Cruise Budget Calculator
Enter the banner fare, nights and your crew. The calculator builds the real total - port fees, gratuities, drinks, shore days, wifi - and the honest per-person-per-night for comparison.
Cruise advertising is a cabin price wearing a vacation costume: the banner number covers the room, and the vacation happens in the surcharges. None of the add-ons are unreasonable individually - together they usually double the sticker - and pricing them in advance is the difference between a plan and a bill.
How to use
- The advertised per-person fare and the night count.
- Kids cruising - gratuities charge for them too.
- Read the honest per-night figure: that is your hotel-with-meals comparison. Updates live.
Frequently asked questions
How much does a 7-day cruise really cost?
A 599-dollar banner fare becomes roughly 2,600 to 3,000 for two once port fees, 16-dollar-a-day gratuities, drinks and one shore day each land - about 200 per person per night. The calculator runs your exact fare and crew through the honest pipeline.
What do cruise gratuities cost?
Most mainstream lines charge 16 to 18 dollars per person per day, automatically, including kids - a family of four burns about 450 dollars in tips on a week. Prepaying or adjusting at guest services both work; skipping them is possible and visibly stingy.
Is the drinks package worth it on a cruise?
Only above about five alcoholic drinks a day - the packages price near 60 dollars per person daily against 10-12 dollar cocktails. Soda and basic coffee are free; the specialty coffee card beats the package for one-cup mornings. The extras line in the calculator assumes the honest middle.
What is actually free on a cruise?
The main dining room, the buffet, kids clubs, shows, and the ocean - kids clubs in particular are the one genuinely included thing a land resort never matches. Shore days, specialty dining, wifi and alcohol are the paid layer, and walking-off-the-ship beach days cost nothing at most Caribbean ports.