Are Multiple Dress Codes Still Fun?

[Martita B.]

Dressing for dinner is and has been an important part of "The Seabourn way"~~~ whether it be a voyage in the Med, Asia, the Caribbean or a Transatlantic Crossing. I will continue to "dress" each evening for dinner, as many of us consider it a "sacred amd blessed ritual."

Martita

(*Marja

I visited with C. Miller

yesterday....they are both fine)

[Seabourn-nail]

That is good to hear Martha! Give them my regards! It was a pleasure meeting them two weeks ago. And I look forward to seeing them and their daughter in November. And yes, let's dress (to Impress?)! I'm trying to lose some Seabourn kilo's that I will hopefully gain again in November! I just love the "JoJo-effect"!

[PeaSea8ch]

I am with you ladies! I always dress for dinner regardless of the venue (including my suite). On formal nights I wear either my tux or white dinner jacket (I don't necessarily back both). On all other evenings, I wear either a business suit or blazer, slacks and tie. The only time I dine casually, is the night of the deck BBQ and Rock The Boat Show. This is just me. I have absolutely no problem dining at the same table with pasengers who choose to dress casually for dinner on a casual evening. We are on vacation!

 

Pinky, you are absolutely correct it is a "sacred amd blessed ritual" that deserves preserving! It is slowly being eroded away starting with the mass market lines and working their way up.

[Martita B.]

Peachy, as I suggested to Sir Captain Dr. Soerensen six years ago, "it all starts at the top, then trickles down"......the Officer's always dress in the evenings! We may run into the Chief engineer or others, during the day, dressed in their stained/oily boiler room suits......but come, 7 p.m. they are properly and formally attired in their dress uniforms for cocktails and dinner.

I feel dressing each evening is a simple show of respect to Seabourn, our shipmates, the Staff and especially the Chefs, the Galley and our special food servers.

Peach~~~can hardly wait to see you "decked out" on formal night!

Pinky

[Iamboatman]

Only one question: HOW???? :rolleyes:

 

On a 2 week cruise, I can have 4 or 5 shirts plus my tux shirt laundered, my wife have a couple blouses dry cleaned and my kids have 3 or 4 shirts laundered for about $75.00. We also use a great garment back with wheels from Atlantic which holds all of the long and cocktail dresses plus my tux and jacket.

 

At a cost of $300 just to ship my own stuff for a cruise, why not spend $100 on cleaning; have less hassle and save some money for the casino to take?

 

As for losing luggage, I think this is something that is generally not worth the effort. I travel overseas many times a year. I have never had my luggage "lost"; misplaced for a day or two - yes. (I also had someone take my bag and then realize the error...fortunately before leaving the airport!). But with a credit card and a bit of humor, you can live just fine until the luggage catched up. I just put my mindset into "It won't be a hassle" and the pressure is off...even if the unlikely event happens.

[Daneite]

As for losing luggage, I think this is something that is generally not worth the effort. I travel overseas many times a year. I have never had my luggage "lost"; misplaced for a day or two - yes. (I also had someone take my bag and then realize the error...fortunately before leaving the airport!). But with a credit card and a bit of humor, you can live just fine until the luggage catched up. I just put my mindset into "It won't be a hassle" and the pressure is off...even if the unlikely event happens.

 

We have had our luggage "mislaid" 3 times now and it is not a pleasant situation to be in. It happened twice in Istanbul, so instead of starting our holiday and exploring we were on the end of a telephone fighting for our luggage to be delivered before the ship left, the last time was in Tenerife last year, we flew in the day before but our luggage did not! At 9 am the next morning (embarkation day) we were told our luggage could not get to us!! We were doing the transatlantic with no ports between Tenerife and Fort Lauderdale so we were left with 5 hours to scour the shops in Tenerife to kit both of us out for an 11 day cruise! Not pleasant at all, by the time I got to the ship I was in tears, the stress just got to me. I have to say though everyone on that cruise were marvelous, we had offers of clothes from people we knew and people we had never met. We had a truly unforgettable cruise and enjoyed every minute but I would not want to go through that again.

Kathryn

[DisneyJen]

What a nightmarish way to start a cruise Kathryn!

 

I am hoping that we will find some way to forward our luggage to Barbados in December.

[Seabourn-nail]

We lost our luggage twice. Once in Venice and once in Capetown. In Venice the ships agent was able to deliver the luggage to the ship later that day, while the captain of the Spirit waited for half an hour (and all the guests on the ship). Very generous! We too had been shopping already on a Sunday afternoon in Venice and though I do cherish the nice things I was able to buy then, believe me it was not funny!

In Capetown, (before our cruise on the Seabourn Sun with 10 sea days before we would arrive in Las Palmas which would be the first town where we would be able to buy anything before the crossing) our luggage arrived the next day with our children. But the day we arrived, we also had to shop in Capetown and had a lot of stress.

We have also helped other people who lost their luggage quite a few times. So, the possibility is certainly there!

[bgood]

PeaSea8ch and 4kitties:

 

Be very careful about luggagefree shipping. Some Seabourn sailors have been hit with surprise charges for storage and delivery by local handlers on arrival at the ship. The charges exceeded the costs for Seabourn full service. Kinda tough situation because...they have your luggage! A word to the wise.

 

bgood

[Daneite]

bgood

Maybe you can help, why cannot Seabourn do the same as Silversea and Regent and publish the dress code pre-cruise? This would do away with the need to ship the luggage as we could pack accordingly.

Kathryn

[PeaSea8ch]

Be very careful about luggagefree shipping. Some Seabourn sailors have been hit with surprise charges for storage and delivery by local handlers on arrival at the ship. The charges exceeded the costs for Seabourn full service. Kinda tough situation because...they have your luggage! A word to the wise.

Thanks for the heads up bgood! If I even use the service this November, it would be one way to the Gran Hotel Guadalpin Byblos (nee Hotel Byblos Andaluz). I will have my TA check to see if the hotel charges for storage of luggage before arrival.

[bgood]

Daneite,

 

I believe they can and will do so. Takes some coordination to get SOPs in place...but there must be a way.

 

bgood

[bgood]

Paul,

 

Check with the company--because somebody's gotta pick up the shipment and deliver it to the hotel. Presumably that's what you're paying luggagefree for, but...

 

bgood

[JaneBP]

Certainly if available for overseas ports, I want Seabourn and DHL to handle it.