Virgin Voyages Drink Package - Bar Tab

What’s up with Virgin Voyages’ bar tab? Virgin does everything a little differently, which some people love and others hate. I am, of course, team LOVE. Virgin is my favorite cruise line. I have been cruising for just over a year and a half, and I have learned that comparing cruise lines is like comparing apples and oranges. No two are alike, then there is Virgin Voyages. Instead of a Virgin Voyages Drink Package, they have a Bar Tab.

What exactly is the Virgin Voyages Bar Tab?

Bar Tab — flexible prepaid drink credits for all alcoholic and non-alcoholic premium beverage purchases. You can use it for wine, cocktails, beer, mocktails, and specialty coffee. Buying a Bar Tab in advance gives you extra value for your money! Virgin Voyages drinks are affordable, and don’t forget the price you see includes gratuity. You do not have to purchase a bar tab to sail with Virgin Voyages. However, if you purchase one before your cruise, you can earn extra credit toward drinks. For example, if you buy a Bar Tab for $300, you get $350 worth of drinks.

How We Used the Bar Tab

I like the bar tab because it saved us a lot of money on our recent cruise. My husband and I spent 5 days on the Resilient Lady. Before our cruise, we purchased a $300 bar tab. After a status match with Virgin late last year, I have deep blue extras until the end of 2025. When I purchased my bar tab of $300 I received a bonus bar tab of $100. If you don’t have a status match, you can still receive a $50 bonus bar tab with a $300 purchase. I like to enjoy a glass of wine or two for dinner and an occasional margarita at the Dock House. At dinner, we usually ordered a bottle of wine to cut down on alcohol expenses instead of ordering it by the glass. We then had cocktails whenever we wanted, and we went over by $50. I also used my bar tab for my daily latte (or two).

Discover the Value of the Virgin Voyages Drink Package - Bar Tab

If we had been on other cruise lines, a drink package would have been around $60 each day. I would have overindulged trying to get my money’s worth.

To further save money, I could have brought two bottles of wine on board (one for each of us). With two back-to-back cruises, I forgot to do this. Virgin provides free Coke products, water, and carbonated water, so we didn’t need a bar tab to purchase any of those.

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