Rare onlyslightlymad Posted January 20, 2021 #1 Share Posted January 20, 2021 The Ponant ship Le Laperouse is on her way to Auckland. It's such fun to track her progress even though I am not booked on her. I look forward to hearing reviews from people who are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted January 20, 2021 #2 Share Posted January 20, 2021 1 hour ago, onlyslightlymad said: The Ponant ship Le Laperouse is on her way to Auckland. It's such fun to track her progress even though I am not booked on her. I look forward to hearing reviews from people who are. She will do Kiwis only trips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare onlyslightlymad Posted January 20, 2021 Author #3 Share Posted January 20, 2021 4 minutes ago, NSWP said: She will do Kiwis only trips. Yes I know and jolly expensive too. Still fun to track her progress though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted January 21, 2021 #4 Share Posted January 21, 2021 25 minutes ago, onlyslightlymad said: Yes I know and jolly expensive too. Still fun to track her progress though. Yes, $1000 a day job. Must be plenty of well heeled NZ Sheep Farmers booked on Ponant for her NZ trips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare onlyslightlymad Posted January 21, 2021 Author #5 Share Posted January 21, 2021 More likely to be dairy farmers these days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissie Posted January 21, 2021 #6 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Direct competition for Heritage Expeditions - which isn't cheap either. There is quite a strong " support local business" ethos in NZ at the moment so I'll be curious to see how they go. I tried to respond to their FB ads - but the Ponant website doesn't seem to know they are cruising in NZ ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare onlyslightlymad Posted January 21, 2021 Author #7 Share Posted January 21, 2021 1 hour ago, lissie said: Direct competition for Heritage Expeditions - which isn't cheap either. There is quite a strong " support local business" ethos in NZ at the moment so I'll be curious to see how they go. I tried to respond to their FB ads - but the Ponant website doesn't seem to know they are cruising in NZ ! I contacted my travel agent and she sent me all the info. Two cruises in Feb but the March departures are all chartered. Kiwis only (obv). Not suitable for me because of price and I have no holidays in Feb but I'm interested to hear about them. I shall live vicariously through the experiences of others. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissie Posted January 21, 2021 #8 Share Posted January 21, 2021 2 minutes ago, onlyslightlymad said: I contacted my travel agent and she sent me all the info. Two cruises in Feb but the March departures are all chartered. Kiwis only (obv). Not suitable for me because of price and I have no holidays in Feb but I'm interested to hear about them. I shall live vicariously through the experiences of others. Heritage has March departures https://www.heritage-expeditions.com/calendar/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare onlyslightlymad Posted January 21, 2021 Author #9 Share Posted January 21, 2021 10 minutes ago, lissie said: Heritage has March departures https://www.heritage-expeditions.com/calendar/ I will check them out but I'm heading back to work and no holidays for a while. All good. The anticipation is part of the fun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare onlyslightlymad Posted January 21, 2021 Author #10 Share Posted January 21, 2021 I was supposed to be on a Celebrity cruise now but have moved it to next January. Out of Sydney up to the islands and back. I am doubtful that it will go ahead though or, if it does, that our borders will be open to allow me to go to Aus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissie Posted January 21, 2021 #11 Share Posted January 21, 2021 15 hours ago, onlyslightlymad said: I was supposed to be on a Celebrity cruise now but have moved it to next January. Out of Sydney up to the islands and back. I am doubtful that it will go ahead though or, if it does, that our borders will be open to allow me to go to Aus. I expect our borders to at least some of Australia will be open by April Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare onlyslightlymad Posted January 21, 2021 Author #12 Share Posted January 21, 2021 12 minutes ago, lissie said: I expect our borders to at least some of Australia will be open by April I hope you're right Lissie. I'm a little more sceptical. Before this can happen the Aussies will need to eliminate community transmission to the satisfaction of our health authorities. Another problem with the Celebrity cruise we have booked is that it goes to Noumea and French Polynesia are not doing well at the moment. A cruise that only goes to Australia might be more feasible. I like the Azamara one that is NZ intensive and Norfolk Island (if Azamara is still a going concern next year). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissie Posted January 21, 2021 #13 Share Posted January 21, 2021 11 minutes ago, onlyslightlymad said: I hope you're right Lissie. I'm a little more sceptical. Before this can happen the Aussies will need to eliminate community transmission to the satisfaction of our health authorities. Another problem with the Celebrity cruise we have booked is that it goes to Noumea and French Polynesia are not doing well at the moment. A cruise that only goes to Australia might be more feasible. I like the Azamara one that is NZ intensive and Norfolk Island (if Azamara is still a going concern next year). Yes I completely agree re Noumea and French Polynesia - that's far more problematical. We've just come back from a southern NZ cruise - but that's it really for us for local cruising - I cruise to see distant places - and there's nowhere much I haven't seen in NZ or Australia. Maybe a land-based holiday on Hamilton Isl this winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted January 21, 2021 #14 Share Posted January 21, 2021 I hope it all goes well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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