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Lovestotravel got a reaction from NJCruisers in NJCruisers Freedom of the Seas Nov 17th Recap
Thanks for this review @NJCruisers!! The hotel prices in SJ are CRAZY high, but I was just able to book with Condondo with our Hilton Honors as well. I got nervous after booking, because reviews on TripAdvisor are not great. I feel a bit relieved reading your review!
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Lovestotravel got a reaction from Mycalpal in Air-to-Sea and Airport Transfers
Thanks for the feedback. Our TA is strongly recommending it, because of not flying in the day before. I know they won't hold the ship, but supposedly would get us to our next port (Aruba) if we missed sail-away from PR. It isn't much cheaper using A-2-S, in fact we are paying a little more than I find with Southwest. BUT, our TA is pretty adamant that we should do it.
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Lovestotravel got a reaction from Tammy H. in how long for refund
I am happy to report, that we cancelled our May 31 cruise on April 20th (after RC cancelled all sailings through June), and today we have received almost our complete refund. We are a few hundred short, but so far 4 credits have been deposited to my card, with the largest being the full cruise fare. So, less than 30 days and we basically have our refund. I don't know if this makes a difference or not, but we booked with a TA and she handled the refund request.
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Lovestotravel got a reaction from WAAAYTOOO in Refunds
I am happy to report, that we cancelled our May 31 cruise on April 20th (after RC cancelled all sailings through June), requested a refund not FCC, and today we have received almost our complete refund. We are a few hundred short, but so far 4 credits have been deposited to my card, with the largest being the full cruise fare. So, less than 30 days and we basically have our refund. I don't know if this makes a difference or not, but we booked with a TA and she handled the refund request.
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Lovestotravel got a reaction from Neesa in Bugs?
Yes, that is a good proactive feature, as long as they wash it each time! And, I always check the mattress seams.....with a flashlight.....my kids think I am nuts. ?
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Lovestotravel reacted to F1guynz in Royal Caribbean Suspends all US Operations
You won’t lose your deposit. You will either get a fcc or potentially a full refund.
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Lovestotravel reacted to AshleyDillo in Spending time in San Juan, Puerto Rico before/after Cruise
This! Get your luggage held at your hotel early in the morning Sunday (space is sometimes limited because lots of cruisers take advantage of this). Then go explore and go to the port in the afternoon.
Barrachinas also offers luggage storage which you could take advantage of both before and after the cruise.
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Lovestotravel reacted to pnk in Spending time in San Juan, Puerto Rico before/after Cruise
Hello! We are heading on FOS at the end of March. We fly into San Juan Saturday evening, and we set sail on Sunday. We are hoping to explore San Juan before embarkation (because we won’t have a lot of time on Saturday), but we aren’t sure the best way to do it.
Would it be best to arrive to the pier early on Sunday, check in with our bags, and then grab a taxi back to Old San Juan? Is there a better way to plan this?
Now looking after disembarkation - on a previous sailing, we signed up for the excursion where we could explore San Juan before our flight with airport drop off, but because of our flight time this trip (2:30pm) we aren’t able to do the same excursions. Any suggestions for what to do between disembarkation from the ship and an afternoon flight?
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Lovestotravel reacted to Jolly Ogre in Oasis Denied and MEI Awesomeness
oops... yeah I paid to learn the big words so I use em. ?
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Lovestotravel reacted to Jolly Ogre in MEI travel agents
+1 for @Matt for doing a lot of the prep work and guiding us to MEI!!
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Lovestotravel got a reaction from Neesa in MEI travel agents
I think this is super important to note, that "all GOOD TA's" should do this. We have TA (not an MEI agent), and I had to repeatedly reach out to her, to ask her to re-price when I would see others saving money on our fb group. Once she acted like it wasn't a thing. Finally after pushing her, she did it and saved us a few hundred. But, I am certain if I had another agent, we could have saved more. And, she only did it after me practically begging her to do it. She also didn't know how OBC worked. SOOOOO, I have learned a lesson! I will only use a TA in the future who comes recommended from this blog!!
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Lovestotravel reacted to Matt in MEI travel agents
You're not wrong, and it's why I always try to explain how not all TAs are the same.
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Lovestotravel got a reaction from Baked Alaska in MEI travel agents
I think this is super important to note, that "all GOOD TA's" should do this. We have TA (not an MEI agent), and I had to repeatedly reach out to her, to ask her to re-price when I would see others saving money on our fb group. Once she acted like it wasn't a thing. Finally after pushing her, she did it and saved us a few hundred. But, I am certain if I had another agent, we could have saved more. And, she only did it after me practically begging her to do it. She also didn't know how OBC worked. SOOOOO, I have learned a lesson! I will only use a TA in the future who comes recommended from this blog!!
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Lovestotravel got a reaction from Matt in MEI travel agents
I think this is super important to note, that "all GOOD TA's" should do this. We have TA (not an MEI agent), and I had to repeatedly reach out to her, to ask her to re-price when I would see others saving money on our fb group. Once she acted like it wasn't a thing. Finally after pushing her, she did it and saved us a few hundred. But, I am certain if I had another agent, we could have saved more. And, she only did it after me practically begging her to do it. She also didn't know how OBC worked. SOOOOO, I have learned a lesson! I will only use a TA in the future who comes recommended from this blog!!
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Lovestotravel got a reaction from rjweber3 in MEI travel agents
I think this is super important to note, that "all GOOD TA's" should do this. We have TA (not an MEI agent), and I had to repeatedly reach out to her, to ask her to re-price when I would see others saving money on our fb group. Once she acted like it wasn't a thing. Finally after pushing her, she did it and saved us a few hundred. But, I am certain if I had another agent, we could have saved more. And, she only did it after me practically begging her to do it. She also didn't know how OBC worked. SOOOOO, I have learned a lesson! I will only use a TA in the future who comes recommended from this blog!!
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Lovestotravel got a reaction from SpeedNoodles in 90-Day check-in benefit?
WEll, first I have to remember my password so I can even log-into the app!!! Ha! From my computer, Google conveniently remembers for me, and I cannot put my hands on where I wrote it down! ?♀️?♀️?♀️
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Lovestotravel got a reaction from raahc in MEI travel agents
I think this is super important to note, that "all GOOD TA's" should do this. We have TA (not an MEI agent), and I had to repeatedly reach out to her, to ask her to re-price when I would see others saving money on our fb group. Once she acted like it wasn't a thing. Finally after pushing her, she did it and saved us a few hundred. But, I am certain if I had another agent, we could have saved more. And, she only did it after me practically begging her to do it. She also didn't know how OBC worked. SOOOOO, I have learned a lesson! I will only use a TA in the future who comes recommended from this blog!!
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Lovestotravel got a reaction from WAAAYTOOO in MEI travel agents
I think this is super important to note, that "all GOOD TA's" should do this. We have TA (not an MEI agent), and I had to repeatedly reach out to her, to ask her to re-price when I would see others saving money on our fb group. Once she acted like it wasn't a thing. Finally after pushing her, she did it and saved us a few hundred. But, I am certain if I had another agent, we could have saved more. And, she only did it after me practically begging her to do it. She also didn't know how OBC worked. SOOOOO, I have learned a lesson! I will only use a TA in the future who comes recommended from this blog!!
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Lovestotravel reacted to melmar02 in 90-Day check-in benefit?
It only pops up on the crew interface - like so they can verify someone isn't using your sea pass card to get a drink. No one else will see it.
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Lovestotravel reacted to Matt in 90-Day check-in benefit?
The best thing about checking in early is you will not forget to do it later.
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Lovestotravel reacted to SpeedNoodles in 90-Day check-in benefit?
Do it on the app - scan your passport to get Expedited Arrival and you can take your pic right from the app.
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Lovestotravel got a reaction from GregD in 90-Day check-in benefit?
Thank-you for the info! If it is going to be used multiple times and pop up all over the place, I am going to work on getting a nice one! Ha!
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Lovestotravel got a reaction from Vangrizz in 90-Day check-in benefit?
Thank-you for the info! If it is going to be used multiple times and pop up all over the place, I am going to work on getting a nice one! Ha!
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Lovestotravel reacted to Matt in Another Cruise Ship Denied Entry to Port
Just a reminder, we do not all have to agree on the situation. Please keep the conversations civil and free of any personal insults or attacks.
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Lovestotravel reacted to melmar02 in Happy Thoughts - Questions
You know those days when you're tempted to list your children for sale on Facebook? Just saying my answers may be skewed a little today. ?♀️
We cruise to vacation together without always having to be together...it's nice to ship the kids off the AO so DH and I can have a little grown up vacation time too.
Right now I would take any ship...going anywhere...as long as it was solo.
On a side note...Anyone need a helping hand or two around the house? They can take out the trash, unload, the dishwasher, work in the yard...anyone? No? Serenity now!