StargateBabe

OP sorry I didn't read any comments but I noticed that in your "math" you never included actually doing anything besides eating... Is that all you do on vacay lol. I would hope to do some activities on vacay as well! And what kinda car are you driving that gas for 1 week on vacay is only $50? And while I wouldn't eat at Mickey Ds while on vacay I do know that lunch for 2 would cost more than $10 prolly closer to $15-17.

For my two cents, you cannot compare. The cruise is a way better deal but a completely different experience. We did an all inclusive in Jamaica last October. The food was mediocre and the drinks were abominable. The service was nonexistent. The rooms were large, but the beach was just okay. The booze was supposed to be included but it was such a low grade. For the same money, we could have had a week on a cruise, not 4 nights. As to nightly entertainment...what nightly entertainment? There was a disco. That was it. I was sooooo bored. Rather do different ports daytime, shows and live music at night with top shelf liquor, and great service.

I have no idea where you figure $50 for gas. I don't eat at McD's. Sure we hit a grocery store now and then on car trips. But the question was about all inclusives vs cruises.

Just got back from Ochos Rios Jamaica in St. Anne's Bay and got a whopping lot of stings from jellies I never saw. I still have the marks. The tentacles wrapped around my ankle, my thigh, and left blisters and a searing pain. The nurse at the beach applied vinegar and cream. My husband always carries Benadryl tablets but that takes time to get into your blood stream. I was in tears, with a slight paralysis in the leg growing up from the ankle. It passed but man that hurt.

Do NOT use ammonia or urine on a jelly sting. It enhances the venom's rush into the bloodstream. Vinegar will neutralize the unfired stingers. I applied a lidocaine cream and an antihistamine cream which mildly helped. Keeping the affected area out of the air, covered helped. I was miserable all night. So sorry to hear about the allergic reaction and the blood clotting. It scares me.