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Ok that sounds perfect. Thanks so much for the info. With such good laundry service I’ll be able to do carry on luggage only.

I’m sailing on the Oosterdam in July and hear that Italy etc will be hot. So packing linen clothing. I have already purchased the unlimited laundry package. Will the linen items come back ironed or do I need to purchase the unlimited pressing package too?

I have been reading the Sapphire Princess roll call for their January 14 Machu Picchu extension. That’s in 5 days and it seems there is much confusion about whether their tour is going ahead or not. My understanding is that the MP rail line has been shut down again and Princess still hasn’t cancelled the tour? Wow. I really hope SilverSea doesn’t leave their decision that long before my tour. It’s turning what should be happy excitement for a trip into ongoing anxiety.

We have our first cruise with SilverSea booked for March 4 to the Galapagos on Silver Origin. We also paid for the pre cruise extension with them to Machu Picchu. Coincidentally, in December a work colleague of mine was stuck in Machu Picchu for a week when the protests started. She had a very difficult time getting home. I most certainly don’t want that stress to happen to us. My travel agent contacted Silver Sea but they will not refund us the cost of the pre trip. They say it is going ahead. So I guess my question to the Silver Sea frequent cruisers is how confident can I be that Silver Sea will take good care of us if we are in the middle of this Peru extension and something happens. At what point will they make a decision to cancel the pre trip and refund us? Does anyone have any experience with them and a similar situation ?