Never again
Costa neoRomantica Cruise Review to Other (Asia/Africa/Middle East)
16 Night Far East (Shanghai To Singapore)
Sail date: October 21, 2010
Ship: Costa neoRomantica
Cabin type: Inside
Traveled as: Singles/Friends
Reviewed: 13 years ago
Review summary
The cruise was geared for Europeans. We knew that when we booked so there were no surprises. Our biggest problen was with Micheal the English speaking host. Or as I call it the BIG LIE. We asked to have half of our gratuity taken off the bill bill so we could give to those that gave us extra service. Micheal told us that he could do it but he would have contact the American Consulate who would in turn contact the IRS. We met a total of five times with Micheal...Here are some of the things he told us. If we didn't pay the gratuity we could be held up in Singapore for up to three days.......he called the consulate to warn them that they might have to pick up our bags....we could be put in jail....we talked with him an hour before we got off the ship and he promiced that the gratuity would be removed when we got through customs..I asked for the telephone number of the consulate he said the Singapore authorities would be calling them....to make a very long story short. We didn't go to jail and they didn't take the gratuity off our bill.Ship experiences
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Ports of call
Ha Long Bay City (Hanoi), Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam
Pros: The itinerary
Cons: Micheal the English speaking host