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Old Feb 16, 2025 | 1:50 am
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palermo
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Originally Posted by HadesNL
Good evening everyone from the Holland America Line " Nieuw Ansterdam " cruiseship.
I've just been informed that for 2025 cruise season departures from Piraeus,
Holland America Line is offering a pre/post cruise package at IC ATH.
Please find below the cost per night and the option to chose for 1/2 nights.

It includes
- stay with breakfast
with pre cruise
- luggage delivery from airport to hotel room
- transfers from airport to the hotel
- transfer from hotel to the ship
- luggage delivery from hotel room to ship stateroom
or with post cruise
- luggage delivery from ship stateroom to hotel room
- transfer from the ship to the hotel
- transfer from the hotel to the airport
- luggage delivery from the hotel room to the airport

Only you can decide if this is worthwhile,
versus the option of booking the hotel independent on revenue rates or points,
+ arranging transport at own preference.
I'm posting this, so you now know why the hotel lobby is suddenly taken over by persons wearing a lanyard,
and wearing the cruise moomoo : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muumuu
(cruise moo moo is the most forgiving of all muumuu, it hides the cumulative accumulations in lbs/kg from multiple trips to the buffet)
and be confronted by sudden outrage : ":did you hear that Edna, they don't accept dollars?! "

Given how high the rates are in summer moreso the days of pre cruises (350 to 450ish) it is actually ok value taking into consideration taxi from airport is 50 and then the taxi to piraeus adds probably 25 more. In very low season, eg early January, the hotel is less than 150.

The issue with Athens is that there are not that many chain hotels which would appeal to the American crowd on cruises so upper tier international chain hotel (same happens with the GH) are extremely popular during high cruise season. That is reflected in the very high prices and the crowded lobbies.





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