personal question!

I realize this is a very personal question but I thought someone might be willing to answer..... with having the cruise, wedding, reception, flight paid for..... about how much money do you think is appropriate for extra spending and tipping? We are trying to have a ballpark idea but we have no clue. We are also taking an extra week in florida for our honeymoon. So past wedding people and future, how much did you bring and how much are you going to bring?

Gurl this is TOTALLY up to YOU, and how YOU work/plan it...................

Tipping can be from $20 and Up and then I have had people not give anything.. You dont know how All your services are going to go, SO I would but a amount (up to u & your Partner) and have someone that you Truly Trust ready to give out OR not give out the Money... You ALSO need to think about your Pix Package as well (IF ) you are getting them...

DO you Drink, Yall Smoke, did you add in Your Tip for the Stateroom/dinning room people (some folks pre pay that), (miami) When yall go out for Dinner will You Go alllllll out OR something small,,, (i would check living social, etc for coupons too.. there are just sooo many things to think about..

THIS IS MY ANSWER: AT LEAST $2500. AT LEAST!!!!! It can be cheaper or higher, depending on what u cut or add.. DONT FORGET YOU WILL BE GETTING GIFT'S AT YOUR WEDDING!!!!!!!! WE LADIES FORGET THE $$$$ GIFT'S THAT COME AND HELP.. OR YOU CAN TELL SOME PEOPLE TO GO ON CARNIVAL.COM AND GIVE YALL CARNIVAL BUCK/ OR BUY YOU A BOTTLE/ ETC

Hope that help.. Congrats and have a FAB Wedding..

Gurl this is TOTALLY up to YOU, and how YOU work/plan it...................

 

Tipping can be from $20 and Up and then I have had people not give anything.. You dont know how All your services are going to go, SO I would but a amount (up to u & your Partner) and have someone that you Truly Trust ready to give out OR not give out the Money... You ALSO need to think about your Pix Package as well (IF ) you are getting them...

 

DO you Drink, Yall Smoke, did you add in Your Tip for the Stateroom/dinning room people (some folks pre pay that), (miami) When yall go out for Dinner will You Go alllllll out OR something small,,, (i would check living social, etc for coupons too.. there are just sooo many things to think about..

 

THIS IS MY ANSWER: AT LEAST $2500. AT LEAST!!!!! It can be cheaper or higher, depending on what u cut or add.. DONT FORGET YOU WILL BE GETTING GIFT'S AT YOUR WEDDING!!!!!!!! WE LADIES FORGET THE $$$$ GIFT'S THAT COME AND HELP.. OR YOU CAN TELL SOME PEOPLE TO GO ON CARNIVAL.COM AND GIVE YALL CARNIVAL BUCK/ OR BUY YOU A BOTTLE/ ETC

 

Hope that help.. Congrats and have a FAB Wedding..

Again, this is a personal choice. We spent 3 days before the cruise down in Long Beach and spent about $700 extra between the hotel and food. We tipped those associated with the wedding about $250 total, and we had so many people buy off the carnival registry for our wedding that after excursions, drinks, gratuities, and trinkets, and even the wedding pictures (we spent about $800 on wedding pictures) we ended up spending about $50 over our wedding gifts. We also received money as wedding gifts which pretty much covered what we spent the days before the cruise. I'd guess we spent maybe $3000 total. But we did also host a dinner for all of our guests the night before the wedding AND we paid for our daughters and their husbands (actually my daughter's husband couldn't go at the last minute so we swapped him out for college roommate who served as our officiant) to cruise with us, and pre paid their gratuities (my step daughter and her husband are both in PhD programs and wouldn't have been able to afford the trip and we were not going to start off our blended family by paying for one and not the other). Anyway, you can make any budget fit, just be realistic on what you budget for.

Yeah, it totally depends on you and what you want. I've done cruises before where I spent only about $200 max., utilizing what was included (brought my own soda on board instead of buying drink package, didn't drink alcohol, avoided casino, minimal souvenirs at ports).

For our wedding cruise, we tipped wedding staff and room steward pretty generously and spent about $600 on tips (including wedding, daily tips added to bill for cruise, and additional tips we gave to room steward & wait staff). We bought drink package for DH (I stuck with free drinks). We (mainly DH) spent probably $600 at casino. We spent about $400 on shore excursions. We did buy some stuff at ports, but didn't spend too much there, probably less than $100 total. We spent $70 to eat at steakhouse (SO worth it). We spent $3500 on wedding photos (we bought everything, thanks to help from parents contributing, but had originally planned on $2000 which would have been perfectly fine). I spent about $300 for hair/makeup/nails (including trials and wedding day). We stayed at port city 5 nights before cruise and 1 night after, which cost about $1200 total for hotels. Transportation to/from airport and around town probably cost about $150. Then spending money and meals there. I also paid about $50 for marriage license application & copies of certificate.

We saved for a few years to be able to enjoy the trip without worrying about money and wanted to be able to splurge and live it up a bit, and we did. But, we spent a lot more than was really necessary and could have easily had a great trip for much less. I think our total cost for cruise (we got a spa suite), wedding & all related expenses came to about $12,000. But, I think you could definitely cut costs and spend half that and still have an awesome time. It just depends on what you like to do and what you want to spend.