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Thank ypu for your answer. How many days before a planed tour do they cancel? The tour in Cherbourg is on my second day. So not much chances to arrange for another tour.

I didn't want to offend you - I was pointing out that either way I would need a bag big enough to transport a towel, so a small bag which I could also use in the evenings would not be enough. And I AM gratefull that you confirmed that the Loki bag is a goid idea.

There are hardly any options in Cherbourg and in Gibraltar and Tarragona we have only a short stay. I will visit the other places on my own. Therefore I depend on the offered excursions.

I think I will pack a Hamam towel or a long Pareo which I can also tie around the waist. My question refers to the transport of the towel which Costa offers and personal things from the cabin to the pool and back. Tank you for the confirmation - I will take my Loqi bag with me.

I am booked on a Costa cruise in September from Ijmuiden to Savona and made some reservations for excursions in English. As I read that English group tours are often canceled, I am wondering if I should change now to Italian instead to be sure that I will not be stranded at the end. I understand well Italian and can follow a conversation or explanations of a guide. But my speaking skills are better in English than in Italian. What would you suggest?

Looks great!

Hei, my bag is also from this brand! It's what I called in a former post a foldable tote bag. In many European countries supermarkets sell reusabke shopping bags made out of recycled PET bottles for a few bucks, certainly under 5€. They are bigger and more durable than the paper bag and hold also heavy items. They are not water proof but don't break when wet. Sometimes they have a nice print and often it's only a form of advertising for the shop. I usually take one of these with me when travelling and I first thought to use it for the pool. But then I would have to bring another bag when just wandering from one place to another on the ship. The shopping bag can be used in a multitude of ways too. You already listed a few things. I use the supermarket shopping bags also for recycling paper, PET and glass at home, bringing food and gifts to parties or to transport laundry to the laundromat while traveling.

I think the trick is to not to choose via destinations but to choose first one specific cruise. As my cruise didn't show up in the overwiews and I wanted to embarque in Amsterdam-Ijmuiden instead of Kiel, went to destinations/ports and chose there one of the ports. Then I entered criteria for the filter and chose my cruise.

I chose random cruises.

The screenshots for OP were from the uk page. But it works also for the German or Italien page.

2 Post, as otherwise it seams to be one pic instead of two.

On the page with the list of different cruises (or your chosen cruise) you have two buttons per offer: The yellow one on the right to choose your cabin. Tap the button on the left "See the itinerary". Tap on the pop-up again the white button "Shore excursions and activities". For each day you have slides with the proposed excursions. Tap on picture and you will see the details, incl. duration and price.

I have already booked an ocean view cabin in the middle of the ship on deck 1. It is on the "wrong" side, but as I won't see the coast from the window, it doesn't matter. Happy that I didn't choose 2468, which was tempting. Thank you for reaching out.

That would be amazing! I will report back.