What do you buy?

jacketwatch · April 20, 2009

Well yes and its not usual or ordinary. I collect watches and MUST have a new watch from every cruise we take. Or maybe 2. :biggrin: Last Feb. I bought two on our Panama canal cruise. Yes, I'm nuts. The only time I didn't get one was for Tahiti but good God they were just too expensive there.

jacketwatch · April 20, 2009

Well yes and its not usual or ordinary. I collect watches and MUST have a new watch from every cruise we take. Or maybe 2. :biggrin: Last Feb. I bought two on our Panama canal cruise. Yes, I'm nuts. The only time I didn't get one was for Tahiti but good God they were just too expensive there.

Longboysfan · April 20, 2009

Nothing comes to mind that I must buy.

I do try to win some of the contests they have on ship.

coloradocruisers · April 20, 2009

We try to get a Christmas ornament, if they have any.

zebra · April 20, 2009

We have bought at least one of the above suggestions including 3 watches, but we really are not knick knacky types of people so we have eventually given up on most of our port spending... now I would rather spend the money enjoying a massage or facial - Tony does like to pick up a bottle or two of good liquor/wine though.

sailingrose · April 20, 2009

I always pick up something small that has the places name on it. It used to be magnets but last time it was a patch with themcountries name on it. I glue it inside my shadow boxes and use them as decoration in our guest room.

DebbieandJerry · April 21, 2009

Because the ship photographer takes much better pictures, and if the price is right, I will purchase the ship's pictures. On NCL, for instance, they had incredible pictures of the volcano erupting in Hilo. Much better than any postcard (which is another thing that I buy). So, we bought those. I have also bought the ship's pictures of the various meeting rooms, etc.

At port, I buy a postcard of where we are and another postcard that best represents that port. I am learning that these are much better photographs than any that I can take (and you can't beat the prices!)

The Mercury prices for their pictures was way out of range (starting at $19.95), so we didn't even bother.

coloradocruisers · April 21, 2009

Debbie, since we're not good about getting professional family photos done at home, we always get lots of ship's pictures of all sizes and themes. We spent at least a thousand dollars on our last cruise. The ships' photographers are good, and our kids change so fast.

TheSkipper · April 21, 2009

WOW, Kevin. They must be happy to see you coming aboard!! :ohmy:

Used to do the shot glass thing. Then got into ship pins which I put on my back pack. Lately, the ships we've been on have not seemed to be stocking them. So, I guess I'm out of "must buys."

elfed · April 21, 2009

Donna simply MUST pick up a pin of the country she visits. Her back pack is covered with pins mostly of the Caribbean and provinces/states of North America. She will also buy postcards of the places we visit for cruise scrapbooks which she makes up after each trip. Personally I will pick up a ship's model from the ship's boutique.

Regards,

James.