ravenclaw Posted June 1, 2018 #1 Share Posted June 1, 2018 (edited) Just notified by travel agent that the Sojourn will sail on a world cruise from Jan. 4, 2020 to May 28, 2020....Miami to San Francisco. Last Seabourn world cruise was five or six years ago. Checked Seabourn web site, but no info posted yet. Edited June 1, 2018 by ravenclaw addition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isklaar Posted June 1, 2018 #2 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Very pleased to read this, assuming SB is offering similar amenities like it used to, eg luggage forwarding, laundry, WiFi etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKP946 Posted June 2, 2018 #3 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Very pleased to read this, assuming SB is offering similar amenities like it used to, eg luggage forwarding, laundry, WiFi etc? From Seabourn today:- Enjoy Complimentary World Cruise Amenities: Round-Trip Business Class Air $2,000 Shipboard Credit (per person) Unlimited WiFi Private car transfers door-to-door from your home Personal Valet® luggage shipping service between home and ship in Miami and San Francisco Unlimited Laundry and Dry Cleaning on board Gala Bon Voyage dinner & overnight hotel stay prior to departure in Miami Exclusive World Cruise events (3) Special World Cruise pillow gifts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cactusrose Posted June 2, 2018 #4 Share Posted June 2, 2018 This is very intriguing but, I'm curious, what do you do about travel insurance. Seabourn Shield is limited and most travel insurance companies won't insure for this long of a trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlemichael Posted June 3, 2018 #5 Share Posted June 3, 2018 This is very intriguing but, I'm curious, what do you do about travel insurance. Seabourn Shield is limited and most travel insurance companies won't insure for this long of a trip. That is something I'd get my travel agent to search out. It is in their interests if they want the booking. We are doing the Silversea version in 2019 and had no difficulty in coming up with travel insurance, at a price of course, for the just short of 6 months we'll be away. We are using QBE but it is an Australian company. I'd be sure there will be other companies in other markets., Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxburgh Posted June 3, 2018 #6 Share Posted June 3, 2018 This is very intriguing but, I'm curious, what do you do about travel insurance. Seabourn Shield is limited and most travel insurance companies won't insure for this long of a trip. We self-insure .... which means that we do not buy insurance. In 14 Seabourn cruises and on Regent cruise we have never needed to use insurance and our regular health insurance covers us worldwide should we ever need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isklaar Posted June 3, 2018 #7 Share Posted June 3, 2018 From Seabourn today:- Enjoy Complimentary World Cruise Amenities: Round-Trip Business Class Air $2,000 Shipboard Credit (per person) Unlimited WiFi Private car transfers door-to-door from your home Personal Valet® luggage shipping service between home and ship in Miami and San Francisco Unlimited Laundry and Dry Cleaning on board Gala Bon Voyage dinner & overnight hotel stay prior to departure in Miami Exclusive World Cruise events (3) Special World Cruise pillow gifts Thanks. I got an email from my TA a few hours after posting. They're offering much higher OBC than the amounts quoted here. Looking forward to seeing the prices. I don't think I'll be able to take a WC in 2020 but I'm glad to see that it's back with those amenities and my next opportunity will be 2022 so fingers crossed SB offers one then. As an aside, I don't care for the itinerary of this WC so even if my schedule did allow it, I don't think I'd bite this time. What do others make of the itinerary ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchies47 Posted June 3, 2018 #8 Share Posted June 3, 2018 What is the itinerary? Is it on Seabourn website yet? How about the price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wripro Posted June 3, 2018 #9 Share Posted June 3, 2018 We self-insure .... which means that we do not buy insurance. In 14 Seabourn cruises and on Regent cruise we have never needed to use insurance and our regular health insurance covers us worldwide should we ever need it. Does your insurance cover medical evacuation which could cost a hundred thousand or more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxburgh Posted June 3, 2018 #10 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Does your insurance cover medical evacuation which could cost a hundred thousand or more? Yes, depending on the prognosis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cactusrose Posted June 3, 2018 #11 Share Posted June 3, 2018 We self-insure .... which means that we do not buy insurance. In 14 Seabourn cruises and on Regent cruise we have never needed to use insurance and our regular health insurance covers us worldwide should we ever need it. We also have medical insurance that covers us worldwide and if evacuation is done by a medically equipped vehicle, we're covered for that too. What we don't have is trip cancellation and interruption. For a trip this long and expensive I would want that coverage. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find anyone in the US that will just provide that coverage. It's always packaged with medical so we would bite the bullet and buy the whole package. It's just hard to find a company in the US that will insure for periods in excess of 60 days and for more than $50K per person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isklaar Posted June 3, 2018 #12 Share Posted June 3, 2018 What is the itinerary? Is it on Seabourn website yet? How about the price? Itinerary follows, apologies as it makes my post super long. prices haven't been released yet, I believe they will be announced around 16 July ITINERARY 04-Jan-20 Miami 05-Jan-20 Key West 06-Jan-20 At Sea 07-Jan-20 At Sea 08-Jan-20 At Sea 09-Jan-20 Cartegena, Colombia 10-Jan-20 At Sea 11-Jan-20 Oranjestad, Aruba 12-Jan-20 Kralendijk, Bonaire 13-Jan-20 At Sea 14-Jan-20 Saline Bay, Mayreau 15-Jan-20 Bridgetown, Barbados 16-Jan-20 Bridgetown, Barbados 17-Jan-20 At Sea 18-Jan-20 At Sea 19-Jan-20 At Sea 20-Jan-20 At Sea 21-Jan-20 At Sea 22-Jan-20 Mindelo, Cape Verde 23-Jan-20 At Sea 24-Jan-20 Dakar, Senegal 25-Jan-20 Dakar, Senegal 26-Jan-20 Banjul, Gambia 27-Jan-20 At Sea 28-Jan-20 At Sea 29-Jan-20 At Sea 30-Jan-20 Abidjan, Ivory Coast 31-Jan-20 Takoradi, Ghana 01-Feb-20 At Sea 02-Feb-20 At Sea 03-Feb-20 At Sea 04-Feb-20 Luanda, Angola 05-Feb-20 Cross the Equator 06-Feb-20 At Sea 07-Feb-20 Walvis Bay, Namibia 08-Feb-20 Walvis Bay, Namibia 09-Feb-20 Luderitz, Namibia 10-Feb-20 At Sea 11-Feb-20 Cape Town, South Africa 12-Feb-20 Cape Town, South Africa 13-Feb-20 Passing the Cape of Good Hope 14-Feb-20 At Sea 15-Feb-20 Durban, South Africa 16-Feb-20 Richards Bay, South Africa 17-Feb-20 At Sea 18-Feb-20 At Sea 19-Feb-20 Ilha de Mocambique, Mozambique 20-Feb-20 At Sea 21-Feb-20 Andoany, Madagascar 22-Feb-20 At Sea 23-Feb-20 At Sea 24-Feb-20 Zanzibar, Tanzania 25-Feb-20 Mombasa, Kenya 26-Feb-20 Mombasa, Kenya 27-Feb-20 Mombasa, Kenya 28-Feb-20 At Sea 29-Feb-20 At Sea 01-Mar-20 Victoria, Seychelles 02-Mar-20 Praslin, Seychelles 03-Mar-20 At Sea 04-Mar-20 Cross the Equator 05-Mar-20 At Sea 06-Mar-20 Male, Maldives 07-Mar-20 At Sea 08-Mar-20 Colombo, Sri Lanka 09-Mar-20 Hambantota, Sri Lanka 10-Mar-20 At Sea 11-Mar-20 Chennai, India 12-Mar-20 Chennai, India 13-Mar-20 At Sea 14-Mar-20 At Sea 15-Mar-20 At Sea 16-Mar-20 Sabang, Indonesia 17-Mar-20 Phuket, Thailand 18-Mar-20 Porto Malai, Malaysia 19-Mar-20 Georgetown, Malaysia 20-Mar-20 Port Klang, Malaysia 21-Mar-20 Singapore 22-Mar-20 Singapore 23-Mar-20 At Sea 24-Mar-20 At Sea 25-Mar-20 Laem Chabang, Thailand 26-Mar-20 Ko Kood, Thailand 27-Mar-20 Sihanoukville, Cambodia 28-Mar-20 At Sea 29-Mar-20 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 30-Mar-20 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 31-Mar-20 At Sea 01-Apr-20 At Sea 02-Apr-20 Hong Kong 03-Apr-20 Hong Kong 04-Apr-20 At Sea 05-Apr-20 Hundred Islands, Philippines 06-Apr-20 Manila, Philippines 07-Apr-20 At Sea 08-Apr-20 Porto Princesa, Philippines 09-Apr-20 At Sea 10-Apr-20 At Sea 11-Apr-20 At Sea 12-Apr-20 Benoa, Indonesia 13-Apr-20 Benoa, Indonesia 14-Apr-20 Slawi Bay, Indonesia 15-Apr-20 At Sea 16-Apr-20 At Sea 17-Apr-20 Darwin, Australia 18-Apr-20 At Sea 19-Apr-20 At Sea 20-Apr-20 At Sea 21-Apr-20 Cairns, Australia 22-Apr-20 Cairns, Australia 23-Apr-20 Townsville, Australia 24-Apr-20 Hamilton Island, Australia 25-Apr-20 At Sea 26-Apr-20 Brisbane, Australia 27-Apr-20 At Sea 28-Apr-20 Sydney, Australia 29-Apr-20 Sydney, Australia 30-Apr-20 At Sea 01-May-20 At Sea 02-May-20 At Sea 03-May-20 Noumea, New Caledonia 04-May-20 Kuto, New Caledonia 05-May-20 At Sea 06-May-20 At Sea 07-May-20 Suva, Fiji 08-May-20 Suva, Fiji 09-May-20 Savusavu, Fiji 10-May-20 At Sea 11-May-20 Apia, Samoa 11-May-20 CROSS INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE 11-May-20 Pago Pago, American Samoa 12-May-20 At Sea 13-May-20 Cross the Equator 15-May-20 CROSS INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE 16-May-20 Tabuaeran, Kiribati 16-May-20 CROSS INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE 17-May-20 At Sea 18-May-20 Kona, Hawaii 19-May-20 Honolulu, Hawaii 20-May-20 Honolulu, Hawaii 21-May-20 Manele Bay, Hawaii 22-May-20 At Sea 23-May-20 At Sea 24-May-20 At Sea 25-May-20 At Sea 26-May-20 At Sea 27-May-20 Passing the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco 28-May-20 San Francisco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxburgh Posted June 3, 2018 #13 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Thanks for posting the itinerary. Seems to be a lot of sea days and a lot of ports we have already been to. That is not necessarily a bad thing, just an observation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchies47 Posted June 3, 2018 #14 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Thank you for posting the itinerary Lots of ports we have been too but still great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCCruiser57 Posted June 4, 2018 #15 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Too many repetitive ports and travels are East to West, so lots of lost hours. Most WCs travel West to East. Only way East to West works is if you can convince Captain to set clocks ahead in the afternoon like I was able to on the Sojourn in May 2017. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cactusrose Posted June 4, 2018 #16 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Too many repetitive ports and travels are East to West, so lots of lost hours. Most WCs travel West to East. Only way East to West works is if you can convince Captain to set clocks ahead in the afternoon like I was able to on the Sojourn in May 2017. Setting clocks back in the afternoon is better but losing an hour every day or so still messes with your body clock. We just got back from an Asian cruise and went east to Vancouver. We had a horrible time sleeping at night. Nope, traveling east is not for us either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tv24 Posted June 5, 2018 #17 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Very intriguing. Can't wait to see the prices which might completely drain my IRA. We were on 2 segments of the 2014 World Cruise and hung out with many, many world cruisers who were having the time of their lives. It becomes a special community on Seabourn, making for a special experience. I will keep this idea and dream alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenidallas Posted June 6, 2018 #18 Share Posted June 6, 2018 I’m glad to see the world cruises returning. This is a bucket list for after we retire... so hopefully Seabourn continues them for another decade-plus (or I win the lottery soon)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted June 9, 2018 #19 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Too many repetitive ports and travels are East to West, so lots of lost hours. Most WCs travel West to East. Only way East to West works is if you can convince Captain to set clocks ahead in the afternoon like I was able to on the Sojourn in May 2017. Very interesting, Silversea put out a prospective itinerary going East to West a couple of years ago, and after an uproar from the then travelling World Cruisers changed it completely and back to West to East. It’s good to see Seabourn doing a World Cruise again. Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isklaar Posted July 13, 2018 #20 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Copied from other WC thread becuse this seems to be the main one..... Prices for the 2020 WC are now showing on the SB website, at least on the UK version so assume on others too. Released a few days earlier than SB originally said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tv24 Posted July 23, 2018 #21 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Prices are posted for the US as well, and they are high. No bargains. I'll continue to monitor this as this is a dream vacation for us, but at this point, even with some discounts, it's way too much money for us. Still open to the idea, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2SailingNomads Posted July 24, 2018 #22 Share Posted July 24, 2018 (edited) Hi TV24, Agree prices are high - although have not compared them to the WC we both were on for part of. My guess is that prices will come down so either use a good TA (U.S. based so you can cancel/rebook if necessary) or wait for a good sale of which there have been quite a few this year. Best to you both. 2SN Edited July 24, 2018 by 2SailingNomads grammar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tv24 Posted July 24, 2018 #23 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Hi TV24, Agree prices are high - although have not compared them to the WC we both were on for part of. My guess is that prices will come down so either use a good TA (U.S. based so you can cancel/rebook if necessary) or wait for a good sale of which there have been quite a few this year. Best to you both. 2SN Hi Nomads...I will keep this dream alive. We do have a good TA who fights for the best deals and price drops. And we are no the Quest in November for South America/Antarctica, so I will chat with the folks in Seabourn Sq. about this WC. Right now cannot commit to this much money and time, but as I just wrote, the dream is alive. Best to you 2...TV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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