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Free tools that answer the real cruise-money questions: which ship, which cabin, whether the package pays, what the quote is actually worth. Everything runs in your browser, and every one will tell you when not to buy.
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Pick your ship and tap how you sail, and every real room on board ranks for you. Or check the cabin you already booked, or put two side by side. Motion, sleep, the view and space, across 146 ships and 207,214 cabins.
Open Tool →Four taps rank 179 cruise ships by how closely their dining matches the way you eat — every ship's menu, your best table on each line, one rubric.
Open Tool →Four taps. 179 cruise ships across 13 lines, ranked for the way you actually travel — with every number traced to a guide we wrote. Where she sails filters; it never scores.
Open Tool →Four taps rank 179 cruise ships by how well their shows, music, nightlife and sea days fit the way you spend a trip. You get her playbill, what to book and what costs extra.
Open Tool →Compare cruise travel insurance against your actual trip — what qualifies, what rules a policy out, and the certificate wording behind every figure. Names no policy to buy.
Open Tool →Score any Cruise Planner price out of 100 against what it historically sells for — with the true all-in cost including gratuity, a consumption break-even, and a verdict that shifts as your sail date nears.
Open Tool →Score any Celebrity Cruise Planner price out of 100 against what it historically sells for — Classic vs Premium drinks, Premium Wi-Fi, the Ultimate Bundle, or a dining package, each priced against its own real range.
Open Tool →MSC includes gratuity in the price it quotes — so score any MSC price against what it really sells for, then see what that same number would cost on a line that adds 18–20% at checkout.
Open Tool →Free at Sea waives the package price and charges you a mandatory daily service charge instead — so this one answers a different question: what your break-even is in drinks a day, whether to decline the “free” bar outright, and what Free at Sea Plus really costs.
Open Tool →Carnival quotes its drink packages before a 20% service charge it adds at checkout — so the Fun Shop price isn’t what you pay. Price CHEERS!, Bottomless Bubbles, Wi-Fi and Faster to the Fun properly, and find out which of them never go on sale at all.
Open Tool →Princess sells three fares, not one package — Standard, Plus and Premier. This one prices all three against your own drinking, dining and Wi-Fi, then values the Premier upgrade over Plus on its own, shore excursion credit included.
Open Tool →Disney has no all-inclusive drink package at all — just à la carte specialty dining, Wi-Fi, the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique and the Shutters photo package, each scored against what Disney really charges, with the bidding-upgrade myth sorted from the real day-of-port mechanism.
Open Tool →Virgin doesn’t sell a drink package or run daily sales — it sells a Bar Tab bonus ladder, tiered WiFi, a bid-based Level Upgrade, and two flat-price celebration bundles. Score the ladder, the bid and the timing honestly, then value the bundles item by item.
Open Tool →Have It All bundles Signature drinks, Wi-Fi, dining and a shore excursion credit into one per-day price — but gratuities are never included, package or not. Price the bundle against paying as you go, and value Signature vs Elite on their own.
Open Tool →Enter a real cruise quote and see whether it's genuinely good value — not just cheap. Compares true out-the-door cost, matches it to how you actually vacation, and shows what else your budget could buy.
Open Tool →On-site vs nearby vs a split stay — with parking at both ends, the drive in, breakfast and the Express you'd have bought anyway.
Open Tool →One question earlier than the ship: which part of the world. Tell us your month, who's coming and what you want from the days — we'll name the regions that actually work, and the ones that don't, with the reason.
Open Tool →Not sure where to start? Answer a few questions about who's traveling, your budget, and what matters most — and get honest, matched cruise recommendations with the trade-offs spelled out.
Open Tool →Your break-even drinks per day, package vs pay-as-you-go totals, and a straight verdict — the honest math from the Academy, interactive.
Open Tool →Package or pay per restaurant? Price both for your party — with the pre-cruise and first-night discounts factored in.
Open Tool →What connectivity really costs per day you'll actually use it — and when the bundle changes everything.
Open Tool →Daily crew gratuities for your whole party, on all nine lines side by side, with every 2026 rate change dated.
Open Tool →Your drinks a day and your bar price against ten packages: which ones pay for themselves, and at how many drinks.
Open Tool →Devices, nights and whether anyone streams, priced on all nine lines, with the Wi-Fi your fare already includes.
Open Tool →Nine lines scored three ways, with the unpublished fare premiums as inputs you can move, plus the Norwegian vs. Celebrity calculator.
Open Tool →Five questions, then a shortlist from the eleven 2026 tours we audited — scored on region, pace, and realistic all-in cost.
Open Tool →Enter your dates and see which stage of the schedule you're in, how long to the final-payment cliff, and exactly what's at risk.
Open Tool →The advertised fare isn't what you pay. Eleven real 2026 tours costed line by line — supplement, optionals, meals and tips included.
Open Tool →Cosmos's advertised fare leaves out the same costs every escorted operator's does, and Cosmos publishes even less about them than Trafalgar. Price the real trip.
Open Tool →Globus's premium fare still leaves out the same categories every mainstream operator's does. Add them back in, line by line.
Open Tool →Ship tour vs independent vs DIY, priced for your group — and what the back-on-board guarantee is really worth.
Open Tool →Full pass vs day pass vs the access you already have — cost per visit, per hour, and when to take the massage ashore instead.
Open Tool →RoyalUp, MoveUp and friends: compare your fare + bid against booking the better cabin outright today — the one number that decides everything.
Open Tool →Your coverage floors and your purchase deadline, counted from your first deposit — eight questions, sorted by the clock rather than by benefit. Names no policy to buy.
Open Tool →No sponsored math, no nudging you toward the priciest option. The tool tells you when NOT to buy.
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