If you do a European cruise, get the air flights through the cruise also. Don’t wanna miss the cruise due to flight delays.
entropy12 wrote: “If you do a European cruise, get the air flights through the cruise also. Don’t wanna miss the cruise due to flight delays.”
You need to read, very carefully, the Terms and Conditions for those flights. The cruise lines do not promise that you will make the ship. They promise to make ‘every effort’ to get you there. They do promise to get you to the next available port which may or may not be the next port or even the one after that. They will be responsible for billeting and food while waiting to join the ship.
Still, flights through the cruise line can be a good deal. We saved a bunch on our last Alaska trip booking through Holland. But, I understand some lines do not let you pick and choose your flights. I’ve heard some horror stories about earliest departures, round about routings, long layovers, etc.
It’s very much buyer beware.
I still doubt we’ll be doing any European cruises. Wife was born raised in Germany and has little interest in Europe. I think we will be limited to ships leaving and returning to the USA. We’re also dog limited. She doesn’t want to kennel them for too long.