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> My wife and I are booked on the Emerald Princess that departs from
> Barcelona on August 9. At the end of the cruise, we disembark in
> Venice. We very much look forward to this cruise, for we have never
> before been out of the North, Central, or South America or Hawaii.
> Whooptido!
>
> We also booked our airfare and transfers to/from the airports and
> Barcelona and Vencie with Princess, although a number of writers on
> this newsgroup have said not to do that.
>
> If anyone else will be on that cruise, please let us hear from you.
>
> John
>
There are some occasions when booking air through the cruise line isn't that
bad an idea.
Two years ago we did a Norwegian Fjords sailing that left from Dover
England. With my diamond level status with the cruise line I could get free
air deviations - to pick my exact flights. But the bigger kicker was that
they included transfers from London to Dover. Cruise air for me at the time
wasn't that much more than air on my own (Newark to Heathrow). The cost of
transfers made it cheaper to use cruise air. They were included with cruise
air. But to do the trip (I think it was about a 2 hour ride) on my own
would have been a hassle (not knowing train schedules, where the train
station was in Dover, how to get a taxi, etc.). And to buy the transfers
from Celebrity would have made the cost higher if I added that cost to the
cost of air on my own.
So I ended up using cruise air.
But for a simple Newark to Miami type trip... they're absolutely right. Do
the air on your own.
Europe can be different though... especially if you don't know where you're
going. And with the devaluated dollar, simple taxi rides in Europe can be
EXTREMELY expensive.
--Tom
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