For travellers, the greatest innovation of the past century hasn’t been space travel or insulin, but rather luggage with wheels.
This has changed everything.
No longer are you restricted by your own ability to lift and manage your own bags. You can now bring just about everything you own, and simply be able to push it along a sidewalk until someone much stronger than you can lift it on to a conveyor belt.
This is clearly evident in the fact that new luggage comes in the same sized box as a refrigerator. If you don’t believe me, take note next time you’re at an airport or cruise ship terminal. It’s a comedy of errors watching some people attempt to manage their own stuff.
For some, this catastrophe-in-waiting is remedied by packing light. This has always been my preference. However, after travelling with my mother-in-law, I quickly realized this is not a course of action that will work for everybody.
I also had to rethink my luggage strategy recently when we combined a back-packing trip in Morocco followed by a river cruise in Italy. I didn’t want all the other backpackers to make fun of my garment bag and dress pumps, so I was forced to look at alternatives.
As it turns out, there are several services out there that will pick up your luggage a few days in advance of a cruise (or other types of trips) and will deliver it to your embarkation point. In our case, we got a suitcase full of dress clothes delivered to the hotel where we stayed between the two parts of our trip, and sent home another bag full of hiking boots, rain gear, and dirty laundry. The service we used was Luggage Forward (another similar option is Luggage Free).
Imagine how nice it would be to get up on your travel day, grab your carry-on, and leave for the airport.
No overhead cranes to get your luggage in and out of your trunk; no wheeling through the airport with your half-ton of stuff – it takes away a lot of the pain of travelling.
Think about how much more stuff you can bring!
If want to follow along on our Italy & Morocco trip, we’re posting daily blog posts. Here’s the link to our Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/PamperedCruiser
Today’s Travel Opportunities
All of today’s travel opportunities are only valid through April 15th, so please contact us as soon as possible if you’re interested in one of them.
Uniworld Boutique River Cruises
We just stepped off the Uniworld Super Ship La Venezia in Venice, Italy, and as a result, we are able to extend a fantastic (and exclusive) offer to all of our clients:
Get $250 per person off website prices AND $200 per person on board credit on ANY Uniworld Cruise!
I published a few examples last week. Here’s the link in case you missed it:
In case you’re not familiar with Uniworld, here is a video we created that describes 5 Ways Uniworld is Different than other river cruise lines:
Oceania Cruise – O-Life Ultimate Sale
With Oceania’s standard O-Life Choice offer, you normally get your choice of ONE of three perks. Between now and April 15th, on selected cruises, you can get ALL THREE PERKS included in the price:
- Free Shore Excursions
- Free Beverage Package
- Free Shipboard Credit
We haven’t seen this offer from Oceania for a long time.
Here are some examples:
Barcelona to Rome for 10 nights departing August 18, 2022
- Visit Palamos, Marseilles, Monte Carlo, St. Tropez, Livorno (for Pisa, Florence, Tuscany), Sicily, Malta, and Amalfi.
- Veranda rooms starting at $5299 per person, including round trip flights, 3 shore excursions per person, the beverage package, and a $600 cabin credit ($300 per person).
New York Round-Trip for 7-nights departing July 5 or 12, 2022
- Cruise out to Bermuda, and spend 3-nights in St. George, and 2-nights in Hamilton
- This is a great opportunity to check out Oceania!
- Veranda rooms starting at $3299 per person including round-trip flights, 2 shore excursions per person, the beverage package, and a $400 cabin credit ($200 per person).
Iceland to Paris for 18-nights departing August 9, 2022
- Visit 3 ports in Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Kirkwall (UK), 2 ports in Norway, an overnight stay in Copenhagen, an overnight in Stockholm, Helsinki, Talinn, and Bruges, Belgium.
- Ocean view rooms starting at $7899 per person including round-trip flights, 4 shore excursions per person, the beverage package, and an $800 cabin credit ($400 per person).
There are over 20 other cruises that this deal applies to. Here’s the full list: https://www.oceaniacruises.com/special-offers/olife-ultimate/
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I look forward to hearing from you.
Sue Bradley
Sue Bradley
