Thank You Gift

Hey all,

We set sail in 2 days!! My in laws are paying for the family to go on this cruise. My DH & I would like to do something special for them on the cruise. What are some good ideas? We are sailing on the Ecstasy. Thanks!

Chef's table?? Are they foodies?

Never thought of chef's table! Good idea! Thanks

Maybe a Behind the Scenes tour or a Bon Voyage gift in their room when they arrive.

Spa treatment on elegant night?

A framed photo of the whole family on elegant night. No matter how you are dressed.

All the above ideas sound good. If they are drinkers- how about a bottle of their favorite alcohol. Or even a few of those drink coupons. I think the chef's table or steakhouse would be great. Enjoy

Lots of great ideas but what about an excursion?

Lots of great ideas but what about an excursion?

Depends on their health, stamina, and interests- I'd hate to give a zip-line excursion to someone with a weak heart or has a phobia!:rolleyes:

An excursion is always nice

One would assume that if they are your parents/in-laws, you would know them well enough to give them an excursion that would interest them or that their health could handle......

We cruised as a family (sisters, husbands, nieces, nephews etc) last January and we gave everyone an excursion for Christmas - needless to say everyone had a blast!

Your best bet is to consider what they like the most (golf/playing with grandchildren/active tours/day left alone/whatever) and shape a nice event for them. Maybe they want something so simple as all the family sit down for breakfast on a sea day in the MDR. Good Luck. Such a nice thing to do, taking the family on a cruise!

How about a basket with a frame (to put the family pix in, a cute coupon with either an excursion or spa treatment voucher and a bottle of wine (you can bring that on the ship)

Take lots and lots of pictures --- then when you are home, put together a calendar online (we did this for our Keys vacation when everyone from my family went a couple of years ago). I used Shutterfly since you could put more than one picture on the main picture page for the month. You can also list birthdays, anniversaries, etc --- so you could even include "one year ago we sailed" date. I then gave them to my kids (and myself!) as holiday gifts. Also, for the person's birthday month, that month's page had more of them on it.

Chef's table sounds awesome!

I like the Chefs table idea. Especially if all of you could go???

Im guessing they are paying for all this as they like to be with and enjoy the company of the ones going. I would try to make the gift of time available to them. However you choose to use that time.

Another idea. We went to the beach with our inlaws this summer and they paid for rooms etc. During the week we took pictures along and included some Group shots of the whole family. I took some of the group shots along with some other candid ones. Uploaded them to Walgreens and had them print a real nice book with captions on the photos. Including thanking them for this and many other trips and gifts of time and love. I took the book to them, MIL said "OH, I want one of these!" When I told her "That one IS yours". She cried! PRICELESS!!!;)

Moral to this long story. Time and memories are important to old folks.

Make a vacation scrapbook for them and one for yourself. Then they can relive the cruise anytime they look at it. The ship sells lots of scrapbooks and materials that has the Canival logo on it. It would be a fun way to incorporate some photos and other momentos into a nice book.

:)

Take them to the pay dining room...