Vaughn,Tao of the Travelle

Having for over 50 years I've never experienced this practice by Royal Caribbean on our air from LAX to Rome. We were checking on our reservations and noticed that no seats had been assigned, upon further review we discovered that we had to pay additional for our seats even though our airfare had been fully paid through an Air to Sea RCCL agent. No such disclosure was made during our booking and after multiple inquires through customer service of Royal Carribbean, no one has reached out, no offered any explanation. Please if others have similar surprise seat charges, ours was $110, reach out, what was your experience. Did RCCL compensate you?

We also changed our excursions provider from Shore excursions.com to the RCCL provider, allowing for better coordination via the RCCL app and of course not being left behind.

Cool we're staying near Trevi Fountain at the Modigliani Hotel, so please do call, leave a message everyone, perhaps an evening meet up at the fountain. Bring coins. Ciao..practice your Italian

Hi, That's great we've relatives in New Castle, planning on visiting soon. Look forward to meeting you, we're on 10th floor more aft. We've booked 6 excursions via the RCCL app. Still havn't booked air of course, we did get our $50 discount via Bank of America, I think we're supposed to actually get two of them. I did see on google flights this morning that air from Spokane to Rome was $694/RT, which is awesome but we'll see what comes after the new year. We've had a huge storm lots of snow, Gonz made a polar bear, with cub in the backyard. I should attach a picture.

We've expanded our pre and post stays in Rome, giving us 6 full days to enjoy the eternal city. All excursions have been reserved through Shore Excursions.com, Sorrento, then we got the 3 package deal, and snorkeling in Crete. Since this is our first cruise we got an Oceanview balcony unobstructed on 10th floor aft Port side. All gratuities are paid for.

Hi everyone, very early I know but wanted to encourage participation for excursion tips. This is our first cruise my partner and I, we're 69 and 46, an architect, and dahlia gardners & avid travelers, up for all adventures, shows, snorkeling, art, and cultures. For better pricing and smaller groups we use Viator, Shoretrips.com. Cruisingexcursions.com. Also check the ships daily program guide for contact details. We purchased Rick Steves book Mediterranean Cruise Ports an excellent guide for getting around Western Med. We're arriving 2 days early and staying several days after the cruise to explore Rome better on or own and surrounding countryside. We'd love share stories, hear insights from fellow travelers about Italy, or Europe in general. Also download and use local apps, here's ones for Rome.