Cruise Advice re Wise and Phones

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jonherries

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#3273549 19-Aug-2024 17:40

Eva888:
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Wi-fi is very expensive on the cruise ships usually. You're better off forgetting about data while at sea and just using roaming when at port.

My folks got a wise card. So they both have access mum uses it with Apple Pay and dad uses the physical card.

Yes that’s what we normally do with Wise. You’re not allowed to use cards on the ship, you have to load their ship card with funds.

Wifi package is $60 per day for three people. Crazy.

Maybe if you had a balcony and some zip ties you could take a starlink with you? That is what a real geek would try, and then spend most of the holiday optimising the network.

Jon

Eva888

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#3273707 20-Aug-2024 08:25

Hehe. I’m sure there are lots of innovative people trying all sorts which is why some passengers get banned for life. One YT suggestion was to take a small electric blender to make smoothies. You have to wonder who would go on a cruise to sit in the cabin with stolen fruit from the buffet making smoothies for breakfast.

Would love to know if the TVs have HDMI ports though.

I use Wise very simply, transferring NZ$ in and use the cards when overseas. I don’t really understand about holding other currencies example Aus$. All payments and shopping will be in Australian dollars while away so when I transfer cash from my NZ bank account to Wise is there a more beneficial way I should be depositing into Wise, as in Aus$ account. I don’t know the why and how to do this.

trig42

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#3273775 20-Aug-2024 09:43

For the Wise card, what you are doing is fine.

When P&O charge your card daily, Wise will just convert NZD to AUD at the current rate.

You can 'lock in' a rate by transferring to an AUD wallet before you go. It may save you money. It may cost you money depending on what FX rates do.

As for HDMI ports on the TV - they had them on Pacific Explorer - I took a Surface loaded with videos and it connected up fine (also have a tiny wireless keyboard to use as a remote). Didn't actually watch many of them though :)

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