February 15
We’ll get you caught up on what we’ve been doing later today but we wanted to let you know about a great deal we found that some of you may be interested in.
As most of you know, in 2016 we spent 8 weeks traveling in Italy and Croatia after which we came home on a repositioning cruise. It was a great way to relax after 8 weeks of almost constant traveling.
In the fall of 2019 we planned to go back to Italy for 6 weeks to visit the southern part the country along with Lynn’s old stomping grounds of Sicily. We were also thinking about taking another cruise and, long story short, we decided to push up our next Italy adventure to spring 2019 and take another repositioning cruise. This time on Royal Caribbean. In 2016 we took Celebrity but their repositioning cruises only went to Barcelona or Southhampton and we wanted one that ended in Rome. The good news is that with the cruise at the beginning of the trip, once it’s is over we can FedEx our dressy clothes home and not have to drag them around with us the way we did last time.
What really sold us was the Itinerary and the price. Instead of 7 days of cruising across the Atlantic this time it’s only 5 days and we’re stopping at two additional ports in the Canary Islands. Right now they’re offering 30% off so we’re booking a balcony room (which we had last time and LOVED) for only $1100 each including port fees and taxes. That’s a 14 day cruise for only $2200!! We actually paid $200 more because we wanted a refundable deposit. Given that the deposit is $900 and the sail date is more than a year away (4/27/19) we felt more comfortable knowing we could get a refund if something unexpected came up. We leave from San Juan Puerto Rico but we can get there on Southwest very reasonably so that was no big deal for us. Here’s a link to the website if you’re interested in checking out this, or any of the other deals. We only checked out the repositioning cruises but they may have deals on other itineraries as well. The special offer expires on 2/28 so if you’re interested you might want to move quickly. We’ve got a great travel agent who handled our last cruise and is helping us again with this one so let us know if you want his contact information.
That’s all for now. We’ll post again later after our day of sightseeing in San Jose. Pura Vida.