How do you people afford to cruise continually? It is unbelievable to me that people are constantly going somewhere. You must be retired or extremely wealthy. Not the life of a fire fighter in Florida forestry.
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Tim

Many people who think they could never afford a cruise spend literally thousands of dollars a year attending concerts, sporting events, niteclubs, nice restaurants, etc. Not that there's anything wrong with that at all; but if you set your goal towards a cruise vacation, or any other type of travelling, perhaps you have to sacrifice certain weekly events in order to save towards the bigger thing.

Regarding enough time off, yes most working Americans are lucky to get 2 or 3 weeks off each year, but again, planning and saving time towards your goal can earn you enough time to do things.

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Originally posted by Frosty 4:
How do you people afford to cruise continually?

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It annoys me when people make assumptions about other peoples lifestyles. I live in a modest house and drive a modest car. I do not smoke, or drink (much) and do not eat out very often. I do not have kids. I do not buy designer cloths or have all of the latest gadgets. I do not have satellite or cable TV. My mobile phone bill is always small. I bet 'Tim' does all of those things - big time.

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Originally posted by mec1:
It's nobody else's business.

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Absolutely!

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Originally posted by Frosty 4:
I recieved this e-mail via my profile e-mail address --interesting.

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Given the number of spammers who have registered at CT lately, we are all fortunate that we have not been flooded with spam or sexually explicit material via our profile email addresses. Thankfully, Joe seems to be neutering them quicky.

The old money Philadelphia will have an inherited Renior painting, and an 18 century Flemish sideboard. In the corner is a 12" black and white TV with rabbit ears. Car is a Buick Century they pay cash for.

If they seem cheap is that they could never earn the fortune they inherited.

Generalizations and cliches are of course usless in explaining how people can afford to take a vacation on a ship. It is nevertheless a fact - and probably one of the bigger problems of the industry - that taking a cruise is much more affordable than most people think.

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Originally posted by tazza:
...I'm rather sick of the South Pacific to be honest, but these airfares are a killer!! I may have no choice but to stick around in the SP and try out Sun Princess

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Thanks for the kind return. To bad I get severely motion sick as I was in the Navy from 76 -78. I have a hyper active equilibrium. I will hopefully be retired in about 3 years but I still would not be able to afford that on a Florida's fire fighters retirement with the division of Forestry. At almost 20 years now I'm at about $26,000 gross a year now. And that's gross. I won't even be able to afford my health insurance and will have to go to the VA. Hopefully I'll die before the VA gets to kill me by blunder. :-)
Tim

Also as someone mentioned...it is no one else's business how you spend your money. Right now I'm trying to figure out a way to save for a world cruise. Any ideas?

My new spreadsheet says our total cost p/day for two people has been $635 USD. That breaks down:
Caribbean $470,
Europe $885
Alaska was $853.
The latter was a so high because we booked a minisuite (usually just an oceanview), took our grandson and spent three days in Seattle and one very expensive night in The Pan Pacific Hotel at Vancouver.

I think the Caribbean cruises are vacation bargains since absolutely all costs are accounted for.
One could likely take a Europe land tour for less, but some the the cities we stayed over (mostly London, but Munich and Prague as well) skew the prices.