Average $$$ for on board charges ?

[no1meatman]

What is the average cost for on board charges at the end of a 7 day cruise on the Sun ? I like to drink:D , just trying to get a ballpark figure.

[cruisegal31]

The average price for the drink of the day is around $8. So say you have 5 per day times 7 days ...that is $280 not even including excursions, gratuities etc...

[smeyer418]

What is the average cost for on board charges at the end of a 7 day cruise on the Sun ? I like to drink:D , just trying to get a ballpark figure.

 

No one can tell you we don;t know how much your drink what you drink what you buy etc.....a drink will be about $7.00 a beer around $5.00 multiple the number of drinks by the price and you'll get an idea.

 

then there is shore excursions, Spa charges extra restarants, gambling, ship stores extra tips incidentals what have you.

[mpk218]

What is the average cost for on board charges at the end of a 7 day cruise on the Sun ? I like to drink:D , just trying to get a ballpark figure.

 

Me too. Average $1500.

[cruisequeen10]

Well my bill usually comes to approx $100 (tips of $70 and embarkation photo and maybe 1 drink).

[kohlerdm]

We just got back and did a cash account. We started with $500 got a $50 onboard credit so we had $550. We used this to book wour shore excursions $238, standard gratuities $140, bought a few drinks and got $125 back on the last day.

So for us $425.

[Zeno]

It really depends a lot on how much you drink, shop and go on ship excursions. We are not big drinkers or shoppers (one or two drinks a day and some small souvenir) and we usually try to arrange our own port days. Our on-board expenses have always been less than $500.

[star7228]

For us it's been around $1000, but on a 10-day, we hit around $1300. We spend a lot on shore excursions, though...drinks I'm not sure. I drink wine with dinner and my husband usually likes mixed drinks...just depends. :)

 

But....it would be better for you to over budget and then end up surprised at the end of your trip than to under budget and leave your cruise with a hurt wallet. :D

[Ncolea]

Just returned from 10 day cruise on Dawn. Our final bill was $588 for two people. We did have a $40 obc and we received San Juan port charges back totalling about $66.00, since we had to miss that port due to weather. We did not do any fee speciality restaurants or spa and did no onboard shopping yet did one shore excursion at $79 a person. We are drinkers as well. We thought our bill was going to be much higher! One tip. Keep your receipts from throughout the cruise. We found a discrepancy of about $46 that way.

[denims]

Around $1000 not counting pictures!

[JPAU]

For my wife and me, about $1,100 - $1,500 including excursions, specialty dinners, lots of drinks, a few pictures and souveniers from the onboard stores.

[lilant]

hmmm, drinks, spa, gym classes, casino, wine, extra dinning, tours. $750.00. for two.

 

thats my final answer.

[no1meatman]

Thanks everybody for your input, sounds like it will be a lot less than I was expecting.:cool:

[cruizinwithkids]

Thanks everybody for your input, sounds like it will be a lot less than I was expecting.:cool:

 

We paid $1,400 last cruise. Tips ($140), Internet ($55), future cruise ($150), Cagney's ($40 (I think))

 

The rest was alcohol.:eek:

[newmexicoNita]

WE always buy a bottle of booze for our cabin ahead of time, mayber two so that is not part of our on board charges. Normally we will have about $100 per day in extra charges. Most being wine for dinner, tips, a drink or two and a little extra at the casino. We don't do ship tours as a rule, nor do we buy pictures anymore and spend very little in the gift shop. NMnita

[star7228]

WE always buy a bottle of booze for our cabin ahead of time, mayber two so that is not part of our on board charges.

 

 

newmexicoNita - I think I'm headed that direction with our upcoming cruise. We spend (I'm sure) quite a bit on the mixed drinks, and we tend to order similar drinks, so I was thinking about ordering a bottle for the room and maybe bringing a mixer onboard, as I've seen people mention they do that (without the alcohol, of course...otherwise it'd be confiscated).

 

Maybe I'll see some savings at the end of June cruise! :) Who knows...

[tuffy88]

If you want to economize order a bar set up. $40 to $60 for a 1 liter bottle. And watch for the 2 for 1 specials. Sometimes on the pool deck and sometimes in the casino. If you drink beer load your mini-refriderator up to drink later. Can cut your bar bill more than in half.

 

Charles

[star7228]

And watch for the 2 for 1 specials.

 

 

I think that's probably some of the best advice. We usually haven't looked for those specials, but I think I will this year. :)

[POOHISME2]

We paid $1,400 last cruise. Tips ($140), Internet ($55), future cruise ($150), Cagney's ($40 (I think))

 

The rest was alcohol.:eek:

We always hit around here too. We figure shore excursions and tipping first then add about 800- for the bar tab Plus.. the 50 something dollars each for soda cards. We always come close to the $1,400-