traveling teacher2010

Great news Oakridger, thanks!

Just checked the navigator app for evening music on the Nieuw Amsterdam Panama Canal cruise departing Vancouver October 2nd and was so disappointed to see there were no lincoln centre performances listed! Hoping this is a mistake but can anyone shed some light on this? It's one of my favourite reasons to cruise HAL!

Thanks

Thanks so much to the above posters, Exactly the info I was seeking.

Re: required proof of vaccination and negative covid test result. Confused as to where to upload info to and also how to upload. Can anybody set me straight? Embarking from Vancouver through Panama Canal to Fort Lauderdale. Thanks all!

This saddens me. My best cruises were on the Maasdam☹️

HI Matt,

Thanks for posting the bar list. Super helpful. When you bought the signature package were you charged 18% gratuity on the whole package price? Thanks.

thanks everyone! 

Hello all,

On our upcoming 23 day cruise the Have it All package lists 2 Pinnacle Grill and 1 Cannaletto dinner. If a couple are both purchasing the package, would that be 3 dinners per couple or 3 per person (6 in total). Thanks!

32 minutes ago, robotpony said:

We. use a USD RBC card, and transfer money to that account ahead of our travels. This lets us time our conversions, and forgoes the extra fees many cards have.

Hmmm Do you earn travel points on that RBC USD account? My points card is RBC and perhaps points could be transferred from a USD RBC account to my other card. I hate not getting travel points for major purchases. I'm going to check it out!

16 hours ago, sunviking90 said:

We have a Mastercard that doesn’t have the 2.5 fee and that’s what we use for USD charges. We have had other cruise lines give us the option of having the charges converted, but we always decline as the exchange is not favorable. 

16 hours ago, sunviking90 said:

We have a Mastercard that doesn’t have the 2.5 fee and that’s what we use for USD charges. We have had other cruise lines give us the option of having the charges converted, but we always decline as the exchange is not favorable. What you can do, if you’re at least 4 days before your cruise is purchase onboard credit for at least the amount of the tips, or what you think your charges may come to. These are purchased in CAD so you don’t have to worry about the CC exchange AND right now they are charging $125 for $100 usd, so a bit better exchange than the current 1.30 ish. 

 

16 hours ago, sunviking90 said:

We have a Mastercard that doesn’t have the 2.5 fee and that’s what we use for USD charges. We have had other cruise lines give us the option of having the charges converted, but we always decline as the exchange is not favorable. 
What you can do, if you’re at least 4 days before your cruise is purchase onboard credit for at least the amount of the tips, or what you think your charges may come to. These are purchased in CAD so you don’t have to worry about the CC exchange AND right now they are charging $125 for $100 usd, so a bit better exchange than the current 1.30 ish. 

Thanks Sun Viking. I like your idea of purchasing onboard credits ahead of time. Scotiabank has a passport visa with no fees for international purchases so I'm also looking at that.

 

 

Wondering if any Canadians can help out here. At the end of the cruise, will HAL convert your cabin charges into Canadian dollars before billing your credit card? Hoping to avoid the 2.5% international credit card fee. Thanks Canucks!  

On 9/24/2019 at 11:52 AM, clherrer said:

Thank you Deb.  We are going to be there on Oct. 5 on Coral Princess.  We are doing the Antigua on our own and they just provide the transportation.  We will get some Q to bring with us.  The info on the tuc-tucs is helpful.  Will they take you up to the Mirador de la Cruz?  We definitely want to help the locals to not have to convert our dollars.  We have a list of places to see, so we plan on doing a lot of walking around.  Thanks.

Cheryl & Hank

Hi Cheryl and Hank, wondering how your walk around Antigua went? Any tips for us? Going in October?

Nancy

Forgot to say in my above post that we will be on the Sun.

Heading to Alaska again from Vancouver and have booked a 3 meal dining package. What do I eat in the MDR on the other 4 nights? Suggestions?

Thanks!