 Encouraging Travel Experience
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08/20/22 10:55 AM
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Worldrunner
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Ray and I have been traveling since 8/2 & have had no problems at all! We flew to Rome from LAX connecting in Montreal. Flights were on time & luggage arrived with us. Boarded the Explorer on 8/6 for 7 days ending in Venice. No Covid testing or masks needed.
Then we flew from Venice to Prague thru Vienna &, again, no delays or luggage issues. Spent 3 days in Prague & had a driver/guide from CK Shuttle take us from Prague to Budapest. Had a leisurely drive thru Vienna & Bratislava & spent 3 nights in Budapest.
Flew yesterday from Budapest to Athens with a layover in Istanbul. First leg about 45 minutes late but made connection fine & all luggage arrived. Just boarded the Explorer again for 22 days around the Greek isles & Turkey. Covid tests are currently required here as well as proof of vaccines but we hear that that will end early September.
Just wanted to share a good story after hearing about travel delays & luggage nightmares around the world.
Sue
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Re: Encouraging Travel Experience
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08/20/22 03:40 PM
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Such good news to hear. BTW, Happy Birthday tomorrow (8/21) to Ray  LOVE that you're having such a good time !
Marcie 
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Re: Encouraging Travel Experience
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08/20/22 05:58 PM
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RachelG
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Good to hear all has been smooth sailing and flying. We also had no issues with our Israel to Italy cruise in June (well, except for George coming down with covid when we returned).
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08/23/22 08:31 PM
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jbittle
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Just a short unrelated post that I didn't want to start a thread for. For those if you with pets who find medical costs high, there is GoodRX for pets. https://www.goodrx.com/pets
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08/31/22 02:29 PM
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Ms Understood
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Also a travel tip from a positive experience: get Apple air tags. I was able to get my “lost” luggage before our ship sailed because I was able to tell the airline where my bag was. It was In Minneapolis per the Apple tags though the airline had no clue since I was never boarded on that flight having been rebooked via Paris.
Also I was comforted on the way home when my Apple tags showed my bags were on my plane after connecting in Heathrow.
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Helen
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Re: Encouraging Travel Experience
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09/03/22 04:46 PM
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RachelG
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Looking into Apple air tags today. We had some other brand a few years ago. They were just ok, not great and ran out of battery really fast.
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09/03/22 05:48 PM
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Ralph W.
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I ordered some a week ago and it is taking a few weeks to get them.
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Re: Encouraging Travel Experience
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09/11/23 05:37 PM
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Jim B
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Monday 09/11/2023
Jan and I are doing a river cruise on American Cruise Line. Memphis to Nashville.
Going with 4 of Jan's Reid brothers. Kelly, Jeff, Greg, as singles along with Ryan & June.
Did find out there is another couple from Miles City also happen to be on our cruise.
Drive to Billings this afternoon, with Kelly at 3 pm. Meet up with Ryan & June at the hotel. Greg flies in to Memphis from MSP and Jeff from SNA
Tuesday morning shuttle is at 5 am for 7:00 am United flight to Denver. 2 hour layover and flight to Memphis.
Included is economy air, Peabody hotel on arrival, shuttle to ship after morning tour. excursions, Beer, wine, liquor.
Also includes shuttle to airport after disembarking, but the 7 of us decided to stay an extra day in Nashville before flying home.
Going to be interesting to see how this goes.
Jim
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09/11/23 07:37 PM
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We went to Nashville last year for a Signatures meeting. LOVED the Country Music Hall of Fame. Extremely well done. If you have the time I suggest you check this out. We found it fascinating. I think it was a smart move to spend an extra day there we enjoyed it more than we had anticipated. Of course Ken and I did meet in a "Honky Tonk Westin Dance Hall" . But even if you do not like country music the items they have on display are great. ESPECIALLY the cars, Elvis Presley's 1960 Gold Caddilac is on display.
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