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Has anyone used this full day tour by Javier?

Has anyone had any experience with this company? A small group of us are considering using Javier from this company for a full day tour in Barcelona.

We are a group of 4 looking for recommendations on a car service from Heathrow to our London hotel in Mayfair.

Thanks in advance.

We are looking for a reliable, reasonable car service from Heathrow to our pre cruise hotel in London. We are 4 passengers going on the Caribbean Princess in September and already have transfers to Southampton.

Thanks in advance for any help.

We will be on a cruise from Southampton to Ireland and Scotland in September on Princess. We plan to overnite in Southampton before the cruise. Any recommended Hotels?

After our cruise we would like a tour of Bath and Port Isaac(Doc martin locale) wich will take a couple of days. Are there any private tour companies offering this type of tour?

Sueajp;

We are sailing the Felicity on the 13th back to Amsterdam. This is our first river cruise so is there anything you can tell us about the ship and excursions or anything else we should know?

Thanks

I know that irons are not allowed on ocean cruises but what about river cruises? We will be sailing on the Avalon Felicity in mid September.

Will be in Zurich next week prior to our cruise. Any recommendations on a nice restaurant in the city with old world charm and very good food?

We will be sailing the Rhine from Basel to Amsterdam in mid September on the Avalon Felicity. Any info on what weather we can expect and any concerns about low water levels will be appreciated. We do not wish to be on a bus trip instead of a river cruise.

We are taking a river cruise on the Rhine from Basel Switzerland to Amsterdam the second week of September. Can anyone please tell us what weather we should expect? Thanks.

Anyone had experience with this hotel in Amsterdam? Interested if you can walk out the door and be in the center of things and size of rooms.

Appreciate any responses.

We will be arriving in Amsterdam in mid September from a river cruise. We are looking for a good hotel in a very good location for two nights.

All suggestions greatly appreciated.

We are doing a river cruise on the Rhine from Basel to Amsterdam in September. We will be spending two nights in Amsterdam after our cruise and are looking for a nice hotel with a good location to tour the city. We are in our early seventies so no walk-ups.

We appreciate any suggestions.

You might want to check out Thenford Grey on St. Kitts. He has vey good reviews both on CC and trip advisor. You can't go wrong with Bernard on St. Maarten. We have used him twice and will be using him again in January.

We have done two cruise/tour journeys to Alaska, both on Royal Caribbean and loved them both. The first started in Fairbanks and the second in Anchorage. For us it was a benefit to have the whole trip in the hands of one company.

Two main recommendations no matter which method you choose. First, do the land tour portion first and then the cruise. Second, make sure that your tour in Denali is the "wilderness" tour. There are multiple tours offered there but the one you want is the one that goes deep into the park, not just the first 17 miles or so.

No matter what you choose, Alaska is a magnificent place.

LiseD;

Just opened up a thread on the roll calls for our cruise. Just go to roll calls then all river cruises and find it. This will be a good way to exchange info and perhaps have others join in.

I have been checking tours in and around Zurich to see the ease of making daytrips from the Movenpick. We plan on two or three days pre cruise and maybe one or two in Amsterdam.

We will post info on the roll call.

LiseD;

We are also cruising with Avalon in September 2015(the 13th). We are also looking at pre and post stays but will probably do it on our own.

Are you on the same trip? If so perhaps we can trade info.

We have been on two Alaska cruises and both times did whale watching with Harv and Marv. It was exceptional both times as they use small boats( we used a six passenger one) that can move places quickly. On our last visit this past September we were in the midst of a pod of 10 or so humpbacks and it was amazing.

We also pre book excursions as we look at CC for recommendations and then "discuss" with others on our cruise board.

We(two couples in early 70's) will be sailing with Avalon in September 2015 on the Rhine from Basel to Amsterdam and wish to do a couple of days in Zurich before the cruise. I know that Avalon offers precruise nights but they are at a hotel near the airport but we wish to be in the city.

Any recommendations on hotels and tour companies??

Thanks for any info.

Forgot to mention that we are also coming from the Burgh on June 4.

We have booked at the Hampton inn on Staten Island. They provide a complimentary shuttle to and from the port and allow you to leave your car at the hotel.

It is the best deal we could find where we did not have to park at the pier. Cost wise it comes out less than parking at the pier.

Our cruise is 9 days. We did think about staying further out then driving to the port and parking there.

We will be sailing from Cape Liberty on the Explorer in June. Is it better to park at the pier OR stay at a hotel near the pier and us their shuttle and parking? We will be driving from western PA so no air is required.

Thanks in advance

We have stayed in Barcelona before three different cruises and were only there one night. Two of our stays were at the Hotel Jazz and one was at Hotel Continental. Jazz is about a block from Plaza Catalunya and Las Ramblas while the Continental is right on Las Ramblas.

The comments on Continental about the décor as well as the buffet are all correct BUT if you are there for only one night before your cruise it is OK. The price difference between Continental and others is quite substantial but the location can't be beat for one night.

We will be sailing out of Cape Liberty in June on the Explorer. Trying to decide if we should stay further out and drive to the pier and park there or stay at hotel near the port which allows parking and has shuttle service to and from the port.

We live in Pittsburgh so no air involved. Even thought of driving from Pitt early on sail date to park at pier and avoid a hotel. It is about 6-7 hour drive.

All advice is greatly appreciated.