What do you like about Regent?

[Floridiana]

That sounds very good. The same vaccine you had in 2009 or a later, newer version?

[flossie009]

8 hours ago, Floridiana said:

 

Ours is for 10 years only.

The certificate of vaccination against yellow fever is valid for the life of the person vaccinated. This lifetime validity applies automatically to all existing and new certificates.

https://www.who.int/ith/updates/20160727/en/

 

 

[jillyf]

8 hours ago, Floridiana said:

That sounds very good. The same vaccine you had in 2009 or a later, newer version?

No need for another one. It lasts a lifetime. 

[Floridiana]

Thank you both of you for that information. The link is particularly helpful. Our vaccination would have become invalid in June this year and we thought we were lucky to travel to the Amazon basin just before in March. Now everything is good.

[Wendy The Wanderer]

16 hours ago, Floridiana said:

 

 

Ours is for 10 years only.

 

At the time we had ours, that was true, but it's since been extended to be lifetime coverage.  (Thank goodness!)

[Floridiana]

Thank goodness!

[forevertravel]

We are leaving Friday for Rio. We are spending three days in Rio and boarding the Mariner on the 17th. We did not get Yellow Fever shots. Regent does not require them and based on what our doctor said, and reading about people who took this cruise we opted out of it. We do not take malaria pills either. We never took them when on safari in South Africa. I'm bringing repellent for clothes and ourselves.

Regarding your other questions I agree with all answers. We always manage to get one or two additional nights at specialty restaurants. We have cruised with Regent for 11 years and have never seen any examples of "class system". Once you are onboard everyone is the same. It is not Queen Mary or Victoria with different restaurants depending on what cabin you booked. We never book penthouse or above. Frankly, I have no use for the butlers. We had them once (upsell) and I felt bad because they wanted to do extra things and we had no requests for them. They did get us extra reservations at specialty restaurants, but, frankly, we manage to get them ourselves by showing up and asking. Enjoy your cruise.