Packing: Clothes and Money!

[TPKeller]

Anyone who's sailed these forums for more than a few months has heard it.  Probably the most common, universally applicable, and well-known piece of cruise advice of all time:

 

How many clothes, and how much money should I take??

Answer: Lay out your clothes, and lay out your money.  Take HALF the clothes, and TWICE the money!

 

Who was the first to come up with this gem, and when?  I've been here on Cruise Critic for 21 years, I heard it way back then.  Could it be 30 years old?  40?

 

Would you believe it is AT LEAST forty-six years old!?

 

I just happened to run across this clip on an episode of The Love Boat.  I'd love to know if anyone can cite a reference to the advice prior to that episode's first air date of October 6, 1977.  Wouldn't it be hilarious if one of the best pieces of cruise advice started as little more than a television show joke!?

 

Theron

 

(Sharing this short clip under "fair use" for educational (historical) purposes.)

 

That's Loretta Swit and Richard Mulligan.

 

 

Edited January 2 by TPKeller
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[Porky55]

I have used this advice for new cruisers on more than one occasion, after reading it here on CC. This is gold though … thankyou TPKeller 👏👏🥂⭐️🌟

[Essiesmom]

I think I heard it before that, about travel not cruise related.  EM

[Mum2Mercury]

I've also heard it ... for decades, I'm quite sure.  It's good advice.