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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the recent PP who said I couldn't afford a nanny and private school at the same time.

Are you KIDDING ME with the idea that taking a cruise at all makes us wealthy? We are staying in interior rooms, i.e., no windows, and not dining at any of the restaurants with surcharges and leaving out of a local port to avoid airfare costs. And I can tell you with confidence that the people on these cruise ships are NOT in the top earners category. They are working class people. They save up to take a trip, like we go without certain things to take a trip.

You think only wealthy people take vacations? Really?

Middle class people have to make trade-offs because they can't afford things effortlessly. It's absolutely a comfortable life as long as you are careful, careful.

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Middle class people definitely take vacations.  Cruises do not make you upper class.[/quote]

Yep. Cruises with the big name carriers are definitely a middle class vacation. We've cruised quite a few times but have not been on a 5/6 star ship yet. It's very rare for us to book exterior rooms and we also keep extra costs to a minimum. In comparison, our middle class friends book upper level balcony rooms, fly out to the port city, and don't hold back on the shore activities.

We just finished a family vacation in January out in California. While we didn't blink at the $20 hamburger + fries in Napa, it was eyebrow raising just how normal these prices were based on reactions from everyone else. We were at one of the more affordable restaurants in the area.

There are *NICE* cruises for the wealthy on smaller ships where there is a 1:1 or higher staff to guest ratio. Those cruises cost $$$$. [/quote]

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