Jump to content

Horizon chaser 1957

Members
  • Posts

    2,535
  • Joined

About Me

  • Location
    Chilliwack, B.C., Canada
  • Interests
    Cooking, crochet, cruising
  • Favorite Cruise Line(s)
    Holland America
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Asia
  • If you have a personal or hobby CRUISE or TRAVEL BLOG, include the url here:
    HTTPS://apassportinmyparasol.wordpress.com

Recent Profile Visitors

7,247 profile views

Horizon chaser 1957's Achievements

Cool Cruiser

Cool Cruiser (2/15)

  1. So you can’t cancel before the 48 hour mark, and you’re locked in after the 48 hour mark? How many minutes does the ‘you can cancel now’ window last?
  2. They are giving the cruise away for $49 IF someone cancels and a cabin comes open, and they aren’t able to resell that cabin to someone on the waitlist. Handing them your money to go on standby does not mean you’ll actually get to go.
  3. Welcome back, Scrapnana. You have been missed!
  4. Yes, but can you still cancel at the 24 hour mark? At the 12 hour mark? Or are you locked into Option 2 at that point? If you can wait until your personal no -go deadline, then cancel, it would be great.
  5. Interesting. Does that mean you can cancel for a full refund anytime during that final 48 hours?
  6. Good morning, all! Well, the clocks have changed, but somehow the day remains the same. We have never been to Cairo, but we have been to Safaga and were in a convoy of busses heading for the Valley of the Kings. A soldier rode with us, and we passed through many armed checkpoints. Our guide explained that while this was important for safety, there was another reason for all the soldiers. Egypt requires a mandatory period of military service, which means there’s a lot of young soldiers who aren’t career military. Manning checkpoints and riding with tourists is a good way to keep them busy instead of just doing drills day after day. The decluttering is painful and slow, but progress is being made. Now comes my closet, which at this point is basically a giant box of fabric with sliding doors. My condolences @grapau27 and Sarah for the loss of Sarah’s dad. Prayers that Pauline’s sister may come around faced with the realization that the chance of reconciliation doesn’t last forever. Happy Sunday, everyone, and enjoy the rest of the weekend!
  7. How to water down benefits without watering down benefits: 5* had priority boarding, but priority boarding after President’s Club. Now it’s priority boarding, but after Club Orange, as in first time cruisers shelling out a few more bucks, and PC’s. With new Mariner levels, 5* will have priority boarding after Club Orange, PC’s, and 6*. Oh, I forgot Neptune Suite people as well. You’re still in the same spot, but the goalposts change. We have a timeshare at a high end resort in Mexico, so we’re very familiar with that particular game.
  8. Good morning, all! We are into the annual spring cleaning - in our case, sorting out all the ‘stuff’ that accumulated over the past year. Given that we were on the World Cruise last spring, we now have two years worth of ‘stuff’, including everything we picked up on our travels. I love DH, but the truth is a hoarder should never marry another hoarder! We visited Reunion on the Zuiderdam last spring. It is French, but also part of Africa. St. Denis is a fascinating mix of European and African. We took the shuttle bus into town and walked ten blocks to the heart St. Denis with the huge Grande Marche market and a long pedestrian boulevard with shops and cafes. It was a wonderful experience in spite of the overwhelming heat. The ship,was at a container port some distance from town. Because of constant landslides closing the highway, a new one was built on an offshore causeway running along the unstable section of coast. The ten block walk in the stifling heat was broken up by several tiny parks with benches under huge trees to take a rest. The old buildings were intriguing. This doorway looks like the clock from Beauty and the Beast. By the time we reached the Hotel De Ville, I was sure we were walking through a Disney movie. We turned one street too soon for the Grande Marche, and had to circle around. However, the detour gave us this mural and this view, so it was worth it. The Grande Marche. The indoor market takes up a full city block. There are carvings, clothing, linens, woven hats, etc. If it can be hand made on Reunion or Madagascar you will find it here. I did not leave empty handed! We had some cards to mail. The two young Frenchmen running the post office were extremely helpful. They made sure we had the right stamps for everything, put them on for us, and gave us a souvenir St. Denis, France stamp. They treated us like an aunt and uncle, not like strangers. Happy Saturday, everyone! Don’t forget to turn the clocks ahead tonight.
  9. BTW - HAL won’t be out the fare if the friend no shows. A casino offer fare is picked up by the company with the casino contract, not by the cruise line. HAL won’t be losing out. The biggest concern for the friend with the casino offer would be if stiffing the casino contractor black lists her for casino offers on her usual cruise line as well.
  10. Everything is open to interpretation, BUT: 1) The first person is not cancelling. They will be a no show. There have been many threads on this forum about the difference, and the penalties that apply to the first scenario that do not apply to the second, usually regarding the second person getting hit with the solo supplement or not. 2) By boarding time, a reservation can no longer be changed. No change fees would apply. 3) Again, with a no show, nothing is being transferred. The second party was already booked into the room, paid for, and checked in. It’s not like she’s showing up trying to take the friend’s place. If the friend was flying in and missed the ship due to a flight delay, the others on the same booking don’t get penalized or tossed off at the next port when the ship sails without person A. I strongly suspect the friend will never get another casino offer from HAL, but since she realizes that and doesn’t care, it’s no loss.
  11. So you are both already booked, but she will no show? Generally, if the lead traveller CANCELS, the booking is cancelled. If the lead traveller is a no show, the second person remains, and with no fare increase. How this applies to casino comp offers, I really don’t know. I’d think it’s the same.
  12. This is awful. Mind you, I don’t think that kind of predator would consider HAL as his hunting ground of choice.
  13. Good morning, all! Alicante sounds beautiful - one more place for the bucket list. Ive done a lot of lurking, but don’t get a chance to post until late, so I don’t. But I can drop a quick hello at least. Fabulous news about baby Murphy, finally home after facing such daunting odds in the beginning! We have unseasonable snow here, but nothing like @ger_77 is facing. We’re signed up on the Standby program for a short Alaska cruise at the end of April just to try it out. We live about 2 hours from the port, so even 3 hours notice before boarding cut off would work. My fingers are crossed! Happy Monday, and I hope everyone in storm areas has lots of food and wine stockpiled!
  14. Exactly. In the ‘70s I did my fare share of flying standby. It was very popular then, and the same principal, just MUCH more last minute and you’d better be sitting within earshot of the gate. Long, drawn out security lines and clearances have probably killed that particular golden goose.🤔
  15. You can’t get bumped on standby, because if they oversell the cruise, you don’t get a cabin in the first place. The whole point of standby is that you’re waiting to see if they have empty cabins.
×
×
  • Create New...