Total Cruise Cost Estimator
The real all-in price: fare, gratuities, and every add-on people forget
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$1,232
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All-in cost for 2 guests
$5,840
$2,920 per person · $834/night · Royal Caribbean International
- Base cruise fare$2,464 42%
- Drink package$1,190 20%
- Flights to port(easy to forget)$700 12%
- Shore excursions$360 6%
- Gratuities / service charges(easy to forget)$259 4%
- Specialty dining(easy to forget)$200 3%
- Pre/post hotel(easy to forget)$180 3%
- WiFi(easy to forget)$175 3%
- Travel insurance(easy to forget)$172 3%
- Port parking(easy to forget)$140 2%
$1,826 of this is the stuff people forget
Gratuities, WiFi, dining, flights, hotels, parking and insurance make up 31% of your all-in cost, on top of the advertised fare. Budget for them now so the final bill is not a shock.
Drink package is an editable estimate ($85/person/day); confirm against your quote. Gratuities use our verified per-line rate of $19/person/day.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The advertised fare almost never includes gratuities, a drink package, WiFi, specialty dining, shore excursions, or the cost of simply getting to the port (flights, a pre-cruise hotel night, and parking). For many first-time cruisers these extras add 40 to 80 percent on top of the headline fare. This estimator surfaces every line item so there are no surprises at checkout.
Daily gratuity rates are pulled from our verified per-line gratuity database, the same figures used by our dedicated gratuity calculator. The NCL drink-package price comes from our drink-package database. Other lines use sensible editable estimates because flat daily package prices vary by sailing and promotion; adjust them to match your quote.
No. Those start as reasonable defaults you can edit. Flights, hotels, and excursions swing widely by date, departure city, and itinerary, so treat them as placeholders and drop in your own quotes. Live travel pricing is a planned future enhancement.
On most lines children are charged the same daily gratuity rate as adults (only infants are typically exempt). Drink packages usually require children to take a non-alcoholic package. This estimator charges gratuities and the drink package per guest; adjust the guest counts to model your party accurately.
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