Thejuggler

Always a lottery in the US, which is why we prefer Dublin pre clearance. The US has no transit system. You arrive in the US and that's the end of your flight. You join the queue for immigration and then check in for your next flight.

I assume your tour involves a trip to a distillery, hence the timings? The downside with Edinburgh is it doesn't have a well established whisky distillery convenient for the centre. However the nearest - Glenkinchie - is only about 15 miles, about a 30 minute drive, so a taxi is an option. If not the Scotch Whisky Experience in Edinburgh does tasting tours and has a bar with almost 500 whiskies.

Depends on time of year, but if it is during summer, generally late June to early September consider student halls of residences. Prices start at about £60 per single room per night. Two weeks is however a long time to spend in London and it would be worth looking at a overnight stays in other areas of the UK.

Do you want freephone because of cost? No need. All calls over wifi are free.

This thread probably needs moving the France ports section. You are correct Le Verdon is 'difficult', I'd say boring so seeking out an alternative is a good idea. For such queries Google maps is great for providing all details for the train service between the two towns. Book tickets via SNCF site. €23 return before any applicable discounts. Ten minute walk to station, 45 minutes train, 15 minute walk to Pauillac centre.

Why are people so quick to use the word 'scam'? Its not a scam. P&O rely on information from the attraction. The company haven't set out to deliberately get money off passengers under false pretences knowing they can't honour the promise but will subsequently keep any money paid. It may not be possible to do the trip, if it isn't you get a refund. If you have bought attraction tickets based on the advert above you need to raise it with P&O, as you have done. Posting it a scam as fact potentially puts the post on the wrong side of a fine legal line.

It is always a gamble taking cruises to Norway in May as trips to mountainous areas may be cancelled due to snow. My parents visited second week of May many years ago and suffered the same issue, Many attractions close down in winter and they can't reopen until staff can get to them. This can't happen if roads are blocked with snow as Norway only clears important routes over the winter period.

Easiest and cost effective way to get to the port is by train. Direct service from Rome Termini station, takes about 45 minutes. There are also plenty of hotels in the area. A few years ago we stayed at the Massimo D'Azeglio. 5 minutes walk from rail station, bus station and metro services.

Considering Apex in early to mid September from UK to Iceland. We did a similar trip a few years ago on Eclipse in August and it was great. However there are back to back sea days at the time of year when its getting colder. Looking at plans and reviews Apex looks to be more of a summer climate ship with lots of outdoor areas and bars, but does not appear to have any large indoor areas such as the Eclipse crows nest where you can sit on inclement days and watch the world go by. The front areas are the spa and gym on Apex, neither of which interest us. We avoid Princess and P&O Grand class ships for this very reason. Sitting in a busy coffee bar or buffet with a side view doesn't appeal. I'd welcome any insight into where and how you spend sea days outside of spa and gym areas if it is less than 10 degrees C and raining.

Due to potential strike action which may result in trains being cancelled and refund of tickets costs, use an official train operating company website and not an agent with a large marketing budget that charges fees.

As its only for charging an EU 2 pin with USB ports will do the job. You just need to decide which USB types you need. This should do: https://www.amazon.com/European-VINTAR-Foldable-International-Essentials/dp/B0BY1VWM9J/ref=sr_1_7

I wouldn't be fearful of the train, its old, rattly stock, but that's the fun!

Depends what you are looking at. Popular smaller independents may well require a booking, especially at weekends. However most venues don't have an issue with you cancelling if plans change. Popular restaurants will fill the seats.

We cruise for destinations, but the ever increasing size of ships doesn't appeal. It is therefore highly unlikely P&O would be chosen by us above all other providers.

If I wanted a day trip to Berlin I wouldn't start from Rostock! We did morning in Warnemunde and then an afternoon trip on the Molli train along the coast. Very pleasant and we had a great young guide who explained what the area and life were like when it was part of East Germany (something most on the tour had forgotten about). The only downside was the tour arrived back 20 minutes before our set dining time.

Call direct, as anything above 8 can be dealt with as group booking.

Sounds like the system worked. We had passengers in the queue who were tight for flights departing around 11am (we were in the queue at about 10am), but airport staff were very good at calling out destinations and prioritising passengers with tight connections.

We did pre clearance for a NYC holiday in August 2022 and compared to the arduous process which is US customs in NYC (which can take hours) it was fantastic and a choice I'd make again. We flew to Newark NJ from Leeds via Dublin and the following is the process at the time. As soon as you enter Dublin airport terminal you will be directed to pre clearance. Lots of staff around showing you where to go. As there are many US flights within a few hours you will be in a queue of hundreds, but it flows quite quickly. You eventually reach an escalator with a US customs officer at the top who scans boarding cards. Once you descend the escalator you are on virtual US soil and under US jurisdiction and border force laws. You then join another queue for formal US entry approval. Passport, ESTA checked, photo and fingerprints taken. Whilst in the queue the staff will call for passengers on the earlier flights so they don't miss them. Following this you go through the usual airport security scanning. You are then airside in the terminal. The whole process is very efficient and takes 60-90 minutes. At Newark from leaving the aircraft to picking up luggage and getting our taxi was 30 minutes. Had we not had to wait for luggage it would have been about 5 minutes.

As long as its near a metro station getting to sites won't be a problem. If you are struggling to find somewhere I can recommend the Hotel Exe Cristal Palace, north of Placa Catalunya in L' Eixample, the heart of the upmarket shopping area and 5 minutes walk from Las Ramblas. Its on a quieter cross street so no traffic noise disturbance. Passeig de Gracia Metro station a short walk.

About the only time you will spend less than £5 on anything in London are public transport fares and they are cashless anyway. Buses you just tap the reader when you board as its a flat fare, the tube you tap on entry and on exit so the fare can be calculated. Most readers are on the ticket barrier gates at the station. Some stations don't have barriers, but you are unlikely to venture to them if you are staying central. As a result the majority of people use cards or apple/google pay. I'd certainly set up every card on a phone as its a useful alternative.

The trick with Celebrity is to book when they have an OBC offer. You can then use that to upgrade to the full drinks package and the cruise becomes almost all inclusive.

HOHO are great for an overview and the commentary is always useful if you get a knowledgable guide as there is so much history in London. However to get from one area to the next public transport is better. Underground for longer trips, but for shorter hops use the buses. They are plentiful, have a flat fare of £1.75 per trip (regardless of distance) and a daily cap, you just need contactless or Oyster payment cards (one per person). It needs some planning to know which bus and which stop, but Citymapper app can provide all this information. My last visit I took a seat on a bus and happened to be sat near a guide who had some visitors. I had a free HOHO experience between the Tower and Trafalgar Square as he explained what was being seen along the route! Joolz Guides is a fantastic youtube channel if you want to know interesting facts about different areas of London.

Rabbie's are a long established tour company that do dozens of tours every year. I am surprised they have not told you where you need to meet them.

Le Verdon. Not seen it on a trip for a long time. Nothing worth getting off ship for, but after a day at sea you may want to. Small town and huge beach. Cartagena smaller Spanish town, Barcelona and Cadiz offer more.

The tour you have quoted was once called 'Norway in a Nutshell' a and it's the trip we did in about 2010. This may be a contentious opinion but the poorest part of the whole day for me was actually the Flam railway! The coach drive through tunnels, along valleys and alongside the fjord was far more interesting. Voss is not a particularly attractive place, being quite modern, but it is a main centre for outdoor pursuits. Its built on the edge of a lake and on our visit there was barely a cloud in the sky, lots of paragliders, even had a floatplane land on the water. The buffet lunch in a local hotel was brilliant. Had we paid it would have been about $80, so probably nearer $100 now (hence the price of the trip). The train from Voss climbs up the valley side to Myrdal before you change trains for the descent into Flam on the railway, a lot of which is in tunnels and avalanche shelters which reduces its impact. On our visit the trip ran in both directions, so some did the Flam and Voss trains first before lunch and then returned on the coach. The day is expensive, but with a $100 (ish) cost of lunch it is well worth doing as you see so much more than the Flam railway in both directions,