CaribbeanBound Posted September 9, 2004 #1 Share Posted September 9, 2004 How to use $500 in cabin credits: Drink it Pick out a couple really cool excursions that you normally could not afford Gamble it (okay, lose it) Tip with it Bid for several paintings Buy drinks for everyone in the bar Eat at the alternate restaurants every night Order wine for your table Post your personal suggestions below... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare gdlamberth Posted September 10, 2004 #2 Share Posted September 10, 2004 I'd add buy "stuff" in the shops. Neat excuse to buy that logo thing or cruise souvenier (e.g., the T-Shirt that says "Constellation through the Canal - 2002"). On one RSSC cruise (remember most drinks and tips are included; alternate restraunts are NAC) we wound up buying chocolate covered Macademia nuts!! with the last $20 or so we had left on credit. One year I got a pair of slacks (half off) with "left over" $20 credit. Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashleysmm Posted September 10, 2004 #3 Share Posted September 10, 2004 I'd sample some of the Spa offerings that look great but are usually to rich for my budget. Definately would eat at the Specialty restaurant and try the wine recommended for each course I selected. Whatever was left of the $500 after the above would be for Martinis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunpsyche Posted September 10, 2004 #4 Share Posted September 10, 2004 I'd definately do the seaweed mud wrap, gosh i love that! Probably go for the massage a day package...with champagne...hmmm...do I only get $500? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruin Steve Posted September 10, 2004 #5 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Ignore it... It will spend itself... When I cruise, I tip...I drink...I buy shore excursions...I buy stuff in the gift shop...or the photos...or whatever... I do these things whether I have a "credit" or not... The only difference with the credit is that my bill at the end of it all is not quite as large... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Mtn Posted September 10, 2004 #6 Share Posted September 10, 2004 If I had $500 un-used shipboard credit - I'd put a deposit down on our next cruise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzsummit Posted September 10, 2004 #7 Share Posted September 10, 2004 buy chips at the casino... cash them out without gambling and go ashore and spend some money then take the rest home.... If it's your money why should you give it back to the cruise line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brigittetom Posted September 10, 2004 #8 Share Posted September 10, 2004 buy chips at the casino... cash them out without gambling and go ashore and spend some money then take the rest home.... If it's your money why should you give it back to the cruise line? Unfortunately our chip money would never make it home. :D In our case we would just ignore it also and be happy at the end of our cruise that our bill is so much lower than usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptData Posted September 10, 2004 #9 Share Posted September 10, 2004 The Gard3ens here I come. The Spa and the Alternative Dining. I would also do a more expensive shore ex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nannyny2002 Posted September 10, 2004 #10 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Just drink myself silly then hit the spa everyday...... LOL!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
signman Posted September 10, 2004 #11 Share Posted September 10, 2004 If you're speculating about the credit given to cruisers affected by Frances, on Celebrity this is real money in your pocket. Sign for chips in the casino, and then ultimately cash them in. Just look like you are playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joramrose Posted September 10, 2004 #12 Share Posted September 10, 2004 I have $400 credit coming for just me (I am a solo cruiser) on my upcoming Horizon trip in November. I am just going to let it ride -- and hope that my end of cruise credit card will not be as hard hit as usual. love joan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunpsyche Posted September 10, 2004 #13 Share Posted September 10, 2004 ah...that has a certain appeal. i remember our last cruise...midway thru...the itemized bill slipped thru under the door...the shock...and ..relief...not ours!....til we discovered...ms betencourt....was not nearly the denizen of the nightclubs as we were.....gulp....:rolleyes: ....just let that $500 ride baby ride.......gigglin... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trcori Posted September 10, 2004 #14 Share Posted September 10, 2004 we wound up with $350 credit on our second Century cruise as compensation for the cancellation of the cruise we'd originally booked (the ship was redeployed with several weeks' warning). we are not big partiers, we travel with our relatively young child, and so we really had to make an effort! you all will laugh but we spent a chunk of it on laundry. OTOH we discovered the joys of the Cova Cafe' after dinner (after dropping off child in the Fun Factory). I didn't know at the time about the casino-cash option or that would have made more sense for us! TR Millennium EC 12/12/04 **** Mercury CA/MX 4/04, Infinity AK 8/03, Century WC 3/03 & EC 9/02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teedee Posted September 10, 2004 #15 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Lets see... A couple of nice spa treatments and a couple of martinis and...oops I need another $500! Terri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEXASMUNK Posted September 10, 2004 #16 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Ok, how much do I get for Day two? Three? Four? etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruisechik Posted September 11, 2004 #17 Share Posted September 11, 2004 Ok, how much do I get for Day two? Three? Four? etc? LOL!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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