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Did you search for "North Shield Terminal" in Park at my House (now called JustPark)? There seem to be lots of choices.

J

If you're a miser like me you will be able to find parking through Park at my House and probably arrange for the person with whom you leave the car to deliver you to the terminal and if you phone, once you know the disembarkation time, they would collect you.

I suggest you book a tour wityh Fab(free as a bird)travel - Google it!. I have no connection with this company other than being a very satisfied customer. We also had a great tour with the same company from Akureyri, if your itinerary includes a stop there.

....and if you're visiting Akureyri I recommend the Lake Myvatyn trip provided by FAB travel (Google them).

{I have no connection with FAB travel other than as a satidfied customer}

There is a superb waterfall at Litlanefoss, about 1 hours drive (plus a one hour return walk from the parking spot) away. Also superb sceneryt en route.

You could hire a car from the nearby airport to be delivered to your boat. The cost will be pretty high - as is everything in Iceland - but maybe you could arrange to share costs with fellow passengers.

That said when we visited Seydisfyordur (just a few miles north) in May 2016, all the roads were impassable due to snow, and visibility was such that we couldn't see the tops of the mountains framing the fyord!

J

You dress up as something archetypically British, e.g.

soccer hooligan

the Queen

John Bull

wearing a shellsuit

sandals and socks

A multi-way extension lead is a very good idea, but ensure you have adaptor plug because my recollection is that the plug outlets were not UK standard 13 amp.

Thanks again, we have stayed in a Premier Inn at Glasgow and it was very comfortable and reasonably priced so I'll have a look at that in the morning.

Have a look at this:

https://www.justpark.com/uk/parking/north-shields/s/commissioners-wharf-north-shields-ne29-p52910ff4b4f1c/

We used Alla tours couple of years ago too. Absolutely first class. Search for my review on this site. They will organise visas etc.

It's a pretty extreme method of ridding the ship of norovirus, but well done Fred! :D

Fire or novovirus, I expect the effect on the large intestines would be similar.

A cruise back in time?

My wife and I (both 65) no medical conditions pay £40 pa for basic annual medical insurance for the pair of us with Insure and Go (arranged on line).

Obviously I'm not sure this would be applicable to your situation, but give them a try.

It's also worth looking at Martins Moneysaver for a strategy to obtain the most appropriate insurance for your individual circumstances at the best price.

Companies like Age Concern like to give the impression that they are working in the interests of their clientel. Not so! They're all working to maximise profits.

You never know how good insurance is until you claim, but it will certainly cover the big ticket items like repatriation and foreign hospitalisation even if they quibble about the relatively low cost items like cancellation or have a large excess.

Best of luck!

Just to give Fred credit where it is due.

I posted on their Face book page ......

It's amazing how much better companies respond to Customer criticism if it's is made in public!:)

We did a Baltic cruise on Balmoral last September and thoroughly enjoyed it. I would like to do another cruise in the Baltic with a different itinerary, but maybe in a couple of years.

 

We did our own thing in all the ports of call except SPB where we booked the 2 day Comfort Tour with Alla Tours. It was excellent and would book through them again without hesitation. In Gdynia we booked the ship's excursion to Gdansk due to the time constriction, but we don't normally book ship excursions.

Another recommendation for Alla Tours from me!

Have you taken the obvious action and asked FOC?

I don't see either a white arrow or the Bay of Biscay on the chart!

You make an interesting point. What was the exchange rate they used, as Alla only quote their prices in USD? I know the Russian government have a cap on the exchange rate over there, and wonder if getting charged in Roubles makes any difference to Alla, or us.

 

Thanks

For our recent tour (10 persons) Alla quoted and charged US$365 which included a 10% discount for putting the group together on this website.

When I asked for the prices in other currencies, I was quoted €275, £245 or if paying by credit card 10972 rubles.

As they say " You do the math"

Regards J

We used Alla Tours two weeks ago and fully support Cornishpastyman1's response.

Regards J