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To there and back again I used Regent Air since I felt more comfortable having someone who could deal with cancelations and changes in the current times. Both going and returning were not through flights. I was scheduled to fly from Washington Dulles to Paris to Barcelona with a night in a hotel to recover from the flight and to adjust to the time change. Air France cancelled the flight after several delays. I called Regent Air as soon as they cancelled the flight and was told to wait a bit and see what the airline would do. Air France rescheduled me for the next day for the same flights and gave me vouchers for taxi rides to and from their hotel and a hotel voucher for the night. When I got to the hotel, they said they had a problem with the airline vouchers and had us pay on our own, the charge did not appear on my credit card bill so I guess the voucher was accepted after all. The flight to Paris and then on to Barcelona had several delays and they left my luggage in Paris. I arrived at the ship at about four PM. Paris airport lacks the internal transportation system I am used to, no buses or trains to get from one end to the other, so I walked a long way along various hallways in eighty plus degree heat and found limited seating at the gate for the next flight. The return flights were on Icelandic Air from Dublin to Iceland to Washington Dulles. The fights were acceptable but delayed by over four hours. Dublin airport lacks the normally signage to lead you to the proper check in for the airline, I was sent to two different parts of the airport on different floors before I got to the check in, the gate had very limited seating , and you had to walk outside and climb the steps to board the plane. In Iceland there was a connecting bridge to the airplane but it lead to tower with a staircase which lead to a door where you had to get on a bus with no seats to get to the terminal. They do not list the gate for connecting flights until about an hour before they are going to leave, again there is very limited seating at the gate so I spent about five hours sitting on hard wooden benches which are in the main hallway.

I arrived in Barcelona on June 6 and due to delays I was going directly to the ship and they did not want to see anything including my passport, as far as they were concerned I was just in transit. This was a good thing since my travel health document was dated for the day before when the flight was cancelled.

I believe that Regent still wants you to report if you come down with a stomach bug so that they can keep it from spreading.

I just returned from the Voyager trip from Barcelona to Belfast. The Social Hostess was thrilled since she had recently been given permission to sit with the passengers, before she had to stand. She and all the crew still had to wear masks and until the last leg of the cruise off of the UK and Ireland I do not remember any entertainers being able to sit and talk. None of the crew could eat or drink with the passengers, but I did hear from a smoker on the last leg that she was able to sit and smoke with the officers. The evening gathering was at most three plus the social hostess and often just her and me for the first two legs of the cruise. The final leg was more normal with three to eight of us along with the Social Hostess, with this group she would call ahead for a table for us (she still was not able to eat with us).

I am to board the Voyager on June 6 in Barcelona. I am coming from the US so I need to fill out the heath form on the SpTH portal. I filled out the first part of the for on May 1 and received notification that the first part was accepted but I could only answer the health questions two days prior to my arrival in Spain. Regent Air changed my flight to Spain so I went into the site to change the flight information. In order to return to the form I was requested to enter my passport number, the Form Code (hich they sent me), and a Security Code which I have no idea where that comes from. I may be that the system will not allow me in until June 3, but I am concerned about filling out the form if there is an extra code which I do not have. Does anyone who has gone through Spain to board a ship have any suggestions or word on their experience with this form