When budgeting a cruise, we all know there are a lot of factors that go into the budget when selecting a type of cabin. With us living in Florida, as well as other people that are close (2 hours) to cruise ports, travel budgets are lower because we are not required for long drives, flights, hotels, restaurants etc….
So for us a cruise vacation budget is fuel cost and parking at the port. So here is an estimate of my cost for a 7 day cruise: Fuel cost $50 (300 miles round trip), parking $119 ($17 per day). Total $167. That’s pretty inexpensive considering what many people pay to get to the cruise port. So the cost of a Aft balcony is somewhat reasonable.
My point is this; budgeting a cruise is so different for those that travel far away to cruise. That may affect someone’s budget for a type of cabin. We recently cruised out of Charleston and Long Beach and I understood the cost of traveling a long distance to cruise.