42 - Sunday, October 5, 1986 - North Shore News

Travel

MAKING TRIP SHIPSHAPE

It’s clear sailing
for winter cruises

A READER called me to ask about my recent column on
cruising. It seems that I’d answered some of her questions
but certainly not all of them. In fact, she made a list.

Here are some of the items on
her list — T have to admit, they're
very good questions:

Question: If you take + flight-
cruise package who is responsible
for your bags? What happens if
they don't arrive on board before
you sail?

Answer: The airline accepts re-
sponsibility until you land at your
destination (probably the airport in
your port of embarkation). The
cruise lines wisely insist that you
claim your own bags before they
transfer you to the shuttle bus
linking with either the ship or a
hotel should you have opted for a
stay in your point of departure.

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travel

by Barbara
McCreadie

If your bags don’t 2 arrive, it is
clearly the airline’s responsibility
and they will do their best to see
that you are re-united.

If, after the crvise line takes
over, your bars go missing,
chances are tha th: ; have simply
been delive-ed tu ..e wrong cabin
and will en.crge in a hurry.

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Wf they don't, I'd count on the
ccuise Jine making every effori,
with the help of their onboard
boutique(s) to make you
reasonably happy.

Chances of misadventure might
be 1/1,000 but if it does come to a
no-bag cruise, relax. You've yot
the perfect excuse to quit trying to
be a fashion plate and your story
will win you a big handful of sym-
pathetic new acquaintances.

Question: What happens if 1 go
ashore at a port and return to the
dock to find that the ship has sail-
rd without me?

Answer: Don't think that hasn’t
happened! Now, since the Lauro
Line tragedy (remember the hi-
jacking) security is much tighter
aboard ship. This means that you
get 1.D.’'d on and off and perhaps
they may notice if you don’t show
up on time.

If you’ve been involved in some
accident or whatever that’s delayed
your return to the ship, a call to
the agency representing the ship, in
port might save your neck. Every
ship distributes a list of its agents
in every port of landing. It helps to
carry it with you.

If all else fails, you’re on your
own and must provide your own
transportation to the next port of
call. Without a doubt, it will be a
vacation you’ll never forget.

Question: I’ve never travelied by
ship. I don’t know if I'm going to
get seasick. What should I do if I
discover the bad news too late.

Answer: Don't leave your cabin
without a bucket tied around your
neck.

Sorry, that wasn’t a very serious
answer. I’ve never been seasick so
l can’t relate very well to the pro-
blem.

I have a couple of theories about
seasickness:

* If you’ve never had motion

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sickness in a car or on a plane (or
on the Big Dipper) chances are
you'll be fine.

* Everyone I've ever met with
seasickness has either been scared
to death (during a bad storm) or

has a history of inner ear problems.

And, I have a couple of ‘‘cure’’
suggestions:

* Transderm-V patches, worn
behind the ear are said to work
wonders. Check with your doctor.

* Champagne is touted as a
marvellous cure-all. Don’t believe
a word of it! The best all-purpose
cure-all recommended to me by an
expert is white Creme de Menthe,
over ice, sipped slowly.

Mind you, if 1 did anything in-
ternal with white Creme de Menthe
I'd be so sick that I’d wish I was
sailing. But, it did cure my mother
on one notable occasion but I
wouldn’t have bought her
hangover at a garage sale. If I had
my choice between creme de men-
the and castor oil, I'd be hard up
to make a choice.

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