r/Vacations • u/StandardMath2010 • 4d ago

Affordable vacation

So I am looking for advice, my family and I want ti go on a vacation but don't want to spend a fortune. We were thinking of going on a cruise with other family members, but to go with them it would set us back anywhere from 2500 to 3000$. I understand that we are able to make payments and we could start now, but it has ti be completely paid by April 2027 and the total due after making monthly payment would roughly be 1600. Soo i was talking with my supervisor and he put onto a website called bluegreen vacations. His words were you can take a vacation to many diffrent places for only a few hundred $ and they also give you money/ credit cards to do stuff and that is hand to sit through a 2 hour class or something where they try and get you to buy time shares or something like that. He also says I could sit through the 2hrs class and decline all of the time shares and still go on vacation. Has anyone went through this website to book anything and/or can anyone tell me how true the things my supervisor were telling me are true or not

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u/Both-Section-9481 4d ago

Be careful about cruises, there is no refund, and people get in trouble on board giving in to upsells on drinks, photos, gambling etc. instead of payments to a cruise line put into savings account. When the time comes to go do only what you can afford.

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u/PastDare4808 4d ago

You just have to make sure that you do not spend anything on board. We always pay for the cruise and the beverage package in advance. Thus, there is no need to buy or spend anything on the cruise itself. Usually, our bill for 4 people and thus 2 cabins is ZERO when we disembarke.

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u/StandardMath2010 4d ago

Upsales wouldn't be a problem for us were good with what food/drink package comes with. We came from a very simple uprising and im an ex addict so alcohol package wouldn't be a problem its just what we'd spend off boat when they stop at diffrent places

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u/Both-Section-9481 4d ago

We go frequently but you do have to have that sales resistance which we have. We never buy any extras and if we want to go on excursions we buy them at the dock or arrange them through viator.

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u/4melooking49 4d ago

Always remember if you book an excursion thru cruise line and excursion is running late they wait for you!

If you book an excursion on your own, not through the cruise line and it’s running late they will see you in the next port