Back in July 2018 we looked into this cruise from San Francisco to Sydney, Australia. John is more eager for a cruise than any other sort of vacation, so we ended up booking this on July 6. We will have a lot of Sea Days so I hope there are some good speakers and some interesting activities. Since that time I have watched for additional sales and we ended up saving $1860. off our original booking price and increasing our OBC from $250. to $850. As the final payment draws near... it is still a lot but this is our chance to make it to Australia. While I checked out the current offers... I managed to add free gratuities (value $806), got a lower cabin price, and still retain a $500 OBC. I'm feeling quite accomplished! Lord willing, we sail away on September 28, 2019.
Princess isn't our favorite cruise line, but they certainly have some great itineraries and wonderful Italian food! The Itinerary is the reason we chose this particular cruise. We can take the train to SF and a quick taxi ride to the ship. We purchased a one way flight from Sydney to Fresno and the price was quite good with Princess EZ Air. We haven't used cruise flights before so this is our first. It was hard to belief our flights were almost half the price of any others I could find! I hope it works out. We will have 5 days in Sydney after the cruise to explore. Maybe some day trips out of the city? I'm not sure. We will fly home Oct. 30. Time to look for a hotel now!!! Details of our Cruise.
