Hello all. My name is Kelsie and I am a 19 year old college student from California. I am organizing a cruise for myself and a couple close friends to go to the Caribbean in June 2011. I have a couple questions but would really appreciate any and all information you can give me…so here goes:
1. Travel Agent? Pros and Cons of using one to book my cruise and flight threw. If not a travel agent then what about travelocity and all those sites?
2. How does booking a cruise work? Can I put down a deposit in advance to assure my spot on the cruise and then pay the rest on a future date?
3. What are the hidden charges on Royal Caribbean?
4. What exactly does "inclusive" mean?
5. Ive read that insurance is optional. What exactly is the insurance they are talking about and would you recommend it?
6. Excursions and booking them…are they worth it, how do I book them, how much are they about, and are they worth it? Oh and which ones would you recommend?
7. I love jet skiing and read that a lot of the islands offer jet skiing. In nor and so cal for one hour of jet skiing it costs between 60 and 80 to rent one for an hour. Is this the same over there?
8. Like I said I am a college student. I have school and rent and a car to pay for so I need to start budgeting for this trip early. How much extra spending money would you recommend I bring for spending between extras on the ship/on land?
9. Are all the activity’s besides gambling free on the ship? Like the clubs and the water surfing simulator?
10. Ive read that the Caribbean is better to go to then the Bahamas, do you agree?
11. If you can offer me anymore information at all regarding Royal Caribbean in general, the Caribbean in general, or whatever please feel free to tell me. I don’t care how long or short of a reply it is I am going to read them all. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this and help me out!
Thankyou so much so far! Also something I forgot to ask about: my mom was telling me that sometimes you have to pay for bringing things you purchase off the ship to bring them back on. what is that about and what are "duty free" taxes?
oh lol and about the 21 thing my boyfriend is 21 and he is the one booking it
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This is my first time traveling to a connecting flight international. So i hope you can help me. My flight is @ 6:50 from Norway. I’ll fly with Brussels airlines and connecting a flight @ Brussels airport. My arrival there is @ 9 am and my next flight is 10:10 am fly with Jet airways to Newark. When I purchased my ticket, i also bough a travel insurance (baggage covers, trip/travel delay, interruption, cancellation and medical & dental coverage). What happen if there is too long que at the TRANSFER DESK + DELAYED ARRIVAL at the airport? Will i going to pay additional fee if ever the plane left? what will i do? what does this really mean: Incase of any delay, the decision of re accommodation would be taken by the airport, on the day of travel.
i am so stressed out. im scared. pls help me.
i have to get my boarding pass for my next flight to newark. can i print my boarding pass at home so i dont have to line up at brussels?
Ok so I am planning to visit a couple of European countries such as Italy Austria Germany and any others on the way, anyway my main destination is Italy where I want to spend like 2 weeks and the rest are like 5 day stops. So I called the Italian consulate here in New York and they said that they were booked until February which is a bit late for me as college starts by than. So I was wondering if I could apply at the Austrian Consulate and if I get the visa can I travel directly to Italy without having to go to Austria first. If so does anyone know where I could make some hotel reservations, and whats this international Insurance.
Thank you for any assistance,
Cris.
I am 23 years old, earned Master’s degree last year and has been working as an office manager for 7 months.
I am the yougest worker in my organization. My organization has 8 expats (Foreign Workers) and its my responsibilities to take care of their visa, travel, insurance, housing, and minor expenses (basically, they can work and stay here because of me). Of course, I have to take care of all the bills, fills, policies, contracts, stationaries, contacting with all domestic vendors and assisting international partners.
In the past 7 moths, everyone seems to think their jobs are so important and my jobs are NOT importance. (Everyone treat me like I am their personal assistant and don’t even respect that I am advance education just like them or even better than them) When they are upset or frastratued. they think it’s okay to shout or talk loud to me. They called me, "Moody" and told me to smile because they think my job is the customer service in the orgaization.
I am going to cite you some examples:
1.) It was my 3rd time taking this expat to immigration office for extend her visa. She should be able to go by herself so don’t watse my times, but I went with her since she asked. When we come back to the office, she said, "Oh, thank you for not annoying me in the immigration office"
2.) Another co-worker planned a big travelling and she always sent me in completed information. I have to change her travel schedule 5 times already. Last time, I told her, please give me complete information. She respond to me in total different topic. she said my cell phone noise are so annoying and want me to turn off my phone voices.
3.) The expats called me everytime when things around their house/office are broken. Once someone called me to get a message person for her because she feels sick.
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Is this the typical work environment? Please advice. Thank you
Sorry English is my second language!
I am 23 years old, earned Master’s degree last year and has been working as an office manager for 7 months.
I am the yougest worker in my organization. My organization has 8 expats (Foreign Workers) and its my responsibilities to take care of their visa, travel, insurance, housing, and minor expenses (I hope they realized they can work here because of me). Of course, I have to take care of all the bills, fills, policies, contracts, stationaries, contacting with all domestic vendors and assisting international partners.
In the past 7 moths, everyone seems to think their jobs are so important and my jobs are NOT importance. (Everyone treat me like I am their personal assistant and don’t even respect that I have advance degrees just like them or even better than them) When they are upset or frastratued. they think it’s okay to shout or talk loud to me. They called me, "Moody" and told me to smile because they think my job is the customer service in the orgaization.
I am going to cite you some examples:
1.) It was my 3rd time taking this expat to immigration office for extend her visa. She should be able to go by herself so don’t watse my times, but I went with her since she asked. When we come back to the office, she said, "Oh, thank you for not annoying me in the immigration office"
2.) Another co-worker planned a big travelling and she always sent me in completed information. I have to change her travel schedule 5 times already. Last time, I told her, please give me complete information. She respond to me in total different topic. she said my cell phone noise are so annoying and want me to turn off my phone voices.
3.) The expats called me everytime when things around their house/office are broken. Once someone called me to get a message person for her because she feels sick.
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Is this the typical work environment? Please advice. Thank you
I am a 21 year old UK citizen and want to travel from New York to L.A with my girlfriend (also 21) in the summer.
We both have full UK British driving licences and were thinking of buying a car on the East Coast and selling it later on at the Pacific Coast. We will get International Driving Licences.
How much could we expect to pay for a car in the New York area?
How much could we expect to pay for insurance?
Thanks for any help. 
I’m an international student and I got the schengen visa last year/visited poland through a study abroad program from the University of Minnesota (they took care of most of the visa formalities for me).
I want to travel to Western Europe on my own (France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Czech) between August 6 and September 7 with a total budget (Airfare+Europass+everything else) of 00. I know where to get international travel insurance from. I have sufficient balance in my bank account. The cheapest airfare I’m getting is about 00 roundtrip incl tax.
Upon checking the italian/french consulate site, I realized they require applicants to their chicago office in person. I have a summer internship and its pretty tough for me to take a day off….is there anyway to work around it?
The application also requires that I show where I’ll be staying. My plan is to cut cost as much as possible by staying in hostels. Do you think I should book a random hostels for this purpose? Is there a chance that they will rip me off?
Also, ARE THERE CHEAPER FLIGHTS? Should I wait till the last moment or buy now? Anything else I should be concerned about? Please let me know. Thanks!
For Christmas I am going to travel to U.S. by my car. My trip will start from Toronto, Canada and my destination is Maryland, U.S. I appreciate if anyone could provide me some advice or links regarding the regulations on driving licence and insurance while in U.S.
I was denied by the german consulate the other day because my insurance letter included the line "Benefit info is not a guarantee of payment", which my insurer told me was standard… has this kind of thing happened to anyone before … this was a major co. Aetna medical… Thereafter, I had to google and buy travel insurance from one Atlas International… they have given me a letter as well… this letter says "other limitations and exclusions apply". But it seems like this travel insurance co. is pretty assured about the validity of this letter for schengen visas , bec it is explicitly advertised as such. My question is, HAS ANYONE USED AN ATLAS INTERNATIONAL VISA LETTER TO GET A SCHENGEN VISA BEFORE?
We are a Team Of 8 people. Passport, Birth Certificate, VISA, Citizenship ID, International Driver’s License, Federation of Motor Sport Clubs of India (FMSCI) License, Voter’s ID, Latest Master Health Check Up File, Proof Of Sufficient Funds, Registration Certificate Book of Vehicle with modifications endorsement, International Insurance Of Vehicle, International Health Insurance for Individuals, Emission Test of Vehicle and Letter Of Recommendation From Central Govt. of India for all Individuals is what I think is required. Have I missed out on anything Important? I don’t want to take a chance.
when i first visited the dr office to confirm my pregnancy i wanted to be sure that it was not tubal pregnancy as i had some international travel to do in the following week. The nurse at the dr office told that typically insurance will only cover one ultrasound and for the subsequent ones we have to pay from our pocket… i know a lot depends on the type of insurance u have but what has been ur experience ..
I will be travelling to West coast USA this summer for two months and i am very much hoping to rent a car. The only problem with this is my age. I am under 21, and while i have managed to find plenty of companies willing to rent to me, they all require that i provide my own liability insurance. The CDW (collision damage waiver) is not an issue since this is covered by my credit card company.
My home auto-insurance in the UK does not extend Liability over driving a) rental cars or b) the USA.
I understand it is possible to buy either just personal liability insurance or a "non-owners" car insurance policy. The problem with both of these is that i don’t have an address in the USA. Is there any way i can still obtain insurance?
I’m curious. I have a two hour layover next month in China. Apparently I have to go through Chinese customs and it could take a while. If I miss my flight because I’m stuck in customs, what happens?
*I do have travel insurance.
Both tickets (ie the connection) is with the same airline.
I am an Australian with an International Drivers License. Not a BC specific license. And I want to move to Alberta. To get all my stuff there I want to purchase a car and drive there. I’m told I can get temp insurance but I have no idea on what I need to do to get all this done.
HELP!!!
An International Travel Insurance company known as INS SARL in France has a home based position for potential employees here in the United States to answer telephone calls for their customers that are traveling here in America to provide the insured with benefit info while abroad.
Can anyone recommend a decent and affordable travel insurance company for international travel??
I thank you all in advance for your responses.
I am a Operations Manager at a Travel Management Company in India. We regularly have groups travelling abroad for Meetings, Incentive Rewards Program, Conferences and Events. This sector being fiercely price driven has very low margins. While I was going through the cost sheet we found that the Travel Insurance we were buying was not giving us any discounts, though the group was a big as 120 members.
Is there a Company/Provider in India which provides Group rates for all group sizes from 20 to 1000? Please provide contacts of such a service provider. Would be of great help.
I am travelling from central asia. And now i am currently in Kuala lumpur, Malaisia.
And i am thinking about travelling to few other countries.
And then, may be a bit late, now i am thinking about travel insurance. I have read from internet there are annual international insurances. But there are too many relevant/not-relevant information, and i have not enough time to read them in detail. If you have any practical suggestion, reccomendation that will be very helpfu.
Thank you very much.
I’m an international (asian) student at the University of Minnesota and i plan to do some traveling in Europe in august (UK and few EU countries). Any idea on how should I prepare for the visa requirement? Like how much bank balance do they usually like to see? Is international travel insurance mandatory? Where do i get it from? Help me out please…thanks.
My wife and I will be moving to Singapore (we are currently living in the U.S.) and I was wondering if there was health insurance that actually would "travel" with you. I’m pretty clueless as to what to think, so any help would be great!!!!
Hi, I am a student studying in Chile right now and I would like to travel to Peru and Bolivia in December. I know that Peru does not require a vaccine but I have heard that Bolivia does. I will be crossing the border by land, so are the border officials really strict when it comes to having or not having the vaccine?? And also, if they absolutely require it, is it possible that I could get it here in Chile? I have international student health insurance through HTH Worldwide, do you think they will cover part of it? How much will it cost? Thanks!!
My health plan from work doesn’t cover me when I leave New York, so if I have a medical emergency out of state, I’m in trouble. I’d like to buy trip insurance that covers medical expenses but nearly all the plans I’m finding only cover international travel. Other people must have been in this situation before–what should I do?
How do i get international travel health insurance?
My name is Ionel Nicolenco and I am studying at “Vasile Alecsandri” lyceum in Colibasi,
Cahul, Republic of Moldova in the 12th grade. Thanks to my high academic results (I should mention
that in the current studying year I have grades not less than 10 on a 1 to 10 grading scale) and a
highly selective contest, which included the TOEFL and SAT official tests which I have successfully
passed, as well as other criteria, I have been accepted to the American University in Bulgaria as a
first year student at the Faculty of Computer Science, starting with the Fall 2009 semester, being
partially supported financially.
The AUBG Admissions and Financial Aid Committee awarded me a financial aid for the 2009-
2010 academic year covering 80% of the AUBG Tuition Fee (8300$). The classes are held exclusively
in English, which I have studied as a foreign language. The real challenge for me represents not the
remaining 20% of the Tuition Fee, but the other fees which I have to pay on my own, such as: the
annual Residence Hall fee (,000), the Student Activity fee of $ 220 per year to cover co-curricular
activities, clubs, special events, and recreation and athletic activities; costs for dining at the Canteen estimated at 0 per year, as well as the required textbook expenses which are estimated at 0. Also the international students are responsible for mandatory health insurance (0 estimated),
entry visa fees (EUR 100) and Bulgarian ID card for foreigners (BGN 545, 1BGN=0.68 USD, or 370
USD). Students are also expected to cover the travel costs to and from their home and the University
as part of their financial planning, and with the remaining 20% of the tuition, I am expected to assure
the payment of approximately ,000, the amount of money that my family cannot afford, with my
mother being the only employed in the family, working as a kindergarten teacher.
From this necessity of sponsorship comes my supplication for your help. I really need some advices ….