7 Cruise Booking Mistakes That Cost Us Thousands

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📊 GET THE FREE 2026 CRUISE TRUE COST COMPARISON See what nine cruise lines can really cost after the fare, gratuities, drinks, dining, WiFi, excursions, and other common extras are included. 👉 https://prodigious-artisan-6693.kit.com/eb11db5658?utm_id=yt-20260505-hvi5vkycdmc-true-cost-guide&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=organic-video&utm_campaign=cruise-cost-always-on&utm_content=description-top We’ve made some expensive cruise mistakes—and we’re sharing seven of them so you can protect your vacation budget. From buying a drink package at the wrong time to missing a price drop and forgetting expenses that should have been included from the beginning, these are the mistakes that cost us real money. We’re counting them down from #7 to the one that still gets brought up in our house. If these cruise tips help you avoid even one costly mistake, we’ve done our job. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 Real talk: we’re not proud of these 0:55 Mistake #7 — Specialty dining timing 2:25 Mistake #6 — Buying the drink package at the terminal 3:55 Mistake #5 — Missing the price drop that cost us $340 5:25 Mistake #4 — Booking shore excursions through the ship 7:25 Mistake #3 — Forgetting gratuities in the budget 9:25 Mistake #2 — Skipping travel insurance ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🛳️ FIND MY RIGHT CRUISE Want help choosing and planning a cruise that fits your travel style, priorities, and budget? Learn how our personal cruise-planning service works. 👉 https://www.addyandterry.com/cruise-planning?utm_id=yt-20260505-hvi5vkycdmc-find-my-right-cruise&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=organic-video&utm_campaign=cruise-cost-always-on&utm_content=description-secondary ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT ADDY & TERRY We’re a real couple sharing honest cruise reviews, practical planning advice, and real cost breakdowns based on more than 70 cruises across 11 cruise lines. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ DISCLOSURE Addy & Terry operate a travel business and may earn commissions on booked travel. We may also earn a commission from products tagged in this video. Our recommendations are based on our experience and editorial judgment. Travel-insurance benefits, exclusions, and eligibility vary by policy. Review the policy terms and speak with the provider about your specific needs. #CruiseMistakes #CruiseTips #CruiseCosts #FirstTimeCruise #AddyAndTerry

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