welcome back to life with us TV it's
your girl Lynette and it's your boy
all right y'all don't book y'all first
Carnival Cruise you don't know what to
do you're confused listen in this video
we're gonna give you the 21 crucial tips
that we have that's going to allow you
to get through your cruise with ease
making minimal mistakes so you don't
have no surprises at the end all y'all
ready for this kind of information that
we about to be teaching let's get into
it crucial tip number one as a first
time Carnival cruiser make sure you
bring enough
cash what does that mean I'm not talking
about just having cash to spend
willy-nilly I'm talking about cash and
little increments those are for tips
tipping your Porter and then to also
have access to some emergency funds on
hand while you're cruising our rule of
thumb is after we've pre-purchased
everything that we've needed go ahead
and just take five hundred dollars have
it available if you use it you use it if
you don't bring it back home in deposit
it exactly back into your bank crucial
tip number two for the first time
Carnival cruiser do not use your debit
card in Port reason being you open
yourself up to possible fraud if your
card gets double charged for some reason
you know it is very hard to dispute a
double charge on a debit card so that's
why we recommend always spending cash
import or using your credit card because
on a credit card they're so much easier
to just two charges absolutely and what
is import Port means the destination
that you are selling to right is if your
ports of call or NASA on Freeport that's
what import means you're actually in
court in those destinations yes crucial
tip number three is what to put in your
carry-on bag we did an extensive video
about that we'll have that link below
but what I want to hit on is those
things not to bring through the security
checkpoint once you're trying to get on
board the ship don't show up with an
open bottle of water thinking that
you're just going to be able to tell
them oh I'm drinking on this no they're
going to toss it if you're drinking on a
Coca-Cola Sprite whatever your beverage
choice is they're going to throw it away
make sure that you you chugga chug it if
you can y'all know Sprite gonna hit you
right here but go ahead and get rid of
it because they're going to toss it out
make sure that you're not trying to show
up with some of the prohibited things as
is bottles they do not allow any kind of
bottles because they think people are
trying to smuggle in alcohol make sure
that if you're bringing your wine it's
the right size it's the 750 milliliter
bottle right not that big one yeah not
the Box not that lead of mine if you're
bringing sodas no bottles you can only
bring canned sodas or if you want to
bring some kind of other kind of
Beverage they will allow you to bring
cartons don't show up with an open thing
of Doritos they're going to be like
don't bring your your cousins big
brownies they gonna think that you got
some weed brownies in there we're not
the only thing nothing to let you want
but you can bring prepackaged snacks
Lays potato chips all that they just
have to be unopened and not pre-packaged
Edibles either I want to clarify what
are you talking about not pre-packaged
Edibles because you right I'm gonna go
to the dispensary and get some
prepackaged afterwards I can bring those
one now oh you gonna bring them on but
you're gonna get walked off
bad boys what you gonna do
you coming for you crucial tip number
four for the first time Carnival cruiser
don't purchase the cheers package if you
don't have to now this is a good rule of
thumb to know if the cheers package is
for you or not if you are not a heavy
drinker it is not for you it's not worth
it not for you but if you are a heavy
drinker you go out on Fridays Saturdays
or whenever you go out to the bar and
you doing shot after shot drink after
drink you leave your field is like two
three four hundred dollars whatever you
know it's for you because the average
drink on Carnival most time is about 13
dollars so you do the math you do six
drinks that's almost eighty dollars
right there so don't buy the cheers
package if you don't have to now this is
something that people also say well you
know it isn't just for alcoholic
beverages it's for milkshakes specialty
coffees Monster drinks bottled water all
of that right so if those things
combined with being able to drink upward
of 15 drinks per day per person is worth
the healthy price tag to you then by all
means go ahead and do so right but if
you're like my husband say you know if
you are a true Drinker or not whether or
not that package is going to be
beneficial for you then do it or don't
do it it's one of those things it has to
be worth it to you crucial tip number
five for the first time Carnival cruiser
do as I say and not as I do if you look
at some of our videos you'd probably be
like they don't even do that themselves
like I said
listen to the teacher and don't do what
the teacher does come into port a day
early if you live in Virginia and your
cruise ship leaves from out of Miami go
ahead and fly into Miami a day before
you can even catch the red eye so that
you can go ahead and just be there it
gives you that little bit of extra time
it takes a lot of stress off right and
it just gives you a time to unwind maybe
you want to get you a nice good
breakfast in the morning in the city
that you're going to be leaving out of
it gives you an opportunity for mistakes
to be made yeah
if you're driving and you just say well
we're going to drive straight in and
arrive the morning of our cruise
Anything could happen it could be an
accidental on the Interstate five hours
yeah matter of fact on one of our
cruises uh a couple came up to us that
watched the channel and it was like we
was coming around first cruise we had a
new vehicle and guess what the new
vehicle broke down while we was on the
way to Port yeah I had an axle problem
or something yeah and so they had to end
up somebody had to come tow them get
them a new car and they still made it on
the trip I was like y'all like y'all
y'all are dope because I probably turned
around and went home and they did
everything right right that gave them an
opportunity to correct right what was
happening so you would never think that
a brand new car would have broke down on
you no yeah so that's why I said do as I
say not as I do yes we don't be having
the luxury to do that you know I'm a
caregiver over here yeah I got to leave
when they when the relief comes crucial
tip number number six for the first time
Carnival cruiser we highly recommend
that you favorite that you join the
Facebook group for your selling because
at this point you can begin to meet
people before you get on board you guys
can talk about different games you can
play you can do bar crawls I mean
endless on the things that you guys can
do on board because you met each other
in the Facebook group and if you want to
know how to look up your Facebook group
it's as simple as this get onto your
Facebook log in if you don't have a
Facebook I'm sorry just just saying for
you right
book you gotta go where the fun is right
so go ahead and for instance if you're
on the Carnival Horizon November the
16th
2022. type in carnival Horizon
November 16
2022. a group for your sailing should
pop up but if it's early on like you
looking for something for 2024 it may
not exist yet you can create that you've
created yes and then just like you're
looking for the group people will look
for your group and they'll just start to
join in and before you know it you're
probably like a good 800 people strong
just having a good time and you never
know you'll meet people that you will
have a lot lasting relationships with I
have people that we legit have cruised
on every sailing together and it's
because we met in a Facebook group yup
crazy crucial tip number seven this is
kind of a new one but it also goes with
you knowing what is included what your
limitations are or is it just one of
those things where is a free fall in
this case Carnival has just implemented
a after your second entree they're going
to start charging you five dollars per
entree in the main dining room so that's
when I say like know your limitations
and ask questions if you're unsure so if
you're going somewhere you'll be like
you know is this an up charge or is this
unlimited Donnie like if you're in a C
Day brunch you're like can I get as many
portion sizes as I want to just ask but
in the dining room for right now you can
pick up to two entrees they will not
charge you anything extra but that third
one they're gonna be bringing you that
little thing and be like something
said those alligator bites
that steak five dollars crucial tip
number eight for the first time Carnival
cruiser don't double tip at the bar
if you don't want to but a lot of
first-timers don't know it because
you're just so used to when you go to
the bar in your local area you get to
drink you give them a tip yes most time
is not included not in a lot of
restaurants some restaurants it is but
not a lot of them so on Carnival it's
already included so we say only give
extra tips if you want to or they are
really taken care of you or if you want
them to constantly keep coming and
serving you tip crucial tip number nine
this may be a little lengthy but we're
gonna get into it the sale and sign card
yeah I know that if you're on this video
you probably have no idea what this card
is why do I need it do I need it and I'm
going to explain what it is what you can
do with it and how you fund it when you
get on board a carnival cruise ship
everything becomes cashless the moment
that you step on board so you're going
to have a card that's going to be in
your mailbox side of your cabin that
card is your lifeline to everything on
board it's your key card to your room
it's your access card back onto the ship
once you leave the ship to go into your
destinations and it's also your charge
card to purchase anything that you want
to purchase on board as well it's pretty
much like when they say we have big
brother over us and checking on us it's
the Big Brother on the ship it's going
to make sure that anything that you want
or have access to is on that card so
what it is is that two weeks before your
actual sale day you will get an
invitation from Carnival Cruise Line to
do your check-in process check-in
process entails a few things but along
with that you'll be able to say whether
or not you want to fund your sale
assigned card via cash yup you will have
to hold on to your cash bring that on
board would you do that at Guest
Services or in one of the kiosks and
that that money will load on to your
card so you can start to spin it that
way or from the comfort of your home or
your computer or your phone go ahead and
guarantee that card with a credit card
or debit card preferably a credit card
because they will authorize multiple
holds on their card starting before you
even get on the ship right to make sure
that card is in good standings and
there's enough money on it right so go
with the charges you're going to put on
it that's what that sale and sign card
is make sure every night you're at least
taking a look at that card on your TV or
on your Carnival Hub app yeah to see the
charges that you are spending yeah it
can get away from you very easily yeah
before you know it you're like I know I
didn't spend two hundred dollars right
because it's easy it's like using a
credit card with an invisible amount
until you have to sell it up right now
here's probably some useless facts to
you but they did a scientific experience
to see what happens in our brain when we
spend cash or we swipe a car when we
swipe a car there's zero brain activity
but when you spend cash oh it lights up
so basically that's what we're saying
like you swiping that car it's like boom
I'm gonna get that I'm gonna get this
I'm gonna get that and then your build
is high as hell are there other creative
ways to fund yourself inside card
absolutely gift cards Cruise cash things
like that but to make things simple for
the first time Cruiser let's just stick
with the cash or debit or credit card
yes fund your sign and sell car and it
is your lifeline to all things on just
think of it as your work bag most time
you can't even get in your building
right if you ain't got if you ain't got
think about it like that all right fam
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like crucial tip number 10 for the first
time Carnival cruiser
wait before
please put your cell phone and airplane
mode because we've had countless people
come to the channel and be like I wish I
had did what y'all told us because I
ended up getting a 200 300 400 the
highest one was 600 enrollment fees on
their phone because they forgot put
their phone on airplane mode before they
got on board or before they said Sam so
you don't want to get so I say do it
before because once you get on board and
you start getting drinks having fun Sail
Away partying you won't forget or you
know it is eight o'clock at night and
you've got four five hours of you just
roaming right so yeah we ain't trying
for you to pay for another cruise
through your cell phone okay you forgot
to do that yeah and another thing
putting your phone in airplane mode does
not affect its ability to connect to the
internet if you bought that package or
to use the carnival Hub app I get that
question a lot yeah it does not affect
that at all crucial tip number 11 if
you're a person like me who loves to
know that once you are on vacation you
can just settle into being on vacation
and you don't have to worry about
additional spending if you really don't
have to right the way to do that is
create your own all-inclusive experience
by pre-purchasing everything that you
think that you would need on board if
you're a bottled water Drinker make sure
you pre-purchase The bottled waters on
board it'll be in your room when you get
into your cabin make sure you
pre-purchase your Wi-Fi packages if you
want to participate in specialty dining
go ahead and set up those reservations
prepay for that buy a picture package if
you know that you like to flick it up
look good take those family photos that
way afterwards you don't have to worry
about an additional settling up that you
will have to do all right and also I
want to add to that Excursion and
excursions because they those bad boys
book up quick especially the best of the
most popular ones like the dolphin
excursions the ATVs they both go very
quick so you definitely want to
pre-purchase those as soon as you see
that they're available crucial tip
number 12 for the first time do you need
a shield man you need a shield because
we
recommend
pre-purchasing your gratuity because if
you don't they're going to be charged at
the end of the sailing anyway yes but at
the end of the ceiling they're going to
be more expensive than they are if you
pre-do them before you set sail now the
reason why we recommend doing prepaid
gratuities is because it takes care of
those people that are behind the scenes
that are helping the people that you
actually see on board to make sure that
your cruise experience is perfect and
those people work hard they work hard
they work very hard please do the
prepaid Contour yeah what's up Oh what
now it was we do prepaid gratuities and
we tip extra that would be my suggestion
because I really still feel like the
gratuities are low yeah um for the
service that you're getting but at least
due to pre-take or two of these in our
opinion do you have an opportunity to
take those off at the end if you want to
that is definitely your choice to do so
you do have to go to guest services and
do that and take it off and you can tip
those people that you only have
encountered that's your prerogative I
don't personally like it but I can't
tell you what to do crucial tip number
13 it's a question that I get a lot yup
Lynette I'm not a dress-up kind of
person I don't like to do that stuff
listen this is what I tell people you
may not participate but the show is
don't go out they won't go on and that
is a sailing up to five days you're
going to have at least one elegant night
anything after six you will have two
elegant nights I suggest as a first time
Carnival cruiser you at least do it once
yeah I'm not saying that you have to get
in a ball gown you have to put on The
Tuxedo you have to do all that but I
will say like make yourself look a
little nicer than you would if you just
got off work and just hit the local bar
that local Applebee's or restaurant
around your hometown like really put
yourself in the mode of getting into the
cruise Culture by doing something like
that not saying you have to do it every
cruise but at least try it it's fun yeah
flick it up take the nice little
pictures you know they're kind of like
cliche but it's an experience and you
paid for this experience right so go
ahead and then don't say my welcome take
that opportunity to be sexy baby
you actually aren't you aren't you huh
leave that down in the comments y'all
better say y'all sexy because if nobody
else think you're sexy you better think
right crucial tip number 14 for the
first time Carnival cruiser you need to
really pay attention to what's not
included in your cruise fair but to ease
your mind a lot is included in the price
that you're going to pay but just to
give you um several examples of what's
not included for our spell City diners
is not included Wi-Fi packages water
sodas excursions and the list goes on
but accountable lists everything on
there where it's extensive list we also
got one on our website it's two if you
go on our website
www.cofundtravel.com and we have first
time Cruisers frequently asked questions
you click there we do have a long list
of everything that's not included then
we have one where everything that is
included just in case you can't find it
on the Carnival website and if you don't
like to read just hire you a travel
agent like myself and I'll tell it to
you right number 15 in on the crucial
Carnival cruiser tip list is what time
do I check in I get this question more
than not and it always happens around
that four week Mark yeah before your
cruise it is usually a week before my
notification goes out to let you know
that in a week you'll be able to check
in for your time slot on your Carnival
Cruise you will have an opportunity to
check into your Carnival Cruise via an
online check-in process and select the
best check-in time for you I will tell
you this the earlier you can get online
when those slots are open the better
opportunity it is for you to get the
slot that you need for instance because
we travel in groups when we usually do
um cruises I tell all of my people don't
go to sleep tonight right like be online
at midnight so that we all can get the
same time slot or close by it so that we
can all be able to check in together
nobody has to wait out and wait for
their time to come in to go ahead and go
through the line but yes two weeks
before you will have an opportunity to
check in and then select the time that
you can arrive to get on your Carnival
Cruise Ship right and we get this
question too what if I show up before my
time where they let me in no no not
really nah you show up early no they're
gonna make your way they're gonna make
you wait which is a good thing because
it helps the check and go on right
control yeah they do it for crowd
control your checking time is 11 and you
tied to show up at nine you have to wait
for two hours there are some Cruise
ports that are more strict than others
right in Miami we couldn't even wait
like we had to go across the street and
stand there until it was time the cops
wouldn't even let us be in near the line
we had to go across the street crucial
tip number 16 for the first time
Carnival Cruise and we get this should I
get the Wi-Fi pack if you want to get
yes if you want to get on the internet
yes and then we get the question on
which package should I get because there
are three different packages they got
the lower package which is your social
package the middle package is which is
your value then the highest package is
your premium package the one that we
recommend that will basically cover you
if you're not trying to stream will be
the value package which is the middle
one don't think that the Wi-Fi is gonna
be like the wi-fi at your house is not
on our last Cruise when we was in
Norfolk Airport oh it was fine it was
moving like okay okay nice nice but the
further we got out and see it was almost
non-existent we talk about like taking
like five minutes to get on Google you
know Google's uses like this my MacBook
wouldn't even connect at all so yeah so
we recommend the middle package if you
want to participate and be online but
just know that it's not gonna be like at
home but if you want an opportunity to
get online at all it's not like they
give you 10 minutes of day for free or
nothing like that nothing if you need to
get on it at all right you need some
kind of package unless you want to buy
it on board per day and that's expensive
damn expensive crucial tip number 17 I
have had this even with some of my
clients that if you're on board and you
take pictures and for instance they have
the photo gallery pixels where you're
able to purchase your pictures directly
from the carnival Hub app make sure you
download those pictures yes once you get
off of their cruise ship the opportunity
for you to download those pictures go
away because that Hub app is only
available while you're selling on a
Carnival Cruise Ship I've had people be
like Lynette I forgot to download my
pictures the pictures I purchased I
don't have them like I don't have my
pictures can I fight and try to find the
pictures and try to get them to email
them to yes it's a lengthy back and
forth process and I have successfully
been able to do it twice but it is not
fun and it is not quick right because
like last one took him a couple months
for a couple of months to get it for
them to locate the digital pictures ask
me is this it match it up with the folio
and be able to send it right I wish they
would allow that Hub app to at least be
alive for 72 hours we'll give you access
to a certain portion yeah afterwards for
72 hours but it's dead as soon as you
step off that ship is dead but another
tip when you download them please go to
your photo gallery on your phone and
make sure that they did download because
I've had instances where I've downloaded
them go into my photos and wanted to be
missing so make sure that you do that
too to make sure that all of them are in
your photo gallery and as well as not
only just the pictures make sure if you
are a person that wants to have your
last tally of your spending account yeah
on that last day you can download that
as well but after you've gotten off that
ship it goes away you can't download it
anymore so make sure everything you need
from that Carnival Hub app is downloaded
before you step foot off of it crucial
tip number 18 for the first time
Carnival Cruisers we highly recommend
that you go ahead and get your vifp
number prior to you booking your first
Carnival Cruise now if you've already
booked your cruise no worries you
already got a VIP number but what we're
talking about now that if you have not
booked you get the VIP number first
because what could end up happening is
is that you could get a first time
Cruiser's deal now this doesn't happen
all the time it doesn't but it could
happen but it could happen or you can
get a residence deal so if you're in
Florida or somewhere like that right you
could get oh we have a Florida residence
deal going on right now we highly
recommend you doing that first to at
least give you an opportunity of
possibilities of getting a deal yeah go
ahead T.I yeah crucial Carnival Cruise
tip number 19. this is actually a really
good one yeah and it's one that became a
little tricky for even me because I
thought I was maximizing my own personal
benefit and I was not this Cruiser tip
is this if you are someone that has
visited some land conceitos and if you
are a frequent land Casino person where
you're at the MGM or Rosie's or anything
like that but you aren't an avid Cruiser
just yet which means that you don't have
no skin in the game when it comes to
being on board and gambling but you do
have that credibility on land go ahead
and if you don't have a vifp number my
husband just told you to get go ahead
and take that vif number and hit the
link below and register that vifp number
into the carnival casinos club that way
they'll be able to see if you match up
with any of the land perks and they'll
match them up with your at Sea casino
perks also have your cards for land
available so if you have your MGM Grand
card make sure you have them available
so that you can upload a picture of it
because they're going to verify how good
of a gambler you are or how right
because it's really bad and bad is
really good in the casino world but they
want to know because they want to be
able to make sure that they have an
opportunity for you to spend some money
right while you're on board and they
want to entice you to be able to do so
if you are already a vifp member you
still may not be totally registered to
receive your land perks to go around
with right your card so put your vifp
number in it may tell you it's already
in there but if you feel like the deals
don't match the amount of gambling that
I do on land call the number below and
make sure that they can put in every
perk and every match that you are
possibly eligible for and you can do
that as well for me I'm not a gambler at
all but I have been to MGM and Rosie's a
few times I put my number in yeah and
immediately I had a deal pop up for a
fun match deal where I got free drinks
in the casino and I don't even play like
that right so I'm like wow I wasn't even
maximizing my own benefit so make sure
you hit the link below if you don't have
your vif get one register it if you
already have one verify if you don't
think your deals are good enough call
that number and just to make sure how
you get it is on accountable website
carnival.com forward slash vif boom
crucial tip number 20. listen at me real
good
download the carnival Hub app right now
now because you don't want to forget to
do that like your boy did last year and
now the whole Cruise I'm having to use
my wife's kind of a hub at to see what
activities is going on see how much we
spending or anything that or menu from
the carnival Hub at so go ahead whatever
you doing right now stop downloading and
resume whatever activities you're doing
crucial tip number 21 for the first time
Carnival cruiser if you don't listen to
anything else like listen to all of them
but this right here is important to me
because I am an excursions person I love
to do different activities while we're
in destination yes if you see an
Excursion that you are interested in
don't sit on it right don't try to think
it over don't ask your family and
friends don't wait until they get their
paycheck on Friday then buy the
Excursion security Excursion yes because
if you're looking at that Excursion 2
000 other people are probably looking at
that Excursion as well and they go like
this and they hardly ever re-up the
inventory because they are vendor
availability based if your family and
friends want to jump on board with you
later then just go ahead and let them do
that later and if you decide you change
your mind you want to do something else
then you can cancel what you already
secured because they do allow that to
happen without penalty but don't think
about it you can't those excursions like
ATVs dogs encounters and things like
that the popular ones they go they go
quickly yep book The Excursion yeah
because we have some of our clients that
went through that where they were
waiting on some of their friends and
family to decide if they want to do this
one Excursion and by the time they
decided if it's done or there's enough
for two three people and you got the
rest of them yeah well you waited too
late and my hands are tied as a travel
agent I can't do anything about that
right it's availability it's nothing I
can do unless you want me to stand there
and say hello my name is Lynette I'm
your national tour guide you can do that
if you have enjoyed this video you want
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mistakes you want to avoid on your first
Carnival Cruise and we're gonna catch
you in the next video peace