Welcome to the Roller Kman blog podcast, your weekly look into the world of Royal Caribbean cruising.

I'm your host, Matt Hodgeberg, and this is episode number 505.

Today, I'm talking about ways of saving you money or at least answering questions about how to save money on a real comming cruise.

Here we go.

Boy, if there's a topic that everyone always wants to hear about, it's, of course, saving money.

Whether you're on a strict vacation planning budget or have unlimited funds, it's great to feel like you've scored the most bang for your buck.

And there's always a lot of questions about how to save money on your cruise.

So today I wanted to hit some of the biggies as to what you should think about

in terms of saving money. And when I come to saving money on a cruise, by the way, I mean,

there are some strategies like do this, not that. But in a lot of cases, you're really talking

about ways to think about cruising. I certainly had a book and when to book. So sometimes

these tips are going to be very specific. Sometimes it's a little more broad.

Let's start off of the course, most obvious question.

How can I save money on a cruise?

The easiest thing you can do is familiarize yourself with standard cruise pricing across the industry,

so you'll know a good deal when you see one.

Now, of course, we need some help for price drop alerts.

Well, there's some that exist out know, exist out there, but generally

speaking, I found it to be best to do it on your own, basically checking periodically for

deals that are out there, right?

There are newsletters and other services out there that may advertise, hey, you know,

we'll let you know about cruise deals like lowest prices, and these websites and newsletters

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