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Cruise Lines do not publicize the fact, for obvious reasons, that even after you have made your reservation and paid a deposit, you can move your reservation over to a travel consultant on a no-fee basis as long as you do it prior to your final payment. You will come out ahead if you do this on several levels.
Finally, we think that ports in Egypt are likely not to be cancelled and your itinerary, which is six months away, will likely operate as currently scheduled. Final decisions on itinerary changes are normally made 21 days prior to a scheduled departure in order to allow enough time for alternative port calls to be confirmed.
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Q -  How do we actually book a flight on the new Boeing Dreamliner? We hear such great things about the plane but I don t see any ads for it and I don t know how to go about getting on board this year or, if necessary, next year. It is likely we would want to fly her from Minneapolis to Los Angeles.
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As to your question: United will be years ahead of its domestic competition. exotic hotels in niagara falls They have 50 Dreamliners on order and the first will arrive at the end of this month.  The first flight will take off on November 4th from Houston to Chicago and we know the aircraft will be flying routes exotic hotels in niagara falls that include Cleveland, exotic hotels in niagara falls Los Angeles, San Francisco, Newark, and Denver.
Q My daughter, my only daughter, has come to me asking permission to join two girlfriends on a cruise aboard Royal Caribbean next Spring. There may be an older sister on board who is twenty-two if the line requires it. Her girlfriend s parents have given their consent, feeling that a cruise ship is as safe a place as our kids can be during Spring Break. We are being told that they have good security aboard. The kids will want to enjoy the ports, particularly those in Mexico and they ve promised us they won t be drinking. Just thought we would run this past you before giving the go ahead. Are we being naive?
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06 There is a State Department Advisory that refers to rape and sexual assault in Cozumel as a serious problem in resort areas. Date-rape drugs are used in bars and nightclubs throughout the Caribbean but the problem seems particularly widespread in Puerta Vallarta Mazatlan, and Cozumel.
All parents who are even considering travel on a mass market cruise line with teens to ports in the Western Caribbean and Mexico would do well to review the blog of Maritime attorney James Walker at www.cruiselawnews.com
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