European Riverboat Cruise sailing June 12, 2024

Why book so early–early booking prices give us the best choice of available rooms, a group $300 per person discount, and another 10% discount for paying in full at booking. There is no advance room allotment on a riverboat cruise and as other passengers make deposits on the rooms there is less for our group to choose from. That is why I book early to get the best choice of locations and room rates. See the rooms at the link below. Required is a 10% deposit with the $220 per person port tax added and insurance. The Insurance includes Uniworld’s Cancel for any reason and get a future cruise credit good for 2 years. So, Make your deposit knowing your risk is minimized.

To view and print the flyer for this cruise click onto the link below:

https://www.getmantravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Uniworld-Flyer-by-Ron2.pdf

Click onto this link below to view detail infomation of the June 12, 2024 Rhine River Valley 2024 https://www.uniworld.com/us/river-cruise/central-europe/rhine/rhine-river-valley/2024-nuremberg-to-basel The 2023 date appears as a default, so change the year to 2024 first, then select Basel to Nuremberg ( it defaults to Nuremberg to Basel) on the site as we will start in Switzerland. For those of us that wish to go a little early, you may look at adding an additional night or two. Right now Uniworld does not have contract pricing with the hotels, perhaps when we get a few months closer to the cruise. Otherwise, I have a very nice hotel in Basel available (not from Uniworld) for a reasonable price if you wish to go into Basel a day or so early on your own. If you book the air and their contracted hotel with the cruise line, all transfers could be included. If you book air with Uniworld, the transfers are included. At this early date they do not have contracts yet with the airline or a hotel, so the price and location is unknown. Please remember that our group receives a $300 per person discount from the prices shown below.

What is unique about this itinerary is that it does not go to Belgium and the Netherlands as most of the Rhine cruises goes into Amsterdam which has surrounding land that is flat with little scenery to view. Additionally, the last day is spent in canals and doing a Dutch windmill tour. Its OK, but once you do it you have little desire to repeat.

This cruise is a new itinerary that goes for the first time in 2033 from Germany to Switzerland or the reverse. Most of the time we are in the hills of wine country (and German beer). There is much better scenery to view with Cathedrals, Castles and wine estates along with cities and villages with a lot of history. (read the itinerary in the link) In 2024 the first cruise is June 4th. I have found the first cruise of the year is often a shakedown cruise, so I scheduled the next one, June 12th, 2024. Starting the end of June and into July you get the summer vacation crowds , so I did not schedule it for then.

This is a classy all-inclusive cruise with premium drinks included, shore excursions included, tips on the ship included and fine dining included. Uniworld is one of the top riverboat cruise lines and includes Butler service for suites. Price begins at $3199 a person group pricing for the Classic rooms on the bottom of the ship. There are only 6 rooms at this price. See them at the link above. They have windows near the top of the room as the location is mostly below the waterline. There are 18 French Balcony rooms have a sliding glass windows on the top deck. There are 36 Deluxe rooms that have a window at standard window height on the middle deck. The ship has 4 Suites (that are sold out) that have plenty of room. Two of the suites are already booked by our first four group members. To view Ron’s photos of the previous Basel to Amsterdam river cruise on Viking (the lowest priced cruise line) click onto this link. https://sway.office.com/kgcn6huoJqvS5PKl?ref=Link (The program loaded my pictures backwards, so it starts at the end.) You may have to log onto Microsoft.

Air is not available at this time but may be booked with the cruise line once available. Usually begins about 8-9 months out from sailing. Port tax is $220 a person extra. Cruise line insurance starts at $449 a person for prices up to $5000 and increases as the cost increases.

Insurance: This is a cancel for any reason travel protection to receive a future cruise credit from Uniworld good for 2 years or if for a covered reason, payment is provided as described in the travel protection page. Payment for the travel protection is recommended at the time of booking, however you have up to 14 days to purchase and have it included. Click onto this link to see pricing and for description of benefits. If you need to cancel after booking-There is a small cancellation fee. https://www.uniworld.com/us/already-booked/travel-protection

Contact me with any questions. 941-725-4500

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