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If there are less cabin stewards doesn't that mean you have to work longer to get all the cabins cleaned in one day? Or do they reach the maximum hours of work and just leave the rest of the cabins not done?

About two week ago I was on CC on my mobile and noticed this number 035 has appeared at the top of the page: I looked at the desktop site and the number is not there. I'm just curious what this number is about and does it mean something about my account?

I don't have an interesting story as to how I started cruise it was just the destination I wanted to visit was easier to get to via cruise. My reason was so boringly practical😂.

Wow that is so weird to me that the bar tenders pay the bar steward. That whole system is so foreign to me. Though I do wonder why the cruise lines don't just pay more for such a difficult and hard job especially if they have such a high turnover. If you have a good worker you should be doing everything to value them make them want to stay in that job instead of not promoting them just to force them to stay in that job.

If you travel to see a festival isn't that travelling for the people? 90% of a festivities is really people doing stuff and you go and watch them do said stuff😂. I do enjoy talking to locals hearing what it is like to live in a place as travel I think does give a bit of rose tinted view of the world so I do find it educational when you can talk to people who can give you a fuller picture of a destination.

Definitely everything you listed but I would add I don't to day spas and beauty clinics.

Probably less. Not an age thing for me it is just the types of cruises I am attracted to seem to be disappearing and I don't see the market coming back for them. Maybe if my industry had a big salary increase I would be able to afford the huge price increase of cruises itineraries I am interested in then I could possibly cruise more often😂.

Not a cruise but a land trip. The day we decided to visit Cesky Krumlov it turned out to be the same day a medieval festival closed the whole historic centre to only people with tickets for the festival. I didn't know you could book a whole town for an event😂. When we realised we couldn't get in we were about to go back to our hotel when a fight broke at one of the barricades, the guards left and we decided to be naughty and made a quick dash for it which to be fair there were other tourists who also visiting unaware of the festival rushed in first. With the festival going on it certainly was an unusual experience, (who knew in the middle ages they were into rock music😜) but at least we got to see the town especially as I doubt I will return to Czechia and we gave back to the festival by buying some of their food which was actually quite good. Lesson learnt that day check dates of places visiting in case of festivities.

I didn't know asking questions was following a train 😂. I am glad you feel confident in your theory but for me I see just as many holes in it as the majority's theory. For me to be as confident I need more information and then maybe I too will be able to post authoritatively on this topic😜.

Everyone else has said the opposite is true, the on board spending is the real money. Perhaps the conflicting information is an indication cruise pricing isn't that transparent? Maybe we're all being scammed by big cruise and we just don't know it😜.

Sometimes I wouldn't mind the option to bring my own food 😂.

Everyone in this thread says it is to compensate for onboard spending so I am following that train of thought. However that seems like a be a bit of an odd way to price things. Why express a per room price as per person? AI resorts don't do that and it doesn't dissuade people from booking. Surely couples can figure out how to split costs amongst themselves.

As far as I can see cruising is growing not diminishing. The reality is people will get use to all the cut backs and it will just be part of the cruise experience. Most people don't cruise regularly. It may feel like that on a site dedicated to cruising but the average cruiser is more erratic in their cruise schedule so they are not going to notice these changes as starkly like prolific cruises who feel their routines have been disturbed.

But at least when third and fourth passengers spend on board they are getting services and products in return. I pay a single supplement to supposedly replicate the earnings of the on board spending of an average cruiser and I don't get extra services or products. It is kind of similar to all inclusive single supplement, you pay this extra money but don't get extra tours, meals or whatever else there is. Normally if you pay for something and don't recieve it the transaction would be considered fraud, but call it "single supplement" and suddenly it is rebranded as compensation😂.

Being Australian I obviously never applied for our visa waiver but I have never experienced an airline that has filled out any entry requirements into a country before. Which airline was this? Are you sure you didn't misunderstand and it was the travel agent who did this for you?

That is sort of my question. If single supplement is to compensate loss of earnings on those items then isn't it like they are asking me to pay them their potential profits without them needing to provide those services or products?

I feel there maybe some misinterpretation going on because that is simply not right. This is from the EU affiliate Europa site: Who must apply for a visa No mention of having to apply for a multi entry visa because you are travelling between Schengen and non Schengen countries And from USA State Department: US Travellers in Europe Which again makes no mention of such a requirement. Anecdotally I have travelled between Schengen and non Schengen countries (via land though not ship) and was never asked for a visa. I just got my passport stamped in and out. And people I know who have cruised the Mediterranean has never said they had to apply for a Schengen Visa.

If you are travelling after November the ETIAS will be valid for three years and you can enter as often as you like for a 90 day period in a 180 day block. So unless your cruise is over 90 days you really should have nothing to worry about. Understanding the ETIAS Validity Period and Expiry Date

What I get confused about are all inclusive cruises charging single supplements. If single supplement is suppose to compensate for on board spending then what is the compensation for all inclusives? Though I have often wondered if I am compensating for on board spending shouldn't I be getting something extra for it? Like if I am paying for two meals shouldn't I actually get two meals? It kind of feels like they are asking me to pay potential earnings without them having to work for it.

I did think it was not really icing but for some reason everyone refers to it as icing. There must be a proper name for what it is 🤔.

They have the icing, Easter written on the packaging and colourful rabbit pictured in the corner. And they don't just come in fruit, you can also get chocolate chip, plain cinnamon and double chocolate😋.

Last month in QLD there was an ambushed shooting of police officers. Two of them died, lured out to a rural property with a fake missing person tip off. Apparently the perpetrators were rabid conspiracy theorists who thought the police were part of some Lucifer cabel led by the QLD premier😖

Literally after New Years holiday the first thing I saw in Woolies was Easter hot cross buns😂

Just make sure the insurance covers what you need it to cover. Some of these credit card insurances can have more limited coverage than a stand alone travel insurance product.

I remember when I was looking for a user name and went through so many combinations and all were taken that I just thought we'll I am joining to get answers to questions I have so that will do😂.