{"id":12733,"date":"2013-05-20T18:34:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T18:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/aurora-expeditions-freezes-the-aussie-dollar-2\/"},"modified":"2013-05-20T18:34:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-20T18:34:00","slug":"aurora-expeditions-freezes-the-aussie-dollar-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2013\/05\/aurora-expeditions-freezes-the-aussie-dollar-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Aurora Expeditions Freezes the Aussie Dollar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span><span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>  Expedition cruise company, Aurora Expeditions, has put a freeze on exchange rates for all of their upcoming voyages to Antarctica this 2013\/14 season. Those that book their Antarctic cruise before 14 June 2013, Aurora Expeditions will lock in an exchange rate of AUD1:USD1 across all departures.<\/p>\n<p>With the Australian-dollar reaching an 11-month low last week, some experts are forecasting a further strong downward movement in the coming weeks. Aurora Expeditions are encouraging passengers to book their US dollar cruises now to avoid increased costs.<\/p>\n<p>As a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for most travellers, a trip to Antarctica is considered a high-end holiday. Those looking to fulfil their Antarctic dream can rest easy knowing that the retreating Australian dollar will not increase the cost of their trip of a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>Travellers will have the option to book on a range of expeditions highlighting the Antarctic Peninsula, the Weddell Sea, the Antarctic Circle, South Georgia and the Falkland Islands. Itineraries also include &#8216;Fly &#038; Sail&#8217; options, excluding one sea crossing and allowing more time for landings and exploration in Antarctica.<\/p>\n<p>Adventure activities are also available and include sea kayaking, camping, photography, the South Georgia Crossing, and polar scuba diving. Some surcharges apply.<\/p>\n<p>Availability is limited. Contact Aurora Expeditions for available dates and cabin categories. \u00a0For more information call +61 2 9252 1033 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.auroraexpeditions.com.au\/\">www.auroraexpeditions.com.au<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The full itineraries can be viewed online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.auroraexpeditions.com.au\/expeditions\/category\/antarctica-cruises\">http:\/\/www.auroraexpeditions.com.au\/expeditions\/category\/antarctica-cruises<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expedition cruise company, Aurora Expeditions, has put a freeze on exchange rates for all of their upcoming voyages to Antarctica this 2013\/14 season. Those that book their Antarctic cruise before 14 June 2013, Aurora Expeditions will lock in an exchange rate of AUD1:USD1 across all departures. With the Australian-dollar reaching an 11-month low last week, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[336],"class_list":["post-12733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-aurora-expeditions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}