Grandma Cruising

Sibenik is lovely to walk around - you can walk up to one of the forts and get amazing views.

As Barney boy says the boat leaves from the Old Town harbour. We took it last time we were there but I can’t remember how often the boats were. It was a nice boat ride and we really liked Cavtat.

We’re on the Spain Intensive on Onward 13 September and our Azamazing Evening is also on shore in Gibraltar

In the past they have had a couple of places where you could book. The second one has been in a variety of places, such as Discoveries Bar, The Den etc. On our last couple of cruises there was only the one.

The most detailed description is accessible through your account. Click on Upcoming Cruises, then on Manage My Reservation, then scroll down to Excursions, click on the Paper/pencil icon. Click on the Available tab, then for each Excursion click on Details on the right.

Sorry about that, obviously I included the wrong link. Here’s the right one https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pEoojQ5-EPmD4cI3gw1dVcYfYTXfZePdDXxU09l0H3M/edit

One, it’s one per full 7 nights, so one for cruises from 7 to 13 nights & 2 for cruises from 14 to 20 nights etc.

The Bay of Biscay stretches from Brest all the way down to La Coruna, so from Southampton to Bordeaux you sail through more than half of it.

Definitely ring up to apply FCC to a booking. You should have had a communication from Azamara saying how much FCC you have. I don’t know how to see it on your account.

They will, but it’s best to ring up to book the excursions to make sure.

Some TAs have agreements with cruise lines that they don’t pay until the passenger is onboard.

But it’s better than the alternative ……as I keep having to tell myself!

Then swiftly transferred to your TA

Then let’s hope they have it too. Earlier in the year it wasn’t obvious on the bar top, I had to ask if they had it and it then appeared!

It does say that the upgrade doesn’t happen if you don’t complete the payment, so that’s always an option. Under the old system there was no phone call and no option not to pay. If your bid was successful you just got an email telling you and the money was taken from the card you entered in your bid.

There was Fever Tree on our West Africa cruise in Feb/March this year

No

We had Fever Tree in our West Africa cruise in March 24.

Thanks for the reassurance!

Not necessarily. There is a disco every night in the Living Room & you can make requests.

Booking flights only when final payment is due can be risky, depending on where the cruise starts and finishes. For us, it it includes a long haul flight, we often use Avios points to upgrade to Business Class. In order to get BA ‘reward’ flights you usually need to book as soon as flights are released (355 days ahead). For short haul flights we need extra leg room seats. My DH has a spinal problem, so can’t use exit row seats. Therefore there are few seats we can book and these tend to get booked very quickly so we always book our flights as soon as they are released if possible.

It’s exactly what happened to us earlier in the year - we were offered a choice of cabins and could have said no. Thanks for the information tgg. All added to the spreadsheet. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pEoojQ5-EPmD4cI3gw1dVcYfYTXfZePdDXxU09l0H3M/edit

The $0 credit item is the Amazing evening (or Destination Event). I haven't used this method, as I ring up - I find it easier. Maybe someone who has used it can advise you.

We book onboard then transfer tge booking to out TA, who just happens to be our daughter. She doesn’t give us any discount, but we feel that we are helping her and her family with the commission she gets. She often organises other bits of our holiday and in that case we are covered by ATOL (in the UK ATOL applies if an operator books 2 or more elements from an ATOL member). We also know that if we have any problems, she will sort them out for us.

Added to the spreadsheet, thanks