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You're the only one commenting in this thread who's attributed some special significance to the specific number she happened to choose.
That's because she used a number. I already stated before...it makes much more sense to say something like "when you get older"...or whatever. Yes - she could choose a different number...but why use one when the number is meaningless?
MMoB: I provided the shortened version of the link. syracuse.com
Just a point that altho citing the site is good, it doesn't cite to that specific article, whcih I'm guessing was on the front page for that one day. When I went to syracuse.com, the article that had been prominent (I guess) was no longer there. The link provided by the other poster calls up the now week-old article.
I think part of the problem is that some cruises have become so cheap that people who can't afford to rent an apartment at the beach opt for a cruise instead. Amazing, I know. Apartments at the beach near where I leave rent for around $1500 a week (or rooms at the Quality Inn for $250 a night), whereas a couple can get an interior cabin for $1000, including five-course dinners, buffet breakfasts, hamburgers and pizza for lunch, nightly entertainment, and transport to a variety of ports.
But since these are people on a tight budget, it is unlikely that they would spend $600 ($300 each) for good insurance. That would bring the cost up by more than half.
With all that food and drinking, do most people gain weight on cruises?
Shapiro is a fool to try to stick his insurance company for a ride home on a Learjet. It was completely unnecessary, since he could have been treated in Fort Lauderdale, then continued home to Syracuse on a commercial flight.
(This info is buried in about the 30th paragraph of the article.)
He didn't get away with scamming the insurance company and now he's whining to the media.
Air evac insurance covers your transport to the nearest medical facility that can provide the necessary care. It does not mean that you're taken directly home on a business jet so you can see your own cardiologist and golfing buddy. Even an old Learjet is hugely expensive to operate.
This is a story about a guy who wanted to be part of the 1%, not about cruising.
What passes for "journalism" today is really pathetic. You can't really believe most of what you read in articles since they will almost always have an ax to grind. You just have to be very skeptical.
With all that food and drinking, do most people gain weight on cruises?
No most people don't gain weight on cruises. If they eat a lot, they might gain a couple pounds temporarily, but most people only cruise for about 7 days. How much weight can a person gain in 7 days? And when you return to your regular mode of eating, it will generally fall right off.
I think many people might be tempted to "pig out" the first few days and then, when the novelty of having delicious food available at all hours wears off, they settle back into a more normal dining routine.
The multi-course dining room dinners also feature pretty tiny portions, although you're not restricted as to how many portions you wish to order.
As far as drinking a lot, many cruise lines force you to either buy a drink package at a cost of about $75/per person, per day of cruising (so that's $500+ extra per person for a 7 day cruise), or to pay $6-10 per drink for alcohol. So unless they have a huge budget, most don't guzzle alcohol.
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A week of gluttony and excessive drinking is not my idea of a fun vacation.
Yeah I could do that at home if I wanted to and not pay a dog sitter.
In my mind, a cruise has elements that I don't enjoy- boats, strangers and a party. I think for people who have crowded lives of kids and commitments and stuff, a cruise might well feel ideal.
He was fleeced by the air ambulance company, most air evacs cost less than $100k.
Perhaps to Fort Lauderdale, it would have. But he insisted on going home to Syracuse.
There's an additional cost for returning to home base without passengers. "Deadheading" back from Syracuse burns fuel and incurs costs for crew and maintenance.
As far as drinking a lot, many cruise lines force you to either buy a drink package at a cost of about $75/per person, per day of cruising (so that's $500+ extra per person for a 7 day cruise), or to pay $6-10 per drink for alcohol. So unless they have a huge budget, most don't guzzle alcohol.
The better cruise lines are all-inclusive.
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