ʻO kekahi o nā mea nui o ka holo ʻana no ʻAmelika ʻAmelika ʻo ka hiki ke kipa aku i nā ʻāina ʻē, akā e uku no nā huakaʻi kahakai a me nā kūʻai ʻana ma luna o nā kālā US. ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ka holo ʻana i nā ʻāina ʻē ma mua o nā hoʻomaha ʻāina, a hāʻawi i nā poʻe kaʻa i ka hoʻomaha mai ka hoʻololi mau ʻana i nā huina euro i nā kālā ma ko lākou poʻo-ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī ke hauʻoli ʻoe i kāu margarita ʻekolu. Akā, inā ʻoe e komo i kahi laina a nā haole (e noʻonoʻo iā P&O Cruises, Star Clippers, Fred. Olsen, easyCruise, a me kekahi mau mea ʻē aʻe), e haʻi aloha i kēia mau pōmaikaʻi - e ʻike ʻoe i nā mea inu, nā makana, a me nā huakaʻi i kūʻai ʻia ma luna o ka moku. euro a paona paha.

He mea pōʻino paha ia no ʻAmelika ʻĀkau, akā ma ka liʻiliʻi ua maopopo. I kekahi mau hihia, akā, ʻo ke kālā i kau ʻia ma luna o ka moku he mea maʻalahi wale nō. Ma nā MSC Cruises a me Costa Cruises, ʻo Italia a i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ke ao holoʻokoʻa, ʻokoʻa ke kālā i hoʻohana ʻia ma luna o ka moku ma muli o kahi e holo ai nā moku.

Hoʻohana nā moku e holo ana ma ʻEulopa i nā euro no ke kālā ma luna. Holo i ka Caribbean? E uku ʻoe i nā mea a pau ma nā kālā ʻAmelika. Akā ʻaʻole maʻalahi nā kulekele. No ka laʻana, hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo Bob N. ma kahi huakaʻi transatlantic 17 pō i Sepania, nā mokupuni ʻo Canary, a me Brazil ma Costa Mediterranea. Ua kūʻai a uku ʻo ia i kāna uku ma nā kālā, a ua hiki iā ia ke kākau mua i kāna mau huakaʻi kahakai ma ka pūnaewele ma ke kālā hoʻokahi. A i ʻole ia i manaʻo ai. Ua hoʻololi hou ʻo Costa i nā kumukūʻai i euros, kahi i hoʻolilo ai i kāna huakaʻi ma kahi o 50 pakeneka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.

Ua like ke kūlana iā Dan B. Ua hoʻolālā ʻo ia e holo ma ka moku MSC ʻehiku pō ʻo Hikina Mediterranean ma MSC Poesia, a ua ʻōlelo ʻia hiki iā ia ke mālama mua i nā huakaʻi ma kāna kālā home ma nā kumukūʻai kālā US. ʻAʻole hiki iā ia ke hoʻopaʻa mua iā lākou, a pono e kūʻai i kāna huakaʻi ma luna o ka moku - kahi o ke kālā ʻo ka euro. Eia naʻe, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kumukūʻai euro ma luna o ka moku ma mua o ka euro e like me nā kumukūʻai kālā i haʻi mua ʻia ʻo Dan.

Ke hele nui nei ʻo Costa a me MSC i nā huakaʻi huakaʻi ʻAmelika ʻAmelika, ua paʻakikī loa ka pilikia kālā. Ua noi ko mākou kaikuahine pūnaewele ʻo Cruise Critic iā Costa a me MSC e wehewehe i kā lākou mau kulekele, ʻaʻole i wehewehe mau ʻia ma kā lākou pūnaewele a i ʻole kā lākou ʻaelike holo moana. Inā ʻoe e noʻonoʻo nei i ka holo ʻana i ke ʻano o ka honua ma kekahi o kēia mau laina, eia nā mea āpau e pono ai ʻoe e ʻike e hoʻokele i nā wai ʻino o nā switcheroos kālā ma luna.

Ke Kihi ʻo Costa

ʻO ka ʻaoʻao ʻo Cruise Line Background: ʻO Costa, kahi ʻāpana o ka ʻohana Carnival Corporation o nā laina holo moku, hoʻoikaika i kona ʻano "Cruising Italian Style", i hōʻike ʻia i kāna meaʻai i hoʻoulu ʻia i ka Mediterranean, nā mea hoʻonani mahana, a me nā koho leʻaleʻa e like me nā pāʻina toga a me nā hale kūʻai alanui Italia. ʻO ka laina holo moana, kahi e kūʻai aku ai i ka lehulehu ākea, hāʻawi i nā ʻano huakaʻi like ʻole mai ka Caribbean, Mediterranean, Western Europe, a me Baltic cruises i nā holo ʻē aʻe i ka Middle East, Asia, a me ʻAmelika Hema. Ke ulu hou nei kona mau moku hou—ʻo nā Samsara Spas ma Costa Concordia a me Costa Serena ka mea mua i hana i kahi ea e like me ka hoʻokipa, piha me nā hale spa a me nā hale ʻaina spa i hoʻolaʻa ʻia.

ʻO ka holo holo moku: Ma hea ʻoe e kākau ai i kāu moku holo moku e hoʻoholo ai pehea ʻoe e uku ai. Uku nā ʻAmelika i nā kālā ʻAmelika, nā Canadians i nā kālā Kanada, nā Brits i nā paona, a me nā ʻEulopa i ka euro.

Nā Kūʻai ma luna o ka moku: Euro ma ka hapa nui o nā wahi. ʻO nā mea ʻē aʻe he mau huakaʻi holo kaʻapuni ʻo Caribbean a me ʻAmelika Hema, kahi o ke kālā ma luna o ke kālā US. ʻO ka mea kupanaha, hoʻohana mau nā ala moana i ka euro ma ke ʻano he kālā ma luna o ka moku-ʻoiai ke hoʻomaka a hoʻopau ka huakaʻi ma ka Caribbean a i ʻole ʻAmelika Hema.

Hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā huakaʻi ma mua: Hāʻawi ʻo Costa i ke kumu kūʻai like ma nā huakaʻi kahakai i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma mua o ka holo moana a i ʻole ma luna o ka moku. ʻO ia hoʻi inā e hele ana ʻoe i ke Kaiwaenahonua kahi o ke kālā ma luna o ka euro, e kūʻai ʻia nā huakaʻi kahakai i hoʻopaʻa mua ʻia i ka euro. Inā hele ʻoe i ka Caribbean, kahi o ke kālā ma luna o ke kālā, ʻo nā huakaʻi kahakai i hoʻopaʻa mua ʻia ma ke kālā. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopaʻa i nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa spa a me nā mālama hale ʻaina kūikawā ma mua; e uku ʻia kēia mau mea kūʻai mua ma ke kālā like i hoʻohana ʻia ma luna o ka holo moku (me ka ʻole o ke ʻano āu i uku ai no kāu uku holo moku).

Hōʻike: ʻO kahi hewa pūnaewele maikaʻi ʻole i ka makahiki i hala ua kūʻai ʻia kekahi mau huakaʻi kahakai i nā kālā, i ka wā i loaʻa iā lākou nā kumukūʻai euro. Ua kākau inoa ʻo Cruise Critic heluhelu ʻo Bob N. no kekahi mau huakaʻi ma ke kumukūʻai kālā, akā ma hope o ka hōʻoia ʻana o ka laina i kāna kūʻai ʻana, ua haʻi ʻo ia iā ia ua hana hewa a aia nā kumukūʻai i ka euro. ʻAʻole mahalo ʻo Costa i nā kumukūʻai kālā i haʻi mua ʻia a hoʻopaʻa ʻia, akā hāʻawi ʻo Bob i kahi hōʻaiʻē $100 ma luna o ka moku e like me ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka hewa a me ka pilikia o ka laina. No ka ʻike e hiki mai ana, e ʻike ʻoe ua pololei nā kulekele i luna-inā ʻike ʻoe i nā kumukūʻai i helu ʻokoʻa, e makaʻala i kāu ʻelele huakaʻi a i ʻole ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo moku holo moku, no ka mea, he hewa paha.

Nā Huakaʻi MSC

Ka Laina Kaʻa Moku Kaʻa: Ma Naples, Italia, ʻo MSC Cruises, kekahi o nā laina holo moku ʻohana me kahi ʻoihana holo moku nui, ua hoʻokomo ʻia ka manamana wāwae i ka mākeke ʻAmelika no nā makahiki. Akā ʻo kahi papa nui o nā hale kūkulu hou e hoʻomaka ana i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana (hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha i kēlā me kēia makahiki a hiki i 2012) ke hui pū nei me ka hoʻoikaika nui e hiki aku i ka mākeke ʻAmelika ʻAmelika. Hāʻawi ʻo MSC i nā huakaʻi e pili ana i nā wahi e like me ke Kaiwaenahonua, ka Caribbean, ʻEulopa ʻĀkau, ʻAmelika Hema, a me ʻApelika Hema.

Nā kūʻai ma luna o ka moku: Euro ma ʻEulopa a me nā kālā ma ka Caribbean. ʻO nā holo moana Transatlantic, me ka nānā ʻole i ke kuhikuhi, e hoʻohana i ke kālā ma ke kālā ma luna. Pili nā lula like i nā huakaʻi kahakai i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma luna o ka moku. ʻO ke kālā ma nā moku holo moku ʻAmelika Hema a me ʻApelika Hema he mau kālā hoʻi, ʻoiai ʻaʻole kūʻai ʻia kēia mau moku holo moku i nā ʻAmelika.

Hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā huakaʻi ma mua: ʻO nā huakaʻi huakaʻi kahakai Caribbean i hoʻopaʻa mua ʻia ma ke kālā. ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o nā huakaʻi kahakai ma ʻEulopa. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kēlā me kēia makahiki alemanaka, koho ʻo MSC i ka helu hoʻololi conservative dollar-to-euro (ʻo ka makahiki 2008 he $1.35 i ka euro—he pākēneka weliweli i kēia manawa he $1.27 ke kumukūʻai o ka euro, akā maikaʻi loa i kēia Iulai i hala i ka wā he $1.59 ka euro). Kūʻai ka laina i kāna huakaʻi holoʻokoʻa i ka euro, a laila helu i ke kālā e like me kēlā me kēia kumukūʻai. Loaʻa i nā ʻAmelika ka manawa e kākau ai i nā huakaʻi kahakai ma mua o kā lākou holo ʻana i nā kālā. No ka laʻana, he $45 ka huakaʻi huakaʻi ʻEpeso € 60.75 inā hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma mua. Inā kūʻai ʻoe i ka huakaʻi hoʻokahi ma luna o ka moku i kēia lā, e uku ʻia ʻoe he $57.15 (me nā kālā ʻē aʻe e hoʻopiʻi ai i kāu kāleka hōʻaiʻē)—he mau kālā i emi iho. Inā hoʻopaʻa ʻoe i ka huakaʻi ma luna o ka moku holo moku i kēia Iulai, e uku ʻoe i $72—ʻoi aku ma mua o $10 ma mua o ke kumukūʻai hoʻopaʻa mua. No laila, inā nāwaliwali ka waiwai maoli o ke kālā i ka euro (e like me ke kauwela i hala), ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā huakaʻi kahakai i hoʻopaʻa mua ʻia ma mua o nā mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma luna o ka moku. Inā ikaika ke kālā, e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka waiwai maikaʻi ma ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana ma luna o ka moku.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopaʻa i nā pūʻolo spa (akā ʻaʻole i ka mālama ʻana i kēlā me kēia kanaka) ma mua o kahi mākaʻikaʻi no nā moku āpau koe wale nō ʻo MSC Musica. ʻO ke kumu kūʻai e like me nā huakaʻi kahakai: Ma nā huakaʻi e hoʻohana ana i ka euro, hiki i nā ʻAmelika ke hoʻopaʻa mua i nā kālā ma kahi kumukūʻai kūʻai euro-i-dollar. Pono e ho'opa'a 'ia ma luna o ka moku.

Hoʻopaʻa: ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā huakaʻi kahakai a me nā mālama spa ma ka pūnaewele. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopaʻa iā lākou ma o kāu ʻelele huakaʻi, a i ʻole ʻoe i hoʻopaʻa pololei i kāu holo moku me ka laina holo moku, hiki iā ʻoe ke puke i nā huakaʻi ma o MSC. Eia kekahi, ʻo ka lā palena no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā huakaʻi kahakai ma mua he ʻekolu mau lā ʻoihana ma mua o ka holo ʻana. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki i nā poʻe kaʻa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ke kūʻai aku i nā huakaʻi kahakai ma mua inā kūʻai ʻia ka helu o nā tiketi i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia no ke kūʻai mua ʻana a inā ʻaʻole kūpono kahi huakaʻi no ke kūʻai mua ʻana.

ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu ke kumu i hiki ʻole ai iā Dan B. ke kākau mua i kāna mau huakaʻi, akā inā makemake ʻoe e hōʻoia hiki iā ʻoe ke laka i kahi kumukūʻai kikoʻī, e ʻoluʻolu e hāʻawi iā ʻoe iho i ka leeway.