DancingMike

I had contacted Xuan in early March after reading about him here on Cruise Critic for a private tour in HCMC during our one day visit on MSC Splendida on April 17.  After several emails for 2 to 6 people and finally ending up with 20 people from the ship for a private tour with Xuan, he was polite and detailed of what he could provide from a small van to the comfortable bus for 20 people, I booked his service.  We kept in contact thru Whatsapp and on the day that we got off the ship and took the shuttle from the ship to outside of the port area, Xuan was there with a sign identifying our group with a smile on his face.

Our group was of a mixed age and ethnic background, but our ambassador, Xuan, made all of us comfortable and informed of our full day tour of HCMC.  When we arrived in the heart of the city, we all got off the ship and were greeted by 20 rickshaw drivers all in blue shirts with a map of Vietnam on them ready to take each of us on the ride of our life thru the heart of the city.  We laughed and prayed as we dodged scooters, chickens, dogs, people and traffic.  Xuan was all over the place following our ride, taking pictures of each of us.  He forward a file to me of those pics which I forward to our group.  

The tour continued thru the city, stopping at a local place for lunch on our own for typical Vietnamese food.  We stopped at a musuem about the war in Vietnam, the post office for shopping, walked the city main streets, and being informed about all the highlights of HCMC.  As promised Xuan got us back to the port in plenty of time to get back on our MSC ship.

All of the participants of our group raved about the tour and the rickshaw ride for the rest our voyage.

I would highly recommend Xuan for his detailed and caring tours of HCMC and Vietnam.

Royal Princess usually docks at the Brooklyn Pier in Red Hook...

We docked there on September 25 from our transatlantic crossing.

Thank goodness I purchased a separate travel insurance and have gone on notice with them that I will be filing a claim.

Just hoping that the bag might still be on the ship, but have a funny feeling that someone walked out with it.

I debarked from the Royal Princess on September 25 in Brooklyn from a 15 day transatlantic crossing.

My luggage was labeled CREAM 5, one of my bags was never found in the terminal. The pier staff looked all over for my bag and it was never found. Either someone walked off with my bag or it was left on the ship and went to Canada.

I have already filed a missing suitcase report and have been on the phone daily with Princess in their corporate office.

I have been on 45 cruises and have never had this happen.

Gem. Mark

Sun. Jose

Jade. Charlie

Each of our Butler's were outstanding.

When we were on the Star, Mark Santos made a point to stop by our cabin several times to make sure all was well even though we were not in a suite.

Just shows the care that Norwegian's staff provides.

Ordered the spa pass for the transatlantic as well.

We got 4 specialty dinners as a perk plus 2 latitude specialty, so will be a nice alternative during the16 day transatlantic crossing.

When we get to Copenhagen, we will fly to Paris that afternoon for a week.

We were in one of the suites on Deck 9 from Santiago, Chile to Miami for 15 days.

It was never a problem with the seas, the views were great and going thru the Panama Canal was a highlight of the suite....

Enjoy!!

We used Rome in Limo for the second time this past April after previously having them in May, 2009 in Rome and Pisa/Tuscany Wine Tour.

We had 3 different drivers, Easter Sunday our driver took us all over the city and to places that we had not seen two years ago. The next day our driver picked us up and we drove to Positano, Sorrento and Pompeii. The third day, our driver picked us up early with all of our luggage for four people and we toured north of Rome all day before we were driven to the port at 5PM for our Costa cruise.

Each driver was very familiar with all the areas we visit, had contacts to get us into places, recommended places to dine and made our touring very enjoyable.

Jany made sure to give us the best and Dumas the owner called us to verify that we had received the best!

Highly recommend to all going to Italy!

We were so pleased with Rome in Limo from two years ago on the NCL Gem with tours in Rome and Pisa/Tuscany that we will be using them next week when we are in Rome for three days of touring.

I was surprised that they will be able to accomodate us on Easter Sunday for 8 hours of touring Rome. The next day they will take us to Pompeii and Sorrento. On Tuesday, they will pick our group up early at our hotel and take us touring to north of Rome including wine tasting, before transporting us to the Costa Pacifica.

You can't go wrong with Rome in Limo!!