hobbsie65

what date John ? we are booked on the 1st February so we will just miss you

Thanks John for the review & I hope you are well. I was just about to book this cruise next February but after reading your review we booked the treasure island cruise again as we loved the itinerary last time.

They are declined because people don't read the documents & are not covered - nothing to do with 'small print'. I handle about 20 claims a day & my company underwrite about 60+ different company's so I have a little bit of experience in this

I am a travel insurance claims handler & spend most of my day explaining to people what is & what is not covered while they are arguing with me after declining a claim - no one reads the documents & blame everyone else for this 🙂

Sorry if this has been asked a thousand times - apart from the Aft balcony cabins please could you tell me the other best ones for larger balcony size. I looked at E136 / 135 but I think these are quite overlooked. Many thanks

I was looking at a back to back yesterday which had $800 obc included. Today £500 more & no obc. I don't like paying a non refundable £1100 deposit so far out so never booked.

No - you will only get the $200 plus whatever promotion they are offering when you book the new cruise.

I lived in Greece for 15 years - the tourist season ends mid to late September so much will be closed on the smaller islands. The weather can be a bit cold/wet - more so in the north (Ionian islands) Athens is busy all year as are the larger city's like Rhodes town, Chania etc on the islands. We had a house on Corfu for 10 years & I hated winters - damp/wet so we used to spend the winters in Goa or Spain but we love Greece.

I booked a back to back to back a few months ago & got £100 discount on each cruise but the big plus was only one deposit not 3 for all the cruises even though they have separate booking numbers.

SC are more niche than the big lines so activity was never that busy on here & also many people are repeat guests so questions are less.

Sorry to hijack this post but I am looking at doing something similar except on the Solstice 2025 from Hawaii to Vancouver. The difference is (going by 2024 itinerary) the Alaska sailing will be from Vancouver back to Vancouver (7 day cruise) so I presume that would be fine as we will not be disembarking in a US port. The Celebrity sales team seemed to think this was fine but I know the UK office are not clued up on this sometimes.

I did this last year & only lost £1 when cancelling. I just booked another today under this promo & 50% off Princess plus fare.

It is quite normal for the crew to have there salary 'topped' up by tips - I worked on cruise ships for years & that was always the case. I think the non tipping culture in the UK & Australia makes it difficult & that is why P&O included tips as do MSC I think from the UK. We just included our tips in our bill & slip the cabin steward a little extra. I don't know how many clipper cruise you have done but they have always been a bit basic although we think the experience far outweighs that but flooding in cabins is no fun but I had this on much newer large ships as well. They do need to watch it though if standards are slipping but we go back for the sailing experience & to meet like minded people of all nationalities, most of whom also have a love to travel & try new experiences.

I think the Falkland's are more miss than hit tbh. We will cancel & do Patagonia by land spending a month going from Santiago finishing in Rio. We just booked a back to back to back from Singapore to Vancouver for 2025 so happy to mix it up with a land adventure as well.

This is showing on mine now - makes sense & I presume missing days are sea days Day 1 Buenos Aires Day 2 | Montevideo, Uruguay Day 3 | At Sea Day 5 | Port Stanley, Falkland Is Day 8 | Ushuaia, Argentina Day 9 | Strait Of Magellan Day 12 | Puerto Madryn, Argentina Day 15 | Buenos Aires, Argentina