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DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2006
A few final thoughts on A&K Family:
If there are any single travelers out there Nat Geo has a new ship, the Endurance, coming in 2020 that is going to Antarctica and has cabins for singles. They are currently taking reservations for Antarctica on this new ship in December, 2020 and I'm toying with the idea of booking.
- the transfer from the airport included an escort and a driver; the escort knew everything about our trip, group and tours booked and gave us a ton of useful information on our drive to the hotel -- this was very helpful; she also gave us a map and highlighted some local restaurants for us that we could walk to from the hotel
- A&K has a Marco Polo club for travelers that have gone on 3 or more of their trips; they have an exclusive party for them on each trip apparently; the party on our ship looked to be well-attended (maybe 50 or so people judging from the pictures); our waiter told us they have very high end hors d'oeuvres (caviar, fancy champagne, etc.) for this group
- transfers seemed to be well-handled based on the volume of our group (196 total). There was an escort with each bus to the airport and this escort came through security with us and accompanied us right to the gate; I imagine moving a group of 196 is not easy but they made it look that way!
- upon arriving in Ushuaia there were local escorts on every bus to give us a verbal history of the town and attractions on our way to the hotel for lunch and check-in for our cruise
- I like the previously mentioned discount for booking another trip with A&K (you have 30 days to make use of it)
- I liked that I was able to book a half day private tour with A&K -- I was VERY impressed with the guide, their flexibility in booking the tour and the quality of the tour (which included pre-booked tickets to tour the Opera House -- very worthwhile)
- at the conclusion of our trip they had a group of escorts at the BA airport; one of them came up to the Hard Rock restaurant to tell us the AA desk had opened for us to check-in; high marks for that -- they were excellent and had eyes on our very large group until we had gone through security
- I didn't like that coming back from Ushuaia they only had 1 bus to take us from the domestic terminal to the international terminal; we waited quite a while in the heat for the bus to come back after dropping off the first group and our luggage barely made it on the bus -- judging by the size of the group and the amount of luggage I imagine it was going to take at least another 3 or 4 trips to get everyone to the terminal (walking wasn't an option for me due to the amount of luggage I had lol)
If there are any single travelers out there Nat Geo has a new ship, the Endurance, coming in 2020 that is going to Antarctica and has cabins for singles. They are currently taking reservations for Antarctica on this new ship in December, 2020 and I'm toying with the idea of booking.
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