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by Shackell, Newquay, Cornwall (02 Feb 10 03:20)
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In total agreement. We did the same cruise on the Amsterdam last year and found the ship and the cruise wonderful. Of interest to note that we too had very calm seas around the Horn.
HAL service was excellent.
With regard to money: in the Falklands the GB pound is fine. And credit and debit cards are accepted widely in SA. Like Morris of Trowbridge, we had some local currency as well as US dollars. Don't bother with travellers cheques. Where you can cash these, you will be charged heavily for the privelege.
Hope all this helps. Enjoy your ruise.
On the Amsterdam they were happy for us to bring local wines on board - there is a small charge for corkage. This enabled us to discover the lovely wines of Uruguay as well as sampling some gorgeous chilean wines.
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by Ballard, Williamsburg (24 Jan 10 18:24)
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We are taking the same trip in two weeks. Please let me know if you used local currency in Chile, Argentina and Urguary or were US $ generally accepted.
Appreciate your help.
Barbara Williamsburg, Va
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by morris, trowbridge,wilts. (25 Jan 10 11:37)
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u.s, Dollars are widely accepted but we did change small amounts into local currency at A.T.M. machines for tips and small items , Hope you have as good a time as we did . We cant stop talking about it even now especially my 80 year old father who cant believe he ever did the trip apart from the wonderful photos of course.Wish we could do it all again . best wishes Joyce Morris.
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by Maxwell, Maidenhead (12 Jul 10 16:47)
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We are British and are considering doing this type of cruise on Veendam one winter and wonder if you had to book your flights separately and at what cost? Did the price come with the flights prebooked and may we ask who with? Many thanks................. Carole
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by Cheshire, Warrington (24 Nov 10 10:08)
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We have just booked this cruise for next November. We shopped around and the cheapest we came up with was through Thomas Cook. Their price was at least a couple of hundred pounds less than others and in most cases £500. All far cheaper than doing it ourselves!
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by morris, trowbridge,wilts. (13 Jul 10 10:54)
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Dear Carole in reply to your question we did book the package with flights. I looked at doing it ourselves but it was going to be more expensive and you also get the backup of a cruise agent if anything goes wrong. We did get a very good deal as we arrived home 2 days before xmas which is not very popular with a lot of people.We flew with TAM airlines to Sao Paulo with an onward 40 minute flight to Rio and our agent got a good deal of 1500 pounds each.We booked it last July for 4th December so it pays to keep your eyes open and ring around different agents We booked with coop future travel. Hope you do get to go as it is a once in a life time adventure. Best wishes, Joyce.
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