samiam99

vesper martini, I may have to try one, see you on board.

we stayed at Recoleta Grand Hotel, but my guess is the hotel you have booked will also do that.

We stayed in Recoleta neighborhood, and if you're comfortable carrying cash you can get some fantastic deals. I had hotel front dest request blue dollar exchange to be done at hotel and you receive over twice the official exchange by doing so. Example if you use a credit card the official exchange is around 35000 pesos for 100 u.s. dollars, but the blue exchange will give you over 78000 pesos, over twice the spending power. We were getting an excellent steak dinner with wine and desert for around 20 u.s. dollars for 2 people. They take crisp no tear or dog eared dollars in 100 dollar increments. P.S. the dollars are the same its just the name for black market exchange which is an accepted and practiced openly there. You will see them on the streets but I recommend doing it at the safety of you hotel.

I used to like oceania but their service has gone down to the point that we refuse to sail with them again. With that being said, it caused us to look at other options so after 2 cruises with Azamara and 1 with Regent I will say Regent is great but pricier but with many more perks. Azamara is also amazing they only have r size ships but drinks and gratuities are included as are an amazing Azamara evening. Crew is extremely friendly from the captain on down. Also they seemed to be more affordable with no loss of quality.