Our Cruise Pause / Resumption Story
In February 2020 we were in Australia on a repositioning cruise from Melbourne, Australia to Singapore. The Covid-19 Pandemic was about to shutdown the cruise industry. Prior to departing Melbourne, we were informed that we would not be sailing to Singapore, but instead would be flying home from Perth, Australia, just 7 days into our cruise. The long pause in cruise travel had begun for us and our clients.
While on our Australia cruise, we had booked a South America & Antarctica cruise for January, 2021. Unfortunately, that too would be cancelled, along with a family vacation we'd planned for the summer.
The Cruise Travel Restart
In November, 2021 we attended our National Conference on Celebrity Apex. During that conference we were given the opportunity to book several cruises in 2022 at reduced rates in order for us to experience cruising after the restart and report to our guests. In addition, we had several cruises, like the ones mentioned above, that we'd need to reschedule. 2022 was going to be a busy cruise year for us.
We began 2022 with a sailing on the brand new ship & cruise line - Virgin Voyages Scarlet Lady. The highlight of the year was our final river cruise on Avalon Waterways Imagery II from Prague to Frankfurt visiting several Christmas Markets. For more details, click below for our 2022 cruise page.
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