I am excited! I have begun the process of solidifying our trip! I will be working with the local travel agent at Omega Travel, here on post at Fort Benning, GA! Here’s the deal. Of course using a travel agent vs. booking straight offline is a little higher. But it is not too bad. Below are the costs, which include everything except the tips and gratuities. Please let me know your cabin choices ASAP! Once we have locked in the number of couples going (number of cabins) we can begin making payments on our trip. Let me put this little bug in your ear. These prices are great! My sister, brother, sister-in-law and I took this same trip basically (with the exception of one port) in 2006 and it was $500.00 more!!! Kid you not! We are getting a deal!

I myself don’t like things sprung on me and I don’t like being blindsided so I asked her to tell me all possible costs. Because we are taking a large group, the tax and gratuities are required up front. When I/we went, with only four of us, we paid them at the end of the cruise, after receiving our services. I believe we paid more than the (approximately) $70.00 they are asking up front. That $70.00 might sound like a lot to those of you who have not cruised before but it is $9.95 a day for your waiter and housekeeper. You will have the same waiter and housekeeper for the entire week. $70.00 is worth the special love and attention you will receive from each of these people. You’ll see! The only other thing that we might have to pay, once we are locked in, is some kind of extra tax if gas continues to rise quickly and substantially. Don’t worry! I got a call into God for that, cruise or no cruise. I just need it to regulate!

So here are the costs. Keep in mind; these are all per person costs based on two occupants per cabin, without the tips and gratuity added in:

Inside cabin – $704.83  (I had inside cabin my first trip, it was nice. No windows.)
Oceanview – $804.83  (I had oceanview for my honeymoon cruise. Loved it and was so glad I paid the extra for it!)
Balcony – $944.83  (I will probably do this one this time!)
Suite – $1223.40  (Fancy!)

What’s your pleasure? Which cabin would you like? You gotta let me know ASAP so I can give her the numbers, we get locked in with these delightful prices and we can begin making payments! You know what to do…

Holla back!

Itinerary #1
Day #1 – Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy
Day #2 – Genoa, Italy
Day #3 – Villefranche-Sur-Mer, France
Day #4 – Barcelona, Spain
Day #5 – Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands
Day #6 – Cagliari, Sardinia
Day #7 – At Sea
Day #8 – Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy
$999.00-Interior $1299.00-Outside $1549.00-Balcony $2299.00-Deluxe Suite

Itinerary #2
Day #1 – San Juan, Puerto Rico
Day #2 – At Sea
Day #3 – Bridgetown, Barbados
Day #4 – Castries, St. Lucia
Day #5 – St. John’s, Antigua Day #6 – Cagliari, Sardinia
Day #6 – Philipsburg, St. Maarten
Day #7 – St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Day #8 – San Juan, Puerto Rico
$679.00-Interior $779.00-Outside $929.00-Balcony $1429.00-Deluxe Suite

Itinerary #3
Day #1 – Tampa, Florida
Day #2 – At Sea
Day #3 – George Town, Grand Cayman
Day #4 – Costa Maya, Mexico
Day #5 – Belize City, Belize
Day #6 – Cozumel, Mexico
Day #7 – At Sea
Day #8 -Tampa, Florida
$499.00-Interior $599.00-Outside $699.00-Balcony $1099.00-Deluxe Suite

Itinerary #4
Day #1 – Venice, Italy
Day #2 – Split, Croatia
Day #3 – Corfu, Greece
Day #4 – Piraeus (Athens), Greece
Day #5 – Mykonos, Greece
Day #6 – Katakolon, Greece
Day #7 – At Sea
Day #8 – Venice, Italy
$799.00-Interior $1049.00-Outside $1499.00-Balcony $1799.00-Deluxe suite

Itinerary #5
Day #1 – Seattle, Washington
Day #2 – At Sea
Day #3 – Alaska Inside Passage
Day #4 – Juneau, Alaska
Day #5 – Skagway, Alaska
Day #6 – Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska
Day #7 – At Sea
Day #8 – Victoria, British Columbia
Day #8 – Seattle, Washington
$599.00-Interior $799.00-Outside $1349.00-Balcony $1449.00-Deluxe Suite