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It is 25km (16 miles) by water or 50km (32 miles) by road between Chioggia and Venice, so it isn't ever going to be quick getting between the two.
Fusina is 5km (3.5 miles) by water so although won't be that quick, it will be an awful lot quicker than Chioggia.
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9 hours ago, Cotswold Eagle said:
Again, other way round in this case, surely?
Not really, as Ylva Johansson the Commissioner is only in her position because she is a politician and has been for the last 40 years.
If anyone has been pushing back, it won't have been the politicians (at any level) but the technical staff on the ground trying to tell people it won't be ready to work in time for the political deadline.
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On 10/13/2024 at 12:16 AM, whataboutport said:
Or can we use a credit card everywhere?
Just make sure it is a Visa card, or at a push a Mastercard, as Amex and other such cards are unlikely to be accepted.
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Three dining rooms, one Club dining with 6:30pm and 8:30pm fixed sittings, and two Freedom dining restaurants open 6pm to 9.30pm (iirc, it might be slightly earlier at 5.30pm and close slightly earlier at 9:15pm).
You get to express a preference for Club or Freedom if you book a Select fare (and which sitting if you opt for Club), but if a Saver fare you get allocated to one or the other (and the sitting) and then can request (not guaranteed) to change. Requesting a change from Club late to early is unlikely to be possible, but early to late is easier. Requesting a change from Club to Freedom is chancy, but Freedom to Club late sitting is often possible, Requesting a table for two in Club - depends on the sitting with late being more likely to be possible than early.
For Freedom there appears to be a limited opportunity to book, but only for very early times 6pm and perhaps as late as 6:30pm.
Otherwise it is register on the app on your phone that you want dine (how many of you are there and are you prepared to share a table) and then you go into an online waiting queue to be called, when the app will inform you and you have 15 minutes to get to the restaurant to claim your table.
At peak times (7:30 to 8:15pm) and on Black Tie nights the queues can be lengthy, particularly if you want a table for two (and it can be busy early at 6pm if it is an old person cruise). If you are happy dining late at 9pm or so then there are no queues at all.
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2 hours ago, alserrod said:
in these cases it would be important to look for Cicar offices in google maps ..
Not sure that works.
As has been previously commented, their Lanzarote cruise port office referred to on their website (https://www.cicar.com/EN/action/officeView/lanzarote-cruising-port) and which has a link to a Google map location (https://maps.app.goo.gl/oJSiBWC3iiK4ursP8) is reported as not existing.
But the Tenerife cruise port office (https://www.cicar.com/EN/action/officeView/tenerife-cruising-port) does exist as it is in the same place as the ferry port office!
Similarly in La Palma (where I hope they have an office as I have a car rented from their in January!) they have a port office and a cruise port office showing at the same place.
For Gran Canaria, do they have an office at the cruise port office they show? Their Google maps link doesn't really help (https://maps.app.goo.gl/Xs2qEd4nWVbd2t7Y7), nor does it for Fuerteventura (https://maps.app.goo.gl/ey26VMm7gotC5Bge9)
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1 hour ago, alserrod said:
It seems Tenerife office information is the same on English or Spanish version web.
My point was that English speakers would probably pick the 'Tenerife Cruising Port' option and would ignore the 'Muelle Ribera' option not knowing what it was.
1 hour ago, alserrod said:Regarding renting in port and pricing.... AFAIK, they have to pay a tax for any car rented in the port (and in the airport). Instead of paying parkings according to occupance, they pay taxes according to delivered cars.
So price is not the same in the airport, port or downtown.
The multiple cars I rented from them last year over my three month stay on Tenerife were the same price irrespective of whether I rented from a city centre office, an airport office, or the port office (or even a combination of renting from one and returning to another).
The only offices that they seem to have different prices appear to be the fictional 'cruise port' offices where they offer short single day hires.
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19 hours ago, alserrod said:
However, imagine... for example... that they try to steal your phone. There is a policeman next to you who catches the thief right then and there. They give it back to you but ask for identification to file a complaint against the thief they just caught.
As, in that example, don't carry the documentation with you... I think the fine costs more than the phone they have recovered.Sure, of course they would.
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8 hours ago, John Bull said:
I think @mleng is quoting CICAR for both locations & prices.
Unless things have changed they don,t have an office at the cruise port, they meet clients at the port then drive them to their airport office.Quite possibly.
For some of the cruise ports, such as Tenerife, they do have an office but they 'hide' the real office on their website from those who don't speak Spanish!
If you look at Tenerife you will see that they have an office called 'Tenerife Cruising Port' which if you hire a car for a day will cost you 80 euro, but if you book at their office called 'Muelle Ribera', which is in the ferry terminal car park that you walk past to exit the cruise terminal, then it is 65 euro in total to hire for two days (so 32.50 a day) but currently it is a minimum two day hire,
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6 hours ago, Cotswold Eagle said:
As far as I can see, neither the EES website nor the Commissioner’s website has been updated to fully reflect this, but it is buried in the report of the meeting
As ever was the case with politicians, but their reticence to acknowledge and clearly state the truth does feed the fire of the third party websites providing the information that people want.
6 hours ago, Cotswold Eagle said:“To ensure a smooth transition, the Commission outlined plans to roll out the EES in a phased manner. The details of this approach will be established in the coming weeks.” Personally, I’m not entirely sure that is lawful under the current instrument
Not only that, if it is phased as has been suggested by a small number of countries implementing, then even if you did enter through a 'phased country' and your entry was recorded on EES they would still need to stamp the passport in case you exited through a 'non-phased country' - and then you still end up with EES showing an entry but no exit.
6 hours ago, Cotswold Eagle said:and it’s a little hard to see how ETIAS would operate with partial EES
My understanding is that the application process for ETIAS (application not the actual checks six months later) cannot start until EES has been operating for six months, so if EES is kicked back then so must ETIAS.
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On 10/11/2024 at 10:27 PM, mleng said:
Rental car price for one day rental when picked up from the cruise port is about 90 Euros, whereas if I picked up the car from their airport location, it's only 35 Euros. I know in the grand scheme of things, 55 Euros is not a big deal, but it just seems so unfair.
Unfair? One location 8.2 million people passing through, with tens of thousands wanting to rent a car, and the other doesn't. That location which has a lot of demand has far lower overhead costs, as well as a lot of competition.
Can you get a taxi to the airport and pick up a hire car there - sure you can, they won't care you have walked off the street rather than arrived on an aircraft.
Is it worth it? At 20 euro each way in a taxi, probably not, plus the airport collection and drop off can be very busy, so you could easily spend an hour or more picking the car up and the same dropping off.
And if you are hiring a car anywhere on the Canary Islands I recommend Cicar, as they have a 'no messing around, everything is included' price and are not the sharks who add on this and that or charge you for pre-existing damage.
On 10/11/2024 at 10:27 PM, mleng said:liked the idea of renting a car and driving to Timanfaya
If you only have a short amount of time and want to see other parts of the island as well, then instead go to Caldera de Los Cuervos (https://maps.app.goo.gl/F2eVuuyffbhGn8aX8) and you can just park in the nearby carpark for free and walk up to it (turn right at the end of the path to get to the blown out entrance to the caldera).
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On 10/11/2024 at 12:31 PM, CathyK2 said:
do you have any restaurant NAMES that stand out in your mind as to places you like to eat?
Sorry, not with the sort of food you are looking for, as that isn't the type of food I would be choosing when I eat out.
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It hasn't gone away as people still want compensation but P&O are still saying 'speak to Maleth Aero as it is not our problem' and I really cannot see that ever changing.
And the legal action referred to in the headline is P&O getting their money back and nothing at all to do with the compensation the delayed passengers want.
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1 hour ago, Darrel223 said:
I am planning a 10 day cruse and wondering if people have ever tried using a smaller suitcase and packing light ?
Can you do a 10 day trip with just a 50x35x20 'cabin bag' - sure you can, and I have done it many times - and by packing sensibly that doesn't involve any laundry whilst away.
Would I do a 10 day cruise using just such a cabin bag - only if it was a bargain basement fly cruise involving non-cruise line flights where they charge an arm and a leg for checked luggage.
Would I do a 10 day cruise sailing out of Southampton using just such a cabin bag even if I was using a train to get there - not a chance. A suitcase isn't an issue on a train if you are sensible about it.
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On 10/4/2024 at 10:03 AM, lovetoholiday said:
Hoping it's watch on the app or tv and just go to the muster station and scan your card.
Yes, its the lip-service keep us out of court 'tell the cabin steward you have watched the video, and scanned your card at the location you can't remember as you boarded' drill.
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And do take a walk up to Parque García Sanabria, its a lovely place for a stroll in the shade and drink at the bar at the top end of the park near Rbla. de Sta. Cruz, not the one on the south near C. Méndez Núñez - I spent an awful lot of time there last year when I wintered in Tenerife, and will be back again shortly for a few months this year.
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Just to mention, the mercado is a reasonable walk from the cruise port and there isn't an awful lot else to see in that area.
In the more central areas of the town there are streets full of tapas places that will serve what you are looking for, for example C. Teobaldo Power or Pl. de Ireneo Gonzalez, and the latter certainly has a better ambiance for a meal than the market area.
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It is an interesting situation with these changes.
The pay restaurants are obviously money earners for P&O and they would have to be completely crazy not to do everything necessary to keep them full all of the time making the tills go 'brrrr'.
And from my recent trips on P&O ships they have been fully booked for the most part, although whether that is fully booked because all seats are taken or fully booked because they don't have enough staff to service the restaurant is rather debatable.
So if the restaurants are full despite the quality of offering declining then what does that say about the customers and P&O.
To me it says that P&O are being smart because they know that they can cut their costs and deliver any old tut and still people will pay for it - kerching! more profit for the company.
Until people stop buying then the decline in quality and service will continue - but from what I have seen and heard, then people have their holiday budget (or 'free' OBC) and want to spend it.
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16 hours ago, d9704011 said:
To be fair, I don't believe there was ever any 'official news' that EES would up and running in November for those not already subject to the process.
The UK government stated it would be - https://www.gov.uk/guidance/eu-entryexit-system
Various EU country governments said it would be, for example - https://www.government.nl/topics/holidays-and-travels/ees
And the EU Commisioner, Ylva Johansson, said it would be - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/advice/new-eu-entry-exit-visa-system-rules/
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In that case I would be doing a Google maps search around the Catedral Metropolitana de Santa Ana de Canarias area - https://maps.app.goo.gl/BFUPx2eSegmCwewKA and seeing what sort of places take your interest.
And if you do fancy heading towards the beach (it is very pleasant late in the evening to stroll along and taking a stop at one of the many bars and ice cream places along there), then then are buses that run frequently from the old town down to there.
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7 hours ago, frantic36 said:
close to attractions to walk to.
In Las Palmas you have two choices of area, the old town around the cathedral or the area near Las Canteras beach and they are 5km / 3 miles apart, so it depends which you prefer - walking around the old town or walking along the beach front.
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2 minutes ago, CruiseIreland said:
because I had not written down my password
And that would have been a very bad idea.
Far more sensible is to use a password manager (Apple, Google/Android, and Microsoft all have free versions, as well as commercial versions) with access secured by biometric access (face ID or fingerprint) AND the database backed up securely (and that happens automatically with Apple, Google/Android, and Microsoft).
Doing that means -
- Only you get access to your passwords
- Using complex and different passwords for every website (as you should be doing) is easy
- If you lose your phone, laptop, whatever, then the passwords are safe and can be restored
Plus if a website offers two factor authentication (2FA) with an authenticator then use that in preference to text/sms authentication as it is far more secure (and again Apple, Google/Android, and Microsoft all have free authenticator apps).
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On 9/20/2024 at 11:35 AM, EUguy said:
These post Brexit checks are turning out to be annoying... I'm not sure how closely the days are counted.
Up to the 10th November the count of time spent in the EU relies upon the border guard checking the stamps in you passport and doing some complex calculations - as you already know it is a rolling 90 in 180, so that isn't straightforward to work out at all.
And because of that most border guards simply don't have have the time to do that.
However on the 10th November when EES (Entry Exit System) is turned on then a Schengen wide computer system will track your entry and exit into and out of the Schengen area, and undoubtably if you have overstayed then it will simply flag up to the border guard that you have breached the rules - no work for them, and realistically no excuse for them not to deal with those rule breakers.
Lots of people with second homes in Europe are going to get caught out by this.
Fortunately my heritage gave me the right to an EU passport and EU laws mean that my spouse also benefits as it would be an infringement of my EU citizen rights if they were limited from travelling with me.
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Packing cubes are a waste of time for a single a 'single unpack' trip - i.e. pack suitcase, go to cruise ship, then unpack everything.
However at the opposite end of the scale where you are doing a multi-stop tour and staying in multiple different locations, then packing cubes are worth their weight in gold.
On those multi-stop tours you can pack each stops clothes into a separate cube and then only open that cube at that stop - surprisingly those clothes that remain packed in cubes stay pretty crease free (particularly if you roll the items), and they stay far more crease free than if they had remained in the suitcase whilst you rummaged in their for that stop's clothes.
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10 hours ago, Globaliser said:
If TfL was really interested in speeding up entry, it would ban phone payments.
Phone payments are fine if the person has turned on 'Express travel' for that card so it doesn't need authorisation, then it is as quick as using a normal card.
34 minutes ago, SSAtlantic said:So if DH and I are together, we cannot both use a joint card?
Correct - one card per person.
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From reading that thread, those were the passengers who chose not to take the direct water shuttle the ship was offering, but wanted something cheaper.
And realistically a 1.7km / 1 mile walk should take way less than 30-40 minutes.