Forum: Cruises
July 24th, 2010, 04:21 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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How to Avoid Pickpockets
On 7/24/2010 9:00 AM, Charles wrote:
In , Thumper
wrote:
And? What makes you think Asian tourists aren't ripped...
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Forum: Cruises
July 16th, 2010, 07:38 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 39
Views: 1,748
Compressed Luggage
On 7/15/2010 10:37 PM, D Ball wrote:
On Jul 15, 5:17 pm, Barbara wrote:
This upcoming cruise is 18 days plus 3 in Amsterdam, 1 in London and 1
in New York so...
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Forum: Cruises
July 15th, 2010, 11:17 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 39
Views: 1,748
Compressed Luggage
Good system. Most of our travel is international so we get one free bag.
So I don't worry too much. We almost never fly local. We'd rather drive.
When we went to New Zealand we were renting a...
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Forum: Cruises
July 15th, 2010, 04:20 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 39
Views: 1,748
Compressed Luggage
For us, we rarely check bags, just travel with a regulation roller and a
backpack per person. However, especially in Europe, discount carriers
like easyJet will not allow the roller on board...
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Forum: Cruises
July 14th, 2010, 04:15 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 32
Views: 1,052
My experience with Canadian money
Thanks for the idea of the credit union. I forgot all about my cu Debit
card because I never use it. It is 1%. Best deal so far.
Also I found that we can buy TIP PACKS from AAA (Auto club) in...
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Forum: Cruises
July 14th, 2010, 03:59 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 39
Views: 1,748
Compressed Luggage
Has anyone tried using those bags where you suck out all the air with
your vacuum for packing your luggage?
I thought it was a good idea but then I realized, how would I get all
that stuff back in...
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Forum: Cruises
July 13th, 2010, 04:51 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 32
Views: 1,052
My experience with Canadian money
I just checked with my bank (Chase) and any Foreign ATM Transactions
have a fee of 3% PLUS an exchange rate of 3% PLUS a fee from the foreign
ATM. There is a minimum fee of $5. If it's a Merchant...
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Forum: Cruises
July 13th, 2010, 03:52 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 32
Views: 1,052
My experience with Canadian money
On 7/13/2010 8:35 AM, Bill wrote:
On 7/12/2010 1:41 PM, Charles wrote:
Barbara wrote:
I would never get a Capital One card after all the stuff that...
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Forum: Cruises
July 12th, 2010, 04:50 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 32
Views: 1,052
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Forum: Cruises
July 11th, 2010, 06:16 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 32
Views: 1,052
My experience with Canadian money
I misspoke on the returning of money to the exchange. My husband
reminded me that they charge big to take it back. That's where they make
their money. And that's why we always tried to use what we...
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Forum: Cruises
July 11th, 2010, 05:10 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 32
Views: 1,052
My experience with Canadian money
I don't know if it changed but several years ago my husband worked in
England for 3 months. I went over twice. We used this currency exchange
and they were much better than any place else. He even...
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Forum: Cruises
July 11th, 2010, 03:28 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 32
Views: 1,052
My experience with Canadian money
There is a currency exchange near us where you can buy all different
types of currencies. I was just figuring out about how much we'll take
for our transatlantic cruise in August. I want to get...
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Forum: Cruises
July 8th, 2010, 05:24 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 7
Views: 627
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Forum: Cruises
July 1st, 2010, 04:55 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 20
Views: 908
Shipping Luggage
Isn't that more expensive than paying the airlines? Why bother?
On 6/30/2010 11:41 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 17:10:54 -0500, Barbara Brown
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Forum: Cruises
June 28th, 2010, 06:30 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 16
Views: 973
Cruise without a passport?
On 6/28/2010 7:37 AM, GV wrote:
Are there any cruises available for U.S. citizens that don't require a
passport? Hawaii or possibly a river cruise? I'm not even sure about
Hawaii, though. Are...
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Forum: Cruises
June 24th, 2010, 06:07 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 9
Views: 700
Attention: RTC, A Mandate
1,932 cruises? A little unbelievable. At one per month that would make
you 161 years old. Even two per month makes you 80 and that's if you
started cruising at birth.
On 6/23/2010 11:57 AM, Jean...
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Forum: Cruises
June 18th, 2010, 10:50 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,347
Cruise Policies That Hurt Cruisers
On 6/18/2010 2:49 PM, Ari Silverstein wrote:
On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:28:42 -0500, Barbara Brown wrote:
They are no different from the airlines charging for every little thing
now. I heard...
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Forum: Cruises
June 18th, 2010, 04:28 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,347
Cruise Policies That Hurt Cruisers
They are no different from the airlines charging for every little thing
now. I heard they were going to offer early boarding FOR A FEE.
On 6/17/2010 3:48 PM, John Sisker wrote:
"Jeff Gersten"...
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Forum: Cruises
June 8th, 2010, 11:28 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 4
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Long cruises
It's called retirement. ;)
Actually, we took a vacation for a month several times while we were
working. After 20 years with a company we got 6 weeks a year.
Another time we took time at the end...
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Forum: Cruises
June 8th, 2010, 03:40 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 20
Views: 908
Shipping Luggage
Thanks for all the info. We're doing transatlantic and get free luggage
going to Europe. But we're flying home from NY and would have to pay for
the domestic luggage. We're spending a day in NYC so...
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Forum: Cruises
June 7th, 2010, 08:21 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 20
Views: 908
Shipping Luggage
Thanks for the response. What carrier did you use?
On 6/7/2010 12:28 PM, Rosalie wrote:
On Jun 6, 5:10 pm, Barbara wrote:
Has anyone shipped luggage through some...
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Forum: Cruises
June 6th, 2010, 11:10 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 20
Views: 908
Shipping Luggage
Has anyone shipped luggage through some carrier instead of paying the
airlines fees?
We're going a transatlantic and are thinking of doing that from New York
to home.
Do you have to box the...
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Forum: Cruises
June 5th, 2010, 04:50 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 15
Views: 914
best way to read rtc?
We have Wowway as our internet provider/cable provider and we get it
through them. It's just news.wowway.com - Doesn't Comcast have the
same? I can't imagine a big provider like them not having...
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Forum: Cruises
June 5th, 2010, 03:53 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 15
Views: 914
best way to read rtc?
What do you use to get/read your regular email? I use Thunderbird (it's
free from Mozilla). I can set up each of my email accounts (I have about
10) and my newsgroups. They all show on the left...
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Forum: Cruises
June 5th, 2010, 03:49 PM Posted to rec.travel.cruises
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Replies: 8
Views: 865
Electricity on board
Thanks, I tried to find it there and guess I missed it. Guess I didn't
use the right search words.
On 6/4/2010 5:14 PM, Warren wrote:
On Jun 4, 5:45 pm, Barbara ...
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