later cruise. We can still go out to eat on our anniversary and go away a few days later.
Thanks everyone! 
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| Posted 9/28/11 12:46 PM |
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Samira0407
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Re: Cruise- WWYD
we were going to Europe for our 1 year anniversary next year; but i started pricing trips a month earlier and the prices were lower by almost $700! So we're going away 3 weeks before our actual anniversary. It's still our anniversary trip but we'll spend our actual anniversary here in NY at dinner.
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| Posted 9/28/11 4:02 PM |
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mrsh2010
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Celia
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Re: Cruise- WWYD
Spoke with Jerry lat night and we decided on the week after. Thanks for all your answers!
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| Posted 9/29/11 8:06 AM |
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LadyGIGI
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Re: Cruise- WWYD
Posted by mrsh2010
Posted by jam11308
Are you using a travel agent? If so, maybe if you mention your dilemma & that it's your anniversary they'll give you some form of shipboard credit? If so, maybe it will make up some of that $200 difference & will make your decision easier. Our TA does this for us all the time so I hope that you have the same option
If you don't, then I'd probably go the following week...like you said, those excursions can be expensive!
i wasn't going to use a travel agent- was going to book right trough Royal Caribbean. But maybe I should look into a TA. hmmmm!
contact Dawn Dorr from CruiseOne, she is a vendor on here.
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| Posted 9/29/11 3:04 PM |
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