Booking Flight the day of Cruise departure
Aug 6, 2014, 10:09 am
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Some lines don't let you board earlier than the stated boarding time, and if you try, so do a hundred others. You're there, but waiting in a long slow moving line. We've tried this many times in the past, we now try to get to check-in about 3 hours after boarding starts. Still a line, but goes more quickly.
Traffic to the port was a mess and the taxi meter just clicked on and on due to the time waiting in traffic. Around 230, while eating lunch in the buffet, I noticed there was hardly any traffic at all at the port.
So, I am not heading for the port until after 2 this Sunday. The cruise sails at 6, so I believe the deadline is 4.
Aug 7, 2014, 7:03 am
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Trip insurance for short cruise is likely really minimal and always worth it for peace of mind: http://www.cruisedeals.com/clients/travel_insurance.asp
Another type of bag insurance that our TA (Jennifer at All Aboard Travel) recommended is ony $5 per checked bag and guarantees a check for the full bag replacement value within 48hrs of luggage missing is something called blue ribbon bag insurance.
It was well worth it for a recent Europe flight where 1 of our luggage pieces did not make it to our river cruise departure same day, so we had a check in 48hrs via express mail and were able to buy clothing for the bad weather.
Another type of bag insurance that our TA (Jennifer at All Aboard Travel) recommended is ony $5 per checked bag and guarantees a check for the full bag replacement value within 48hrs of luggage missing is something called blue ribbon bag insurance.
It was well worth it for a recent Europe flight where 1 of our luggage pieces did not make it to our river cruise departure same day, so we had a check in 48hrs via express mail and were able to buy clothing for the bad weather.