Rare CruisingWalter Posted July 16 #1 Share Posted July 16 (edited) Starting July 17 you'll have new options for Bar Tabs: Purchase $200 Bar Tab + $25 Extra for a total of $225 in drinks $300 Bar Tab + $50 Extra: $350 $500 Bar Tab + $100 Extra: $600 $750 Bar Tab + $175 Extra: $925 $1000 Bar Tab + $250 Extra: $1250 If you think $1250 Bar Tab sounds crazy remember you can share the bar tab and buy anyone a drink. So groups of friends or Sailors can collectively buy one Bar Tab and one have one or two people responsible for buying the drinks. Especially with these longer itineraries, these bar tabs can really be cool among friends. You'll be able to purchase these yourself or your TA can add them. Edited July 16 by CruisingWalter 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon81uk Posted July 16 #2 Share Posted July 16 38 minutes ago, CruisingWalter said: Starting July 17 you'll have new options for Bar Tabs: Purchase $200 Bar Tab + $25 Extra for a total of $225 in drinks $300 Bar Tab + $50 Extra: $350 $500 Bar Tab + $100 Extra: $600 $750 Bar Tab + $175 Extra: $925 $1000 Bar Tab + $250 Extra: $1250 If you think $1250 Bar Tab sounds crazy remember you can share the bar tab and buy anyone a drink. So groups of friends or Sailors can collectively buy one Bar Tab and one have one or two people responsible for buying the drinks. Especially with these longer itineraries, these bar tabs can really be cool among friends. You'll be able to purchase these yourself or your TA can add them. Also on something like a transatlantic cruise for two weeks, we’ve spent around $1100 for two people’s drinks so that amount will work for those longer voyages even for a couple. But we’ve got the Sea Blazer benefit for life of $125 bonus with $300, so we’d still get more from multiples of $300 ($900 would get $1275 for Sea Rovers). 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liao Posted July 16 #3 Share Posted July 16 4 hours ago, CruisingWalter said: Starting July 17 you'll have new options for Bar Tabs: Purchase $200 Bar Tab + $25 Extra for a total of $225 in drinks $300 Bar Tab + $50 Extra: $350 $500 Bar Tab + $100 Extra: $600 $750 Bar Tab + $175 Extra: $925 $1000 Bar Tab + $250 Extra: $1250 If you think $1250 Bar Tab sounds crazy remember you can share the bar tab and buy anyone a drink. So groups of friends or Sailors can collectively buy one Bar Tab and one have one or two people responsible for buying the drinks. Especially with these longer itineraries, these bar tabs can really be cool among friends. You'll be able to purchase these yourself or your TA can add them. I booked my cruise in mid-June and I did the $300 and they gave me the add on $50 then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cantgetin Posted July 16 #4 Share Posted July 16 I love the bar tab concept as we all have different needs in terms of how much alcohol we will drink....and no matter how you cut it, it works out to less than a "drinks package" on other lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CruisingWalter Posted July 16 Author #5 Share Posted July 16 13 minutes ago, Liao said: I booked my cruise in mid-June and I did the $300 and they gave me the add on $50 then. Yes, that has been the standard offering and $300 was the top level you could purchase. Now you can purchase up to $1000 in one Bar Tab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liao Posted July 16 #6 Share Posted July 16 16 minutes ago, CruisingWalter said: Yes, that has been the standard offering and $300 was the top level you could purchase. Now you can purchase up to $1000 in one Bar Tab. ahhh ok, got it, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cloud9 Bob Posted July 17 #7 Share Posted July 17 Wow...last 4 day cruise to KW I struggled to spend the $100 bar tab I get as a DBE perk. After a latte and 2 Modelo Negras, I'm done for the day. LOL 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CruisingWalter Posted July 17 Author #8 Share Posted July 17 8 hours ago, Cloud9 Bob said: Wow...last 4 day cruise to KW I struggled to spend the $100 bar tab I get as a DBE perk. After a latte and 2 Modelo Negras, I'm done for the day. LOL Me too, we could not even use up the full $600 Tab we had for an 8 night Eastern Caribbean cruise. But we know folks who can really go through the Bar Tabs and they will be excited to see these higher level limits with the add-ons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liao Posted July 17 #9 Share Posted July 17 9 hours ago, Cloud9 Bob said: Wow...last 4 day cruise to KW I struggled to spend the $100 bar tab I get as a DBE perk. After a latte and 2 Modelo Negras, I'm done for the day. LOL I did the $300 + $50 for my TA. I don’t drink any alcohol but iced latte, cappuccino and the like are my good friends. Hopefully the 4 or 5 I drink a day will use it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AandM12 Posted July 17 #10 Share Posted July 17 The UK pound strengthens to its highest level against the US dollar this year but its not reflected in the price us UK sailors pay for a bar tab. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Wildcatllamas Posted July 17 #11 Share Posted July 17 I have a $700 bar tab on my cruise in September. The friend who is going with me was afraid that wouldn't be enough so they bought another $100. With getting my mocha fix being covered with DBE then my bar spending may be $10 to $20 a day except when I go to the Test Kitchen and I like their wine pairing. So my possible spending on a 12 night will be about $300. So she will have to drink up to cover the other $500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s0479 Posted July 17 #12 Share Posted July 17 20 hours ago, CruisingWalter said: Starting July 17 you'll have new options for Bar Tabs: Purchase $200 Bar Tab + $25 Extra for a total of $225 in drinks $300 Bar Tab + $50 Extra: $350 $500 Bar Tab + $100 Extra: $600 $750 Bar Tab + $175 Extra: $925 $1000 Bar Tab + $250 Extra: $1250 If you think $1250 Bar Tab sounds crazy remember you can share the bar tab and buy anyone a drink. So groups of friends or Sailors can collectively buy one Bar Tab and one have one or two people responsible for buying the drinks. Especially with these longer itineraries, these bar tabs can really be cool among friends. You'll be able to purchase these yourself or your TA can add them. I logged into my cruise for October and it still only has up to $300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s0479 Posted July 17 #13 Share Posted July 17 33 minutes ago, s0479 said: I logged into my cruise for October and it still only has up to $300 Nevermind it updated! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ceilidh1 Posted July 17 #14 Share Posted July 17 My last sailing in December was full of folks who had booked when they had the big extra bar tabs as a promo. On the last evening, it was a mad frenzy trying to use it all up. We were getting glasses of whisky at $140 a go and bottles of champagne...it was a lot of fun! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcarter4551 Posted July 25 #15 Share Posted July 25 This is great news, especially because I think the price for drinks went up between now and our last cruise on VV in December 2023. Our bar tab this past cruise was 1500 for a 7 night Med. Of course, we were drinking high end bourbon but I was shocked at how easy it is to spend 1000+ on drinks now. Our bar tabs in the past on VV averaged 800-1000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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