26 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

Yup, Lauterbrunnen valley, just next to Interlaken.  

Sweet!  What do I win?

5 hours ago, mikemack8 said:

Sweet!  What do I win?

Free trip to Switzerland.  Contact Dave Spadaro for the details.  👍

Brooklyn Bridge.

On 4/21/2020 at 5:00 PM, Dawkins 20 said:

We took the kids on a little 5-day cruise out of Tampa a couple of years ago (Key West and Cozumel). They absolutely loved it. I've been on a few cruises and have started to sour on them over the years, but we got a smokin' deal on the one coming up in October so we decided to just do it and take the kids again. Like I said, they absolutely loved the first one they went on so it's basically all for them. Just can't fathom cruises will be up and running by October, let alone cruises out of NYC. I don't want anything to do with it even if it is running. TBH, I think that whole industry is in major trouble anyways.

Just outta curiosity, Dawk, what do you consider a sweet deal for a cruise? I have next to no idea what a good price range would be (obviously it depends on where you're going etc etc).

1 minute ago, swifty said:

Just outta curiosity, Dawk, what do you consider a sweet deal for a cruise? I have next to no idea what a good price range would be (obviously it depends on where you're going etc etc).

On the cruise that's booked for October, we got the kids sail free promo (you still have to pay the port taxes/fees which are like $150 per kid). They also threw in 40% off the second adult fare and a $250 on-board credit. 

So when it's all said and done, the fare for our family of 5 is around $3g. For a balcony room on an Oasis class ship, that's really good. 

On 4/22/2020 at 9:29 PM, RPeeteRules said:

Have a cruise planned for mid July to the Caribbean using Royal Caribbean.  We booked back in November.  I just paid the final deposit a couple weeks ago as we had a couple options:

1.  Cancel the trip prior to paying the final payment, getting a credit for a cruise through 2021 on what we paid (we’d have to pay $100 change fee that would go towards the credit, and lose our $225 insurance fee that we paid).

2. Pay the balance.  We can cancel the cruise up to 48 hrs prior to sailing for a full credit to be used through 2021.  If the cruise gets cancelled though, we can either get a full refund or likely 125% credit of what we paid towards a future cruise.

we went through that. 

it actually worked out better to take the refund. 

RC is just making it sound more attractive to take the future cruise credit so they can keep some cash on hand. They dont want to issue refunds in these tough financial times. But we took a refund and then re-booked.

30 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

we went through that. 

it actually worked out better to take the refund. 

RC is just making it sound more attractive to take the future cruise credit so they can keep some cash on hand. They dont want to issue refunds in these tough financial times. But we took a refund and then re-booked.

That’s what I’m thinking, along with being unsure if we will want to cruise in 2021, the refund makes more sense.

For the travel thread....I'm booking a vacation for April 2021 somewhere without wifi or cell service the second they release the dates of next year's draft.  

Sunset Cliffs, San Diego

On 4/25/2020 at 3:23 PM, Toastrel said:

Sunset Cliffs, San Diego

You didn't let anyone guess.  Nice picture though...is that through a port hole?

1 hour ago, eagle45 said:

You didn't let anyone guess.  Nice picture though...is that through a port hole?

Wide angle lens

On 4/24/2020 at 3:39 PM, Toastrel said:

is that for sale?

1 hour ago, mr_hunt said:

is that for sale?

From this ghost town I visited. Probably for sale.

COVID willing, I'm going to be taking a trip to Fairbanks, Alaska this Sept to try and see the northern lights. If we don't see them, we'll at least get so see some of the wilderness and Denali National Park/McKinley (no, not climbing it). Planned around the equinox since the data says that the Borealis are more active in that time frame, both Spring and Fall. Next year Greece is on the agenda for my 5 year wedding anniversary? 

16 hours ago, twistr said:

COVID willing, I'm going to be taking a trip to Fairbanks, Alaska this Sept to try and see the northern lights. If we don't see them, we'll at least get so see some of the wilderness and Denali National Park/McKinley (no, not climbing it). Planned around the equinox since the data says that the Borealis are more active in that time frame, both Spring and Fall. Next year Greece is on the agenda for my 5 year wedding anniversary? 

Great white water rafting there.  If you want to get close to the base of Denali, you have to take a specific route in the park.  Be sure to plan it advance.  The railway from Fairbanks to Denali is a great trip.

Still waiting to find out when we get to go to Ireland. My wife and I did book a trip to Montana for Sept just to do a bit of sight seeing. 

On 4/25/2020 at 3:23 PM, Toastrel said:

Sunset Cliffs, San Diego

Good to see you around again

Schmoopie and I went to our beach condo last weekend.  Even thought I spent 80% of my waking hours on the floor laying\grouting tile, it felt like a damn vacation.  Before that I haven't been more than a half mile from my house since early March.

22 minutes ago, greend said:

Still waiting to find out when we get to go to Ireland. My wife and I did book a trip to Montana for Sept just to do a bit of sight seeing. 

Good to see you around again

Thanks, likewise.

Ive got nothing on the sunset picture...not sure.  I'm going to guess a lake in Scotland.  Arizona for the other?

This one is semi easy.  I always seem to like taking pano-shots with my iPhone.

13 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

This one is semi easy.  I always seem to like taking pano-shots with my iPhone.

Fiji or Tahiti?

16 minutes ago, mikemack8 said:

Fiji or Tahiti?

Bora Bora?   I would love to go there.

 

I hope to travel here soon:

 

2 hours ago, mikemack8 said:

Fiji or Tahiti?

Yup, Bora Bora in French Polynesia, close to main island of Tahiti.