Welcome to the Royal Caribbean Blog podcast, a weekly look into the world of Royal Caribbean cruising.

I'm your host Matt Hodgeberg, and this is episode number 227.

Every single person taking a Royal Caribbean cruise has to answer this simple question, inside or balcony room.

It's a debate every cruiser has, and it boils down to considering the merits of price, space, itinerary,

and a lot more.

This week, we share the considerations you ought to look at before booking the right room for you.

Here we go.

Among the many common questions we get at Royal Cream Blog.com, I think a lot of them have to do with state room choice,

and inevitably, there is a debate that almost everybody goes through, which is whether or not

they should go for an inside cabin and save some money or pay a little bit more for a balcony

room. And the debate has been debated for quite a while, it seems, ever since

cruising probably began and balconies became a really popular option.

They have been a very interesting choice as to whether or not what makes sense for you.

And today we're aiming to answer, or at least help answer the question,

is it worth it to pay extra for a balcony cabin on a cruise and or do I really need a room with a balcony?

And basically what we're talking about are rooms that have a balcony private veranda slash balcony, depending on what you want to call it, that is your own little

private space to go out on. This, of course, there are two general types of categories that

have a balcony. It's, of course, balcony state rooms, and of course, suites as well. We're

mostly talking about balcony rooms, but we'd be remiss if we didn't mention that sweets were included in this.

The alternative is an interior room, a room that does not have a balcony.

It doesn't have somewhere outside to go to, although they may have a view outside.

Traditionally, the debate is between an inside room, so the smallest and also most affordable room,

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