Tuesday, June 27, 2023

My Lecture Contracts for the Next Year and a Half

I am super excited to share where I will be for the next year and a half as a Destination Expert on board Princess Ships.


Of course things can change but this is a good outline of where I will be.

Bernie will not be with me on all of them but will join me when he can.  We have been fortunate to line up some house sitters in friends and family and that helps, especially in the summer.

Care to join me?

Caribbean Princess August 4 to Oct 19 doing Canada New England and Greenland cruise.

Enchanted Princess December 8, 2023 to February 26, 2024 doing ten day Caribbean itineraries.



Emerald Princess doing Canada New England.   Stay tuned for dates.  

Then watch for an exciting itinerary early 2025 that is in the works right but can not confirm.  

Life is good, especially when at sea!


Thursday, June 15, 2023

Booking EZ Air for Mediterranean Cruise


After booking the Enchanted Mediterranean cruise we now had to look at one way flights to Barcelona.

We did are usual search engines (all incognito) and was shocked at the prices.  

Now everything has gone up.  Anyone visiting a grocery store lately will agree.  But flights!

In 2018 we flew one way to Barcelona (actually one flight to London for a few days then quick jump to Barcelona) and we paid $350 Canadian TOTAL for the flights.

Now we are looking at $900 to $1100 Canadian, and even higher!  And these are just economy seats.

We then thought, why not check EZ Air.

I have used EZ Air on numerous occasions with good results.  Sometimes it is a great deal, sometimes it isn't.  When it isn't I book my own flight.

Biggest downside with booking EZ Air is Princess is booking your flight.  So if there is an issue, you have to go thru Princess.  And everyone knows how many flight changes there have been since the restart with flights.  If a flight gets altered I have to let Princess know and they have to contact the airlines.  

But this time it was worth it.  We got a 3 leg flight (all were pretty much 3 legs) Halifax, Toronto, London and then Barcelona for $800 Canadian each.


Now there are lots of good things about EZ Air too.  Princess will get you to ship if a situation arises with flights.  

Also I don't have to pay for these flights until final payment is due.  This gives me the opportunity to keep watching flights and if something better (routing, time or price) comes up I can change or even cancel EZ Air and book myself.

In the end, I am so glad I have something locked in and booked at a decent price.

Now time to book a hotel.