Virgin's CHEAPEST cruise in 2025 - Will it be any good?

Name: Virgin's CHEAPEST cruise in 2025 - Will it be any good? | Open Video
Uploaded: 2025-07-20T19:42:35+00:00
Duration: 24 min 27 s

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If you see much about Virgin Voyages
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cruises across the internet and across
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social media, you will know what
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fantastic luxury experience Virgin
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Voyages can provide. And it's easy to
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think because it looks so fantastic and
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it looks so luxurious that it's going to
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cost an absolute fortune, but you'll be
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surprised to know how affordable it can
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actually be. And what's more, just how
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good that affordable experience can be
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as well. My name is David from VV
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Insider and we're going to look at all
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the tips, tricks, and hacks from across
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VV Insider to see how you can plan your
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voyage of a lifetime for incredibly less
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than $100 per person per night. And I'm
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going to walk you through what that
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experience looks like and how that might
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compare with similarly priced sailings
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from other cruise lines. And spoiler
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alert, I think you're going to find that
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Virgin Voyages offers the best
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experience for the best price. V Insider
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I'm going to walk you through not only
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finding the best deals and the best
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offers possible before you make your
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booking, but also stick with us as we
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walk through all of the incredible
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included luxuries that you get as part
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of Virgin Voyages as standard that would
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cost you an absolute fortune on other
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lines. So, let's get kicked off. For
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many sailors starting off on Virgin
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Voyages, sometimes it all comes down to
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price. And in this day and age, who can
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blame someone for looking for a bargain?
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When we sale, we don't spend any more
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than we absolutely need to, unless of
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course we're celebrating something
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special, but normally we're looking for
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the best price possible. And there's a
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really quick and easy way to do this
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with the Virgin Voyages sale and save
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offers. Now, the sale and save offers is
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a collection of discounts and deals that
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Virgin Voyagers put out on a weekly
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basis where you can find the absolute
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cheapest sailings. The easiest way to
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access these is to go on vbvincider.com.
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We make it super easy to browse all of
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the latest offers. If you go to the
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website and click offers in the header,
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you will see a list of articles that are
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all to do with the latest offers for
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Virgin Voyages. And the great thing
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about this page, it doesn't just list
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the sale and save offers, but it also
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details any offers that you also might
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be applicable for. So, for example, it's
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this page where we'll let you know if
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there's offers for solo sailor, offers
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for those that serve in the military,
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first responder discounts, for example.
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And it's great to keep this page
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bookmarked because it's updated
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sometimes multiple times a week with
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brand new offers. So, if you're looking
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to sail on Virgin Voyages for less, this
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is the best place to look. But for the
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purposes of this video in finding the
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cheapest cruise possible, we're going to
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head over to the most up-to-date sale
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and save offer. So, on the sale and save
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offer pages, we do go through and
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highlight some of the great deals that
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are available there. But what we're
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trying to do here is find the cheapest
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thing possible. So, let's go into the
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pricing. I'm going to say view eligible
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offers. Let's use US dollars for these
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purposes. But of course, you can book
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worldwide in any currency that works for
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you. One thing to mention here is that
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when you use links on the Venider
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website, we'll give you a little alert
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to tell you that your booking can be
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connected to us, which simply means that
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we'll act as your travel advisor along
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with our travel advisor partners. And
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that way, we can give you some exclusive
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perks like adree access to our website.
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But if you're working with your own
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travel advisor, you can of course
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dismiss that if you like. But allowing
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us to help you with your booking doesn't
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cost you any more at all. And as you'll
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see, you'll still get the best deals
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possible, even if we're giving you those
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exclusive perks from VV Insider. So now
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I'm on the Virgin Voyages website, and
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all of the Voyagers are listed from the
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lowest price possible. And the prices
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listed here are per person per night. So
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it looks like the best available option
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for me if I'm trying to save money is
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this fantastic sailing on the Brilliant
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Ladies inaugural season. And Brilliant
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Lady is Virgin Voyagers brand new ship
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that is launching in September. And it
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looks like the sailing is fantastic.
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It's 13 nights. It's sailing out of
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Quebec in Canada. It stops off in a
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couple of places in Canada. Eastport in
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Maine. It visits Boston going to
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Charleston in South Carolina before
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reaching its final port in Miami. So
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this incredible 13 night sailing is just
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$79 per person per night. So let's
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choose that one and see where we go. So,
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in order to get the lowest price
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possible, the website is showing me a
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few options here. And the cheapest cabin
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category is the insider category. So,
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the insider rooms on Virgin Voyages are
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very spacious and they're very
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wellappointed. The only drawback with
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the insider cabins is, you guessed it,
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you don't get any window or balcony, so
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you won't get any natural light in the
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room. But, it's up to you if you want to
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make sure that you're selling for the
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cheapest price possible. Often, the
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insider rooms are going to be the way to
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go. Now, there's two options here. But
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we can either decide to book a room in
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the insider category. So I can choose
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that option and I will be allocated a
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cabin or an alternative route and this
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is how you save the most money possible
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is to choose an insider lock itin rate.
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Now I'll just quickly explain what is
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meant by a lock itin rate. Now this is
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how you can sell for less. A lock it in
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rate is something on other cruise lines
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they might call a guaranteed cabin,
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which basically means you're guaranteed
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to be on board and the guarantee is that
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you will not have anything less than the
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category that you're paying for. So in
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this case, you'll be on an insider
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lockis in rate, which means you'll be
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allocated a cabin when you get closer to
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the sailing date. So up until the
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sailing date, you won't necessarily know
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what cabin you've been assigned. The big
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drawback with the lock it in rate and
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the reason why they offer it for such a
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discount is that if you change your mind
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or you need to cancel the sailing, you
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won't get any refund. So, if you've paid
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your deposit and you decide to move or
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cancel your voyage, unfortunately, you
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don't get that money back. And there's a
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word of warning here. Do not pay any
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more than the deposit unless you're
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absolutely sure you're going to make
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that sailing. Because if for example you
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pay in full for your lock it in rate and
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then you decide to cancel the entire
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amount of money that you spent excluding
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taxes will be non-refundable. Whereas if
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you only paid for the deposit at this
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point you're mitigating some of that
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risk. So don't pay any more money off it
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than you really need to. You're best off
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waiting until the pay in full day before
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you pay any more towards the voyage. Now
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those are the drawbacks with the lock it
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in rate. So, if you're sure that you're
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able to make the sailing and you want
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the best price possible, do choose the
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lock itin rate. One other benefit with
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the lock itin rate is that if they run
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out of those cabins, so if they don't
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have any insider rooms left, you
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actually have a chance of being upgraded
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to a better cabin type. So, for example,
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in the past when we've booked a locked
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in insider rate, we've ended up with a
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sea terrace cabin without having to
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spend any extra money whatsoever. It
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simply means that they ran out of
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insider cabins and had to give us a sea
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terrace cabin because they were
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available. So, you're in an incredible
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position here on this voyage of spending
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$79 per person per night potentially
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ending up in a sea terrace cabin. Now,
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of course, it's not a guarantee. It's
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just one of the quirks of those lock it
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in rates. So, if you do end up with an
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insider cabin, that's perfectly
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legitimate. One other thing to mention
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on the lock itin rate is because you're
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assigned your cabin so close to the
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sailing, it can be as much as a few
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hours before you're sailing, you'll get
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an email to tell you which cabin you're
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in. It is very difficult to move your
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cabin around. So, if you do look on the
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V insider cabin lookup tool, you can put
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your cabin number in there and see
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whether it's in a good place on the
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ship. So, for example, it's close to
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elevators and lifts so you can get
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around more easily. Or if,
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unfortunately, you've been assigned a
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cabin that is in one of the areas on the
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ship where you prefer not to be. So,
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near noisy venues, for example. The
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problem is if you've been given your
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cabin allocation so close to the
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sailing, it's unlikely you're going to
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be able to move your cabin round to get
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into one of the better areas on the
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ship. So you might, for example, have
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been given a cabin that is in a noisy
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area, but because you've got that
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discounted rate, it's more difficult for
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you to move around because what you
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might find here is that people that have
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booked a cabin that isn't a lock it in
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rate have already moved themselves
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around to areas on the ship that are in
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a bit more of a comfortable position. So
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the choices that are left for you will
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be slightly diminished. So just keep
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that in mind if you're choosing a locked
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in rate. So with all that being said,
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let's choose this cabin. Let's choose
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the lock itin rate and let's book it
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that in. That's $79 per person per
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night. I've chosen my cabin. I've went
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through the checkout process which is
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all done on virginvoyoyagers.com. So
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you're not sending your credit card
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information anywhere. Even if you book
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through vincider, you're still checking
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out on virginvoyagers.com. So
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everything's secure and managed through
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them. Now comes the exciting bit. The
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countdown is on. Your voyage is booked.
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And now you're in the planning phase.
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So, what can you do planning wise to
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make sure you're not spending any more
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than you really need to? One thing you
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can do here is have a look at your
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itinerary. So, one great money-saving
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tip here is to look at those ports and
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look to see if there's anything free
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that you can do on those port days. One
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of the biggest costs for any type of
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cruise can be those port excursions,
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especially if you book them with the
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cruise line themselves. you can find
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yourself paying a huge markup for things
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that actually cost a lot less if you
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just organize them yourself. Now, of
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course, I'm not dismissing booking shore
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things directly with Virgin Voyages.
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We've been on many shore things in the
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past with Virgin Voyages, and they've
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been great. One other positive if you
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book direct with Virgin is that they
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always offer that guarantee that you're
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going to get back on the ship in time
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because they're always going to be in
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constant communication with the ship. If
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you're planning to save money and just
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tour the port on foot for free, you do
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still need to make sure that you're
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getting back to the ship on time because
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you're doing something that's not
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organized by the cruise line, you do run
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the risk of being one of those peer
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runners that you might have seen on
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social media. So, for example, if you
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booked a shore excursion to save money
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with somebody else and the bus breaks
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down and you're not able to get back to
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the port on time, there is a real risk
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that the ship will leave without you.
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So, do bear that in mind if you're going
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out and planning a free or a more
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affordable shore excursion on your own.
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One other thing to think about is the
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only other big cost as you're planning
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your voyage, and that is all to do with
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the price of drinks. So, as we've
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mentioned before, and as we'll mention
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later on in this video when we get on
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board, a lot of the things that you
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would assume you'd have to pay for as
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you're cruising are actually included in
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the Virgin Voyages experience. But one
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thing that is not included and you do
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need to think about is the cost of
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alcoholic drinks. So soft drinks are
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included and I'm going to cover off
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what's included in just a moment, but
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alcoholic beverages are not and
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specialtity coffees aren't either. So
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here's a fantastic tip on how to save
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money when you're drinking board Virgin
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Voyages, and that's to plan out what
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you're going to drink in advance. Now,
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of course, this can be quite tricky to
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do. It's very difficult to think about
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how much you're going to drink before
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you go off and go on a sailing. But if
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you can just imagine what you might
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drink on an average day, you can
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actually use that information to save
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money when you sail. And the way to do
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that is to head over to vbvinsider.com
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and use our bar tab calculator. Our bar
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tab calculator is one of our most
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popular tools on the website. And what
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it allows you to do is plug in the
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information for your voyage and give us
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an idea of how much you intend to drink
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on your voyage. And we can tell you
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exactly how you can save money by
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preurchasing your bar tab. Now, you
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might be asking yourself, what is a bar
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tab and how does it work? Well, on
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Virgin Voyages, things work slightly
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different. They don't have a traditional
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drinks package that you might see on
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other cruise lines. That is at least at
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the time of filming this. They have been
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testing out something called drink like
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a VIP which does work a little bit more
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like those traditional drink packages.
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But as of yet they haven't released that
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any wider than just a small trial
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earlier this year. So for now they still
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offer something called the bar tab. And
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the bar tab is the name given to a
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certain type of onboard credit that you
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have that's simply used for drinks. That
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is to say, you're not able to use your
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bar tab for other purchases like buying
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things in the gift store, for example.
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But you can use your bar tab for
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alcoholic beverages and specialtity
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coffees at the bars. So, the way that
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you can save money with a bar tab is
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that when you buy a certain amount of
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bar tab, you're then given an extra
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amount for free. And this works on a
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sliding scale. If you buy a huge bar
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tab, they will give you an extended
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amount of free credit with it. So the
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more that you add, the more that you
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save. The only issue with this is that
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you need to understand exactly how much
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you're going to spend on board to make
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the most out of this. And that's exactly
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where the bar tab calculator comes in.
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So for our example today, we're going to
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tell the barab calculator that we're on
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a 13 night voyage. And because we're
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trying to keep costs down, we're going
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to drink very conservatively. So on this
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voyage, myself and my partner are going
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to share the bar tab. and let's do two
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glasses of wine, two beers, and two
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specialtity coffees per day between us.
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Now, when you're putting in your own
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details for your bar tab calculator,
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you're going to have to try and figure
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out exactly what you intend to drink
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each day. Do consider, of course, if
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you're on a voyage that includes lots of
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port days, you might actually be on land
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for most of the day, so you might not be
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drinking as much as you would on board.
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You might also be on a voyage that has
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overnight stays like in Mkos or
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Amsterdam where you might actually be
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staying out all night. So you'll be
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drinking nothing on that day. So try and
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work this out with averages in mind. The
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likelihood is it's never going to be
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perfect, but we've heard loads of
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feedback about our barab calculator and
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how accurate it tends to be. So do let
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us know if you've used it and whether
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it's been accurate for you. Okay, so
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I've popped in my details for my 13-
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night voyage, and the total price it
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thinks that we're going to spend on
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drinks on this voyage is $585.
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Now, using the bar tab calculator, it's
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worked out that if I buy a $500 bar tab,
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I'll actually have more than enough
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credit to spend on drinks because I get
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$100 extra if I buy a $500 bar tab. So,
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that $600 combined value will cover all
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of our drinks if we drink conservatively
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like this. and it's only going to cost
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me an extra $500 on top of my voyage
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fair. So, if we spread the cost of that
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$500 extra dollars across the length of
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our 13 night voyage, it actually still
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hasn't broke the $100 per night rate
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that we talked about at the start of
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this video. So, each night that we spend
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on board per person will cost $9823
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each. So, I know what you're thinking.
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That's what we've spent before we've
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even stepped foot on the ship. But I'm
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just going to very quickly recap what
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this means when you get on board and
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what that sailing is going to look like
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without spending another scent. So this
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is where we can really start comparing
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the Virgin Voyages experience with the
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experience that you would get on most
15:35
other cruise lines. So first let's talk
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about one of the main things that's very
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different on Virgin Voyages and that's
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the idea of specialtity dining. And to
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put it simply on Virgin Voyages
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everything is specialtity dining. There
15:50
is no main dining room. And if you've
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ever sailed on one of these other cruise
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lines before, the alarm bells are
15:55
probably ringing because you know how
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expensive specialtity dining can be.
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Sometimes specialtity dining can cost
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over $100 per person per day if you
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decide to dine in those restaurants. But
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for our purposes, for comparison, let's
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say it costs you $70 each to do
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specialtity dining every night. Now,
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normally you wouldn't do specialtity
16:16
dining every night, but on Virgin
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Voyages, you can. and it's not going to
16:19
cost you any more. And it might sound
16:21
like marketing fluff to say that
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everything is like specialtity dining.
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But if you'd like to learn more about
16:26
the dining options that's available on
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Virgin Voyages, VV Insider list off all
16:31
the restaurants and give you an idea of
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all the food that's served there,
16:34
including all the menus. So, go take a
16:36
look for yourself. But just a couple of
16:38
highlights are the test kitchen, which
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offers contemporary highlevel cuisine,
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which has incredible experimental
16:45
tasting menus. This is definitely a
16:48
concept that's on other cruise lines,
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but again, it normally has a huge cost
16:52
associated with it. It's included on
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Virgin Voyages. One of the novelty style
16:57
restaurant that actually is a huge
16:59
amount of fun is a restaurant called Gun
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Bay. And Gun Bay is a Korean barbecue,
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the first Korean barbecue at sea, where
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the food is actually grilled on a
17:08
barbecue right in front of you. And
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there's also some incredible Korean
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sides, appetizers, and desserts to go
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along with the grilled food as well.
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These are really fantastic
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experience-led dining options. And
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again, all included in that price that
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you've already paid that's less than
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$100 per night. Moving away from dining,
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let's talk about something else you
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would expect to pay for on other cruise
17:31
lines, and that is soft drinks and
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water. If you're not much of a drinker
17:35
and you end up drinking soft drinks a
17:37
lot on a cruise, it can still cost you
17:39
an incredible amount of money. And
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that's normally because things like
17:43
Coca-Cola products, juices, and even
17:45
water is normally charged for when you
17:47
go to a bar. Yes, often on some of the
17:49
higher, more premium cruise lines, you
17:51
would get free soft drinks available in
17:53
the buffet area, but it's a little bit
17:55
of an inconvenience to have to go to the
17:57
buffet just to get a soft drink for
17:59
free. On Virgin Voyages, soft drinks are
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free everywhere. that every single bar,
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every single restaurant, you're not
18:06
having to pay a scent if you want one of
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those Coca-Cola drinks or something like
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an orange juice or a filter coffee or
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even just water that's included as part
18:14
of your cruise fair. Of course, it
18:16
depends on how many soft drinks you
18:17
would intend to drink, but let's say $40
18:20
per day for that. And then moving on to
18:22
another huge aspect of the costs of
18:24
traveling on a cruise, and that comes
18:26
down to gratuitities and tipping.
18:28
Gratuitities are often a mandatory part
18:31
of cruising with some cruise lines
18:33
charging as much as $40 per night just
18:36
to sail on board. And this of course is
18:38
to renumerate staff correctly, which we
18:40
don't necessarily disagree with.
18:42
However, Virgin Voyages have changed the
18:45
way that this works by giving
18:47
gratuitities as part of your cruise
18:49
fair. So, because gratuitities are
18:51
actually included in that price that's
18:53
under $100 per night, we don't have to
18:55
pay for that at the end of the cruise.
18:57
Now, this is an area of some debate and
18:59
people do ask, should we still tip? And
19:02
that is completely a personal choice.
19:04
The line from Virgin Voyages is that
19:06
tipping and gratuitities are included.
19:08
But if you decide that somebody's gone
19:09
that extra mile, feel free to tip. It's
19:12
entirely up to you. Moving on to another
19:14
thing that normally costs an absolute
19:16
fortune when you sail on one of these
19:18
other cruise lines, and that's to do
19:20
with Wi-Fi. Getting connected at sea can
19:23
often cost an absolute fortune. And some
19:26
cruise lines charge even $50 a day for
19:28
their most basic package. And sometimes
19:31
this has data caps as well. Well, on
19:33
Virgin Voyages, you get free unlimited
19:35
Wi-Fi to start with. And this is great
19:38
to keep connected with family and
19:39
friends and also to browse news and
19:41
website social media when you're away. A
19:44
little caveat here to say that is the
19:45
basic Wi-Fi and there are other options.
19:48
You can get premium Wi-Fi and a Wi-Fi
19:50
package that is specifically for working
19:52
at sea, which does cost more, but it
19:55
does give you a faster, more reliable
19:57
connection with premium features. And
19:59
you may need that depending on whether
20:00
you need to stay connected to work, for
20:02
example. But for our purposes, let's say
20:05
that basic Wi-Fi is fine and that's
20:07
included in our less than $100 per night
20:09
sailing. And finally, this one is very
20:11
dependent on the type of sailor that you
20:13
are, but if you decide to join those
20:15
group fitness classes, sometimes on
20:17
other cruise lines, that can be quite
20:19
expensive, as much as 20 or $30 per
20:23
class if you decide to participate in
20:25
those more premium classes. On Virgin
20:27
Voyages, there are no group fitness
20:29
classes that cost money at all. It's all
20:32
included as part of your less than $100
20:34
per night sailing. So, putting that all
20:36
together, if you were to have that
20:38
Virgin Voyages experience on a different
20:40
cruise line, that would cost you around
20:42
220 extra dollars per night while you're
20:46
sailing. Now, you don't need to be a
20:48
maths expert to know that that would
20:49
effectively triple the cost if Virgin
20:52
Voyages played by the rule book and
20:54
decided to charge for the things that
20:56
other cruise lines charge for. Now,
20:58
that's of course an incredible saving.
21:00
And also remember the incredible
21:02
entertainment that's offered on board
21:04
Virgin Voyages as well, which granted
21:06
other cruise lines don't generally
21:07
charge for entertainment, but let's not
21:09
forget the entertainment on Virgin
21:10
Voyages is world class and very
21:12
different, very special. So make sure,
21:15
of course, even if you're on one of
21:16
these very affordable sailings, you're
21:18
making the most of that incredible
21:19
entertainment and really getting
21:21
yourself out there and enjoying the
21:22
cruise. Because just because you haven't
21:24
spent a lot of money on it, doesn't mean
21:26
that you can't get the full experience.
21:27
And it's that full experience why we
21:30
keep coming back time and time again to
21:32
Virgin Voyages. And it's what inspired
21:34
us to set up VV inside it to tell
21:36
everyone about the fantastic experience
21:38
that Virgin Voyages offer. We put
21:41
together guides like this and also news
21:43
and updates from across the Virgin
21:45
Voyages fleet. If you'd like to support
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the work that we do here at VV Insider,
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liking this video and subscribing is a
21:52
fantastic way to do that. Now, getting
21:54
one of these really affordable sailings
21:55
is a really good way to start on Virgin
21:58
Voyages and start learning what this
22:00
experience is all about. But there are,
22:02
of course, a huge amount of ways that
22:04
you can really elevate the experience
22:05
and inject your experience with a little
22:07
bit of extra luxury for less. And that's
22:10
exactly what our next video in a couple
22:11
of weeks time is going to tell you all
22:13
about. So, how to take that standard
22:15
sailor experience and add on these
22:18
layers of luxury for the best price
22:20
possible, including how to get upgraded
22:23
to the rockstar sweet level for the
22:25
least amount of money possible. So, make
22:28
sure you're subscribed for that because
22:29
over the years of sailing with Virgin
22:31
Voyages, we have a lot of tips and
22:33
tricks in order to get that luxury
22:35
experience for less. So, do follow
22:36
along. Now, most people planning their
22:38
Virgin voyages are not going to be
22:40
seeking the absolute cheapest option,
22:42
nor are they going to be asking for the
22:43
most expensive option, but actually
22:45
they're going to be finding the voyage
22:47
that is perfectly right for them. And
22:49
that is where we'd really like to help.
22:51
So, the idea of vvincider.com is to put
22:54
that power back into your hands as a
22:56
sailor. Sometimes working with a
22:58
traditional travel advisor means that
23:00
you're waiting for emails to get back to
23:02
you or phone calls to be answered. But
23:04
with VB Insider, all of the information
23:06
is there at your fingertips. And if
23:08
you're kind enough to trust your booking
23:10
with us, you'll actually get access to
23:12
vbinsider.com
23:14
with no ads whatsoever. So you can plan
23:17
your perfect voyage without
23:18
interruptions. But also, you can enter
23:21
our Red Diamond Club, which is an
23:23
exclusive club designed for those that
23:25
have trusted their Virgin Voyages
23:27
booking with VV Insider. It also comes
23:30
with its own loyalty scheme as well. So,
23:32
our loyalty scheme here at VV Insider
23:34
actually sits on top of the Virgin
23:36
Voyages loyalty scheme as well. So,
23:39
you'll be able to make sure that each
23:40
Voyage you book not only contributes to
23:43
your Virgin Voyages loyalty status, but
23:45
your VV Insider Red Diamond Club status
23:47
as well. We've got tons more information
23:50
about that and also a breakdown of all
23:52
the voyages on offer at
23:54
vvincider.com/book.
23:56
So you can hop on there and have a
23:58
browse and book directly or you can send
24:01
us an inquiry and we'll be in touch. We
24:03
can't wait to personally help you out
24:04
with your voyage plans. Let us know when
24:07
you'd like to sail and where to and
24:09
we'll find the perfect voyage just for
24:11
you at a price point that works for you
24:13
as well. So, thank you so much for
24:15
listening and until next time, happy
24:17
sailing.
24:20
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