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Vegas Recovery - Future
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We go to Vegas once or twice a year annually for...
We go to Vegas once or twice a year annually for fun. It's obviously not a question of if but when Vegas gets back up to speed. I'm pretty optimistic so I think things will start looking up by the...
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Cruises
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Why your favorite cruise line probably isn’t going out of business, despite the COVID
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IIRC, during one of RCL's earnings calls, their...
IIRC, during one of RCL's earnings calls, their CFO indicated that they only needed about a 30% load factor to be profitable on their newer ships. So it doesn't seem like it would take a lot of pax...
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Cruises
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Cruise ban prevents billions of litres of pollution in BC
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The other positive we're seeing is the...
The other positive we're seeing is the sale/retiring of older ships, with the remaining newer ships in the fleets built with more environmental friendly features like plug in power while in port,...
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Getting around Vancouver during 15-hour layover?
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Just an update that workers on the Expo line (and...
Just an update that workers on the Expo line (and Millennium line) may eventually be at risk for labour action now too as their contract negotiations have hit an impasse. No job action is imminent...
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Canada
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Getting around Vancouver during 15-hour layover?
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IIRC, Skytrain isn't directly impacted by the...
IIRC, Skytrain isn't directly impacted by the transit strike/labour action. If heading to Burnaby Metrotown area, it might be viable to just take Skytrain from YVR to downtown and flip over to the...
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YVR Skytrain To Westin Grand On Robson
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While I'm sure the bulk of the industry is...
While I'm sure the bulk of the industry is honest, there obviously enough sketchy actors give the industry a taint and Vancouver is no exception. eg. There was a luggage fee complaint making the...
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Topgolf Las Vegas Suggestions?
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Thanks gengar. Great info!
Thanks gengar. Great info!
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Topgolf Las Vegas Suggestions?
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Topgolf Las Vegas Suggestions?
I'm heading down to Vegas for our annual guys' trip in a couple of weeks. One of the guys suggested trying out Topgolf.
I'm familiar with the general concept of the place and checked out their...
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Canada
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YVR Skytrain To Westin Grand On Robson
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Taxi lobby. A large contingent of drivers in the...
Taxi lobby. A large contingent of drivers in the taxi industry are of Southeast Asian decent and both major provincial political parties have been scared to upset them and lose their vote. As such,...
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Canada
Aug 31, 19, 11:17 am
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Downtown Vancouver Hotel Choice
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It's a pretty pleasant walk down Burrard Street...
It's a pretty pleasant walk down Burrard Street but may want a plan B if it's raining.
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Downtown Vancouver Hotel Choice
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The area is not the greatest but I won't hesitate...
The area is not the greatest but I won't hesitate to stay there if my choices were limited. On the other hand, it's obviously not the best area out of the hotels you listed so if prices/points are...
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TK in Istanbul Airport: Thread #2 - Lounges
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Flight from SIN to IST was on SQ and I was issued...
Flight from SIN to IST was on SQ and I was issued a boarding pass with SQ branding (and blue stripe across the top) on it when I initially checked-in in SIN with SQ agent. They also issued the...
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TK in Istanbul Airport: Thread #2 - Lounges
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Just a follow-up to my post while I'm in the...
Just a follow-up to my post while I'm in the lounge.
We were able to check our luggage through from SIN to CDG; though we did hang around the luggage carousel for a bit just to confirm that it...
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Canada
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YUL: Canadian Customs Sending Me to Secondary Inspection for Declaring Food?
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Interesting to know that the non Nexus machines...
Interesting to know that the non Nexus machines have a secondary question which I'm assuming is going to be the same for across the country.
I'm typically going thru the Nexus lane at YVR and...
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Celebrity Eclipse Vancouver-Time to airport
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It should be enough time with various steps along...
It should be enough time with various steps along the way to provide buffer. Rule of thumb is you'd like to get to the airport about 2 hours ahead of a transborder flight to give you enough time to...
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Turkish Airlines | Miles&Smiles
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TK in Istanbul Airport: Thread #2 - Lounges
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Thanks for the reminder. Yeah, it's not cheap...
Thanks for the reminder. Yeah, it's not cheap either but I really want to have a chance to head into town and explore again. I was last in Istanbul via a cruise with an overnight stay (didn't...
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Turkish Airlines | Miles&Smiles
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TK in Istanbul Airport: Thread #2 - Lounges
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Thanks for adding me to the wiki thread. Not...
Thanks for adding me to the wiki thread. Not sure why I didn't see it (!?!).
We're not flying until June but are trying to make a decision now if we want to get a hotel room or just tough it out...
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Turkish Airlines | Miles&Smiles
Apr 15, 19, 7:41 pm
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TK in Istanbul Airport: Thread #2 - Lounges
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Lounge Access at New Istanbul Airport?
We have business class reward seats, flying in from SIN on SQ at 7:45am on a Friday morning and connecting to CDG on TK at 7:10am Saturday morning.
Would we have access to TK's Business Class...
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Air Canada | Aeroplan
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Mini RTW Questions
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Any suggestions on how to handle a 24 hour...
Any suggestions on how to handle a 24 hour layover in Istanbul from from about 7:30am to 7:00am? The migration to the new airport caught us off guard.
I'm thinking of leaving our gear at left...
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Suggestion for stop btw San Sebastian to Paris?
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Suggestion for stop btw San Sebastian to Paris?
We're targeting to travel from San Sebastian/Hendaye to Paris on TGV in late June. However, we were tossing around the idea of doing an overnight stop along the way and are looking suggestions on...
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Cruises
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Allure of the Seas or
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We sailed on Allure fall of 2017 on a modified...
We sailed on Allure fall of 2017 on a modified itinerary due to a few of the hurricanes impacting a few ports of call. We've sailed on a few other RC ships over the years (and Celebrity) but have...
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Consolidated "Las Vegas Buffets - the best, worst, and questions" thread
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I like the Silverton's buffet too. While it's...
I like the Silverton's buffet too. While it's not too far off strip, we didn't make it there this trip.
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Las Vegas
Feb 4, 19, 5:03 pm
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Consolidated "Las Vegas Buffets - the best, worst, and questions" thread
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Thank TBS. Unfortunately I caught your reply...
Thank TBS. Unfortunately I caught your reply after we ended up going to the Luxor Buffer the previous (Thu) night.
Just a quick review.
We ended up using our F&B credits. Otherwise the bill...
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Las Vegas
Jan 30, 19, 12:13 pm
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Consolidated "Las Vegas Buffets - the best, worst, and questions" thread
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Hoping for some recent recon on what are...
Hoping for some recent recon on what are currently the better value buffets on the Strip and downtown, even if for breakfast or lunch. I've read the buffet at Luxor is decent and reasonable. ...
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Japan
Jan 22, 19, 7:57 pm
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CNN lists Fukuoka as a place to visit in 2019
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Jay71
Pretty happy we did Fukuoka in 2018. It was...
Pretty happy we did Fukuoka in 2018. It was initially only slightly on the radar for us as we were looking for a different place to explore in Japan. But we each had a couple of friends that had...
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