Final Payment Butterflies?

[BAV2005]

Does anyone else feel nauseated making the final Payment on a cruise? I have no regrets or doubts about taking this cruise but forking over $2000 in a day is a lot for me! Lol! I'm super excited about this cruise, but I still hate seeing all that money leave my bank account at one time ;)

[mermaidgal]

Focus your attention on how much fun you will have and say to yourself, you only live once !

 

 

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[CRUISEFAN0001]

Does anyone else feel nauseated making the final Payment on a cruise? I have no regrets or doubts about taking this cruise but forking over $2000 in a day is a lot for me! Lol! I'm super excited about this cruise, but I still hate seeing all that money leave my bank account at one time ;)

No butterflies here...

 

We make our deposit...make interim payments...have less as a final payment. Depending on when one books...there's often a lot of time between reservation and final payment.

 

Making the final payment means we're going on the cruise for sure. That's a good thing. :)

[MiniChunks]

I just pay up front and forget about it. If I'm going on vacation I don't like to think about payments and deadlines.

[ryano]

I just pay up front and forget about it.

 

Same here. My cruise has been paid off since August 2014. When I booked it. :)

[Cigar King]

If the size of the payment is the issue, perhaps if you made several smaller payments prior to the due date you would feel less anxiety?

[bigque]

If the size of the payment is the issue, perhaps if you made several smaller payments prior to the due date you would feel less anxiety?

 

That is what I do! I book early to get the cabin I want and then make payments of various amounts throughout. I usually pay it off 3 - 6 months before final payment date with last payment being $200 or so! :cool:

[Suzieanna]

HAHA! Yes I do... well, it's more of a sick to the pit of my stomach feeling really. But it's my own fault!!!!

 

I see a "WOW!!!!!!!!! £600 ONLY!!!!!!! you can look this gorgeous on our Riviera Deck in your straw hat too!" and I get very excited and then set my heart on going on the trip:-

 

then I realise that the week I want to go on is £800;

then I realise that's the price for a deck 2 inside - and a D2 is £1,400pp;

then I remember its pp - so x by 2 for my husband - £2,800;

then I remember my little girlie - so now we are up to £4,000;

 

then I remember flights x 3 to get off this Island £4,600;

then 2 x stopovers £4,800;

then suitcases £4,920 .

 

 

So, my £600 is suddenly £5,000 (or $7,500 approx - and I haven't even so much as sniffed a Pina Colada, bought a ticket for BIRG or paid an entry fee into Chops yet......................................... OUCH!!

[sailor05]

I always out it on my RCCL credit card so at least I get points and obc from it. That helps the "sting" a little ;)

[phoenix1181]

I always out it on my RCCL credit card so at least I get points and obc from it. That helps the "sting" a little ;)

 

I do the same. It goes down a little easier when you know you'll be getting some OBC out of it! :D

[BAV2005]

I should have made payments lol!

[Paulette3028]

Does anyone else feel nauseated making the final Payment on a cruise? I have no regrets or doubts about taking this cruise but forking over $2000 in a day is a lot for me! Lol! I'm super excited about this cruise, but I still hate seeing all that money leave my bank account at one time ;)

 

Since we use a credit card that gives us rewards....we use those rewards as part of the cash payment to pay for the cruise and viola -- our personal out of pocket is less on final payment day.

[jndsilver31]

No butterflies. Since DW and I cruise in September, we pay off the cruise with our tax refund. So don't have to worry about taking a large chunk out of our account.

[Cruise_Anne]

Just "paid up" last night. Feels good to know it is a done deal and now I can focus on the points I'll get towards my flight and what I want to do where!

[Luv06012012]

I agree...I think it's because you did it all in one lump. We always hold ours with a minimum deposit and then make payments here and there. By the time the final payment comes....it's a relief to know our cruise is definitely happening!

[Ocean View]

I also make a deposit and then try to make little payments here and there but this time I didn't do so much and yesterday shelled out a lump! I get butterflies and I know it's stupid but I don't take insurance!!!! Good god hope I didn't just jinx myself but I kinda feel if I take it I'm leaving a door open to get out of it lol. So fingers crossed payment made and I'm off in 79 days by hook or by crook lol [emoji41][emoji267]

[trev71]

If the size of the payment is the issue, perhaps if you made several smaller payments prior to the due date you would feel less anxiety?

 

 

Well said that is what I do. I make small monthly payments over that time span. Sure its a bit more of a pain in the butt but way easier then forking over $2000 at once

[pcur]

I make final payments on all our cruises according to my budget needs. I will pay them off early to get points to reduce the cost of our flights.

[KMagz]

I have no regrets or doubts about taking this cruise but forking over $2000 in a day is a lot for me! Lol! I'm super excited about this cruise, but I still hate seeing all that money leave my bank account at one time ;)

 

Yup! I wait til almost the day final payment is due. And then pause as I hit that final "click." It's all good after that. I like to think of myself as thrifty and just don't like spending lots of money in general.

 

But once you start thinking about the first time you see the ship as you arrive at the port, it all fades away....

[BAV2005]

Well payment made! Now I'm just excited! :D

[molsonschooner]

No butterflies. Since DW and I cruise in September, we pay off the cruise with our tax refund. So don't have to worry about taking a large chunk out of our account.

We are cruising in September as well and will use our tax refund to pay it off. Timing of the tax return lines right up for when final payment is due.

[BAV2005]

We are cruising in September as well and will use our tax refund to pay it off. Timing of the tax return lines right up for when final payment is due.

 

 

We cruise in Sept next year, tax return is my plan as well [emoji16]

[RCI Cruisers 004]

Whatever the final payment amount is, once you are onboard and relaxing, it's all worth it !

[LeCricket]

Always. It's the thought that if something comes up I get no money back! I check my info five times when I book airfare, hotel, etc. can't help it.