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Here is the frommers article on the letter, note you need a positive test at least 10 days old yet no more than 90 days old https://www.frommers.com/tips/health-and-travel-insurance/how-to-get-proof-of-recovery-from-covid-19-for-travel

You won’t know unless you test. A positive test is not the end, try again for a negative test. Else you will need to go across the border with ground transportation. The rules for prior Covid are a process which can not be accomplished in an afternoon

If you don’t have Covid now just take the test. The requirement is that you present a negative test result, no more, no less. You could have 15 tests and if 14 were positive but one negative you fulfill the requirements. Don’t flame me, flame the bureaucracy

I was on the transatlantic from FLL to Barcelona then from there onto Rome. On the first segment FLL to Spain we had lots of enrichment activity. Once we were on the 7 day journey there was none except shore talks

As a reminder to those that lose their phone the first step is to have someone call the phone. It might be in your pocket or someone nearby will pick it up and tell you the location. I have been on one too many excursions which were needlessly turned around because someone didn’t take this simple step.

If you read the ship description on the website it says the HDMI ports are disabled

It is pretty quiet. I am traveling with my sister on this one.

Yes, tours sell out. The travel industry has lost lots of companies and employees. I have had quite a few wanted tours/waitlisted that I never been booked. In some cases I have not even been able to get transportation to do the tour independently nor have been able to book private tours. If it is a must do book ahead of time.

I think HAL is trying to protect their crew. The crew still must test periodically by CDC rules and if found positive, even asymptomatic, they are quarantined for extensive periods of time. The crew shortages are real and the situation is made worse by these quarantines. Protect the crew, protect the industry

Look at Shoppers Drug $40 CAD https://www.shoppersdrugmart.ca/en/health-and-pharmacy/covid-19/testing

With sufficient notice I would gladly take this offer. I am doing the whole tour and there have been some abridgments made since I booked.

Even though I use Apple maps at home I use Google maps and AllTrails for traveling as you can download a city map to be used without internet. Sometimes in a narrow alley among tall buildings I have lost internet. I always drop a pin where my ship is docked . There are other apps that allow offline maps; I think GPS my city also does

The work Visas seem to be a major bottleneck. In the case of the land and sea in Alaska the onshore facilities have lost many employees as people found other employment. Alaska, like much of the natural parks and wilderness in the US, relies on foreign and US college students for staffing. That has evaporated. As an aside and as an example our city is only opening 2 of our 4 community pools because they are unable to find lifeguards. Lifeguards are usually students seeking summer employment and who took the training at school.

Thanks. Someone on the Holland America board mentions Shoppers Drug/Phamaprix. They offer the rapid test for $40.

Waving hi! We are on the same cruise July 2. adding: during a sale where there was a minor price drop I was able to negotiate HIA add on for lower than the $50 a day. Always do the math and always call, you might be surprised

If you are staying within the secure area of the airport and your luggage is being transferred by the airline you should be ok. Be aware that AMS has some long distances to walk, if you are mobility impaired be sure to arrange gate assistance with your airline

I was able to add Have It All to a Canadian booking and now on my South American Grand Voyage segment it is being offered as an add on at $50 per day. always do the math.

If you are flying you need the test. If you use the shuttle or other ground transportation back to the US you do not. I don’t know the status of onboard Covid testing in Canada. Things may be different by July, so don’t sweat it yet

Someone mentioned earlier that the spring transatlantics are very cheap, starting below $600.

Airfares are escalating daily. I will keep checking mine biweekly hoping for a price break.

If you are a resident of the port state be sure to sign up for promotional alerts. I get last minute offers sailing from Galveston often. These are usually from 2 to 6 weeks out

Has to be, if we ever meet have me tell you my story over drinks. You won’t know whether to laugh or be horrified.

Picking up the HAL grand South America at Buenos Aires, Iguazu falls, Carnival in Rio then 5 or so days on the Amazon then on to Fort Lauderdale. This is DH’s bucket list item

Pretty much this indicates 100% protection. This is the great myth we are suffering under currently. There is an urban myth that vaccines do 1. Protect 100% 2. There are no studies which have tested vaccinated individuals en masse for the disease as we have done in with coronavirus. Many of us may be walking around with measles, flu, mumps, smallpox, etc… but being asymptomatic by virtue of our vaccination status we are considered 100% protected.

Don’t bother. It is used but I quickly noted the line for verifly was no quicker than our Neanderthal line.