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  1. While you'll get a few suggestions here and anecdotal information, if you Google your title for this thread you'll get a lot more information covering all Canadian cards with no fx fee. It's a constantly changing landscape, and worth your while to do the research. FWIW, my two cards currently are the Mastercards from EQ and Wealthsimple.
  2. Yes, that works now, so both the embassy and consulate forms are here for anyone needing them.
  3. That link doesn't provide access to the document, and instead provides a link to request access, presumably from you. You may receive an email from anyone requesting access. In the mean time, here's the embassy application form: https://embassyofegypt.se/onewebmedia/Visa Application Form (updated).pdf
  4. I don't recall ever seeing folding camp chairs on any HAL list of prohibited items. As most prohibitions are for legal, safety or security reasons, I can't imagine HAL not allowing you to board with them. Just don't cause a commotion by taking them poolside to one-up the chair hogs! 😇
  5. Unfortunately, that link to the application form is not valid.
  6. This September 7, 2023 post #122 by @Cruisy Guy contains a link to the application form. AFAIK, the form is still valid.
  7. Fortunately, they live only a 20-30 minute drive from the embassy in Ottawa.
  8. No, you still clear customs/immigration in Toronto. If something is amiss and you are referred to secondary for a bag search, I imagine that they have some method for retrieving your bag, but I've not come across any related information. Here's a link to an Air Canada webpage on the issue: https://www.aircanada.com/pa/en/aco/home/fly/at-the-airport/airport-information/toronto-pearson-international-airport/int-ca.html#/
  9. For years, flying back to Ottawa through Toronto from outside the country required us to collect and then drop off our bags for the connecting flight when clearing customs. Then a change was instituted a few years ago, and our bags are now checked all the way through to Ottawa with no need to collect/drop them in Toronto. So in theory, the OP's bags should be checked all the way through to Halifax. But all of our connecting flights were within a couple of hours of arriving in Toronto, so the bags would have had little time between being offloaded and reloaded. In the OP's case, with a 9-hour layover, I don't know whether Pearson has the capacity for storing bags for an extended period time.
  10. Have you considered using a different advisor from the same agency? While each advisor brings his or her own attributes to the job, they still work within the parameters set by the agency. If you were happy with both your advisor and the agency in the past, half of your work will be done if you focus now on trying to find a compatible advisor within the same agency.
  11. As milkshakes are beverages, the exclusions for purchases on Half Moon Cay, Gelato and Dive In apply.
  12. I couldn't agree more. This was particularly evident during the pandemic, especially during the early months. My TA explained the situation for each affected cruise, provided the options and took the necessary steps. Of course, there are good and not so good TA's, and if you don't have a good one, you might as well do it yourself if you have the time and knowledge.
  13. The smoke certainly travels beyond the confines of the designated area, but the extent to which it does varies with the number of smokers puffing away at any given time. We've simply learned to avoid the Sea View Bar area completely.
  14. That's interesting, as our experience has been quite the opposite. Our preference always is to be in the shade, and we seldom have difficulty finding a couple of loungers. Meanwhile, seating in the sun, particularly around the pools, is fully taken.
  15. Welcome to Cruise Critic. HAL has been using Red Sails Aruba. Why don't you contact them directly to see if they will be running the excursion on your port date.
  16. That's my understanding as well. When returning to Canada, NEXUS members can use one or the other but not both on the same trip.
  17. Setting up tables elsewhere on the ships is an excellent idea. Taking 20% of the tables out of the Lido to accomplish that is an absolutely terrible idea! 🙄
  18. Remote workers would include anyone who doesn't work in a traditional office. That would include, but not be limited to, those who work at home. As a freelance editor, if all of your work was conducted at home, you were both a remote worker and home worker. But if you worked in various locations, you would have been a remote worker, but not a home worker. While there may minor differences in their definition, since the pandemic, a good number of terms have been treated as synonyms, including virtual work, remote work, home-based work, telecommuting and probably others. For the most part, I think that the intended emphasis is on the fact that the person is not working in a traditional office, not that they are working at home, at a coffee shop or on a cruise ship.
  19. Can you provide a link to the article? It somehow doesn't seem logical for a cruise line to go to the expense of installing power outlets in cabins but placing them in locations where they are hidden and can't be used.
  20. Yes and yes. We booked a cruise for later this year directly with HAL when a favourite cabin became available; we wanted to quickly grab it before anyone else booked it. We then transferred the booking to the big box store, and will receive a $925 digital gift card at the conclusion of the cruise.
  21. My son and his wife, my daughter, and my oldest grandson all worked from home during the pandemic and for several days a week continue to do so. None of them ever went to a coffee shop to work, as they enjoyed the peace and quiet working at home. Quite frankly, I don't see the appeal of working in a coffee shop.
  22. It doesn't contravene the rules of any cruise line that I've sailed, nor does it pose a problem when flying. I've never been challenged by any security officials.
  23. Well said! We do-it-yourselfers get a great deal of satisfaction from fixing things.
  24. You may be confusing me with another poster as I never travelled to Egypt last fall. However, as far as I can see, there is no change to the requirements that were implemented last October by the Egyptian government. You must obtain a visa from the Egyptian embassy in Ottawa before your departure; an e-visa is not available to those travelling on a Canadian passport. Also, your passport must be valid for a period of 6 months beyond your date of departure from Egypt. I strongly recommend that you check with the embassy. There seem to have been a number of changes to contact numbers for the embassy, but you could try (613) 368-4931.
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