auswanderers

Oh well, like everything else this was cancelled. We have managed to book for the same cruise next year departing Dunedin 22/01/23 and disembarking Hobart 13/02/23. 

Our certificate of insurance clearly lists Antarctica as the cruise destination. Because of Ponant's refund policy we are not worried about a pre-cruise cancellation and the costs of pre and post flights and accommodation from Aus isn't really a problem.  

On 7/15/2021 at 5:46 PM, gogo65 said:

Auswanderers can I ask what you have planned for travel insurance?

 

We have an insurance policy through one of our credit cards that we keep open specifically for the the free Certificate of Insurance that they provide underwritten by a major company. For a cruise there is a $25 extra payment. We also pay for our trips with another credit card that also provides a fully comprehensive cover. When we researched insurance for this trip we found very few companies offering policies. 

We have a full policy as per "pre Covid" normal including medical evacuation and cancellation.

We are a couple from the Gold Coast, booked on this cruise from Dunedin in Feb. 2022. Have been to Antarctica twice before, Quark in 2011 and Seabourn 2017, both to the the Peninsula from Ushuaia. This will be something different and hopefully will be able to get below the Circle on this one after missing by 12kms previously and also visit the historical sites. First time on Ponant but being based from NZ it will be a different cohort of passengers. 

We would like to hear of others stories. Auswanderers    

Hi, we are booked on the 10 day cruise from Bali to Singapore. This is our fourth Seabourn cruise, the last being 45 days from Miami to San Antonio, Chile with Antarctica and East Falkland in 2017. Only a short trip this time to fit in with a visit to friends. We are looking at arranging a couple of private tours such as Komodo Island. 

Nice to hear from anyone else on this leg.