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I understand your concern. I also understand that the only thing constant in life is change. Having said that, my experience with Alaska, having flown them for 20 years with many of those miles flying within Alaska, while there has been changes in that time, the cultural sensitivity and services directed towards the Alaska native community has been upheld to a high degree. As good as it once was? No. But corporate greed has not been the primary motivational factor when it concerned the Alaskan natives. They saved that greed for the lower 48 🤣 Their 49 Club has some good bennies.

Unless the ship has directed that I turn my passport over to them, my choice is to carry my passport with me wherever I go. If I'm on a land holiday, I may choose to leave the book passport back at the hotel, flat, or Air BnB, but I'll always have my passport card with me for ID purposes if necessary. But, that's my choice. Everyone else can do as they please.

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Thanks for the review. Some of the comments are funny. I liked the font. (maybe you were able to change it). Unless someone else is paying for your cruise or meals, feel free to order your steak however YOU please. Sounded to me like you went into the cruise with a very open mind and excited about the upgrade. However, it didn't meet your expectations and that's fine.

If you feel $50K fits your needs, then by all means do what you feel comfortable with. Myself? I always go with a minimum of $100K coverage. Regarding the "And I'm only insuring the 2 travelers." Yes and No. You're also insuring that if a non-traveling family member (parent, grandparent, sibling, aunt, uncle, child) should get ill or pass and caused you to cancel or terminate your travels, you would have coverage. But with this policy, if the underlying cause of their illness or passing was due to a pre-existing condition, there would be no coverage.

My initial concern is a low medical coverage of $50K and no waiver of pre-existing conditions for you or for family members not traveling with you.

Some people on here sound like my day 30 years ago or my grandpa 50 years ago. Grandpa complained that his dang kids had to go to school rather than work the fields. Dad complained about them worthless long haired hippy types generation who did nothing to improve the world. Gives credence to the ole saying, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

How many days out is the travel date? Airlines don't open booking until about 330 days out.

For me, Christmas day or Thanksgiving Day is a great time to do that end of year mileage run. Plane is usually half full. Give an extra smile or thanks to the flight crew because they are at work instead of being home with their family.

Good opportunity to teach them the power of entrepreneurship. Since cruises out of LA tend to have a lot of weed consumption on board. Bring the cookies. Should be able to generate enough revenue to cover all expenses. The above is said slightly in jest. I think this kind of thing is a great reward for their hard work.

Mercedes vs Kia Both have tires, engines, steering wheel, seats, & entertainment. Both will get you from point A to point B. One costs a lot more than the other.

Can't speak for the laws of Canada and actually can't speak for the laws of Missouri. What I do know is that in the US, you must (except for 1 policy I'm aware of) purchase your travel insurance within a certain time limit of the date you made your first payment i.e. the deposit. (The time frame is usually 14 days to 21 days depending on the policy if you wish to waive the pre-existing conditions or purchase a CFAR rider.) What is also regulated by each State in the US is whether you have to insure the entire trip to receive this benefit. In my State, Washington, you do not. Again, I can't speak for other States. That's why many of us recommend that people reach out to a broker who can help you personalize your coverage that best meets your individual needs and stays within the laws of your State of residency. I usually put my first deposit down over a year before my trip. I can't possibly know what my airfare is going to be because airlines don't sell tickets more that 330 days out. Therefore, it would be impossible to know my entire non-refundable trip costs.

Depends. Are you buying thru the cruise line? Cruise line insurance doesn't waive pre-existing condition. Or thru a 3rd party? 3rd party usually requires the insurance to be purchased within X number of days to waive pre-existing medical conditions for you and any family members not travelling with you. And if you were to include in the 3rd party policy, Cancel For Any Reason, then that also requires the purchase of the policy within X number of days of deposit. Having said all that, you don't have to guess or estimate your entire trip cost at that time. You can buy the insurance to only cover the non-refundable deposit, then call and add trip expenses as you firm up you travel plans or pay down the cost of the trip.

Not for me. While the 10% savings may sound great. The negative potential outweighs any positive in my book.

Coming from someone who books suites so I can enjoy the SL,,,,, You're not 100% wrong. Not going to say I'm not guilty, but I sure do work hard to remember where I came from. I used to book interior cabins. Now I'm able to enjoy a bit of my hard labors. Having said that, I do find the P's acting as the Primary social group while dismissing the members of the Secondary social group. In a way, I can understand. Many of the P's have sailed many times together to earn that status and know each other. Plus, they have earned a certain level within the social groups. On the other hand, I would think that one of the requirements after earning P status is that you also agree to be an ambassador for Royal.

Are you concerned that less people will be reading hard copy books, reading their electronic books, playing cards, reading a hard copy newsletter, sitting in the library, etc and that more people will be socializing via their wifi connected devices? I don't see how having access to wifi causes issues. I remember my grandfather complaining about having a phone in his house. His thoughts were that if he wanted to speak to someone, he'd just go visit them. If anything, it makes life easier. I could have taken more cruises had I been able to connect my computer remotely and had wifi calling that was reliable for work purposes.

Having cruised since 2000, I have never had a cruise director that made any memorable difference on my cruise experience on any cruise line. I couldn't name one from any of our cruises.

He was well respected on these boards and his willingness to share experiences, advice, and thoughts will be missed. My condolences to the family.

I'm aware of that. The person I quoted in post 11 was who I was directing the question specifically about the trains and train stations from Venice to Trieste. There are websites out there that are directed towards Venice and people dealing with accessibility concerns. It can be done. The question is does the person concerned want to deal with the limitations.

Yes they do. How are these trains and train station set up for HC accessiblity? Someone traveling with us may be in a chair. we need to start thinking about these things when planning the trip. We may need to make adjustments and accessibility will be a priority. They may even bypass Venice due to this and use NCL air and transfers unless we can figure out alternatives.

Gee, I hadn’t even thought of that possibility. I’m so glad you took precious time out of your day to respond. Thank you

What's the luggage situation on the train? I call myself Francis the mule when it comes to traveling with my better half.

Still 600+ days out. Our preliminary plans call for us to fly into VCE and visit Venice for 3- or 4-days pre-cruise. Then, we have to get to Trieste. The easiest would be to just go back to Marco Polo Airport and jump on an NCL transfer. Does NCL offer this service? Or is it only for those who book their air travel thru NCL and arrive on the same day? I did go back 10 pages to see if this had been asked and answered.

Are you aware of how Air2Sea works? These are consolidator tickets. The tickets were negotiated in price a year ago. Along with city pairs and airports. These are not the same tickets you or I may purchase from the airline directly. They don't take your request and then call the airline and buy tickets for you from the airline of your choice. They look at what they have available and then issue a reservation. It could also be that they do or did have ticket pairs that matched your needs, but only have 2 and you need 3, therefore unable to sell to you. There is an old but still viable sticky post on the Cruise Air board that can help one better understand how cruise air and deviation works.

I can't speak for every travel insurance policy sold in the US, but most treat Covid as any other medical situation. I cannot speak towards the rules, regulations, policies of travel insurance sold in the Philippines.