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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Fear and Greed summer series, brought to

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Speaker 1: you by Luxury Escapes. I'm Sean Elmer. We're here at

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Speaker 1: the new Luxury Escapes botique at Bondi Junction in Sydney,

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Speaker 1: and today we're talking about value for money. Sammy Turban

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Speaker 1: Welcome to Fear and Greed.

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Speaker 2: Thanks Sean.

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Speaker 3: Nice to be here.

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Speaker 1: I have a feeling we're going to be talking about cruises.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, maybe potentially, So.

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Speaker 1: Tell me why a cruise is such good value for money.

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Speaker 2: I feel like we're seeing a very big uptick in

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Speaker 2: people wanting something that's all inclusive when they're going on

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Speaker 2: their vacations. So cruises really offer that option that is

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Speaker 2: both family friendly, solo traveler friendly, or great for couples

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Speaker 2: as well. And they include everything for you, so all

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Speaker 2: the internal travel, your room, your accommodation, your food. And

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Speaker 2: I'm finding them really popular because yeah, they have everything

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Speaker 2: all inclusive, so it is great value for money for

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Speaker 2: a lot of people.

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Speaker 1: Now, JACKI and I took a cruise about three months

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Speaker 1: ago and it kind of the North Atlantic and I

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Speaker 1: was dead set against cruises and until we decided to

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Speaker 1: take one, and we will keep taking them. They are

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Speaker 1: quite amazing. You said that. I mean, so we were

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Speaker 1: a couple, but there were families, there were singles. What

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Speaker 1: amazed mean We're on a big boat, is how distinct.

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Speaker 1: We didn't get caught up with kids. We didn't want

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Speaker 1: to get caught up with kids, and we didn't have

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Speaker 1: to because there were really discreete areas. So you know,

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Speaker 1: not every part of the cruise ship is the same.

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Speaker 1: You can find where you want to be.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly, And I think that's a crazy part.

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Speaker 2: People don't realize a lot of people until they take

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Speaker 2: a cruise, or they don't really realize.

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Speaker 3: How big their ships are.

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Speaker 2: And there's definitely like something for everyone on board, and

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Speaker 2: you can I mean there can be like five thousand

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Speaker 2: people on board at a time and you don't see

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Speaker 2: the same person twice. So I think until you cruise,

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Speaker 2: you don't really realize how great they are and how

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Speaker 2: much individuality there is on board.

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Speaker 3: It's not a one size fits all thing, which is great.

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Speaker 1: My great fear was an RSL club on Wheel and

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Speaker 1: it was mild from it.

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Speaker 3: It was nothing like an aur Cities.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I mean I didn't go to the casino,

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Speaker 1: but maybe if I went to the casino, I could

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Speaker 1: have had that experience, yeah, but it was quite incredible.

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Speaker 1: The other thing is that it's actually cheap. So we

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Speaker 1: went to places like Norway and Iceland and they are

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Speaker 1: incredibly expensive. Yeah, out of our reach. But cruising does it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah for sure. And it's not for everyone because you

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Speaker 2: obviously do have a amount of time in each port.

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Speaker 2: So if you're someone that likes really individualized travel and

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Speaker 2: likes to really get in depth experiences in each place

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Speaker 2: you go to, it might not be the fit for you.

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Speaker 2: But it's definitely something that's great to get like a

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Speaker 2: taste of different places. So I think it's amazing that

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Speaker 2: you can go somewhere and go to like some of

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Speaker 2: the most exclusive places in the world, like you said yourself,

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Speaker 2: and not have to pay that price tag that's attached

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Speaker 2: to that, which is a nice option for a lot

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Speaker 2: of people. So it's it makes it quite accessible too. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: And I mean in the spas, the entertainment, the food,

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Speaker 1: it's all great. Sam, I've got to bisk it.

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Speaker 3: You were a on a cruise ship, Yeah, I was.

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Speaker 1: How do you The entertainment is phenomenal? Like that really

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Speaker 1: blew me away. How good you guys are or were

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Speaker 1: in your case, how do you do it when the

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Speaker 1: ship's rock it? How do you dance when the ship's rocking.

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Speaker 2: Look, it's not all sunshine and rainbows. There's definitely moments

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Speaker 2: where it can be a bit impossible. But yeah, it's

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Speaker 2: a great part of cruising, I think, and I definitely

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Speaker 2: had a lot of fun and I got to see

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Speaker 2: a lot of great places and had a lot of

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Speaker 2: people that really loved it. I had a lot of

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Speaker 2: family members come and visit me whilst I was working

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Speaker 2: as well, and they also, like your self, weren't cruisers

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Speaker 2: or didn't think that they would enjoy it, but really

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Speaker 2: ended up loving it. But yeah, it's definitely not for

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Speaker 2: the fate of heart living on board and dancing on

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Speaker 2: a moving stage, that's for sure.

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Speaker 1: What about smaller cruises, So we're talking generally about larger cruises,

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Speaker 1: but there are lots of European river cruises and those

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Speaker 1: types of thing, different experience, i'd imagine, yeah.

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Speaker 3: For sure.

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Speaker 2: So I think there's of course, like the big ocean

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Speaker 2: ocean liners and then smaller cruises and talking about value

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Speaker 2: for money, you can have those luxury cruise lines as well,

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Speaker 2: but some of the ocean liners are great. Obviously you

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Speaker 2: can meet a lot of people on board, and you

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Speaker 2: can also get that more intimate experience from a river cruise.

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Speaker 2: I think there's different demographics too for both, but yeah,

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Speaker 2: river cruises are also a beautiful way that you can

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Speaker 2: kind of access a lot more cities that are not

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Speaker 2: just like on the coast or on the ocean at

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Speaker 2: which you can obviously only access those cities on ocean liners.

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Speaker 2: So I think river cruises offer Yeah, definitely a great

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Speaker 2: experience to go through like you know, the Ryan River

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Speaker 2: or the Scene, or access beautiful places like that.

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Speaker 1: We are out of time, but very quickly drop cruising

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Speaker 1: for a moment. What are the value for money options

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Speaker 1: you think you we're around at the moment.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we're working for luxury escapes. Obviously we have some

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Speaker 2: great package options, so value for money, we definitely see

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Speaker 2: those packages that include like the buffet, breakfast, lunch, dinners,

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Speaker 2: all inclusive drinks. Those sorts of things tend to be

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Speaker 2: really popular. They're a great way to just make sure

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Speaker 2: you can go to your holiday, all costs are taken

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Speaker 2: care of before you go and you're all set. So

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Speaker 2: those are definitely on the rise.

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Speaker 1: In popularity and where are people going at the moment.

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Speaker 2: Bali Bali, Thailand and even Maldives is a more expensive

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Speaker 2: location generally, but the all inclusive packages we're seeing sell

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Speaker 2: a lot.

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Speaker 3: Just really a.

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Speaker 2: Very very popular, especially for honeymooners and romantic getaways.

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Speaker 1: Sammy, thank you for talking to Fearing Greed Summer Series.

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