…ind you can go on bike excursions. But Viking do tend to focus more on the hotel experience, with the destination more as the hero. Known everywhere! They are definitely well known and on pretty much every river that you want to go on they will have multiple itineraries. You’ll often find when you go to a port there’s often more than one Viking ship in there, because they have lots of different permutations of cruises of different lengths. Viking…
…t flight, or you might want to get off late because you’re checking into a hotel and you can’t check in until two o’clock, or whatever. I’d say always go and negotiate, don’t just accept the time you’re given – try and negotiate a time that works for you #5 Not carefully checking your statement The fifth big cruise disembarkation day blunder that people make is not carefully checking their statement before they get off the ship. Normally, you can…
…nd you could be waiting for huge amounts of time. If you’ve perhaps booked hotels, flights, etc with the cruise agent, then with one call or email, the cruise agent has to deal with all of the refunds, and it saves you having to contact the cruise line, deal with the airline, get hold of the hotel, cancel excursions, etc. It’s one simple point of contact. And certainly, talking to agents, I know they have taken a huge amount of stress and strain a…
…e to move into and arranged for help packing and moving. On day three, the Hotel Director sent out a part-through cruise survey, asking for any issues, problems, and concerns people wanted resolved. I spoke to a couple who had an issue with some dining and menu issues that was resolved using this. I heard others talking about how the Hotel Director had been helpful in addressing concerns. So, that is a positive on this trip as I don’t recall the s…
…ip, which included a land portion in Cairo, it included all the transfers, hotel stays in Cairo, flights to and from Luxor, entry fees into all the sites listed on the program, the cruise, food and drink mentioned, Wi-Fi, and the services of a Cruise Manager and Egyptologist guides. The extra costs on my trip were an optional excursions to Abu Simbel, afternoon tea at the Old Cataract Hotel Aswan, camel rides at Giza Pyramids, gratuities (which wa…
…was the usual look for the cruise line sign, wait and get on a bus to the hotel, and the hotels were standard chain conference and package holiday type. In Japan it was Hilton Tokyo, in a standard room. In terms of the Unlimited Shore Excursions, some had issues here. Unlimited Shore Excursions They are released about a year before the cruise at a certain time of day, and people swoop in and pick all the best ones. For example, for my Tokyo trip,…
…uge amounts of time to speak to someone in a call centre. If you’ve booked hotels, flights, etc with your cruise agent, then with one call or email, your cruise agent will deal with all the refunds, and it saves you having to contact the cruise line, deal with the airline, get hold of the hotel, or cancel excursions, etc. It’s one simple point of contact. Exclusive Deals and Discounts – BEST prices Contrary to popular belief, booking through a tra…
…f. So, Wait in the Wings is a site I like because he does lots of in-depth reviews about the background of how shows are put together. Ocean Liner Designs, which looks at historical warships and stuff like that. And I have a slight quirk, I love watching videos about abandoned places, abandoned hotels, abandoned malls and stuff. What advice do you have for creators who want to grow their YouTube channels? I’m going to say it again, it is who are y…
…as compensation. How much varies wildly by line. If you’ve booked flights, hotels or excursions through the cruise line they will cancel and refund. But, if booked independently, the cruise lines gives relatively small amounts to cover flight or hotel changes only usually. For example, I usually see $200 per person to cover flight change fees if a domestic flight has been booked independently, and $400 for international ones. As some insurance com…
…port, flights, pre-stay hotels, cruise, excursions, any required post-stay hotel, flights, and a transfer back home. Port-to-port is cruise only with excursions included and Essential which are basically last-minute fares and non-refundable. For an expedition cruise like mine as the trip started and ended in Santiago while the cruise was from Puerto Williams, all fares included one night pre-stay hotel and charter flights to and from the ship, and…
…profiles of senior crew like that of my friend who is a Celebrity Cruises Hotel Director claiming he’s looking for crew, and e-mails offering jobs. They then sending fictitious job offer letters, employment contracts asking for sign-on fees, uniform deposits, or advance payments for travel to the ship which they say will be refunded once on board. My tip if looking to work on a ship is that all cruise line websites have a link at bottom of the pa…
