Ghettoways - The Best Cheap Vacations (but they are kind of ghetto)!

Yup, it’s the Original Fun Ship!

Now that I’ve done a Carnival Cruise, I believe I can speak with authority about what you can expect for your money:

What you’ll get:
~ the feeling that you are floating on the biggest Best Western of the 7 seas

~ lots of people from different backgrounds; no matter your socioeconomic base, there will be (a few) people classier than yourself and (a lot of) people who are more ghe-tto!

~ meals included, all you can eat

~ made fun of for eating healthy by other people in the buffet line if you have fresh fruit (gasp!) on your plate

~ continuously called “Mr. ____ or Mrs. _” by all of the service staff

~ people making out in the spa that you want to go in. All day. Wait, are those the same people or not?

~ an opportunity to waste any money you still have left over with the ship’s slot machines, poker tables, and blackjack

~ luck ‘o the draw with the quality of shows. I busted my gut with one comic but could have done a much better job than 95% of the “showgirls” – and this IS NOT a good thing!

~ an annoying and overly-excited cruise director who somehow gets the right to pipe his daily announcements right into your “room”!!


What you won’t:
~ a cultural experience. Even if you stop in the Caribbean or Mexico, you really aren’t getting a feel for the local culture, you’re just getting pushed in the direction of where they want you to spend money or the local “Papas & Beer”.

~ seasick. It’s a big ship and sometimes the slight rolling will get to you but very few passengers actually get sick.

~ premium alcoholic beverages (decent wine, specialty beers, etc.)

~ great food

Things You Should Know:

One of the most beautiful places on earth, but you can still do it ghetto-style!

Lots of crappy motels and hotels offer amazing deals in the summer; occasionally, so do some of the bigger casinos.

On Vacation Rentals By Owner, you can also grab a not-so-ghetto house for the week or a weekend which is cheaper the more people you get.

What You’ll Get in a South Lake Tahoe Ghettaway:
~ free outdoor activity up the whazoo! Hiking, biking, swimming, beaches.

~ beauty from every angle, complete with that fresh mountain smell that you can’t get in SF

~ access to cheap, healthy food (numerous grocery stores and health food stores, etc.)

~ variety of dive bars

~ gambling on the Nevada side

What You Won’t:
~ luxury accommodations. Because rich people like to go to Lake Tahoe, yo, and they pay big scrill for that stuff – leaving you SOL for that massive hotel room above the strip

~ fine dining on the cheap. See above.

~ public transportation. You need to drive there and shell out for gas.

Capitola is just a hop, skip, and a jump from Santa Cruz. It’s a cozy little beach town that’s a step above ghetto.

Check in at the Harbor Lights for a safe, fairly clean place to rest your self after a day of walking around the cheesy shops, eating pizza, and drinking margaritas.

Things You’ll Get From a Capitola Ghettoway:
~ A crazy drive up CA 17

~ Ocean smell

~ Dozens and dozens of high school kids (I have no idea why)

~ Cheap (but not healthy) eats

~ shops

~ a pier

~ sand in your netherparts

Things You Won’t:

~ fine dining, ‘Cause there just isn’t any!

~ clean sidealks

So Go Get It, Ghetto-Style!!