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Re: Guest Protection
No but it stays in your acct with Tauck and can be applied to another trip.
Also per my discussion with their agent it can be used for another tour's guest protection or towards your balance in general. We had a 2020 tour for Sep that was cancelled a few weeks ago. Fearing that would happen and with dates for 2021 filling rapidly, we booked the same tour for 2021 back in April paying both guest protection and deposit. The guest protection for the 2020 tour will just go toward the balance owned on 2021.
Claudia Sails
Americans are now banned from 87 countries.
As if it couldn't get any worse! I was just reading an online article that Americans are now banned from 87 countries. Our Italy trip for this year was cancelled and we were just about to book another Tauck trip when all this started. It looks like we will be waiting a bit longer before rebooking anything. 
JohnS
Re: Americans are now banned from 87 countries.
Saw the same article, lucky us huh? We also had our Tauck Italy trip canceled for this Summer (Uncommon Venice, Florence & Rome). We had it booked for our 25th wedding anniversary but spent the day in our backyard instead. We booked a 2 week Tauck river cruise for next July & are fingers crossed will be able to go.
need2travel1
Re: We Booked our Antarctica trip for December 2020
PureLuxury
11:47AM
cathyandsteve****attached are a few of my favorite shots from my December 2012 Antarctica expedition.
Pure Luxury- you can enter the URL of your photos in the "Attach Image" dialog box at the right end of the tool bar, so they are visible and folks don't need to click on your links, e.g.
AlanS
Re: We Booked our Antarctica trip for December 2020
A few of my favorite Antarctica pics...AlanS...thanks for the posting process!
PureLuxury
Re: We Booked our Antarctica trip for December 2020
Cathy, I highly recommend the BBC production of Seven Worlds One Planet, series One Episode 6. Antarctica,to get your fill, including Leopard Seals. If you are lucky, after your tour, Tauck may send you a DVD of the series. They have sent us several expensive DVD of this type of series and Ken Burns ones when we have returned from a relevant tour.
British
Re: National parks
Sorry, when I uploaded the 15 Utah National Parks, The image got randomized. Here is the ID of each image:
1 Rainbow near the entrance of Capital Reef NP
2 @ Moab, outside of Arches NP
3 Canyonland NP
4 Canyonland NP
5 Capital Reef
6 Arches
7 BryceCanyon
8 Zion
9 Canyopnland
10 Zion
11 Bryce Canyon
12 Capital Reef
13 Zion
14 Bryce Canyon
15 Arches
MMC95120
Re: Tourist Sites - Unexpected Delights and Disappointments
Working my way down the list, next tour up was England, Scotland & Wales which we took back to back with the Seine cruise that ended in London.
Can't say there was much in the unexpected disappointments category. We pretty much enjoyed it all with the exception of the dinner with a politician - not that I had high hopes on that one. We had some Tory blowhard that would not shut up so no one could ask any questions. Glad we only had him for starters and could enjoy the rest of our meal. I've noticed that Tauck took this item off the itinerary for the tour. No loss. Any days that were less than ideal had more to do with the weather than the sights - first few days were cold and/or wet. Thank god for hot tea.
Several unexpected delights starting with the kilt glad doorman when we arrived and the shortbread (and whisky) they greet you with as you check in to the Sheraton. We loved Bath though the TD about had to send in trackers to find me in the Roman Baths as I got absorbed in it then got a bit lost. The drive into Blenheim Palace was amazing. The bus turns through the gate and you just gawp at how beautiful it and the grounds are. Probably the most surprising delight - mushy peas. I was all set to find them disgusting and turns out I really like them. Who knew? [Haggis unsurprisingly looks disgusting and will never make it onto my plate again].
Claudia Sails