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    usmcakc reacted to bcarney in Jewelry Shopping in Ports   
    They started at $600 for the ring and $400 for the earrings IIRC.  If I had all cash I probably could have gotten them lower, but most of it had to go on the credit card so that limited my negotiating skills.
     
    I didn't get it appraised here.  She'll keep them for life, so whether it's worth $10 or $10,000 it doesn't matter to her, nor to me really.
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    usmcakc reacted to firegal2539 in When do shore excursions open up?   
    Everyone that cruises does things differently. I keep a file for each cruise I have booked. Everything about that cruise goes in the file and then the file goes with me on the cruise, because it has all of the paperwork necessary, boarding pass, luggage tags, shore excursions reservations, OBC, etc. that you don't put on until you get to the port, etc.
     
    I am the kind of person that must have everything done and paid for months before. The only advice I would give you (there has been a lot of discussion about this) don't pay your cruise off completely. That way if the price drops, you might get some money deducted from the price of your cruise. I always leave a balance of $100 on each cruise for that reason.
     
    Candie
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    usmcakc reacted to firegal2539 in When do shore excursions open up?   
    I have sailed several cruise lines and I know that Princess doesn't usually open shore excursions until 90 to 180 days before the cruise. Carnival opens them immediately but adds to them. NCL doesn't have the slightest idea what they are doing. Celebrity opens theirs right away and adds to them. RCCL, I have some open right now for one of my cruises but only one port, the cruise is 10 months away. The other ports have no excursions listed. I think when the cruise line gets them set in stone then they open them.
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    usmcakc reacted to DocLC in When do shore excursions open up?   
    I have seen excursions more than a year out and some that haven't shown up until about three months out. My guess is that they're negotiating contracts. I'd suggest somewhere between 3-6 months before sailing. Most people don't even consider booking tours until after final payment since you must pay at the time of booking.
     
    Do keep in mind that prices do change, so it can be worth booking in advance if you can afford to do so to lock in the price.
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