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Covid ruined our transatlantic from San Juan to Barcelona in whatever year that was maybe 2020 I think. Considering a trans Pacific basically Hawaii Australia and then they have this Tokyo Cruise which I don't know about Tokyo but from maybe Seattle and Tokyo? Pretty cheap so I don't know we've never done one of those maybe we should. 

I booked it though and we'll see how it goes I imaginatively fun hopefully I'm not odd man out.

10 hours ago, LisaLisa87 said:

I actually have no idea! It’s Royal Caribbean, though, so I’m sure it’ll go on sale if I eat a bit. 😉

In Paso Robles California wine tasting used to be free until about a year and a half ago. Now some of the places charge while others now require a reservation. Used to be able to just walk in. My favorite winery was Eberle. All good things must come to an end. 

Sometimes on these things they don't pour extra, it just depends on who's doing it but maybe you will get lucky and get a little more than half of the wine glass from each bottle!

13 minutes ago, gambler said:

On the Mariner this past May, if you had the drink package you could purchase it for I think it was $15 off at any bar. I saw it only in the paper compass. Ours ended up not happening because we did not have 10 people.

Interesting they needed a minimum.  It doesn't seem like it'd take a lot of resources.  I guess its all about profits vs making the customer happy.  I could see with a tour bus or van maybe having a minimum but on the ship?

It's fun with her. Not alone unless it's free!😁

4 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

I thought it was a "wines from female-owned/run wineries" type gimmick.

The title sounds like women only or maybe implied...but it says  a sensorial adventure presenting seven exquisite wines, each a masterpiece crafted by talented female winemakers.

So ya to me it should say Women of Wine (Women Wine Makers)-Tasting Experience. It makes it sound like the Women of Wine Tasting, the women who booked it, will be tasting. But why would it be odd for a man to go if it is actually better described as Women of Wine (Women Wine Makers)-Tasting Experience.

I might  do it anyway, she dont wanna do it alone. Id be ok doing a Men Bourbon tasting thing alone but she's not quite like me.  But I bet they couldn't exclude any gender (M, F and whatever the new genders are).

This feels like a stupid question. They probably can't legally exclude men or whatever gender people want to identify by, but were there men Doing the wine tasting? I initially thought ohh that'd be cool for my wife because it sounds like a woman's event, but then I got to thinking she'd probably want me to go because we enjoy that kind of thing together usually. But I don't wanna be like the only guy there and everybody looking at me like what the heck is he doing here? When any of you went or their men?

Thanks, Steve.

The cruise line said if the flights were late under their package and the ship was close enough from departure, they would "helicopter" us out. LOL, Yeah right. All my years never seen a helicopter but heard of them for medical emergencies. pretty sure they'd fly us to the next port and some kinda credit for the lost day or days.

about $1200 each out of pocket minus FCC's. Airlines carriage contract is within 4hours or we can cancel for a refund otherwise they will get us to destination. I've seen the airline willing to change final destination or even departure city if you talk like you know stuff(ie find flights to lessen their load rebooking and tell them as they begin to help you what you found and alternatives, especially when its a multistop change to get you there vs. direct)

I booked a cruise during hurricane season out of San Juan PR. We use future cruise credits and of course the cruise wasn't that expensive because It's not summer vacation but hurricane season. We booked a separate airfare arriving in San Juan a day early with a hotel before the cruise. And then on the return they stop in Miami overnight for which we have a hotel and then the next day returning to our home city. I assume the cruise line will not change embarkation and disembarkation ports but the itinerary. I'm not worried about an itinerary change more I cancellation of the crews.

I called a competitor’s insurance and honestly, I don't even know how they hire an agent that doesn't understand their insurance. They basically said they do not cover cruises, which I don't know if that's true, but he also said they don't cover delays or cancellations because of hurricanes. But it talks about inclement weather in their policy information which reads like I would need to be a lawyer to understand it.

What is covered on the trip by the companies individually themselves is as follows. The airlines I have tickets that if I cancel, they will give me a travel credit. Obviously if they cancel I can either be rebooked or in the event of a hurricane cancellation or something like that I believe they would refund it to my original form of payment if they're responsible and if they cancel for other reasons and the delay is too long basically. They have complicated fare rules but the gist of it is that if for some reason I don't wanna go I get a travel credit. If the flight is delayed and we must stay overnight, and we don't get there till the following day there's added hotel costs that the airline may or may not be responsible for depending upon if it's mechanical or weather related so I could potentially incur that cost. If the airline fails to be able to get me to my destination in time but I can find another airline and they don't cover the change that I decided to cancel and pay for a flight with another airline how would my insurance apply in this circumstance? Am I allowed for example to cancel and rebook if it won't get me to the cruise port in time? It might affect any hotels that I had that our past cancellation date because airline isn't getting me there in time for the stay.

The hotel will allow cancellation up to a couple of days before arrival, which I assume I should know by then if a hurricane might be canceling the trip. The same would be true for the return hotel. On the other hand, if something changes and I'm already part of the way and at the last moment they cancel I potentially could lose hotel money. I don't know what happens with companies like Priceline if there's a hurricane in San Juan and nobody can travel there but they've booked a hotel. This might be a separate question from the insurance because in theory they should allow me to cancel for a refund. But if they don't then what would happen with the insurance?

I paid additional money for the cruise which I called the cruise line, and they are uncertain what they would do although I know they know they just don't wanna say. I believe they will offer a future cruise credit and potentially a refund if you push them hard enough.

My question is how do I put all this together with insurance and what benefits would I get if something happened? Since it's not booked altogether airlines can affect hotels that won't let us use the excuse of the airline for example or the cruise won't let us use the excuse for the airline if we missed the cruise because of airline delays. We might have to cancel one airline and fly in another if I must get creative because of airline delays. What coverage would I need and are these things covered? One big one of course is would I get a refund for my cruise including the future cruise credits that have a value if I don't want a future cruise credit? They applied the value of the credits towards the cruise, but they could potentially say, “Oh, you have to sail within a year” of this cancellation. They could extend a portion at the future cruise credit and refund the portion that was not originally a cruise credit but they couldn’t tell me because they don’t want to answer but they know what they’ll do. Lousy games really. Have clear policies. And not wanting future cruise credit within a year they might not be able to go.

Some of the insurance covers medical expenses like having to fly because of a medical condition and trip interruption and all that. I looked over your specific insurance and it didn't look like it covered weather unless I get cancelled for any reason which is only 75%. I’m a little confused as well on your own policy stuff it did not read like some of the competitors which talked about inclement weather.

Any information would be helpful. Thanks