Cost-cutting cruise tips

If you’re looking at your holiday budget and realising that it doesn’t stretch as far as you’d hoped it would, then a cruise is still excellent value for money.

If you want to stretch your cash as far as possible, don’t book a holiday in euros, look for one that is still being priced in sterling for three reasons:

You won’t have to spend hours working out where you can get the best exchange rate, or be exposed to the volatility of the £ against the Euro Paying in sterling can help you avoid currency surcharges that some travel companies are now adding to the cost of a holiday A sterling based ship also means that as long as you take your cash with you, there won’t be any nasty surprises from using ATMs or paying on board using credit cards that can incur hefty surcharges too.