Bellanina

Why not test it out and rent a lens from an online source like Borrowlenses.com? Just be sure to buy the insurance- saved me a lot of worry when i dropped an expensive lense onto pavement in Italy.

Spanx for saying this !

It's easier because many dress styles exist for women, whereas menswear is limited. Also, you can take a simple LBD or black gown and transform it with eveningwear accessories.

We will be on Silvermoon for Halloween, and I wondered about this.

Makes sense- but we did receive both at times. I think I now have it squashed. 👍

Yes please. Thanks

Have done this-still happening. Just occurred to me a local TA may have added us back!

I should note that Silversea isn't the offender, it's another cruise line that keeps bombarding us.

Yay

We opted for door to door for upcoming cruise, then deviated when we found better flight options. We also opted out of pre and post hotels. Our TA advised this negates our transports from airport to ship and reverse, but that we still qualify for private transfers from home to airport and airport home. I believe we will not be compensated for those fees for transport from hotels to ship and reverse, so I'm not sure if there is still an advantage for us to book door to door- anyone?

A sommelier once told me that when asked what determines a good wine from bad, their reply was, if you like it, it's a good wine- if you don't it's a bad wine.

I posted this in another area and it was suggested that it would be a good topic for a new thread: Nearly every day we receive beautiful catalogs and brochures from multiple luxury cruise and travel companies in our USPS mail. Most go to our recycle bin. Marketing costs must be enormous, still, I wonder how effective are they? Am I correct in assuming that frequent seasoned cruisers are not drawn in by printed literature? Has this always been the case, a glut of literature, or has it ramped up since Covid? I would be happy to pay a bit less for specialty suites- surely, excessive literature must have an impact on cruise fares.

True! I'll do that! Thanks

Here's a great way someone in tech taught me to remember passwords- It's almost fool proof 1) Begin with site name, (capitalized if a cap is required) so Cruisecritic 2) Next add any word or name you'll recall easily, IE blue 3)Your fav number or symbol, say 30 So password for this site would be Cruisecriticblue30 Same for each site, using site name, IE Amazonblue30, or Appleblue30, or Krogerblue30 Always works unless a site won't allow site name as part of password- in that case, use a nickname for site

Nearly every day we receive beautiful catalogs and brochures from multiple luxury cruise and travel companies in our USPS mail. Most go to our recycle bin, so I need to request to be off lists. Marketing costs must be enormous, still, I wonder how effective? Am I assuming incorrectly, that frequent seasoned cruisers are not drawn in by printed literature? Has this always been the case, or has it ramped up since Covid? I would be happy to pay a bit less for specialty suites to compensate for the numerous marketing mailers.

We will be visiting all three as well this Fall. Will look forward to whatever you may share!

Appreciate the very kind comments and follow-ups by Wes and Bellanina. For background, that pottery shop was in Ravello. Wonderful, charming town among many along that scenic coast. Just for fun, here is another "eye candy" sample from my files for traveling along this area. As I recall, this is a luxury hotel with great views along this coast. What is not to love in this region?? Another dream destination- Ravello! Spent one day there and would love to go back. Italy is certainly photogenic.

Agree. Maybe too many! Since we’ve been to Amalfi coast towns, including visits to Capri and Pompeii from a week in Sorrento, maybe we should stick with Herculaneum. Loved Positano. Great photos you captured.

Excellent point re ships in port. . Thanks!

This was my experience as well- followed through on Silversea site prompts as if I was booking, and it showed available cabins. Does Silversea ever upgrade or bump up those already booked to a higher cabin category to make more cabins available for new bookings?

Thank you! One excursion offered by Silversea in Naples is Reggia di Caserta, so I’ll research that option.

Sure can- Rome 3 days Naples 2 days in port Palermo Siracusa Malta Dubrovnik Zadar Trieste Venice-4 nights- 2 days in port As posted earlier we’re going to focus on options for Naples for now. thanks

Thanks for your input!