RAFINO CRUISE 2003

Scandinavian Capitals and St. Petersburg. Norwegian Cruise Line – "Norwegian Dream"

Sails from Dover on Saturday, 26 August 2003 – 12 days.  Price includes 2 free nights in London – Total 14 days.  Cabins rates are per person, Double Occupancy.  Includes port charges.  From $1,871.00 to $2,671.  More details are at www.rafino.org. Round trip air from $582 to $847 depending on airport of departure. Other Categories and Airfares are available at competitive prices. CALL 800/642-2566.

The itinerary and other details of this cruise are contained in the NCL catalog "Freestyle Europe 2003" on pages 26 & 27. This catalog is available at your local travel agent office.

Travel arrangements will be made by our good friend John Powell, Master Cruise Counselor, Cruise Planners, Inc. John has obtained the best rates plus a cruise line that gives us flexibility.

Free Hotel – NCL’s Europe Plus program offers 2 free nights in a first class hotel. Hotels are allocated on a "first come, first-served basis and are SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY. The sooner you make your reservation and pay the deposit ($400 per person) the better your chances are to be assigned to the RAFINO Hotel, the Tower Thistle Hotel in London Deviations and Extended Stays – You can stay more than 2 days in London prior to sailing. Each additional day is $149 per person. You can also stay in London before returning home. Post hotel packages are available. To do that you may have to get an air deviation.

NCL Premium Air Service is available. A non-refundable per person fee of $50 will apply as well as any additional air costs incurred. Premium Air Service can assist you with extended stays, upgrades to 1st and business class, and selection of specific airlines or routings.

Dining – The Norwegian Dream has "Freestyle Cruising" and that includes dining. Breakfast and lunch is open seating. You can eat at the time you choose. Dinner is also open seating but RAFINO passengers will be assigned tables in a restaurant and we will have dinner at a given time. I will make arrangements with the Maitre d’ upon boarding the ship. You can eat at a different time and at a different restaurant if you choose for one night or the entire trip.

Formal nights are optional. At least one night or more during the cruise will be "Formal". One or more of the restaurants will host the formal dinner. I will let you know the restaurant and the table assignments. There will always be several other dining options where resort casual attire is appropriate.

Transfers from airport to hotel, hotel to ship and ship to airport or hotel - The NCL Freestyle Europe 2003 brochure states that there will be a charge for transfers. You can save that amount for each person. Book and pay the deposit before 30 November 2002 and you can save $110 per person. You must also use the NCL Air Program. If you make your reservation after 30 November 2002 and you use the NCL air Program $110 per person will be additional and added to your invoice.

Tours - Optional Tours will be available to Moscow while in St. Petersburg and to Hamburg. As part of the cruise we will cruise the Swedish Archipelagos and cruise Oslo fjord

Sixteenth Person is Free - For each 16th Person (8 double cabins) we will receive a free passage. This amount will be divided among all RAFINO passengers. Method of payment will be determined after 1 December 2002. Functions with the members of the RAPC are being planned. RAFINCO has been invited to join.

Summary: Make your reservation and pay the deposit ($400 each person) by 30 November 2002 and save $110 per person for transfers and be assigned to the Tower Thistle Hotel.

Who is going? At this writing Boyer, Edgington, Golden, Lux, Perez, Radomski, Wallace & Wratislaw are going.

Call John Powell at (800)-642-2566 ASAP