On Board Gift Shops & Sales

We don't tend to buy very much in the shops... I might go look, but only if there is nothing else interesting going on at that time.

I go to ALL the sales mostly just to look. Many times I do buy. I usually get a lot of on board credits and need to use them for something. I have only been on one Princess cruise. HAL usually has their sales poolside which is very convenient for me since i spend a lot of time there. Gloria

Same here.

We wait for the cruise to update the jewellery. But souvenir t-shirts etc we buy for the grand kids and such.

Like it has been mentioned some deals are too good to pass up.

Watches are a good deal.

Usually what I want doesn't get discounted, but I wait anyway.

Honestly, we don't buy stuff when cruising unless it is a special occasion. A few years ago, we celebrated a wedding anniversary and vow renewal. There were Swarovski crystal finches and they really stood out to us. After checking pricing online, we realized that if we purchased onboard we were saving as much as $150. We purchased them with a % discount applied, plus my husband got a few more bucks off by negotiating with the shop manager. He can't seem to help himself with the haggling thing. We did not wait for any deeper discount because they do not have a big supply of these crystal pieces onboard.

We don’t buy much in the gift shops but we’ll take a quick look at those sale tables when they’re up. Sometimes there’s a deal too good to pass up!

My wife will generally hit the T-Shirt sale pretty hard, as well as the jewelry sale.

For me, I will generally get what I want when I want it rather than fighting the crowds at the tables.