Haven VS Inside Cabin

[basketballdad]

I can take 8 cruises with an Inside Cabin vs 1 in the Haven, for the same price.

 

If you had the time but were on a budget would you do 8 regular or 1 super luxury cruise?

[Asawi]

8 regular! Or maybe 4-5 "in between".  I am not in the least interested in Haven. OK, rooms seem super nice, but I have no interest in butler service or breakfast in Cagney's or secluded dining or lobsters or special snacks or whatever else Haven offers. For me a balcony is super luxury! 😄 

[lizygirl3]

8 cruises in the inside cabin.

[Laszlo]

56 minutes ago, basketballdad said:

I can take 8 cruises with an Inside Cabin vs 1 in the Haven, for the same price.

 

If you had the time but were on a budget would you do 8 regular or 1 super luxury cruise?

 

8???   I would like to see that math

[CruisingSince1982]

We only cruise the Haven now. Once you go Haven it's very hard to go back! 

[9tee2Sea]

depends on the itinerary.  I would never do an inside cabin anyway.  Oceanview is the least.  Only did Haven once, because it was the 6th cruise with the same itinerary, didn't plan on getting off ship.  Haven was nice, but I prefer a balcony.

[Asawi]

16 minutes ago, Laszlo said:

 

8???   I would like to see that math

Yeah, that sounds high! Looking at different cruises that interest me it's more like 4-6 insides to the least expensive Haven.

I'd still choose more cruises instead of Haven. 😄 

[Markanddonna]

27 minutes ago, CruisingSince1982 said:

We only cruise the Haven now. Once you go Haven it's very hard to go back! 

I cruised in the Haven ONCE and can tell you it is very easy to go back. The whole butler thing is rather silly to us and I don't need 3PM treats that he brings "in case I get hungry before dinner."

We cruise and travel about five times a year and it is possible because we always choose inside or OV unless we get a great deal upgrade. Glad some of your can afford the Haven, but most of us aren't that wealthy. 

[Travel R]

We have never sailed in Haven (closest was a mini-suite).  I am sure it is very nice. But budget-wise, I would rather take more cruises inside than only one in the Haven.

[graphicguy]

Depends on what you're looking for.  You're talking about the least desirable cabin on any ship to the best available cabin on any ship.

 

Did a Quick Look up on a cruise I'm sailing on leaving December 1 on the Getaway.

 

Inside cabin with Free at Sea (a must as far as I'm concerned) is $1,700+

 

I'm sailing in a Haven Suite with FAS for around $4,000....all in.  

 

Granted, NCL sends me discount coupons regularly (which I used on both the above examples).

 

But, the experience between the two is pretty different.  Butlers, Concierges, Haven Restaurant, Haven Bar, priority embarkation and disembarkation, private pools, loungers and hot tubs, etc.

 

VS

 

Inside cabin (with no window).

 

It's not an 8x difference in fare, though.  2x to 2.5x delta is more like it.

 

Up to you what the value equation means.

[Laszlo]

1 hour ago, Asawi said:

Yeah, that sounds high! Looking at different cruises that interest me it's more like 4-6 insides to the least expensive Haven.

I'd still choose more cruises instead of Haven. 😄 

Here's a good example. June 2025 out of Boston to Bermuda.... cheapest inside cabin is $1611... cheapest Haven is $5675 per person. 

[Asawi]

4 minutes ago, Laszlo said:

Here's a good example. June 2025 out of Boston to Bermuda.... cheapest inside cabin is $1611... cheapest Haven is $5675 per person. 

Just as a further example:

Breakaway March 2025, solo traveller: Inside €1603 (it was less when I booked, but maybe Haven was as well), Haven €8946 makes  5,6 times. But, if there are 2 persons in the room it's 1239 vs 4554 per son, 3,7 times. These are base prices without DSC and any package. Include those and the difference is of course less.
So 8 times sound awfully high! Maybe on a short cheap cruise?

[RocketMan275]

2 hours ago, basketballdad said:

I can take 8 cruises with an Inside Cabin vs 1 in the Haven, for the same price.

 

If you had the time but were on a budget would you do 8 regular or 1 super luxury cruise?

Would never cruise in anything less than a Haven.

[Niffernay]

I think it also depends on where you are in life.  In our case, due to our work schedules, we can only really take one true vacation a year so we go all out and stay in the Haven.  When we retire, we would love to cruise more often, but unless our circumstances change, we couldn't really afford to stay in the Haven multiple times a year, so we may have to change our crusing attitude. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it but for now  . . .  Haven or Bust 😎🤣🚢

 

PS - no matter what our circumstances, we would not cruise in an inside cabin again.  Too claustrophobic for hubby (and me).

Edited 14 hours ago by Niffernay
Added PS

[Peachypooh]

Our first cruise was an outside cabin with a small porthole...claustrophobia and seasick. Then we upgraded to a large balcony. Better but waiting around to use the one bathroom sometimes got old. Now we cruise the Haven. but in the cabins with at least 1.5 baths. Some years we can take two cruises based on price but most years just one. I am fine with it.

[Asawi]

I guess you could also ask the question "would you take x carribean cruises or 1 northern European (or other expensive itineray)?" To which my reply probably would be to take the expensive European one!

Or "Would you take a week in Haven on a Bermuda cruise or 12 days in a cheap room in northern Europe?" (Or whatever you can compare.) And to that FOR ME Europe wins hand down. Bermuda is not on my wish list, whatever the price or room!

[graphicguy]

4 minutes ago, Asawi said:

I guess you could also ask the question "would you take x carribean cruises or 1 northern European (or other expensive itineray)?" To which my reply probably would be to take the expensive European one!

Or "Would you take a week in Haven on a Bermuda cruise or 12 days in a cheap room in northern Europe?" (Or whatever you can compare.) And to that FOR ME Europe wins hand down. Bermuda is not on my wish list, whatever the price or room!

Can make many comparisons.  

 

Just goes to show, everyone has their own preferences.  I love both European and Bermudan itineraries.  But, Bermuda is easier to get to.

 

Getting back to cabins, there is a line in the sand pricewise I refuse to cross.  It just so happens to be the line for the Haven is higher than that of a regular balcony cabin.

 

I’m too set in my ways to sail in less than a balcony cabin!!!  LOL!

[Laszlo]

6 minutes ago, graphicguy said:

I’m too set in my ways to sail in less than a balcony cabin!!!  LOL!

I'm with you, I have a few things I never want to do again. One is backpacking and sleeping in a tent, another is skydiving... been there done that. The last is an inside cabin.... that will never happen Lol

[dexddd]

Depends, but the better Haven days are watered down. 

 

Sailed BA in best room.  Not a good experience and wished we'd sailed in an inside.  Escape pretty good, Prima on a TA was nice except the outside area useless due to weather.

[graphicguy]

Just now, Laszlo said:

I'm with you, I have a few things I never want to do again. One is backpacking and sleeping in a tent, another is skydiving... been there done that. The last is an inside cabin.... that will never happen Lol

LOL!  

 

I used to camp quite a bit.  Someone asked me a little while ago why I don't camp anymore.  I told them it was because now I can afford a hotel with indoor plumbing.

 

 

[RocketMan275]

5 minutes ago, graphicguy said:

LOL!  

 

I used to camp quite a bit.  Someone asked me a little while ago why I don't camp anymore.  I told them it was because now I can afford a hotel with indoor plumbing.

 

 

I would tell them, since I left the Army, I no longer need to camp.

[Laszlo]

8 minutes ago, graphicguy said:

LOL!  

 

I used to camp quite a bit.  Someone asked me a little while ago why I don't camp anymore.  I told them it was because now I can afford a hotel with indoor plumbing.

 

 

I just tell them I'm too old and camping is too uncomfortable Lol. My father and I hike about 1/3 of the Appalachian Trail over a 10 year period. By the time I was 15 I was done. My son who lives in Arlington Va and is a teacher has been a volunteer for the Shenandoah National Park Rescue Group for 4 years now. He enjoys sleeping in the woods and dragging people with broken bones off the mountain Lol

[yakcruiser]

I booked a 4x7day east coast adventure on 3 different ships next Sept. Inside/solo rooms. I just looked at prices and with an Amtrak ticket between Boston and NY and two nights lodging in NY I would break even with the cheapest 7 day haven. And would save $3000 over the haven on the other 3. I do realize that due to time constraints not everybody could do something like this.

Edited 13 hours ago by yakcruiser

[david_sobe]

Can we meet in the middle because I wish there were inside cabins INSIDE the Haven.

Its the perks that sell me on the Haven, not so much the cabin itself.  I personally don't care about the pillows, linens, soap, etc in the Haven cabin.

[Laszlo]

Just now, david_sobe said:

Can we meet in the middle because I wish there were inside cabins INSIDE the Haven.

Its the perks that sell me on the Haven, not so much the cabin itself.  I personally don't care about the pillows, linens, soap, etc in the Haven cabin.

I think MSC has inside in Yacht Club