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Thank you all. I can overthink things, and it’s nice to get straight answers here.

Someone once posted on here that it wasn’t worth a ta’s time to book things like hotels, so I guess that got me wondering just what kind of business was appropriate.

I did, however, ask her to book rooms for us in Tahiti before and after our cruise coming Jan., as I was having some issues doing it myself, and she came through for us with some extra perks.

Thinking about doing a cruise with friends on Cunard, as it is their preferred brand, and we are ballroom dancers, so that would be a bonus.

I’m just not sure whether to book it myself, or ask my current ta to do so.

It would not be an issue for me to do myself, but on the other hand if she would like to have the extra business then I would be happy to book through her. However if it would just mean extra work for her then I am happy to do myself.

What do you do? Or, any general thoughts?

Ah, feel better now. I missed the one outside Galileo’s when I looked at the deck plan.

Hi all!

This might seem inconsequential to some, but is there really only one WC (for both sexes?) on decks 10 and 11 on Navigator. If so that seems kind of odd to accommodate the pool, la verandah, and Galileo’s!

I emailed my ta and she got back to me with a pdf of my excursions showing them booked.

So that is good! I think maybe just don’t look at my account😄

I got confirmation for my excursions for tahiti cruise Jan 28. 
When I went to my account it shows the one we paid for with shipboard credits as waitlisted. I don’t think that should be the case as it was already confirmed via email. 
Which do I believe?

Hi all. We were going to use Regents air for cruise in Jan., but have decided to do our own. It got me wondering, though, if TAs receive a commission on that portion of the booking. If so, mine might not be too happy with me!

Yes, it opens up a world of possibilities. Thanks for the info, I figured I was looking at it in too simplified a manner. 
I love the research planning part of travel, my only issue is DH expects everything to go according to plan, which as we all know is not a given😀

Gardyloo- hope you’re still monitoring this thread. What a fantastic bit of information! I had no idea you could do something like this. I will definitely try this for coming years. In the meantime we have a cruise in Tahiti late Jan 24, and we want business class, and we’re willing to put out the almost 10 grand (can$) ea.

However, I happened to notice a few months ago United had flights out of SFO for around 6000 can. Now I can’t find those flights at all.

In any case I have taken a look at Star alliance row, as we could possibly want to do a repositioning cruise Cape Town to Rio the following early Jan. Before I drive myself nuts trying to figure out if this is possible, I thought I would ask if you think it could be done?

Fantastic, Georgia Peach- just when I needed to download something to my Kindle. I was going to ask for recs, and now I don’t have to. I’ll never be able to understand non-readers😳

We asked for and received that evening after dinner- Woodford Reserve (thought it would be bourbon, but was Rye)- 1 liter, and Hendricks which was 750 ml.

Both made it home with us.

We just always drank the champagne in the room, which was restocked when empty(once or twice we had to request it, but it was always provided in a timely fashion.

So very late to this party, finally found a spot to get wifi to work- I think!

cruise has been wonderful, however it started not so good, as the second day of the cruise I came down with the flu. I spent 2 days in bed thinking about throwing myself off the balcony, but didn’t have the strength to get up to do it. 
We decided to stay to ourselves for the first week. Glad I had the flu shot in Nov. or it could have easily ruined the entire trip. 
As it is, I am still not able to indulge in the way I had expected, but am loving the ship and the entertainment, now that I feel it is ok to attend. 
Last nights celebration was amazing- first time in 15 years we have made it till midnight, though we did head to bed after the pool deck shut down. 
We have been loving Gino in the observation lounge for pre dinner drinks, and trivia has been great fun- first timers, and pleasantly surprised to get about half the answers correct. 
Going to enjoy a relaxing sea day, just finishing brunch, and going to go to the blackjack tournament. It was so nice getting that extra hour sleep in. 

On board for the holidays😀 Sitting at pool grill waiting for lobster nachoes. 
Just arrived, time to eat. 

Ok. Enobob, that makes sense We only use the one email for the two of us, so I guess that is why the second request. Thanks all!

No help with this? Has everyone who has cruised lately received this email to watch the safety video again(after watching during online check in).

I did contact my ta, and she said we have completed everything as far as she can see( she is a regent specialist from a very well known luxury cruise travel company). 
I know I probably shouldn’t worry, but it is in my nature 😊

Just a bit concerned! We got the email to watch the safety video again before boarding (72 hrs before), which we did, but just received an urgent email to do so. It said final notice!

So I assume they did not receive the first attempt. 
We watched again just now, but I wonder if this one will work? I tried logging into my account thinking maybe that was what zi did wrong the first time, but couldn’t find anything about it on there so just watched the video from the email. 
Can anyone advise me on this or should I contact my ta?

Re Chartreuse, are you still just going at 6:30 or do you have a reservation? We loved it on Voyager, and hope to get more than one night during the 16 nights of the holiday cruise. 

We are on our way. Got off the island, and sitting in Fairmont yvr before our flight to Seattle tomorrow and on to Miami on Sunday. 
Fairmont is a lovely relaxing way to start our journey. Holiday decorations similar to Splendor. 

Thanks all. I will pack some. I just always seem to come down with something when travelling, so for a little extra protection when in crowded areas I will mask up.

Kwajgirl- thanks for the reminder that not all coughers are spreaders. Certainly something to keep in mind.

Just wondering if we need to pack some. We might want to wear one on crowded excursion buses. Would like to avoid all the different bugs out there this time of year, if possible. 

cwn, thank you for the response to my query about the drawer at the desk. That sounds great! I really think we would enjoy one of those aft G2s, balcony sounds lovely, as well.

Am envious of all your travels, afraid we are a little late to the party- we will never get to do anywhere near that amount of travel, but am certainly grateful to be able to do what we can. Thanks for carrying on in great style!

Forgot to say- have fun!

cwn, we are also thinking of booking one of those suites for a future cruise. Looks lovely!

Can you tell me if there is a drawer in the middle of that desk? That would have to be where my makeup would live. That’s probably my biggest concern about the suite😊

BBWC- wow, really! I think I will throw in a pair in case. Never even considered they would have a tailor on board. I assume this was pre Covid?

Hubby is taking his white dinner jacket. Unfortunately, I just thought to get him to try on all his formal wear (he has 3 tuxes from our now non existent ballroom dancing group), only to discover nothing fits, not even one pair of black pants.

Short of going on a starvation diet (he refuses😄), he will wear the white jacket with a pair of dark gray trousers probably Christmas Eve, and New Years Eve.

I am taking one long dress, and a loose fitting cocktail dress for New Years in case I run into the same problem by the time we get to it. I think it’s quite likely😄.