Today Carnival announced that they will be building a second edition of their new big ship Carnival Dream. Wonder if it is to keep up with Royal Caribbean who will be debuting the Allure of the Seas, the sister ship of the recently lauched Oasis of the Seas. I feel this is the direction the cruising industry is going with this ship, the Allure, and NCL's Epic all coming out in the near future. I am not a big fan of the big mega ships and enjoy the small ships out there. I feel you get a better, more personal experience with these smaller ships and these ships can get to a wider range of ports. I feel these ships are being built for the person who needs to be constantly stimulated with some sort of activity. My ideal day on the ship is a nice lounge chair by the pool watching the sea and sky go by.
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN0149784320091201
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
Upgrd Podcast
The guys of upgrd.com are very experienced flyers who like to share their tips and travels of the aviation world. They have a weekly podcast that discuss the current events of the aviation world and a couple of topics related to airlines and getting upgraded.
I highly recommend any flyers out there take a listen to the podcast because you will gain some great information.
The website is upgrd.com
I highly recommend any flyers out there take a listen to the podcast because you will gain some great information.
The website is upgrd.com
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Save 15% on Your Next Southwest Roundtrip
Paypal is sponsoring 15% off a roundtrip airplane ticket on Southwest
http://luv.southwest.com/servlet/formlink/f?kOHpjQSRDW
Terms and Conditions
Limited number of promotion codes available for this offer.
15% discount valid for one-time use at southwest.com off the total amount of any roundtrip purchase before taxes and fees.
Purchase must be made between November 3, 2009 and December 1, 2009 for travel November 3, 2009 through January 31, 2010.
Blackout dates apply November 20, 2009 through December 1, 2009 and December 18, 2009 through January 4, 2010. If any portion of travel falls on a blackout date the discount will not apply.
The discount is only valid with the provided Promotion Code and is not combinable with other Promotion Codes or fares available exclusively through the web tool “DING!”.
This promotion does not include Senior fares.
This promotion includes all Business Select, Anytime, and Wanna Get Away fares.
Discount does not include taxes and fees.
Roundtrip purchase required.
Changes made to the itinerary after purchase may eliminate qualifications for this promotion.
Youth, Child, Infant, Military, and Government Fares are not available for purchase at southwest.com.
Reservations made through southwestvacations.com or swabiz.com are not eligible for this promotion.
http://luv.southwest.com/servlet/formlink/f?kOHpjQSRDW
Terms and Conditions
Limited number of promotion codes available for this offer.
15% discount valid for one-time use at southwest.com off the total amount of any roundtrip purchase before taxes and fees.
Purchase must be made between November 3, 2009 and December 1, 2009 for travel November 3, 2009 through January 31, 2010.
Blackout dates apply November 20, 2009 through December 1, 2009 and December 18, 2009 through January 4, 2010. If any portion of travel falls on a blackout date the discount will not apply.
The discount is only valid with the provided Promotion Code and is not combinable with other Promotion Codes or fares available exclusively through the web tool “DING!”.
This promotion does not include Senior fares.
This promotion includes all Business Select, Anytime, and Wanna Get Away fares.
Discount does not include taxes and fees.
Roundtrip purchase required.
Changes made to the itinerary after purchase may eliminate qualifications for this promotion.
Youth, Child, Infant, Military, and Government Fares are not available for purchase at southwest.com.
Reservations made through southwestvacations.com or swabiz.com are not eligible for this promotion.
Some People Give Travel Agents A Bad Name
It make me really mad when these large online agencies that undercut the travel agents just to make a quick sale without providing any additional services. This leaves the client possible on clueless on what to do in the ports, what goes on during a cruise, what do you need to do before you leave on a cruise, or any other questions that come up. After you save a couple of bucks with these agencies, they try to charge you to ask any questions because you are taking away from their call center sales.
What makes me even more mad is when these agencies steal from people and then go out of business to get away from all the problems they caused. Take in point the most recent example Ecruisestore.com which went out of business last week. Ecruisestore was taking credit card payments for vacations themselves and in most cases not passing the payment onto the supplier for the vacation. This kind of tactic is wrong and has left a lot of people who thought they had their dream vacation with nothing but a charge on their credit card. I feel bad for these people because a lot of them take a lot a time, effort, and money to make a vacation happen. Now these people have to scramble to fix the problems this agency has made.
I want to give anyone who is reading this one tip when booking a vacation with a travel agent. Make sure the agent is charging your credit directly with the cruise line or supplier and not taking the payment themselves. What I always tell clients is that they can go on the travel suppliers website right after they get off the phone and see their reservation their with their payment. If you can't see that, then that is a big red flag and should be handled with your travel agent right away.
What makes me even more mad is when these agencies steal from people and then go out of business to get away from all the problems they caused. Take in point the most recent example Ecruisestore.com which went out of business last week. Ecruisestore was taking credit card payments for vacations themselves and in most cases not passing the payment onto the supplier for the vacation. This kind of tactic is wrong and has left a lot of people who thought they had their dream vacation with nothing but a charge on their credit card. I feel bad for these people because a lot of them take a lot a time, effort, and money to make a vacation happen. Now these people have to scramble to fix the problems this agency has made.
I want to give anyone who is reading this one tip when booking a vacation with a travel agent. Make sure the agent is charging your credit directly with the cruise line or supplier and not taking the payment themselves. What I always tell clients is that they can go on the travel suppliers website right after they get off the phone and see their reservation their with their payment. If you can't see that, then that is a big red flag and should be handled with your travel agent right away.
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