Cruising kids - or should that be parents? - have never had it so good.
Not only do under-18s cruise for free all-year round with MSC Cruises, now the line is offering 30% discounts on excursions for under 14s. That's good news for mums and dads bewildered by cruiselines that count 12-year-olds as adults when to comes to all things financial while forbidding them access to adult areas of the ships.
I also love MSC Cruises' Teen Card for 12-17s that parents can charge with 30 or 50 euros at the start of the cruise, leaving teens free to spend, spend, spend as they want on board - until they use up all the credit, that is.
Parents can then either take their teens back under their financial wing or recharge the cards - presumably after a few lessons in the art of money management.
Jane Archer
