-
Posts
2,441 -
Joined
About Me
-
Location
South Carolina
-
Interests
Photography
-
Favorite Cruise Line(s)
HAL
-
Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
Caribbean, Alaska
Recent Profile Visitors
The recent visitors block is disabled and is not being shown to other users.
VermeulT's Achievements
Cool Cruiser (2/15)
-
Happy to see Holland America embrace their Dutch Heritage
VermeulT replied to Mary229's topic in Holland America Line
This makes me beyond happy. Onbeschrijfelijk blij. that menu will mean I’ll have to not eat the entire rest of the week. OMG YUM! -
Every cruise I want to look at comes up with unavailable or sold out. I mean EVERY. I cleared my cashe and changed browsers. Makes it hard to see what the prices and availability really are.
-
Some great last minute opportunities…
VermeulT replied to BermudaBound2014's topic in Holland America Line
It's killing me! I had to cancel the 28 day Alaska Stolstice cruise. $319 for 7 days???? though more than that for port charges. All in it's less than $100/day for an inside. Unfortunately for me it's still nearly $500 for a flight from the Southeast. I'm keeping an eye on early May and if everything falls together - I'm there! -
It was several years ago and I don't remember how much. Check this link to the beach webpage. https://www.playaportomari.com/
-
NEWS FLASH: HAL to favor Triples and Quads
VermeulT replied to crystalspin's topic in Holland America Line
I get that they want to max out capacity as @FlaMariner said. IF they add to occupancy, it'll be the free 3rd & 4th guest - yes probably children - so no advantage to the corporate bottom line. If they're goal is to get more families on board all voyages - forget shooting themselves in the foot... more like drinking some special "punch" and killing the line. This cruise line is about couples or adults - I'd say mostly 35+. Sure summer and holiday cruises will have greater booked capacity, including kids. But the longer ones usually do not. I thought that was part of the reason so many of the Caribbean itineraries were going 9-10 days instead of mostly 7 days. -
If you sign up for a promotion to that includes gratuities, the cruise line still pays out the gratuities, correct? On our side, our account it will appear “free” but on the back end it really comes out of cruise cost? The line “eats” the cost… the overall amount out of pocket to me is whatever and however they want to call it. I just want to make sure the crew isn’t shorted because so many of them work so hard….
-
Using the new “Stockperks” app for Carnival stock owner’s benefit
VermeulT replied to RRFan's topic in Holland America Line
I emailed cclshareholderhal@hollandamerica.com back on 12/10 with a screenshot of my statement. I got an email back on 12/17 asking for a PDF. I've sent it. I cruise on Jan 5th (less than a week from now). I called yesterday and they said it still hasn't been approved. Should I try the app or ... ?? This is the first cruise since 2010 (9 cruises) that I've had issues with. Any help would be most appreciated. -
Rotterdam cruise review December 15-22
VermeulT replied to CruisingAndDiving's topic in Holland America Line
You do need to have the notifications settings turned on for the app. (To do that go to the phone's settings and go to the app, where you can select banners sounds and badges settings. I would also make sure you select background app refresh and don't close the app when you turn off the phone's display). After I learned about this, it improved the chat function. -
-
For accounting for sure. Someone with a statistics analysis background figures out how many people eat where and at what times.
-
Like how much down? I have a 9 day coming up in Jan with only 3 possible days of getting wifi in ports (really 2 cause Grand Turk is tough). My prepurchase price is $155.99 for premium for 9 days.
-
Probably not much help but 10 years ago it was $20pp round trip to Porto Playa Marie.
-
I've only been to porto playa marie and it was amazing. Quite a ride from the port (40 min maybe) and you can't see much for much of the ride. But once you get there!!! FANTASTIC. We went early (11a or so) and it was dead until early afternoon. We took a cab and pre-arranged for him to return at a set time to take us back to downtown.
-
Holland America Last Minute Cruise Deals 50 % Off & $100 OBC
VermeulT replied to mcrcruiser's topic in Holland America Line
I've done a few dummy bookings and have yet to find any that show the OBC. -
I've been keeping an eye on some last minute sailing specials. The Dec 3rd Rotterdam 12 day partial transit is as little as $599pp for an inside. The itinerary still includes Columbia, the partial transit, and Costa Rica. The port charges are almost more than the actual fare. If they dropped the transit on this and made it Southern or South/Western (maybe add Belize?) I'd jump on it. I've done Panama once. And while I hope to again some day, my wallet is currently wishing for the change in itinerary.