Men's Sport Coat Required?
I posted this a week ago, but not in a very good place. Claudia Sails & British both found my original post (they can find pretty much anything in these forums) - and thank you ladies for your responses. But I thought I'd try again to see if any recent Rhine cruisers (particularly to any that attended the dinner at Burg Satzvey) can let me know how they found men's attire for that occasion.
ORIGINAL POST:
I going to ask the question, even though I've been on bunches of trips where a man's sport coat is "suggested." and only about 2 guys out of 30-40 show up in a sport coat. The rest, as I do, wear their "resort casual" attire - including for the welcome and farewell dinners.
I'd like recent Rhine-Moselle cruisers to let us know how many men actually wore a sport coat to anything. I ask this question because Tauck's latest guidance in their cruise specific booklet I recently received seems to be a bit stronger than usual. Here's what Tauck has to say in their booklet: "Your journey also includes one or two evenings highlighted by a special dinner or other unique event: "For these evenings,a sport coat and tie for gentlemen... are suggested and appreciated." Now, I've gotten to the point in my life that ties are pretty much wedding and funeral attire.
And - I find in the booklet only one dinner not on the boat - at Burg Satzvey. I looked online for Burg Satzvey and did find one castle banquet-looking occasion where a few men wore a jacket and tie.
How did the folks on recent cruises find this?
Thanks.
ORIGINAL POST:
I going to ask the question, even though I've been on bunches of trips where a man's sport coat is "suggested." and only about 2 guys out of 30-40 show up in a sport coat. The rest, as I do, wear their "resort casual" attire - including for the welcome and farewell dinners.
I'd like recent Rhine-Moselle cruisers to let us know how many men actually wore a sport coat to anything. I ask this question because Tauck's latest guidance in their cruise specific booklet I recently received seems to be a bit stronger than usual. Here's what Tauck has to say in their booklet: "Your journey also includes one or two evenings highlighted by a special dinner or other unique event: "For these evenings,a sport coat and tie for gentlemen... are suggested and appreciated." Now, I've gotten to the point in my life that ties are pretty much wedding and funeral attire.
And - I find in the booklet only one dinner not on the boat - at Burg Satzvey. I looked online for Burg Satzvey and did find one castle banquet-looking occasion where a few men wore a jacket and tie.
How did the folks on recent cruises find this?
Thanks.
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Interesting. We're departing on the May 13 Southbound Rhine & Moselle trip. Our green booklet has the same wording that yours does, but right below that in the packing list it says "Sport coat for men (suggested but not required)," with nothing about a tie. So you can probably do whatever you want. My recollection from our Blue Danube cruise is that about a third to half of the men wore sport coats but there were VERY few ties. Our itinerary shows one cocktail/dinner off the boat, in Cologne at Schloss Ehreshoven, but there will probably be another special dinner one night on board (they did that on our Blue Danube cruise). When is your trip? If it's after ours, I'll be sure to let you know.
We've been on a lot a trips where a sport coat for men is "suggested' - only to find almost no one wears one - certainly not anywhere the 1/3 to 1/2 you've seen. I recently read an article on how to pack light - one of the many out there. The article said if you're planning on wearing an item only once - don't bring it. I'm leaning toward not bringing one. But if I find from feedback here from recent cruisers that men did, in fact, show up in sport coats for an occasion or two. I'll probably suffer the pains of stuffing one in my suitcase.
I await your feedback from your cruise - thanks for offering.
Sandra, we're on the same departure! See my comment above. I'll be the one in black slacks and top with a rotation of scarves for all those dinners. Because the riverboat docks are right there next to Old Town Cologne, my interpretation of the itinerary for that day is that, although we'll have free time after lunch, we would most likely go back to our cabin to rest/change before departing for dinner. It would be very un-Tauck-like to rush people off to dinner directly from an afternoon of sightseeing.
Katharine
And how was Burg Satzvey? Not too schmalzy I hope.
Thanks for the update. Would love to see to a trip report at the end of your journey.
So.. eine gute Reise noch
If you are uncomfortable feeling ‘under dressed’ you might consider bringing the jacket. (;-)
The welcome reception was very informal. Our castle dinner was at Schloss Ehreshoven, so I can't comment on Burg Satzvey, sorry. I will do a report at the end. We've had absolutely delightful, sunny, warm weather so far.
Jeanne
We took this trip in 2016. Most of the men were a bit more senior than me, and probably more than 50% had suits or jackets. However, it was much warmer than normal for our trip, and on the occasions we all wore our jackets pretty much everyone had peeled them off within 15 minutes or so into the events. Was ultimately a waste......
So, check the weather right before you depart and consider whether or not a jacket is even practical for your trip. Otherwise, you will end up just carrying more weight and bulk in your luggage than you really need.
And no one will treat you differently or make you feel uncomfortable if you take the more casual approach.
But... She did say that fancy dinner attire would be appropriate for tomorrow's onboard Farewell Dinner (on the night before our last night onboard). Most men did wear coat for that dinner and a few (a very few) added a tie, so all was not lost.
Would be nice if Tauck's tour planners and tour directors sang off the same sheet of music. But it was a great tour. No rain at all, beautiful temperatures (generally in the 60s to low 70s).