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Expense
Category |
Typical
Luxury Cruise
Ship
3 Night
Cruise |
Traditional
4 Star Land
Venue @ Hotel
or
Resort |
Comments |
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Formal
Dining or
Alternative
Restaurants |
All
Shipboard
Meals
Included
|
$3,968
|
Land
Venue -
3 Breakfast
& Lunch
@$12
pp,
+ Dinner@
$40pp Total
$124 PP /
Day |
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Evening
Entertainment |
Broadway-style
productions
included,
with
name
entertainment,
variety
acts,
Casino,
and much
more
|
$2,400
|
$25 PP
Per Day.
Entertainment
venues are NOT
usually at the
hotel; requiring
additional
transportation
& cost to
participate.
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Free
Weekend &
Meals for
2 |
Included
|
No
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Meeting
Rooms -
2 Full
Days |
No
Charge
|
$2,000
|
$100
per
day |
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Two
Nights Formal
Dinners With
Wine |
$640
(Wine Only)
- All
Shipboard
Meals
Included |
$3,800
|
$60
PP - At Hotel
For 2
Nights |
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90
Minute
Reception
- Heavy
Hors D'Oevres
- Open
Bar |
$300
|
$1,000
|
High
Service and
substantially lower
cost is a hallmark
of value added
services of all
cruise
lines.
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Personal
Bar
Tabs |
$660
|
$1,060
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Flipchart,
VCR, monitor,
microphone,
projector,
screen,
coffee &
snack
breaks |
$0
|
$2,000
|
Most
meeting
support
equipment is
available
aboard ship
at nominal or
no
charge |
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Meeting
room
Refreshments
2
Days |
$480
|
$2,000
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Accomodations
-
Hotel |
- |
$8,400
|
Four
Star Hotel
Venue
$175/Night
per
couple |
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Accomodations
-
Cruise |
$9,600
|
-
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Best
Non-Peak
Value
Average
starts at
$100 per
night per
person +
Gov't
Charges; 32
people |
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Receptions
- Heavy
Hors D'Oevres
- Open Bar
&
Hospitality
Suites |
Lower
shipboard
labor,
food, and
beverage
costs
reduce
the
reception
expense
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Expensive
|
Hotel
charges range
from $30 -
$50 per
person |
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Formal
Dinner
Events |
Pre-Arranged
by The
Langhorne Group
with
Cruiseline
- Usually
no extra
charge
|
Land
Venue
More
Expensive
|
When
dealing with
a hotel,
catering
& Banquet
details are
always a
hassle &
espensive |
|
Daytime
Formal or
Informal
Breakfast and
Lunch |
Cruise
ships
offer a
wide
choice of
free
dining
from
cafeteria
casual to
outstanding
formal
dining
for all
meals -
24
hours
|
All
Meals
extra
|
Shipboard
meetings will
save a couple
at least $100
per day in
extra meal
charges. |
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Personal
Choice
Evening
Entertainment |
Broadway-style
productions
included,
with
name
entertainment,
variety
acts,
Casino,
and much
more
|
Not
at
hotel
|
Land
Venues
usually
require
reservations
plus taxi to
emtertainment. |
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Personal
Bar
Tabs |
Average
beverage
cost is
$1 - $2
lower
than land
venues.
Ships
offer a
wide
choice of
lounges.
|
Usually
$1 - $2
higher
per
drink
|
Personal
Choice-
Number
& variety
of lounges in
hotels is
usually
limited |
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Meeting
&
Breakout
Rooms with
sound and
AV |
No
Charge
for use
of
equipment
-Nominal
flat fee
for Hot
&
Cold
beverages
&
Snacks
|
$2,000
|
Meeting
space in
hotels can be
very
expensive
& each
piece of
equipment at
additional
cost |
|
Flipchart,
VCR, monitor,
microphone,
projector,
screen,
coffee
breaks |
No
Hassle
Set Up
Arrangements
-
Pre-Arranged
by
Langhorne
Group
with
Cruiseline
- AV
equipment
is
usually
new and
technicians
are
always
available
|
Extra
Charges
|
In
hotels,
no-one ever
knows if the
AV equipment
will work;
technicians
are not
always
readily
available |
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Total
Services
Cost |
Shipboard
|
Land
-
Hotel
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Meeting
|
Meeting
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$19,440
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$34,108
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Compare
the
Savings -
Shipboard
Event vs.
Hotel - 16
People
