Royal Caribbean International has revolutionised how people can pay for their holidays, by accepting ‘payment via excitement’ – meaning that one lucky family of four has the chance to bag a free cruise holiday worth up to £10,000, including flights, hotels and transfers.
Instead of dishing out hard earned cash this dreary January, the kids of the lucky winning family will also be offered a ‘job of a lifetime’ by becoming the newly appointed ‘SEA-E-Os’ (Chief Excitement Officers) at Royal Caribbean.
The child or children will keep hold of this title for 12 months and be able to report back to the company on levels of excitement that they found whilst onboard – from plummeting down the biggest waterslides at sea, to hanging on the FlowRider surf simulator – and the winning family will share all of their thoughts and suggestions directly to Royal Caribbean boss Ben Bouldin, at the end of their trip.
To enter, the world’s largest cruise line – that has a fleet of 26 incredible ships and visits more than 260 destinations in 72 countries on six continents – Royal Caribbean are asking families from the UK and Ireland to share their kids’ excitement when told they are going on a Royal Caribbean holiday.
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To enter the competition, parents need to film footage of their children’s reactions to their upcoming trip and upload the video to Instagram or Facebook tagging @RoyalCaribbeanUK with #PayByExcitement, or @MyRoyal with #PayByExcitement on Twitter.
Entries are now open until February 2020.
One family will receive the cost of their holiday back in full, by March, as soon as the announcement of the most heart-warming clips has been made.
Six runners-up will be gifted with an onboard speciality dining package for the whole family, enabling them to enjoy multiple specialty restaurants every night of their sailing.
Whether they choose to take a flavour-filled journey to the exotic Far East at Izumi or find their element amongst the elaborate main courses at Wonderland Imaginative Cuisine, they will be able to enjoy world class complimentary cruise dining plus classic and avant-garde speciality dining on board – all with mouth-watering selections for the foodie and for those who have special diets.
A panel of judges will include Royal Caribbean’s louder-than-life Cruise Director, Ricky Matthews, nine-year-old Caleb and his eight-year-old brother Blake Miller from Glasgow – who both feature in online ‘reveal’ videos.
The brothers’ mum Natalie Miller will also help select the best ‘reveal’ video that will allow one family to recoup the cost of their holiday and pay by excitement, instead.
Mr Bouldin added: “We know how excited children get when told they’re going on a family holiday, especially when the holiday includes fun-inducing activities like sliding down Daredevil’s Peak, the tallest slide at sea at Perfect Day at CocoCay, Royal Caribbean’s private island in The Bahamas, or testing their skydiving skills or channelling their inner surfer on FlowRider, the first surf simulator at sea.
“We hope our quest will help brighten up everyone’s January with some heart-warming reactions.
“I can’t wait to hear from the winning family after their trip on how they found their levels of excitement to be whilst onboard, too!”
The Pay by Excitement shortlist will be released on February 11, with the winning applicant and runner-up families announced on February 14.