Author: Jack Edwards

Before and After the Cruise–Do it Yourself or Buy a Packaged Deal

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No matter what kind of cruise you plan to take, it is always a great idea to plan to arrive in port at least a day early to get over any jet lag and to make sure that a flight delay won’t cause you to miss your ship.

Once you accept the need for the early arrival, you now need to consider arriving a couple of days early so that you can take in the sights of the port city. Sort of a mini vacation before you start your cruise.

Do you want to do this on your own, or do you want to be fully pampered? If you do it on your own, you will have to take care of your airline reservations, your transfers (taxi or shuttle) to your hotel, and the subsequent transfers to the ship the following day or even a couple of days later.  You also need to make sure that all of this time is covered by your travel insurance so that any problems won’t come out of your pocket.

The same set of issues come up at the other end of your cruise, but remember that the larger the ship the more time it will take to clear the ship and head to the airport. All of that adds stress that you just went on vacation to relieve. I would suggest that you really make the best of your vacation and add a little time to each end of your cruise so that you can enjoy each port and so that you can leisurely arrive at the ship and so that you can leisurely disembark as well.

The real question is – do you want to plan all of this yourself or do you want to let the cruise line take care of it all? Generally, it may be a little cheaper to do it yourself, but it will be a lot easier to let the cruise line do it all.

Quite often, many cruise lines, especially if you are cruising in Europe, will give you special prices on airfare if purchased with your cruise, and they will arrange that airfare to fit around your before or after cruise stay in the port city. They will also take care of all transfers of luggage from the ship to your port city hotel. Additionally, they will be able to set up shore excursions in your port cities so that you will be able to see the local sites.

If that is not enough, the better companies, such as Viking Cruse Lines, will have someone there to meet you and to lead you through the process and they will also be available at your hotel should you encounter any issues. Although, more for the adventure and the experience of doing it the hard way, I booked all of my before and after cruise activities myself for our most recent European vacation, my neck and back still aches from lugging the suitcases from the ship to trams to trains to hotel rooms.

The next time, I will follow the lead of my friends on our Viking Romantic Rhine River Cruise and let them handle all the work. If you are less adventurous or if you don’t really want to have to lug your suitcases around as you go from air travel to train travel to subways or taxis, etc… I would suggest that you opt for the cruise line’s before and after the cruise offerings.

Friends that we met on the cruise did both and we have exchanged emails since returning home and they had nothing but wonderful compliments to Viking River Cruises for their experiences before and after the cruise.

For example, most our recent cruise, the Romantic Rhine River Cruise from Basel, Switzerland to Amsterdam, was with Viking River Cruises.  They provide a 2-night Lucerne package for $599 per person and a 2-night Amsterdam package for $499 per person. They provide all transfers from airport to hotel to ship and from ship to hotel then to airport on the other end. They also provide something that is very important: a real live meet and greet person wearing a Viking River Cruises red jacket and signs so that it will be easy for you to connect with them. All you need to worry about is your carry-on and going through customs. They will walk you through everything else.  They have also set up excursions at each end of the cruise as well. Visit the world-renowned museums featuring works by the Dutch Masters in Amsterdam and explore the traditional Swiss town along the banks of Lake Lucerne with its dramatic Alpine backdrop.

Best of all, is that with Viking River Cruises they regularly offer 2 for 1 pricing on their cruises; and they also provide discounts for air fare on the all-inclusive trips. You will also find that they include beer and wine with lunch and dinner without any additional cost and they provide excursions in each port, also without any additional costs to you.  If you did not see enough with the provided excursions, they do provide additional excursions at some ports at an reasonable additional cost.

For more information about their cruises, please spend some time on our website at www.TeamEdwardsTravel.com to look at the videos. Then, click the banner and it will take you to the Viking River Cruises website where you will find more information about their cruises. We will be happy to make your reservations for you.

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Bon Voyage!!!

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Planning The Trip of a Lifetime, A European River Cruise

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Have you ever dreamed of taking a European River Cruise? You see them advertised on TV more and more these days.  We have been on large ocean cruises, but wondered what it would be like to take a river cruise.

I did my homework and finally decided that my wife and I would have a wonderful time celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary on a Romantic Rhine River Cruise. I checked out all of the various companies that cruise this waterway looking for the one that I thought would best meet our needs. I also talked with friends who have taken river cruises and was not surprised that they all had their favorite cruise lines. Some recommended Viking, some AMA Waterways and some Avalon.

We got more recommendations for Viking than the others combined. I then went to several seminars at our local travel agency office that were put on by the river cruise companies before finally deciding to book our trip of a lifetime on Viking River Cruises. Of course, making that decision was the easy part.

Now, we had to decide what we really wanted to see,  when was the best time to go to see these sights, how much time we wanted to travel, if we wanted to do a before and or after cruise add-on that we could purchase from the cruise company, which airline, etc…  The other things to plan ahead were train tickets, having Swiss Francs and Euros in our pocket before the trip, and of course, learning about the tram or subway systems in the cities we planned to visit. It was almost getting to be too many things to think about, but as they always said when I was a Boy Scout,  “Be Prepared”; so I always plan ahead.

Our other consideration was that if we were going to spend the dollars to fly that far, we were going to get more out of the trip, so we planned for three days in Zurich before the cruise to deal with jetlag and then three days in Amsterdam so that we could visit Keukenhof Gardens and see the sights. We added 5 days in Paris to really make it a trip of a lifetime. So, back to the first question. What did we really want to see?  I love flowers and gardens, so I wanted to see the Keukenhof Gardens in Amsterdam.  And, my wife wanted to go back and taste a real Belgium waffle. So, of course I included that in our itinerary!

After doing my homework, we decided that we needed to be in Amsterdam there before Mother’s Day if there was a late spring, and a week or two earlier if it was an early spring. The next thing was to decide to utilize the cruise line’s before and/or after cruise offerings. Since we wanted to have a less structured trip, other than the cruise, we chose to put together our own before and after cruise itinerary.

If you are less adventurous or if you don’t really want to have to lug your suitcases around as you go from air travel to train travel to subways or taxis, etc… I would suggest that you opt for the cruiseline’s before and after the cruise offerings. Friends that we met on the cruise did both and we have exchanged emails since returning home and they had nothing but wonderful compliments to Viking Cruises for their experiences before and after the cruise.

We booked the cruise from Basel to Amsterdam, which meant that we would fly in to Zurich, Switzerland and spend a couple days there seeing the sights and getting over jetlag.  We then made our way to Basel on the train to start the cruise.

Also, since I did not want to have to carry 3 weeks worth of clothes, during the planning process I found a laundromat in an area of Amsterdam that we wanted to explore, then booked a hotel in that same neighborhood. We really wanted to stay in local hotels rather than in the big hotels for a better feel of the local area. Upon our arrival in Amsterdam, we disembarked and walked to the hotel. After dropping off most of our luggage at the hotel, we took one suitcase full of dirty clothes to the laundromat.

We were pleasantly surprised when we found that it was also a full service laundry. We left our dirty clothes and enjoyed lunch and a walking tour of Amsterdam, and picked up clean clothes for the rest of the trip later in the afternoon. After three wonderful days in Amsterdam, we caught the high speed train to Paris. What a wonderful way to travel! Since we made sure to visit the Centraal Station before it was time to leave, we knew exactly where to go to catch our train to Paris.

We had reserved seats so it was as easy as flying – other than putting our own luggage on the train. We arrived in Paris and took the B2 line south to the subway that took us to our hotel. We stayed in a cute 1 bedroom apartment near the Grinnel train station. Again, another smaller hotel that also had apartments in a nice neighborhood close to a farmers’ market. We chose this location because there were 3 trains that used that terminal, so we could go almost everywhere from there.

We spent 5 days seeing the sights in Paris before reversing directions, taking the B3 train to the airport to fly home.

While you are in the process of planning your trip of a lifetime, or any expensive trip, make sure to get travel insurance and do at the beginning, the day you pay your deposit for your trip.  Why, because the insurance will cover you for pre-existing conditions if you do it at the initial booking stage. If you wait to do it just before you leave, and a medical issue causes you to cancel, you won’t get your money back if it was a pre-existing condition.  Some of us are getting up in years and you don’t want a health issue to rob you of the trip along with the money you already spent. It would be bad enough to have to cancel the trip, but to lose all that money too, that would really hurt.

One of the great planning tools that you should use is the availability of videos of your travel destinations. I went online on my Blockbuster account to search out travel videos. Hard to find because they are included under a separate category. (Yes, I know that you cannot use Blockbuster anymore) I also searched my Amazon Prime Account. If you look in the index you won’t find Travel videos there either; but if you search “Documentaries” you will find the travel videos hiding there. For Paris, we viewed the following videos: Cities of the World, Paris, France and Modern Times Wonders, Tour D’Eiffel and Burt Wolf’s France. Finally, for France, we viewed these last videos:  The Greatest Journeys on Earth, France, The Journeys of the Sun King, On Tour… BLUE DANUBE CRUISE WACHAU A Journey Through The Middle Ages and Paris France, The City Of Magic: A Dream Vacation Tour.  We also viewed the Burt Wolf; The Rhine and The Danube, and the Burt Wolf; Holland and Belgium. Yes, I do know that the Danube is a different river, but I was thinking ahead to the next river cruise.

In the next several blogs, we will share more about our trip and what we learned along the way. Hopefully, you will be able to learn from our mistakes so that your trips will be trouble-free!

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Turning Dreams into Memories,
One Vacation at a Time.
Bon Voyage!!!

As you might guess, this document is a compilation of information from our travels as well as from other travelers. I hope it has been of value to you.  Check out the important links below.

Don’t hesitate to email us when you return from your trip with any suggestions that will make this document better for you and your fellow travelers!

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Are there any ships in port today?

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One of the things to keep in mind when traveling to a port city is the arrival of cruise ships. Why, do you ask? Let’s just imagine that we are staying the week or two in a small port city and a large ship with 2,000 to 4,000 people arrive in port on a cruise ship. How easy will it be to book an appointment for a local attraction or tour? Let’s say that you were planning to do some zip-lining. They pick people up at their hotels or condos and drive you to their place of business. They can handle 20-30 people in one group. Maybe they can even handle a few groups during the day. If there is a cruise ship or two in port, they may have completely booked up every slot at the zip-lining venue. They may have also booked up most lunch spots in town as well.cruise-ships

On the days the cruise ship is in port, I make sure to plan that as a “stay in the resort day”, or even jump in the rental car and visit some place distant to the port.

So, to plan for this issue, you are probably wondering how to find out which ships are in port during your vacation. I log onto my website, TeamEdwardsTravel.com and click on the Cruises menu tab. I then click on the link for “What Cruise Ship is in Port” and work my way through the list of ports until I find the one where I am staying or planning to stay. I may even do this before I leave home so that I can plan my excursions ahead of time.

In this example, work your way down the page to Mexico and click on Cabo San Lucas. Click on the month you are visiting and below that you will see a list, day by day, showing which ships will be in port.VisionOfTheSeas

Now you know when to stay in the resort and when to take a walk to downtown Cabo. When the restaurants will be over crowded by the people from the ships and when you will have downtown all to your self, and of course the other folks staying in the local hotels and condos.

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One Vacation at a Time.
Bon Voyage!!!

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Paris

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Our first trip to Paris followed our Viking River Cruise down the Rhine, from Basel to Amsterdam. After a few days in Amsterdam, we took the Thayles high speed train from Amsterdam to Gard du Nord in Paris. Wow! That was a great train ride.

After our arrival in Paris, we picked up a 10 caret of Metro tickets and hopped on to the RER south to the Metro stop at Denfort Rochereau. It was a long walk, plus three flights of stairs up and back down to get to our train, the #6 line, to the La Motte Picque Grenelle stop.

We stayed at the Citadines Tour Eiffel at that stop. We chose it for a couple of reasons. First of all, they had what they call Apart-hotel rooms. Sort of like small apartments, rather than just a hotel room. Also, it was located at an intersection of three different Metro lines. That way, we could go north, south, east or west to visit all parts of Paris. It was within easy walking distance to the Eiffel Tower. Finally, there is a Farmer’s Market under the tracks as well as another Farmer’s Market a couple of blocks away. We were able to visit both markets while we were there.

What more could you ask for.

We toured the city using the hop-on, hop-off bus. We would get off at a stop, wander around to see the sights, then catch the next bus to the next destination.  This is a great tool to get oriented to a new city. After doing it in Paris, we decided that we should go back to visit some local destinations and were able to enjoy San Francisco and Washington DC via the hop-on hop-off bus. We have been using the Big Bus since it has an app for our phones as well as a great website to better plan our trips.

We took the Metro all over town as well. One important Metro stop that we used often was the one at Tuileries. It is just a short walk from there to the office where we had ordered our tours. We ordered them online through Viator, but picked up our tickets at the Paris City Vision office. Keep in mind that they have two offices, so check your vouchers to make sure that you are at the right office. They are only about a block apart, so if you are at the wrong one, you can quickly get to the other one.

 (To make it easier for you to navigate in Paris, many of these photos have been captured from Google Maps Street View and is a live link back to the original Google Map. Click on the photo so that you can look around to get your bearings. This is a great tool. I always try to walk the streets before I actually visit a new city. Also, if it is available, I will book a Big Red Bus tour in a new city.)

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This stop is also very close to the Louvre. There is another stop that is closer, but since we had purchased the small group walking tour of the Louvre, we met our tour guide at the tour office at the Hotel Regina.

The Paris City Vision office (located just in front of the white vans behind the statue) is at Hotel Regina.

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Often, we arrived early for our tours, so after exiting at Tuileries, we walked across the street and turned right, heading toward the Hotel Regina about one block away. At the hotel, we turned left and walked up Rue des Pyramides to enjoy a great little sidewalk cafe, La Rotonde des Tuileries.

This is only a block away from where we would catch our bus to the Eiffel Tower for dinner or our walking tour of the Louvre.

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After a little snack, we walked down to #2 Rue des Pyramides, on the left, at the Hotel Regina.

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We opted to purchase a dinner and river cruise through Viator so that we didn’t have to wait in any long lines at the Eiffel Tower. This tour was handled by Paris City Vision. As you might expect, having dinner in the Eiffel Tower as well as seeing the lights of Paris on the river cruise is a wonderful way to experience Paris.

If you chose to tour the Louvre on your own, rather than to use a group tour, they you will want to take the Metro directly to the Palais Royale de Musee Louvre Metro stop.

Get off at the Palais Royale de Musée Lourve metro stop.

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When you exit the station at the large open square shown above, you are just a short walk from the Louvre.

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We had a great guide and a wonderful visit at the Lourve, and were able to get great views of everything but the Mona Lisa.

That room was so crowded that unless you wanted to push through a hundred people, you were not going to get very close. As you can see from the photo below, you had to hold your camera above your head and take several shots. None of mine came out without someone or something in the way. I should have had a selfie stick, but I hadn’t ever seen one before our first trip to Paris.

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If you have never traveled on the metro in Paris, please check out my other posts on how to use the metro. Don’t leave Paris without experiencing Le Metro!

We are ready to go back to Paris!!!

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Turning Dreams into Memories,
One Vacation at a Time.
Bon Voyage!!!

As you might guess, this document is a compilation of information from our travels as well as from other travelers. I hope it has been of value to you.  Check out the important links below.

Don’t hesitate to email us when you return from your trip with any suggestions that will make this document better for you and your fellow travelers!

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Panama Canal Cruise, Off To The Airport In The Morning

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It is Friday, April 13th. I catch my flight to Fort Lauderdale tomorrow morning, but I am not worried at all.  I followed my check list and I am ready to go.

ONE WAKE-UP AND I AM ON MY WAY!!!

A year’s worth of planning and it is almost time to take our cruise of a lifetime.

I guess I better get my checklist out and go over everything one last time..

  • Finalize packing, check!
  • Confirm flight times and print out boarding passes, check!
  • Confirm shuttle service, check!
  • Confirm hotel reservations, check!
  • Make sure to put your passports, confirmation paperwork and cruise docs in carry-on, check!
  • Set alarm and go to sleep.

I am still wondering about staying in touch.  I have read everything that I can find, but I still wonder.  I know that we will purchase a package of minutes of computer time so that we can stay in touch. Don’t expect my cell phone to work as anything but a camera until we make it to Puerto Vallarta.  I have put everything that I need to have handy in my carry-on bag: Tickets, passports, confirmations, cruise docs, money, meds, cameras, books, e-reader, chargers, etc…

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Turning Dreams into Memories,
One Vacation at a Time.
Bon Voyage!!!

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Don’t hesitate to email us when you return from your trip with any suggestions that will make this document better for you and your fellow travelers!

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Panama Canal Cruise, 7 Days Before Departure

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Today’s email from Norwegian Cruise Lines, “Ready, Set Cruise!”

ONE WEEK LEFT!!!

I cannot believe that we only have two weeks to go before we take our cruise of a lifetime.

I guess I better get my checklist out and go over everything to make sure we are ready.

  • Finalize packing list, check!
  • Extra batteries, chargers, memory cards, etc…, check!
  • Finish most of the packing, check!
  • Go through your wallet/purse and remove stuff you won’t need.
  • Make copies of your passport and leave copy with someone at home and put copies in your suitcases.
  • Confirm flight times, etc… Do this again the day before you go to the airport.

One of the things I read about a long time ago is to pack half of your stuff in your bag and half in your partner’s bag. Of course, half of your partner’s stuff in her bag and half in your bag. A very good plan, just in case one of the bags gets lost in your air travel or even lost between the airport and your cabin on the ship.

Also, you want to make sure that you have followed your checklist for the essential carry on bag so that you have your important documents, money, meds, cameras, books, e-reader, chargers, etc… in your carry-on bag. In my case, it is a lightweight backpack.

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Turning Dreams into Memories,
One Vacation at a Time.
Bon Voyage!!!

As you might guess, this document is a compilation of information from our travels as well as from other travelers. I hope it has been of value to you.  Check out the important links below.

Don’t hesitate to email us when you return from your trip with any suggestions that will make this document better for you and your fellow travelers!

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Panama Canal Cruise, 15 Days Before Departure

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Today’s email from Norwegian Cruise Lines, “Two weeks to go. Start packing your excitement!”

TWO WEEKS LEFT!!!

I cannot believe that we only have two weeks to go before we take our cruise of a lifetime.

I guess I better get my checklist out and go over everything to make sure we are ready.

  • Go over the cruise docs again, check!
  • Get the luggage tags ready, check!
  • Start packing, check!

Since I am still working, a little, I need to make sure to get everything organized for my friend, so that she can take care of business for us while we are gone. I will probably spend the next week or so doing that. I also need to notify clients so that they know who to call, if they need assistance.  Wow, so much to do, maybe I should have started earlier.

I think I will log on and book some more dinners and excursions.  Don’t want to miss out on any fun.

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Turning Dreams into Memories,
One Vacation at a Time.
Bon Voyage!!!

As you might guess, this document is a compilation of information from our travels as well as from other travelers. I hope it has been of value to you.  Check out the important links below.

Don’t hesitate to email us when you return from your trip with any suggestions that will make this document better for you and your fellow travelers!

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Panama Canal Cruise, 24 Days Before Departure

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Today’s email from Norwegian Cruise Lines, “Do this, Do that, Do it all!”

Yes, we are less than a month away from our cruise. More excited everyday.

Back to the checklist…

  • Cruise documents, check!
  • Double check with the State Dept to see what is happening with the places we will visit.
  • Go through the packing list again.  It is time to start removing things from the pile. I really don’t need all those clothes. (My wife doesn’t necessarily agree <grin>)
  • Time to double check to make sure that any necessary prescriptions are up to date.

Just for the fun of it, I go back online to the Norwegian Cruise Line page to check out the dining options and excursions. I think I will book a couple more so that they are out of the way and we don’t have to worry about missing out if they get booked up.  We really want to do the zipline excursion in Costa Rica. Don’t want to miss that one. Better pre-book online.

I am sure you remember my blog post about excursions. Yes, you can often get them cheaper if you book them off the ship or through independent vendors online. My biggest concern for an excursion is that it takes the whole day, and the possibility of getting back to the ship late and missing the departure.  If I book it through the cruise line, they get to worry about me getting back to the ship. I don’t want to have to worry about that.

Only about 3 weeks left to go.

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Bon Voyage!!!

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Panama Canal Cruise, 31 Days Before Departure

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Today’s email announces, “We have a world of entertainment on board for you.”

Well, only 31 days left before we board the ship in Miami.

In fact, only 30 days before I catch the plane to Florida.  Want to be there the day before we board so that we don’t have to worry about a late flight.

So, we go online and check out the links to all of the onboard entertainment.  Can you imagine it?  We will be enjoying dinner and a show every night while on our cruise.  Wow!!! That’s living.

But, back to the check list and planning.

  • Arranged for transportation to Sacramento International Airport on the 14th, check!
  • Shuttle service booked from Fort Lauderdale to Miami on the 14th, check!
  • Room booked at Miami on the 14th, check!
  • Get out the luggage and start laying out the clothes in the spare bedroom, check!

We will be staying at the Holiday Inn at the Port of Miami. Looking forward to having a leisurely evening, strolling around the port, and having a nice dinner overlooking the water.

We are counting down the weeks!

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Turning Dreams into Memories,
One Vacation at a Time.
Bon Voyage!!!

As you might guess, this document is a compilation of information from our travels as well as from other travelers. I hope it has been of value to you.  Check out the important links below.

Don’t hesitate to email us when you return from your trip with any suggestions that will make this document better for you and your fellow travelers!

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Panama Canal Cruise, 38 Days Before Departure

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 Just received another email from Norwegian Cruise Lines(NCL).  38 days before departure with “Roam, ramble or relax. How do you want to explore?”.  The excitement builds as we count down the days. Time to think about booking excursions.

We get out our checklist and mark a few things off.  Fortunately, we don’t have to worry about child care or having someone watch the house, since our 18 year old son will be holding down the fort.

  • Print out packing list for each of us, check!
  • Start laying out clothes, check!
  • Pre-book excursions, check!
  • Pre-pay gratuity (tip), check!

Since we don’t want to miss out on the city tour in Cartegena, we book it online.  Nice to have it booked and paid for in advance.

We also paid the “Tip” online so that we have less to deal with on the last day of the cruise.  Each ship handles tipping a little differently. At NCL, they collect a tip/service charge that is divided up between the various service staff who provide service to everyone. That does not mean that we won’t tip staff who provide excellent service though.  In fact, we will tip our cabin steward on the second day so that he will really want to provide excellent service, every day, for the 14-day cruise.

Boy, do they know how to get you excited about your trip. But, they also know how to get you ready.

Just a little over a month to go.

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Turning Dreams into Memories,
One Vacation at a Time.
Bon Voyage!!!

As you might guess, this document is a compilation of information from our travels as well as from other travelers. I hope it has been of value to you.  Check out the important links below.

Don’t hesitate to email us when you return from your trip with any suggestions that will make this document better for you and your fellow travelers!

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