Postscript notes: It has taken a while to get all the loose ends tied up from this trip. Blame United HealthCare! But, after 2 USPS certified return receipt letters and countless phone calls, they finally closed business on Debbie’s reimbursement claims and HTH travel insurance’s check for the $40 co-pay reimbursement arrived today. HTH only took about 2 weeks to handle their claim! (We would like to note again that we have never had a problem with HTH or CSA, who appear to actually be one company at this time, handling a travel insurance claim. Sadly, the same cannot be said of our regular insurance carrier. UHC pretty much sucks these days. We have nothing nice to say about them, so we’ll just leave it at that!) So, that closes the books on our Big O Adventure.
PSS: Regarding RSSC gifts. If you have been reading along and wondering since this trip started, what ever happened to their pre-cruise gifts? Did they ever get their engraved brass telescopes? Yes, we did. The gifts for both cabins were delivered to Debbie & Clay’s front porch and left there after the cruise had departed according to our neighbor. Debbie had called him on the day we were to board the ship and asked him to check since we had been gone from home for days; he said they showed up on the front porch a few days later. He picked them up and held them at his house for us. They are very heavy duty and nice and attractive. Great gifts! After cruise gifts were delivered from RSSC on April 9, 2008. Two sets of 4 etched stem-less wineglasses of lead crystal from Slovenia were delivered again to Debbie & Clay’s front porch. These are the same type of wineglasses that are used in Latitudes. Unfortunately, none of us like this type of wineglass! But, they are very tasteful gifts and very nice. The engravings were Regent Seven Seas Mariner Circle Around South America 2008. The glasses also had the names of some of the major cities listed. A nice touch. Still not sure why RSSC delivered the gifts for both cabins to one home instead of to each of our homes, since both addresses were registered with them. But, anyway, Margie will be getting hers for Christmas this year when we drive down and they will be a nice surprise for her.
That really does now wrap up all the loose ends and this is the final entry for this blog. It was a great trip and we are all glad we did it. Too bad RSSC has discontinued this itinerary.
