How much should I plan on spending NCL Gem Cruise 7 day?
About $200 per person should do it. Here’s why. When you have paid for your cruise you will be entitled to your cabin, free use of all facilities and activities on ship (except spa services which have a fee), and all meals including breakfast, lunch dinner, and snacks, plus free room service. Included also will be coffee, tea, juices, milk, and any punch or lemonade they may have. You will have to pay for alcoholic beverages and soft drinks. A 15% gratuity is added to every drink order, so you don’t pay them as a lump sum but per order. But the ship is basically cashless so there will be just a very few things that you need cash for. Here’s how it works. When you first board the ship they will set up at check in a cruise account for everything that you buy on board the ship. And that includes drinks, photos, tours, and souvenirs. So all of the alcoholic and soft drinks that you order will go on that tab. If you decide to eat at a specialty restaurant the gratuity fee for that goes on y