Sometimes You Have To Spend a Little Extra To Get a Whole Lot Extra

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I do have a trip coming up in 4 days - a solo trip to Malta, but my next Ocean Cruise isn't until February. In February me and friends will be on a 14-day cruise from Los Angeles to Hawaii and back. You all know that @AmbiePam is on a cruise right now. She was talking before she left at wanting to buy the internet access just for a couple of days while on her cruise, but I told her that the cruiselines require that you pay for the whole length of the trip times a daily rate. You can just pick a day or two. And the premium internet like she wanted to be able to stream movies and things is around $22/day, so it can really add up. I don't know how long Amber's cruise is, but if it's 7 days that would be $154 just for internet access for one week. Now cruises have "Drink Packages" that you can buy for both alcoholic and non-alcoholic use, but they too can add up to quite a bit. I personally don't drink alcohol. So I got a promotion for a "Fun Pack" that I could purchase for my Hawaii cruise. For a set amount per day x 14 days, I could get Premium Wifi, 3 alcoholic beverages per day, unlimited non-alcoholic beverages every day including soft drinks, mocktails, bottled water, specialty coffees, energy drinks, etc, 50 % off of all Spa Services, $100 off of one Shore Excursion, One Free Dinner at the Specialty Steakhouse, and probably some other things that I'm forgetting. I did the math. What it would have cost me out of my own pocket ala carte for internet, a few bottles of water, and a few soft drinks was $141 less than what the package was going to cost me. And with the package, I am getting a whole lot more. So I broke it down to $10.07 extra per day that I'd be paying, which would equal 1 1/2 soft drinks. So yeah, I am getting the "Fun Pack" package. Yes, it costs $141 more, but I get a whole lot more. Would you get the package?