Smiling Sam

Nancy - Good for you, but I'd say it was more luck, than perseverance. Regardless you had a good end result. :D (View Post)

British - I can understand why you would prefer Christchurch over Rotorua. Christchurch was very prim and proper - very British. Here's an example of the monarchy enjoying leisure time on the Th… (View Post)

krnknfzk - I found the Ponant/Tauck tour shore experience to be quite enjoyable. On my Venice and Dalmatian Coast Ponant/Tauck tour, the entire boat was not Tauck people. I don't recall the exac… (View Post)

kfnknfzk - You can go to the Ponant website or search YouTube to find numerous videos that describe the amenities of the various ships. I've done one tour on four different types of ships/vessel… (View Post)

I'm in the AlanS camp. I start searching prices for possible routes/fares even before the 330 day window opens up, just to get feel for what I should expect. I check prices for multiple 'ov… (View Post)