cat 7 and cat 1 vs. 2 cat 3 cabins?
Hi,
We are considering booking our first trip with Tauck, and our first river cruise. We are looking at the family Blue Danube trip for next year -- which seems great-- and we are trying to figure out cabins (this would be Inspiration class, most likely MS Joy).
If there are four of us (1 grandparent, 2 parents, 1 child) it looks as though it is about $500 more to get 2 category 3 cabins rather than one category 7 cabin and one category 1 (which certainly isn't nothing but isn't a tremendous amount spread across the cost of a cruise for 3 or 4 people either).
Leaving aside the pros/cons of whether the child shares a room with a grandparent or parents, does anyone have any advice as to which combination makes more sense. On an ocean cruise the difference in room size (and amenities) can be substantial, but I am not sure the same is true on a river cruise. Does it just come down to whether we'd rather have one smallish room and one largish room or 2 medium rooms?
From poking around it seems like the cat 3 loft rooms are a nice sweet spot-- does that seem right?
Also, I think one advantage of the cat 1/cat 7 combination is that if another family member decides in a few months that they want to join us, they could purchase a second berth in the cat 1 room. Is there any reason Tauck wouldn't allow that? Would the price for the berth go up as time to departure goes down (do they usually?), or would they honor today's price since I don't think they can sell the berth to anyone else? (Is that an ok question to ask on the forum? I'm not questioning the policy-- whatever it is--just curious what it is.)
Last, I know there is a forum specific for that cruise, but any feedback on the family blue Danube (with a 14 y.o.) would be appreciated.
thanks!
