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Sharing for anyone researching Kenya safari operators. This was our first safari.

We thought we did careful due diligence before booking. Pre-sale communication was strong, reviews looked good, itinerary was planned according to our wishes with guidance provided throughout. After payment, responsiveness declined significantly and multiple financial and operational issues arose.

Highlights:

• Asked to pay USD 990 in conservancy fees that had already been prepaid (only reimbursed after we escalated with local regulatory bodies and after a delay).

• Prepaid coastal beach resort not secured; rebooked to a lower-grade hotel wit a documented history of mixed reviews the night before arrival.

Hi all, i am currently on safari with my family and we are having one operational lapse after another: from a canceled pre booked sundowner for a milestone birthday at Amboseli at last minute, to getting a lesser quality car, to unexpectedly having to pay conservancy fees of almost $1k due to our tour company’s credit card issues and now being told that they failed to secure the hotel in Diani beach that we were supposed to go to tomorrow due to missing the final payment window. Needless to say, they are having a liquidity problem and currently they owe us the $1k in conservancy fees. I have made sure to document everything and am seeking advice on whether there are any realistic ways to esc

Hi fellow nerds! Just like for our daughter, I am turning to this community for name suggestions for her little baby brother. It has to be a name that is equally pronounceable in English and German. Our last name is very Irish, so it can’t be too German though ! Our daughter is named Bonnie, for reference, which is why my husband wants to avoid another name starting with a B (I’m open to it though). We generally like less popular names but with some sort of significance.

Currently in our selection for first name: Beauregard (my fave), Louis Potential middle names: Arthur or George (family names)

Names we considered that didn’t make our shortlist: Angus, Siegfried, Thaddeus, Augustus, Leop

Hi all, longtime lurker here! My LO is 6 weeks now and I finally feel ready to start cloth diapering. She’s still below 9 lbs so my plan is to start with prefolds and covers (I have both newborn and thirsties size 1). My husband is intrigued about cloth diapering but his big issue is the poop. My baby is EBF so I understand that the poop is water soluble but what’s the best way to deal with the poop before washing? Dunk and swish? Soak? Don’t want to invest in a sprayer right now but would like to have a system in place that’s easy and not too gross for my husband.

My second question is, do I need fleece liners on top of the prefolds to keep baby dry? Or is this optional?

Hi all, the title pretty much says it all, we are having our first baby this summer, and in case it’s a girl we’d like to give her a somewhat unique or lesser-used name rooted in Greek or Roman mythology under the following conditions:

1. Must be able to abbreviate to a cute nickname
2. Ability to easily pronounce it both in English and in German
3. Can’t start with an A (unless it has a nickname that doesn’t begin with A)

Our favorite is Demeter (Demi) so far. We’d consider Calliope/Cassiopeia/Cassandra but I don’t like Cassie or Callie as nicknames. An acquaintance of ours named her daughter Minerva (Minnie) which would have totally been an option otherwise. We like Pandora but can’t c

Hi, this is my first post in this wonderful community, as well as my first attempt at booking a first class/business class award, so I'm hoping to get some advice.

I have about 100,000 Korean Air miles that will expire early next year and, like so many, am trying to redeem them for two Delta first/business class tickets from the Washington, DC area to Hawaii (which according to Korean air award charts is 45,000 miles roundtrip per person). We are pretty flexible in terms of origin (IAD/BWI/DCA) and destination cities (HNL/OGG etc.), time of travel (anytime in 2020) and duration (anything from 8 -15 days).

I've done numerous searches on the Korean Air website for BWI-HNL and IAD-HNL but the