:-( no then

It's just over 3k for the both of us, pretty good price compared to some others we've had. It looks awesome too, was checking out the Itinery, it includes your return flights to and from Barbados as well!

I'm just worried about booking it as I've never known anyone use P&O before

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It was direct with P&O, I checked other travel agents who use them but they were alot more expensive. I'm not sure if it's cheaper because of the time of year, it's for the 10th November which is brill for myself and h2b as we get married on the 5th November and thats the perfect time of year for weather out there! xx

I used to work on cruise ships (worked on Carnival though) but ALWAYS heard VERY good things about P&O, suzky123 is right - check out the hidden charges, tipping etc that they automatically can include but not bill you for until the end..I'd also check about the drinks situation too, just to make sure that all you're alcohol is included in that...

What's your itinery??

We are going on a 14 night cruise round carribean, south America and central America for our honeymoon and can not wait! Book it! It will be fab!

we booked direct with P & O too, its just the drinks you need to pay for, and you can tip if you want to, but you dont have too, and if you want to eat in one of the premier restaurants you have to pay a bit extra for those as well but not too much, just depends which restaurant you want to go to, but we plan to only go to the michelen starred indian restaurant that Atchul Kocher runs, but only the once :) x

cruising is fab, i have been on 3 with royal caribbean but h2b has not been on one, we have a week booked for our honeymoon around caribbean and having a week on land after it. Go for it, you will love it x0x

Yeah Suzky that is very crafty! I really don't like it when all these little things get added on, it's so cheeky. As if your not paying enough in the first place!

We've decided to hold off booking it and pop into a travel agents and speak to someone properly, h2b seems to think we could end up with other charges and he doesn't like the idea that when they are stopped at ports you have to pay extra for excursions, which I think he's right and is fair enough. Over 3k is alot of money and to pay anything upto 150 quid for a day excursions is pretty crazy!

And I think it worries us both that you have certain times to be back at the ship, what if something happens and you can't get back lol?!?!!

Last night I went to bed thinking "yay we're doing a cruise" and I woke up thinking "hmm Im really not sure"

Shelly if we go we go on the 10th of November I think it is, 5 days after the wedding. Have you found it really easy to sort out and what do you think about paying extra for excursions and stuff? Are you flying to and from Barbados?

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Ahhh that's really good! I didn't think of just doing our own thing, I just thought you'd have to do the excursions, it's good to know you can just make your own plans. I'm still really keen on it but I've only ever been on all inclusive holidays to hotels which is just simple!! I want exactly what you want for your honeymoon, relaxing, chilled, just the two of us doing what we want. I don't wanna be cheeky but how much have you paid? xx

See I don't know any of this and that's why I asked and I'm very glad I did! I wouldn't have a clue how much drinks cost or that you can taxi's to places I just thought you had to do the excursions, very glad I looked into it. So do you get told what the local beaches are etc so once your at port you can tell the taxi driver you want to go to "so and so" lol thats probably a silly question but I wouldn't have a clue. I'd quite like the idea of asking wedding guests to contribute to honeymoon excursions!

you will prob be on the same cruise guys, p&o do the back to back cruises, ie the western and easter caribbean, so ppl can either do a week or 2 weeks, how awesome you could meet up and have a drink. yes there will be places that ppl can tell you where to go, ask the staff on board the ship, they have been there over and over many times. telling you so much cheaper to do that, the last time i went on a cruise was round the med for 2 weeks, my bill came to $800 and that was including some photos i took home from the ship and also my hair do's x0x

we are not planning on spending too much on drinks etc, we just want to have a nice relaxing meal with a couple of glasses of wine and night, and then go and sit on our balcony and just chill out and watch the world go by, and just sit and chill out on a beach and use the swimming pools and all the entertainment on board, the cinema, shows, even the gym, its all included except like ditsywife says the treatments, and if we can afford it we will try it, if not then we will just chill out, we are there to enjoy it not to get drunk every night. Yes looks like you will be joining the same cruise as us, if you do go on it yes we could share a drink together, as we dont go home till the 15th november, hopefully with a bit of a tan :) x

ours is the a124, just checked our shedule and we actually disembark on the 12th not the 15th, i cant count lol, so it looks like we get off and then you get on the ship once we have disembarked, so doesnt look like we will see each other, i did wonder how they would get more passengers onto the ship if it was full, but it looks like you are visiting the same places, except you go to a few more places than we do, its just so exciting :) x

I could cry just reading about the excursions and what's on the ship.. its perfect! xx

My advice would be to ask the crew where to go if you don't want to do any excersions - remeber that they're there all the time - week after week, so they know the best places to go!!

Thanks everyone! We're really excited, h2b reckons he's going to embark the ship dressed as Capital Jack Sparrow. What a numpty! x

We're def going, booking it tomorrow :-) Thanks girls xxx

Oh we'd def do thailand but we're a bit wimpy and wouldn't wanna travel around on our own lol so we're going in 2013 (if we havent all had kids) with h2b's brother and wife, cousins etc.. so we can all do it together which would be awesome!! But honeymoon really needs to be a once in a life experience and cruising the Caribbean really is for us! MEGA excited. Probably more excited about that than the wedding lol! xx

my h2b would love to do a cruise but i am petrified of boats. wont even go on a moored one so he knows he will never be able to go one one!

we are cruising for our honeymoon, 17night western med starting 3rd May im sooooo excited, neither of us have been on one before but i've not spoken to anyone who doesnt recommend them. we are with P&O also, a lot have people have said that u can get taxis etc from ports but we just thought being our first 1 we would stick with the pre-planned excursions...at least they will know where they are going lol i cant wait!!!!

well done on getting it booked!

Thank you :-) I'm more excited about the honeymoon than the wedding now lol. We fly on the 11th November so we have a few days after the wedding to relax, see family and then jet off, we'll be away 16 nights and then Steve still has 5 days off when we get back to get back into the swing of things, so yeah, very excited :-) xx

Hi, we went on caribbean cruise in Oct/Nov last year on the Oceana. It was the best holiday I have had....been to many places including the Maldives and the cruise was just fabulous. You only have to pay tips if you opt for freedom dining, of course its nice to show your appreciation but its up to you how much. Check excursions online, we didnt do any with the cruise liner, we booked them ourselves before we went, including afternoon tea at Reids hotel...28 pound rather than 45 pound with the cruise liner. The food, service and amenities were just amazing, Sam and I get married next year Nov and already looking at what cruise we can book!! We booked with Bolsover (not sure if I can say that...sorry) and saved hundreds on the price P&O wanted to charge. Barter with the taxi firms when you get off the ship, it varies depending if you are willing to walk away and you can get a cheap tour! Gosh im so excited for you.......have fun!!!

congratulations on booking it, i simply cannot wait for ours, its going to be the best holiday of my life, but i suppose your honeymoon is meant to be :) x

Exactly Shellay, Stephen and I will never ever get this chance ever again so we are grabbing it with both hands and we are going to enjoy every second and appreciate every second :-) xx You'll have to add me to facebook so I can see your pics whilst your away and just make me even more excited lol xx