We have put a $700 deposit on a cruise in the pinnacle suite on the Holland America Eurodam. We are planning at this time to stay in the Pinnacle Suite. Not a cheap option, but we are sharing it with Elle and Jerry, this brings it down to what we would pay for a neptune and we get quite a few added benefits.
We are very excited but we have over a year to wait and part of that is trying to save the money along the way rather than using money from our savings. We have used Kymberly Kantz from Holland America as our PCC (personal cruise consultant) and so far has been fantastic and very helpful. I do have to wait sometimes 3 - 4 days to get a response but at this time that's just fine. We are celebrating our 45th wedding anniversary, Jerry's 50th birthday and Elle's 39th birthday.
Our plan is to take the train business class to Seattle and stay at the Hampton Inn Downtown, which Elle has points for so that will be free, the business class tickets are hard to know as we can check those this far out, but from what I have found that can be anywhere from $450 - $600 for 4 people business, depending how when I make the reservations, I will know more when I can see the dates we want.
We will also need to budget in Uber's to the hotel, the hotel offers a shuttle to pier for $13 each, not a bad option, easy enough to get there.
I am so hoping my back with be better, I am nervous about the walking to do this trip. I am due to have an ablation of the nerves in my back on August 1st 2023, and that should help, but then I am going to need to work on strengthening my muscles around my spine. Elle also has her LVAD, which is an issue and working toward getting a heart transplant. Our deposit is refundable until March 2024 so we should have a pretty good idea of where we will stand by that time.
