I Can’t Figure This Out?
A good price for a domestic round trip airline ticket is about $200, for lets say something like a 2 hour flight. Last month we got a four night cruise for $210 each. The price was for everything including taxes (and port taxes), everything except tips. Not just domestic, we went to Mexico! These two tickets basically cost the same. So maybe someone can help me understand this:
Airline: This is a two hour trip (maybe three or so with delays).
Cruise: Four days and four nights.
Airline: Your seat is less than 2 feet wide.
Cruise: You get a whole state room, decks, dining rooms, theaters, dance floors, and such.
Airline: You can nap sitting up (maybe slightly reclined), hoping that you do not fall over on your seat partner or drool too much as you sleep.
Cruise: Go on deck and layout on a lounge chair on the deck, or go to your room and curl up on your bed with the towel art, after you eat the chocolate mints.
Airline: If you need the bathroom, you have to wait until the seatbelt light goes off, climb over people stand in line and go in something that is smaller than a port-a-potty.
Cruise: You get a whole bathroom to yourselves with a shower and fresh towels daily.
Airline: They give you 6 oz. of soda.
Cruise: They generally do not give the soda away, but they do give you free OJ at breakfast, milk, chocolate milk, Coco, water.
Airline: Give you a small bag of pretzels if you are lucky, but do not ask for two or you might bankrupt the airline.
Cruise: Four days of all the food you want, buffet or formal Dining Room (or one after the other). Just one evening in the dining room I could not decide between lobster and the prime rib, so, I had both. We did the same thing with decadent deserts. Salads, fruit, cold cuts, salmon. All the frozen yogurt you want. 24-hour pizza. Omelets, bacon, sausage, all kinds of breakfast foods. Sandwiches mad to order, burgers, fries, they even had Mongolian barbeque on our ship. Beats a darn bag of precious pretzels.
Airline: If you get bored you can look at your watch again, or the airline magazine, or a book if you brought one.
Cruise: It is hard to get bored. Have lessons, play mini golf, jog, see live shows, movies, sit in the hot tub, go swimming, watch the sea, go ashore, watch or participate in the “man’s hairy chest competition." Did I mention the hot tub? Did I mention eating again?
You might be able to think of other differences. My question is how does this work? I know we got a good deal on the cruise, but there is a big difference in what you get. I welcome your ideas.
Airline: This is a two hour trip (maybe three or so with delays).
Cruise: Four days and four nights.
Airline: Your seat is less than 2 feet wide.
Cruise: You get a whole state room, decks, dining rooms, theaters, dance floors, and such.
Airline: You can nap sitting up (maybe slightly reclined), hoping that you do not fall over on your seat partner or drool too much as you sleep.
Cruise: Go on deck and layout on a lounge chair on the deck, or go to your room and curl up on your bed with the towel art, after you eat the chocolate mints.
Airline: If you need the bathroom, you have to wait until the seatbelt light goes off, climb over people stand in line and go in something that is smaller than a port-a-potty.
Cruise: You get a whole bathroom to yourselves with a shower and fresh towels daily.
Airline: They give you 6 oz. of soda.
Cruise: They generally do not give the soda away, but they do give you free OJ at breakfast, milk, chocolate milk, Coco, water.
Airline: Give you a small bag of pretzels if you are lucky, but do not ask for two or you might bankrupt the airline.
Cruise: Four days of all the food you want, buffet or formal Dining Room (or one after the other). Just one evening in the dining room I could not decide between lobster and the prime rib, so, I had both. We did the same thing with decadent deserts. Salads, fruit, cold cuts, salmon. All the frozen yogurt you want. 24-hour pizza. Omelets, bacon, sausage, all kinds of breakfast foods. Sandwiches mad to order, burgers, fries, they even had Mongolian barbeque on our ship. Beats a darn bag of precious pretzels.
Airline: If you get bored you can look at your watch again, or the airline magazine, or a book if you brought one.
Cruise: It is hard to get bored. Have lessons, play mini golf, jog, see live shows, movies, sit in the hot tub, go swimming, watch the sea, go ashore, watch or participate in the “man’s hairy chest competition." Did I mention the hot tub? Did I mention eating again?
You might be able to think of other differences. My question is how does this work? I know we got a good deal on the cruise, but there is a big difference in what you get. I welcome your ideas.
posted by Papa at 4:30 PM
3 comments
We took along a friend from India and even she was impressed.
