Hello friends!

Our family has been taking cruises for the last 14 years. We usually try to go on one every 2-3 years. I wish it was something we could do every year … but it takes us a couple of years for us to save up.

The first one we took, it was just Topher and I, and we loved it so much we knew we had to take the kiddo on the next one … and she absolutely loved it.

The year after our first family cruise, we took a week long trip to Branson, Missouri. We had a fun trip, but when we got back home and figured out how much the Branson trip cost us, we were pretty surprised.  By the time we paid for our gas to and from, our hotel, three meals a day, and entertainment it cost us as much as a 7 day cruise to the Caribbean!

From then on we knew that cruises were going to be the way to go.

I thought I would share with you a few ways that we’ve found to keep the costs down while cruising….Read More