Thejuggler

Due to potential strike action which may result in trains being cancelled and refund of tickets costs, use an official train operating company website and not an agent with a large marketing budget that charges fees.

As its only for charging an EU 2 pin with USB ports will do the job. You just need to decide which USB types you need. This should do: https://www.amazon.com/European-VINTAR-Foldable-International-Essentials/dp/B0BY1VWM9J/ref=sr_1_7

I wouldn't be fearful of the train, its old, rattly stock, but that's the fun!

Depends what you are looking at. Popular smaller independents may well require a booking, especially at weekends. However most venues don't have an issue with you cancelling if plans change. Popular restaurants will fill the seats.

We cruise for destinations, but the ever increasing size of ships doesn't appeal. It is therefore highly unlikely P&O would be chosen by us above all other providers.

If I wanted a day trip to Berlin I wouldn't start from Rostock! We did morning in Warnemunde and then an afternoon trip on the Molli train along the coast. Very pleasant and we had a great young guide who explained what the area and life were like when it was part of East Germany (something most on the tour had forgotten about). The only downside was the tour arrived back 20 minutes before our set dining time.

Call direct, as anything above 8 can be dealt with as group booking.

Sounds like the system worked. We had passengers in the queue who were tight for flights departing around 11am (we were in the queue at about 10am), but airport staff were very good at calling out destinations and prioritising passengers with tight connections.

We did pre clearance for a NYC holiday in August 2022 and compared to the arduous process which is US customs in NYC (which can take hours) it was fantastic and a choice I'd make again. We flew to Newark NJ from Leeds via Dublin and the following is the process at the time. As soon as you enter Dublin airport terminal you will be directed to pre clearance. Lots of staff around showing you where to go. As there are many US flights within a few hours you will be in a queue of hundreds, but it flows quite quickly. You eventually reach an escalator with a US customs officer at the top who scans boarding cards. Once you descend the escalator you are on virtual US soil and under US jurisdiction and border force laws. You then join another queue for formal US entry approval. Passport, ESTA checked, photo and fingerprints taken. Whilst in the queue the staff will call for passengers on the earlier flights so they don't miss them. Following this you go through the usual airport security scanning. You are then airside in the terminal. The whole process is very efficient and takes 60-90 minutes. At Newark from leaving the aircraft to picking up luggage and getting our taxi was 30 minutes. Had we not had to wait for luggage it would have been about 5 minutes.

As long as its near a metro station getting to sites won't be a problem. If you are struggling to find somewhere I can recommend the Hotel Exe Cristal Palace, north of Placa Catalunya in L' Eixample, the heart of the upmarket shopping area and 5 minutes walk from Las Ramblas. Its on a quieter cross street so no traffic noise disturbance. Passeig de Gracia Metro station a short walk.

About the only time you will spend less than £5 on anything in London are public transport fares and they are cashless anyway. Buses you just tap the reader when you board as its a flat fare, the tube you tap on entry and on exit so the fare can be calculated. Most readers are on the ticket barrier gates at the station. Some stations don't have barriers, but you are unlikely to venture to them if you are staying central. As a result the majority of people use cards or apple/google pay. I'd certainly set up every card on a phone as its a useful alternative.

The trick with Celebrity is to book when they have an OBC offer. You can then use that to upgrade to the full drinks package and the cruise becomes almost all inclusive.

HOHO are great for an overview and the commentary is always useful if you get a knowledgable guide as there is so much history in London. However to get from one area to the next public transport is better. Underground for longer trips, but for shorter hops use the buses. They are plentiful, have a flat fare of £1.75 per trip (regardless of distance) and a daily cap, you just need contactless or Oyster payment cards (one per person). It needs some planning to know which bus and which stop, but Citymapper app can provide all this information. My last visit I took a seat on a bus and happened to be sat near a guide who had some visitors. I had a free HOHO experience between the Tower and Trafalgar Square as he explained what was being seen along the route! Joolz Guides is a fantastic youtube channel if you want to know interesting facts about different areas of London.

Rabbie's are a long established tour company that do dozens of tours every year. I am surprised they have not told you where you need to meet them.

Le Verdon. Not seen it on a trip for a long time. Nothing worth getting off ship for, but after a day at sea you may want to. Small town and huge beach. Cartagena smaller Spanish town, Barcelona and Cadiz offer more.