txskier

I think at this point you have to decide are you booking for the ship, the itinerary or just the price?

The more we cruise.....that seems to be the reasons I look for.

airboat tour for sure

eat, drink and be lazy too

Hampton Inn Brickell....this is not your typical Hampton Inn. We have stayed in this Hampton Inn on 4 trips. Last trip we were there 4 nights. Brickell neighborhood is easy to walk with plenty of places to eat. There is also a Publix nearby for something you might have forgotten.

We hang at one of the pools. Chairs are easy to find. No crowds getting food for lunch.

I have to order it well done too. Less goo and more cake like.

try Hot Wire

I used Hot Wire for post and pre cruise hotel stays. I would look at it for a couple of weeks at areas of Boston to get an idea of pricing and some hotels offered. 

getting excited as we board the Escape on the 31st......departing for Rome on the 26th!

Our cruise is Sat Nov27. We fly out on Thanksgiving day. Thanksgiving day is most likely lost due to a holiday. Friday Nov26 50-50 as some people take vacations. I ended up ordering test kits from emed.

CVS/Walgreens is not as easy as one thinks, due to making appts......and the they need to have enough kits on hand.

Carnival made it easy when they were going to test on site. Not sure why they failed and gave up.

When we flew to Cozumel July04 for 6 nights, for the return we needed a test to board the flight. The hotel took care of arranging the test, we waited for the results.

heading to Cozumel in July

don't mind reading along!😁

trip insurance, don't leave home without it. I had the trip insurance on a cruise, had a heart attack. You don't want to pay for a jet ambulance out of your pocket.

try Galveston Limo

4 weeks to go

Once when I had to use our trip insurance, the travel insurance desk secured the jet ambulance from Bonaire to Fort Lauderdale when I had a heart attack while docked in Bonaire.

For those who like to self insure, do you know exactly who to call? Yes there are medi-evac groups to join but I would suspect that like most of us we we choose to buy travel insurance or not and leave it at that.

My wife probably would have been more frantic without the assistance of the "travel desk 1-800 number"

I would check out the Marriott at the IAH between terminals 2 and 3. They have an onsite restaurant. We stay there when we have an early flight out of IAH. You can grab your bags and take the underground tram to the hotel.

excellent start Chris! Thanks

Dan

without looking on my last key card I think it is in the theater

don't forget Medical Evacuation in addition to Medical Coverage.

That jet ambulance from Bonaire to Fort Laurderdale cost my travel insurance $25G. Not all private insurance covers out of country.

My private insurance would have paid but they dragged their feet in processing the claim so they went to the travel insurance.

Remember when traveling through the Caribbean, 3rd world countries and the local hospitals are not set up for trauma. I happened to have had a heart attack while docked in Bonaire.

I happened to have had the insurance bought through United Cruises, can't remember the name off the top of my head. It worked and it paid.

We just came off of the May 20 sailing on the Breeze. We went to Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Cozumel in that order. Our formal nights were on the first sea Day (Monday 2nd night) and on Grand Cayman Day (Thursday 5th night). Yours may depend on your itinerary. We had fun and we loved the Steakhouse! We ended up in the Steakhouse on night 3 and 5, Italian on night 4. Anytime dining the other 4 nights. Happy cruising to you and your wife!

I know it is a year away(2019) but, tell me how risky is it to leave Galveston on June 1st for a 5 day? We usually cruise in early April or early December. We will purchase insurance.

extremely low risk of fog.....no better or worse a chance of a hurricane than FL, AL or somewhere else along the Gulf Coast

6!!!!!!!!!!

i would love to see turn ups in the dinning room, one of my favorite vegetables for the thanksgiving meal.

lol

you can catch the duck tour at 2500 Seawall Blvd (25th and Seawall) near the Pleasure Pier. phone is 409-621-4771

have fun!

still counting down

now at 64

my luggage tags I printed today say Faster to the Fun on the tag