Cunard Queen Mary 2 Top 10 tips

We are retirement dreams to reality. Keely & Bruce, teachers who are so close to retirement we can smell it - seriously we are planning anything from 2 to 5 years before we retire but we have some great slow travel plans , relocation and a dream retirement waiting. This channel includes everything about our journey and plans including finance and travel. Follow us on our journey in making our dreams a reality.

This video highlights the top ten tips I wish I'd known before I set sail this September on my short break to Bruge.

Timestamps
00:00 introduction
00:26 Boarding time
01:15 Upgrade bids
01:49 Pullman bed
02:55 Which terminal?
04:50 Additional charges
05:28 Luggage issues
07:03 Free room service
07:49 Cunard App
08;51 Water package
09:39 Freebies
10:23 Bonus

This is information – not financial advice or recommendation
The content and materials featured or linked to on Retirement Dreams To Reality are for your information and education only and are not attended to address your particular personal requirements.
The information does not constitute financial advice or recommendation and should not be considered as such. Retirement Dreams To Reality is not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), it’s authors are not financial advisors and it is therefore not authorised to offer financial advice.

[Curmudgeoned]

A good way to get a rough handle on actual drink costs (including 15% service) is to treat dollar prices as pounds. Works out pretty well the same. In other words a $10 drink plus service is equal to £10 including service. Works for all other onboard purchases that are subject to the 15% too.

[Curmudgeoned]

Further to the easy payment option you mentioned, be aware that if you book your next cruise onboard you get additional on board spend (if next cruise is 7 days or more) AND you pay a lower deposit!

[martynmiller]

Your departure and arrival terminals are noted on your paperwork. Just study the paperwork. Don't ignore it please. If you've still got records do check them, it'll tell you.
Happy sailings.

[merseywhogirl]

THANK YOU!! I am doing a double Transatlantic this October. Can't wait. Great information!!!!

[Curmudgeoned]

Whatever the size of suitcase you have, you might not be allowed to embark with it, but you can certainly disembark with it!

[MartiganBlue]

Thank you. This is great information! 😊

[heidilevens]

Thank you. The top about the water is good. We are sailing to the Caribbean on QM2 in Nov from NYC. Your tips will be helpful. 🙏

[Boogledigs]

We're going on QMll on the first of November. Your video is enormously helpful as I'm getting so excited to get aboard.

[parigino]

@RetirementDreamsToReality Your tip about arriving two hours early is a very good one. My travel agent told me the same thing. I just wish, however, that she had given me this tip *before* we left for our cruise rather than 48 hours *after* we returned, which is what she did ! “I thought you knew, everybody knows that !” was her excuse. 😠😠😠

[suec]

One more question - is the tap water potable?

[suec]

Thank you for this. I'm hoping to book QM2 sometime next year and have been watching lots of YouTube videos but this is the first time I've heard about a $16 service charge. Is that across the board or is this somehow connected to alcohol purchases? I'm just not clear on what this is for. Thanks! :)

[COLINJELY]

In a weeks time I'm flying to the UK to do a Westbound Transatlantic. Did you find Homer Simpson?

[oldboater]

I don’t mean to be rude, but this was the most boring presentation I’ve ever seen on utube.