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Sailing the 7 seas...ok, maybe not 7 (Caribbean cruise, Dec 2024)

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I saw an offer 3 months ago. I wouldn’t consider myself a fan of cruising (this being my 3rd - not counting the overnight cruise in Halong Bay Vietnam a few years ago). But what jumped out at me was one of the destinations - Jamaica. A long time ‘must visit’ on my bucket list - but let’s face it, most destinations are on my bucket list. I had been planning a 10-day trip here last year which didn’t work out. Then I noticed that I hadn’t been to any of the islands listed on this, Nieuw Amsterdam, Holland America, 14-day cruise so I jumped at the opportunity.  I hadn’t heard of the travel company, recommended by Travelzoo, but did due diligence in my checks and decided it was safe to book with them. Booking was smooth enough, a few small issues with errors and things they’d missed but easily rectified. Not so easily rectified was an occurrence about 12 hours before the flight. Despite the flights being booked via BA, it turned out the outbound flight had a codeshare with AA. Missed on...