April Jewel Posted April 29, 2023 #1 Share Posted April 29, 2023 For anyone interested we did the above cruise last September, but have only just updated our website with the trip report. If you would like to read it we have link to our home page below and from there you will find the link to September 2022 - Virgin Cruise. Thanks and any questions do let us know http://kevinstringer.co.uk/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyam76 Posted April 30, 2023 #2 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Thank you for the great review. I thought I recognised your style of writing and then spotted Disboards and knew I’d read your reviews many times. We’ve sailed on both Scarlet and Valiant Lady - loved both our cruises and going on Valiant Lady again in August. I presumed they added VAT to all their drinks when you sailed from Barcelona? Mind you I’ve got $600 of free bar tab so it’s not a problem! Wendy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
April Jewel Posted April 30, 2023 Author #3 Share Posted April 30, 2023 To be honest we can't remember, we had $800 on our free bar tab - so that explains the fact we have no recollection of drink prices! Tammy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon81uk Posted April 30, 2023 #4 Share Posted April 30, 2023 9 hours ago, wendyam76 said: I presumed they added VAT to all their drinks when you sailed from Barcelona? They only add VAT or sales tax when in that countries waters. So once out in international waters there is no tax, but when in port there might be tax. There is sales tax at the beach club at Bimini too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyam76 Posted April 30, 2023 #5 Share Posted April 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, jon81uk said: They only add VAT or sales tax when in that countries waters. So once out in international waters there is no tax, but when in port there might be tax. There is sales tax at the beach club at Bimini too. Thank you - different cruise lines do it differently. For example when Celebrity sail round trip Barcelona there is a 20% VAT on all shop purchases the whole cruise - as we always have drinks packages with Celebrity I cannot remember re drinks. Wendy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlovely Posted June 9, 2023 #6 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Thank you for this trip report! I definitely recognize your reviews from DisBoards so it was refreshing to read this one. We're doing the same itinerary in August and it's been so hard to find information about the ports. We might copy your exact Cinque Terre itinerary, sounds amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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