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We go to Montreal for long weekends once or twice a year, and we really like the Holiday Inn on Rene Levesque. Obviously depends on your luggage situation and your public transit desires, but you can take the bus right from the airport to the hotel. It's the second stop from the airport on the buses that go down town, and it's right at a metro stop as well. It has a lovely indoor pool. There are lots of great restaurants in that neighborhood and it's really lovely to walk around. It's not far from the Old Port, but it feels a little less touristy.

We get on when you get off - take good care of her for us! So there is a Budget that is quite close. Depending on your desire to walk, you could definitely walk it. Assuming there is more than one of you, one person could get the car and the other person could wait with bags. There are some covered benches over by the design center (the giant white building across from the terminal). And the Budget is right near the Silver Line to the airport (which frankly would probably be faster, easier, and cheaper than trying to do a one at rental to the airport, but obviously depends on your plans). Here is the info for the Budget:

I've stayed at the Courtyard right by the port. There are plenty of taxi cans at the airport, although they aren't particularly nice and cost probably 1.5 times what an Uber would. I have taken a Lyft to the port and used a shuttle service that works with the hotel (for a few). Both worked just fine.

If it's Holland, I got the same email. I live in Boston - there is always traffic and construction, it's nothing new (and provided there are no actual tunnel closures like last summer) it shouldn't be an issue. If there are taxis waiting, that is an easy option. If there aren't, I've never had an issue getting a Lyft or an Uber anywhere in Boston (I usually check both, as the price and the wait times vary between the two).

It looks like you all are currently docking in Boston:

Any guess on when those itineraries will be out?

Definitely - my point was there wasn't an extra fee for using a credit card, which is how I read other posts.

At least last year, the funicular in Quebec City was cash only (they accepted both CAD and USD, but at a 1:1 exchange rate). That is literally the only place in Canada I have ever needed cash (although I've never taken a taxi anywhere in Canada). My US credit card has worked in all situations (and I don't have a chip and PIN card). No added fees, either.

The fixings for a PB&J are definitely available in Windjammer. Also, while there is a delivery fee for anyone not in a suite, it's also available on the room service menu:

Trying to find a hotel the week of Christmas that doesn't have horrible reviews under $400 a night proved very difficult. And there definitely decent options in the just over $100 range. Again, I have done this twice and am going out of Port Everglades this year (and did in 2017, where we paid over $700 a person for tickets on Spirit - American would have been over $1,000).

I've flown to Baltimore twice, once on an Enchantment and once on Vision. And would do it again for my annual Christmas cruise, but their holiday savings in 2024 in 2024 start way to early for my schedule. It is so much cheaper to fly to Baltimore than Florida - like, a fifth the price, and the hotel is a quarter the price. And I like old style ships. Many people do drive or take Amtrak to Baltimore, but a lot of people fly.

This from the NYTimes reporting on it:

Yeah - it's a working industrial port - it's going to be a mess, without easy solutions.

The news reporting I read this morning said there were two pilots aboard. When I've sailed out of Baltimore, the pilots are with you all the way to the mouth of Chesapeake.

I was quite happy with the food in general - a few things I didn't love (would not recommend the Chicken Marsala), but otherwise very good. I thought it was better than Enchantment (which I also found to be fine), particularly Windjammer. Although the flow around the buffet stations is a bit odd (and when both sides are open, there is some overlap but some different stuff).