Sign and Sail Statement

[sanmarcosman]

My Sign and Sail statement for my 9 day to Mexico cruise aboard the Spirit totaled $2.50 and I started with a $0.00 balance! If only I hadn't been weak and ordered a club soda in the Versailles Lounge at Superstar Live the first evening.The bass player Chris was too easy on the eyes to leave for a sip of water....

 

How have others done expense wise?

[cmdknw]

Last year when the Destiny broke on us, we ended up with a bill of around $1300...too much time to sit on the ship and drink! lol

[G'ma]

My Sign and Sail statement for my 9 day to Mexico cruise aboard the Spirit totaled $2.50 and I started with a $0.00 balance! If only I hadn't been weak and ordered a club soda in the Versailles Lounge at Superstar Live the first evening.The bass player Chris was too easy on the eyes to leave for a sip of water....

 

How have others done expense wise?

 

So, how about gratuities???

 

Average is about 325 a week including gratuities, Steakhouse one night and any onboard shopping..which I don't do unless there is a really good deal on something I want.

[sanmarcosman]

So' date=' how about gratuities???

 

Average is about 325 a week including gratuities, Steakhouse one night and any onboard shopping..which I don't do unless there is a really good deal on something I want.[/quote']

 

Prepaid, duh.

[sixgun8]

just back from a 5 day on the Ecstasy. we ended up with $225. including a $75 OBC we had. We bought a few souveniers and just a few drinks, what can I say. We enjoyed our time and are very happy with our bill.

[sanmarcosman]

just back from a 5 day on the Ecstasy. we ended up with $225. including a $75 OBC we had. We bought a few souveniers and just a few drinks, what can I say. We enjoyed our time and are very happy with our bill.

Good for you! :)

[victoryred]

My 9 day on the Spirit in Dec was $1,700.00.......and I smuggle.......

 

So you're welcome for keeping your cabin prices down:D

[Justsyd]

Our last cruise...this past December...4 nights on the Paradise was around $250 for two. We did the Behind the Fun Tour, bought a soda card, a DVD, and did some light shopping.

[audekat]

My last cruise (7 nights on valor September 2009) the S&S bill at the end was...sniff, sniff...~$3500. and I was cruiseing alone. Stupid spa... ;)

[Janer1999]

To keep the cost down: Do you go on excursions? If so, I'm assuming you book private tours.

[tnincy]

last cruise we did, we walked off with a check from carnival. ended up getting an OBC and didn't use it.

[victoryred]

To keep the cost down: Do you go on excursions? If so, I'm assuming you book private tours.

 

Our sail and sign does not include excursions.......we always book private...

[tak81288]

Last cruise had a credit of little over $12.00. I had a weird OBC on my account upon embarkment (maybe a port fee/tax refund adjustment???)

 

We prepaid everything and didn't make any additional purchases once we were onboard.

[elcuchio24]

With grat, usually around 300 total. The last two cruises we have had enough ES OBC where we got small checks at the end of the week. That's the best.

[mjl1960]

My last cruise was about $1500...damn diamonds! Liquor was probably about $300 of that for two of us (mainly me - the lush).

[saturnsc]

I average about $1500-$2000 per cruise for two and I prepay my excursions. :rolleyes:

[Cindy]

It doesn't seem to matter how much OBC I have, I always rack up a bill. Darn wine!:rolleyes:

I do prepay my excursions, but I always seem to end up doing one really expensive thing on board, like the Chef's Table or the Behind the Fun Tour. I'm boarding the Conquest next month with a Booking On-Board OBC, a stockholder OBC, and some credit from the Carnival Mastercard, so I'll see how we do!:p

[parentsof5]

last cruise we did, we walked off with a check from carnival. ended up getting an OBC and didn't use it.

 

Was your OBC from a price guarantee through early saver?

[mimgan3]

March Freedom 6 nighter, with $100.00 OBC and a $250.00 cash deposit for S&S, we got a check back for about $144.00, tried smuggling got busted, but other members of our group got their through so alcohol bill not bad. We pay cash for gratuities, and any excursions we book privately.

 

Tim

[cruzin w chris]

My last cruise (7 nights on valor September 2009) the S&S bill at the end was...sniff, sniff...~$3500. and I was cruiseing alone. Stupid spa... ;)

ditto, stupid casino:mad:

[majosa]

Wow i dont feel so bad now! We have only been on one cruise and being a lady i went nuts on the pictures! I bought almost every single picture we took. Like 14 :eek: Add in the drinks and little things to take back. Our bill was like almost 700. But to be fair to my DH i had gotten a part time job to help with those things. SO in the end our S&S was ok. Now i did spend way too much in the casino! But hey we had saved for almost a year and it was the best time of our lives! Woo hoo looking forward to next year. Oh and yes i will most likely buy a lot of pictures!:p

[gargoyle999]

Just wanted to thank so many of you for keeping my cruise price so low! :p

 

We just do chef's table or steakhouse one night, internet, tips and maybe $100 in drinks. No pics or casino for us. So between $300-$500 since I don't prepay tips.

[GreenZolie]

My last cruise (7 nights on valor September 2009) the S&S bill at the end was...sniff, sniff...~$3500. and I was cruiseing alone. Stupid spa... ;)

 

LOL!!! And I thought my $900 bill last year when I cruised alone, was bad! Yeah, a large portion of my bill was donated to the spa, too, lol.

[Julitta]

Hmm ours was $787 but that included $500 cash taken out at the casino for excursions (so not spent on Carnival), and the auto-tips for 3 of us (250?), plus DH won $50 at blackjack then quit gambling, so I guess we spent about $90 on a few drinks and things. DD (3) got addicted to virgin banana daquiris (the drink wif a berry and a umbrella mom) LOL