TwistedB

That's a great question! LoL! I just did a little looking around. There's something here in the states called AAA. It's like a motor club but they deal in all things travel related. I just called them and some branches do offer currency exchange. The level of inconvenience would depend on where those branches are in relation to where YOU are. She also said some international bank conglomerates offer it as well like Truist, TD Bank, and Wells Fargo. Hope that helps! Happy travels!

I agree-the longer you wait, the higher prices are going to get. There was a period around a couple of weeks ago when prices were lowest, but now everything i read says prices are just climbing now. I used Hopper to watch prices but then booked through the cruise line. Hopper tells you when the decrease will be ending and prices will be going up. It has been pretty accurate when i have used it in the past for that. Something else to consider is that if you have the cruise line book your airfare then they typically cover it with their voyage insurance. Then if they get docked late or something and you miss your flight, they cover any overnight accommodations and/or flight fees.

There are direct flights from Newark and Philadelphia if you want to avoid LHR, make one of those your connecting city. There may be some even closer to you than the PA/NJ area. And I've only been "overseas" once before this upcoming trip and it was to London. LHR was not great (I've heard horror stories!!) but the time we went it wasn't too awful.

Is there a charge for these buses? And if you hop off at a point of interest, how long usually until one comes the opposite direction to take you back? We won't have a ton of time but would still like to see a LITTLE before boarding the ship 🙂

I have only traveled internationally once. Got stuck with some pounds when i got back because the banks here said they only exchange if its >$200 (or something to that effect.) So if the airport kiosks have crappy exchange rates, where else can one go to exchange? Do banks in the foreign countries exchange more modest amounts? (i had assumed not but don't know.)