Sign and Sail Limit

[mjkacmom]

We just told them their limit and that was that. When we went to WDW they got gift cards, when they were spent, that was it. When they were old enough to go off on their own on cruises, I verbally informed them their limit (5 kids, I’m not very generous), and if they went over they’d be paying me back.

[Elaine5715]

3 hours ago, JenCruise710 said:

Oh, dear God. Could you imagine?!!? I'm envisioning conversations at 18 of how we could have paid for her college but she blew it all in the arcade on her first cruise. LOL!

Pretty sure some college funds have been emptied via casino charges... 

[MistyRo76]

23 hours ago, vacruisin said:

We have 2 teenage boys who are very different when it comes to spending on a cruise. The oldest one (just turned 18) has always been very good about using his money without blowing his daily budget; the youngest one (15) not so much.  

 

On their first cruise (a 5-day on the Sensation), we decided we'd give them $100 apiece for the entire cruise (so $20/day).  Well, our youngest goes off and spends like $75 in the arcade BEFORE SAILAWAY! lol 

 

We added more money for him and he ran through that quickly so we started going to guest services every morning to add a specific limit to their cards each day. 

 

On their next cruise we just did the daily limit at Guest Services from the jump.  The oldest never got close to his daily limit but the youngest would either max out his daily limit or come very close to it every day.  

 

That was my very long-winded way of saying that you can adjust how much they spend per day at Guest Services! lol

 

This sounds just like my sis and brother when they were younger. My sis was frugal always spent her money very judiciously and my brother would blow his all in the hotel arcade on the first night. Although, my parents didn't give him anymore. So he would end up borrowing money from my sister, who would then charge him interest to pay it back! This explains why she was able to retire at 57! Unfortunately for me, I tended to take after my brother and not my sis...at least in my younger life. But I did eventually learn! lol 

[trummy]

We would give our son a $100 limit per cruise. If he spent it all the first day, so be it. He learned from the experience and did better the next time. 

We never heard him complain about lack of funds. After he was out of money, he took advantage of the many included options available to him.

[babygrljaz]

On 6/14/2023 at 8:57 AM, JenCruise710 said:

Is it better to put cash against our 6 year old's sign and sail every day or can I easily adjust her daily limits when linked to a credit card? I'm thinking she'll get a little more $$ to spend on sea days, but I don't want her blowing through her $100 for the week in the arcade in one day. She's 6. Self control is a challenge. lol

It's been a few years since I had to set spending limits. But it used to be an option when you set up spending accounts for anyone under age. I'm glad it was there. My son spent all his allowance within a few minutes at the arcade the 1st time. Now he's the one that restricts me when shopping 🤭