What's going on fellow cruisers welcome back to another video Today I want to talk about how I saved 50% on a carnival cruise and I didn't win it, you know gambling at the casino I didn't win it doing anything on a cruise. I didn't win it from the cruise line. This video is Sponsored. It's all up here So if you're interested in learning how to save 50% or more on cruises Then stick around because that's coming up next So in this video guys, I'm going to tell you guys how I saved 50% on my next carnival cruise It's going to be my 11th cruise, so I'm super excited I'm taking my fiancee Danielle And it's going to be a great time If you have never cruised before welcome to your new addiction because cruising is really an addiction And it just becomes a lifestyle You start saving money in order to go on more cruises And basically this channel is all about how to save money in order to go on more cruises So if that sounds good to you guys Please consider subscribing and giving this video a like Because when you guys give it a like it just goes in YouTube's algorithm And I show up on more people's home pages And so it just helps out the channel And so with that being said guys, let me give you my three tips to help you guys save up to 50% on your next carnival cruise So my first tip and suggestion for you guys would be to book your cruise through Costco Now some of you may not have a Costco card or membership But if you really enjoy cruising and you plan on doing it a lot I would highly suggest getting a Costco card solely for that reason Not to mention Costco also has cheaper gas So it's kind of a win-win But Costco's prices are generally cheaper than carnivals Now a word of caution is to always compare carnivals prices with Costco's because sometimes Carnival has special deals or discounts So always check with carnival and then refer to Costco And see which prices ultimately cheaper Now another thing when booking with Costco versus Carnival Is you want to make sure that Costco is also offering onboard credit Which they normally do even when carnival is not offering onboard credit So that's another reason why I like booking with Costco Is because I can almost always get onboard credit Now the other perk with Costco is that they will throw in a Costco gift card when you book with them So ultimately when you are weighing out Costco versus Carnival Sometimes Costco's prices are slightly more expensive It just depends on when you're booking When Costco's prices are slightly more than carnivals You need to kind of look at if Costco's also offering the gift card and the onboard credit And then also go back and look at carnival and see if they're doing the same Except carnival will never give you a Costco gift card So you need to kind of weigh those as pros and cons And then make a decision from there And the best way of doing that is by percentages And that's something that it's really easy to do Um if you need help with it just shoot me a message Um and then just a reminder guys if you didn't already know We do have a Facebook group. It's called carnival crews Cards and savings So come you know join the group and you'll be able to message with me personally if you need help booking a cruise. I'm not a travel agent But I can give you guys some good suggestions on what to do Um in order to save some money And so my second tip and suggestion to you guys is Not really a suggestion It's kind of a must do for everyone that plans on going on a carnival cruise And that is to pay for your cruise With carnival gift cards through all state rewards And if you don't know what all state rewards is i'll link the video right here Um go click the link and it will walk you through Um step-by-step how to go about the all state rewards process But essentially all state rewards is where you can get carnival cruise gift cards at 10% off Yes 10% off where have you ever found a better deal than 10% off of a cruise There really isn't one and if there is i don't know of it So drop that down in the comments below so that we can all take advantage of that But 10% off guys that's crazy So it's called all state rewards you don't have to be an all state member You don't have to have insurance with them You just have to download an app called drive wise by all state The pictures blue has the the hands together like that So go check that out um click on the link go check out my video But 10% guys you'll save 10% and so my third and final tip to you guys Is to use your credit cards to your advantage If you're not using credit cards I don't know what you're doing with your life because credit cards should be your friend They should always be used responsibly and you should always pay off the balance in full every month So essentially you're using it as a debit card If you're using it for any other purpose you're not doing it right and you're getting screwed by the credit card companies So sorry for that disclaimer But use credit cards use the points and miles Use the sign up bonuses to your advantage. I don't know when you guys are watching this But right now it is November so the holiday season is coming up Um, it's essentially it's here. I don't know when you guys do your Christmas shopping What you want to do to really maximize your credit card value Is consider getting another credit card that has a large sign up bonus Some good cards out there are the chase sapphire reserve And then a capital one venture those are two really good cards Delta sometimes has really good sign up bonuses same with southwest So those are some really good cards you can get. I'd also recommend checking out some other YouTube videos about the chase um trifecta Um, that's when you use three different chase cards and all the points can be pulled into Chase's rewards portal I mean it just gives you more value But that's a whole another topic um if you're interested just go check out more videos on The chase the chase card trifecta and so essentially with the holiday season coming up What you could do is you get one of these Travel credit cards that has a big sign up bonus say 60,000 points when you spend three thousand dollars in the first three months I'm sure a lot of you spend more than three thousand dollars on The holidays on food on presents on whatever So if you get a new credit card and you spend over three thousand dollars You have 60,000 points that you can use towards your next cruise And essentially that's one of the things I did in order to save a huge chunk of money on my cruise I was actually able to save 700 dollars by using credit card points And that was just one source of savings Um, I also did the all-stay rewards. I booked with Costco. I got onboard credit Um, and then when you add all of these sources up It you end up saving 40 50 percent off your next cruise Um, so there's a lot of ways to save you just gotta be a little smart about it do a little bit of research um, especially with credit cards I know they can be scary to some people But they shouldn't if you're using them appropriately And then another quick note about credit cards even if you don't want to get another credit card Which is understandable some people don't want to play that game If you already have a good credit card Simply make all your purchases on your credit card Make sure to pay it off and over time You're gonna build up so many points that you can ultimately put towards a cruise and that's several hundreds of dollars in savings So either way you're gonna be saving several hundreds of dollars on your next cruise no matter what you do And so guys those are the three things that I suggest you do in order to save You know anywhere from 25 percent to 50 percent on your next cruise Um, because you should never be paying full price for a cruise when you have all of these different options for savings And if you look down in the description guys I'm gonna actually put my exact numbers on how I saved 50 percent on um our next cruise So if you're interested in seeing exactly how I did it go down in the description check it out Make sure to give this video a like so it can reach out to more people that love cruising And I hope to see you guys in the next cruising video