When you go on a cruise, you will be exposed to different shopping stores at the port of calls. One key thing to remember is not to get hooked on purchasing designer jewelry especially if you are outside of United States. As advised by the shopping experts at the cruise, if you want to buy jewelries, buy only to those of the reputable companies that they recommend on the list.

This is for a variety of reasons:

  • The first is that you will be backed by the cruise for their 30 day money guarantee.
  • You can expect that what you bought is authentic jewelries and not faked ones.
  • Your jewelries are tax and duty free.

But beware of this claims. For most of the recommended stores by the cruise, the cruise gets a commission. These companies pay a promotional fee to the cruise ship companies. The jewelries are authentic but the prices are at a sky high. It is so funny how they advertise the items as wholesale and the prices are a lot cheaper their than in United States, but a lot of companies are making false claims to get you to buy to them. Most people actually pay a lot more on the port of calls than when you purchase it in the States. Also, almost all those companies have a lousy return policy that they would only give you credit instead of a refund.

And this also goes not only on jewelry items but also on other souvenirs. So you really need to shop around.