Mary229

Not if you are boarding in Canada , then the antigen is 2 days

If you are an investor, not a shareholder seeking a benefit, and you have faith in a company and have done your research getting it at the lowest price possible should not be the ultimate consideration in purchasing. I set targets and if a stock reaches my target it gets bought.

That is the correct email. My email simply says Hello, please add the Shareholder OBC to these two cruises. Please see attached invoices and brokerage statement. Thank you. Mary………. PS Please confirm completion via email Then I add a copy of my cruise confirmation/invoice and a redacted copy of my most recent brokerage statement No more, no less, keep it simple

That is up to the investor. I bought mine many moons ago then swapped it out for low cost shares. 100 shares to get my OBC, if I wasn’t an active cruiser this stock wouldn’t t even be on my radar. as to the swap out I knew I needed a loss to offset some gains so I sold CCL then came back in after the wash period and bought some cheap ones

That has been my experience also, at most 48 hours turnaround

I understand the concept but I don’t think CCL is there yet. There is a lot of surplus in the industry outside of the big 3. That is where I would look for bankruptcy. Disregarding the emergency debt CCL’s actions during the pandemic do not speak to a company preparing for a potential bankruptcy. They jettisoned their outdated, fuel guzzling older ships and upgraded their fleet . They are now repositioning their fleet as a unified whole instead of a collection of unintegrated acquisitions. That is where I see the greatest possible upset to their customer base, the loss of the smaller brand’s identity as it is integrated into the whole.

As a person who lives an active life including backpacking, hiking and underground mining I think hiking boots are overrated. Many athletic shoe makers have a perfectly good hiking sneaker, Merrell comes to mind but there are others, and they are much lighter too.

The Canada page still says 2 days https://travel.gc.ca/travel-covid/travel-restrictions/cruise

Maybe Canada made a change. I will have to research.

Here is the official page, it says for entry into Canada. HAL is going to look at your test, your vaccine card, your passport and your boarding pass https://www.canada.ca/en/border-services-agency/services/arrivecan.html

Here is the current contract. I do not find a fuel surcharge included after a quick perusal https://www.hollandamerica.com/en_US/legal-privacy/cruise-contract.html

Please understand, my advice is not about statistics, it is about the OP’s state of mind. She needs to know she will be confronted with people of a different mind and she is already anxious. I think everyone is entitled to their perceptions but drawing from her perceptions I don’t see her enjoying herself on a cruise. Next year she may change her feelings regardless of what the state of Covid is or is not

Generally on a one week cruise you will have the same stewards, a team of two. Their card will be in your room.

I traveled in Quebec and Ontario annually for many years on business. The weather starts cooling significantly after mid-August. Check accuweather or other for historical weather. I think bright colors are fine but summer clothing will be too cool. Noting your Illinois location think spring instead

When to buy is dependent on the investor. The stock is not facing a trading crisis, for every seller, so far, there is a buyer

As a matter of fact I wouldn’t be surprised to see an expansion of land and resort options offered by cruise lines. Whether that would turn out well I can’t say. I planned the Yukon HAL tour as an extension of other western Canadian travel we had planned. I could hardly find in-depth reviews of the tour. Now there is a striking proliferation of the reviews appearing. My research was web wide not just cruise critic

I can agree with that message - less than stellar results. Some are predicting the collapse of the industry and the bankruptcy of Carnival - I don’t agree with that. There is more shakeout to come but I think that will occur, as it has been, on the margins of the industry . The cruise line industry like the restaurant industry was bloated prior to the pandemic. The hotel industry, on the other hand, was at the end of the cycle and was in need of new capacity. The resort industry was in its infancy and may enjoy an unexpected boom due to the current sentiment

I did too, it must be me….

Really? I haven’t seen those on HAL in years

I still like Uber, I know up front what I will pay. It is generally close to the taxi price maybe a bit lower but no surprises and it is on my credit card. I had two taxi drivers insist upon cash for long rides, that truly irritated me.

😅you thought the market was rational before 2020? It is never rational if it was we wouldn’t have tulips, beanie babies and crypto.

Thank you. I will be following along. We are doing this in reverse in late August

Taxi drivers have gotten so cheesy everywhere I go. For us it is now Uber or service.

Just saw the commercial. It is pretty upbeat and modern.

I agree about the service, it was excellent. I just didn’t like the recipes. The veal was excellent but it was a pretty boring presentation. We each have different preferences and a single meal on a cruise ship is not a deal breaker for me