seamomster

I am always impress when the bar tenders are kind and learn the name of my elementary school age son, who abuses his soda card on the ships. I know it is such a hassle for the bar tender to deal with children. However the lido deck bar tenders and my son are all best friends by the end of the cruise. Our last cruise, my son would wave over the gentleman carry shots in the MDR. Ask for a shot for his mom. As soon as I would drink it, he would ask to increase the spending limit on his card. The last night in the MDR, the gentleman talked about how much fun he had listened to my son. Little interactions like that I really cherish.

Oh wow, I hate to hear about everyone having such a tough time. We have booked third party (Travelguard) for years. About 5 years ago we had a close relative who was unexpected admitted to the hospital with only about a 50% chance of survival a week before our cruise. We canceled the cruise filled out the form and had a check in the mail in about 2 weeks (full refund). It was so much easier than I thought it would be. 1 phone call and a few emails easy. This past summer, I thought we were going to have to file another claim when my husband broke a bone a few weeks before our cruise and could no longer fly. We were able to move the cruise to summer 23 and change insurance dates too! I now veiw travel insurance as a small fee to ensure a great trip.