Monday, January 7, 2008

Cruise Travel: Arrive A Day Early & Insure Your Trip

For more years than I'd like to count, I've advised cruise passengers to arrive in their embarkation port city at least a day before their ships departure. At no time is that more important than when sailing from a far-away, or foreign, port. There are just too many things that could go wrong involving air travel these days. Consider the many flight and luggage delays and, as my friend Amber Blecker discovered yesterday while awaiting her flight to Buenos Aires, Argentina, "the most dreaded word in a traveler's vocabulary associated with my flight... CANCELLED." Yes, a flight cancellation is the ultimate delay.

Amber blogs at CruiseResource News and planned to begin a "Live from" format to share her pre-cruise trip to Iguazu Falls and Star Princess South America and Antarctic cruise. Fortunately, she's rebooked her flight to Argentina for today, but the consequence of that cancelled flight meant more than simply a day's wait to get there. Amber's plan to see Iguazu Falls before she embarks on her cruise involves a connecting flight from Buenos Aires, which she won't arrive in time to catch.

Thankfully, Amber is a savvy traveler as well as a travel agent and has trip insurance. Her story begins with "Attitude is Everything" and you'll want bookmark her blog to follow her adventure.

For a peek at the sights, Cruise Diva recalls her trip to Buenos Aires and Iguazu Falls.

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