Common cruise cost-saving hack backfires as woman gets BANNED for life
Courtney Murley posted a video detailing how to avoid paying for a costly drinks package on a cruise.
She captioned the video, which got over 400k views on TikTok, 'Def waited until after I got home to post this! Hahahaha but it worked.'
But it seems the video was brought to the attention of Carnival Cruise Lines who have now banned her from travelling with them again.
In the viral video Ms Murley demonstrated how she was able to sneak alcohol on board the Carnival Conquest at the end of March.
She said: 'Forget a drink package lol….okay we ended up drinking probably what we would of paid for a drink package anyways but still was fun to try and see if the rum runners would work.'
Followers took to the comments to warn Ms Murley that there could be consequences.
One user wrote: 'Wow. The last thing to do is post this and when you get banned whine about it not being alcohol. You ratted yourself out.'
Ms Murley later shared a screenshot of a letter that she received from Carnival Cruise Lines banning her from future travel.
It read: 'This letter is to inform you that you will not be able to sail onboard any Carnival Cruise Line vessel in the future due to the smuggling of alcohol onboard the Carnival Conquest on March 31st, 2025, and subsequently posting about it on social media platforms.
'Your attempt to book a future cruise will result in cancellation and a possible loss of deposit monies.'
However, in a follow-up video, Ms Murley then claimed that she never actually smuggled alcohol onboard.
Instead, she made up the story in what became a successful attempt to go viral.
She said: 'What I'm mad about is that they are banning me for something that didn't happen,' she claimed. 'They said for smuggling alcohol. I did not smuggle alcohol.
'Not one ounce of alcohol was smuggled onto the ship.'
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