Topic: All inc drinks

Hi there, is there any cruiselines that include drinks in the full price of the holiday? I'm looking for a christmas/nyear caribbean cruise. Thanks. Sarah

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Are there any cruise lines that include drinks in the full price of the holiday?

Yes, but can you afford them? :D

Pricey cruises like Yachts of Seabourn include 'free' drinks



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I believe the only ALL INCLUSIVE cruise lines are Regent Seven Seas, Seabourn, Silverseaand now also Crystal Cruises. They are all 6 star cruise lines. So very expensive to start with.
I also believe that this summer Thomson are going to do All Inclusive, for the summer. Still I think you can get and ALL INCLUSIVE DRINKS PACKAGE WITH tHOMSON FOR A EXTRA £165 APPROX. Worth checking out there availability for Xmas cruises.
I have seen 5 star Nile Cruises, sold as All Inclusive for about £900 for Xmas trips.
We have also cruised with Pullmanturs (Spanish company) but now owned by RCI. There cruises are ALL Inclusive and maily operated out of Barcelona but also from Aruba in winter.
If you get a really good price deal from a cruise company,especially if they include onboard spend. Then I think they can work out cheaper than some All Inc. Checkout MSC Cruises, they seem to have a lot of availability for Xmas.

We've got the Thomsons all inclusive for £69, because we booked 9 months in advance. Some earlier bookers got it free, and some TAs advertise it for £40. It all depends on the offers going. From what I hear, drinks on board are very reasonable anyway, and no auto tip of 15%-18% either!- Jo.

Costa have introduced the J2 Package that has to be booked at least 5 days before sailing. all drinks up to euro 6.99 are included plus wine by the bottle while dining in the main dinning room. it is expensive.but so are the drinks. Costa drink prices in the USA used to be cheaper than in Europe also in dollars, while there. I would recommend the package in europe but would need to know the drink prices in the USA before buying it.
Presently £180 each rising to £225,a week. There is a cheaper package wine beer and soft drinks while dinning or in the buffet area at £53

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I also believe that this summer Thomson are going to do All Inclusive, for the summer. Still I think you can get and ALL INCLUSIVE DRINKS PACKAGE WITH tHOMSON FOR A EXTRA £165 APPROX. Worth checking out there availability for Xmas cruises.

It is worth remembering that with the Thomsons deal all members of the party have to pay, i.e. £169 each, and that there is a suplement to pay on some drinks. Wine is included but is house wine by the glass. (quite gluggable to my unsophisticated palate) .....Jon

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It is worth remembering that with the Thomsons deal all members of the party have to pay, i.e. £169 each, and that there is a suplement to pay on some drinks. Wine is included but is house wine by the glass. (quite gluggable to my unsophisticated palate) .....Jon

I'm with you Jon, nothing wrong with their red or white house wine. . Now French Rose also.
We tend to book early and get the "free" A.I. but the cost all seems to even out if you booked late and paid for the A.I.
They also seem to have vacancies on Cruises over Christmas in the Red sea, Canaries and Caribbean.

Berwyn

on the costa front we took the j1 package which included drinks during meals. Hang on you can eat all day so we found as long as you were sitting down with food then you got your drinks. As for the restaurant it was supossed to be by the glass but our waiters just give us new whole bottles all the time.So we used to order a couple of bottles just before ending the meal then take them with us to watch the entertainment nobody stopped us. Bargain saved us a fortune as drink prices are expensive on the boats. The
J2 package says under 6.99 well there aint much under that so bit of a con.

If you speak spannish and enjoy the European lifestyle Pullmantur also offer all inclusive on the majority of their ships. Not many agents can book them but if you ask Cruise.dot they might be able to.

Prices are reasonable, they are part of RCI, but the style & onboard activities are in a similar bracket to Thomsons, but I have heard portion sizes are extremely large in the restaurant.

PULLMANTUR

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If you speak spannish and enjoy the European lifestyle Pullmantur also offer all inclusive on the majority of their ships. Not many agents can book them but if you ask Cruise.dot they might be able to.

Prices are reasonable, they are part of RCI, but the style & onboard activities are in a similar bracket to Thomsons, but I have heard portion sizes are extremely large in the restaurant.

PULLMANTUR

HiShelley

Hi went on Pullmantur in Oct 08,yes all ships are A/I + smoking in most areas,,food is not to bad but you wont see chips!!.
We were the only Brits aboard + Spanish passengers enjoyment a little different to ours,no English spoken/sang by bands etc.
Booked with Jetline.
JC