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Be My Guest experiences

01 Dec 2019
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What’s a “Be My Guest” experience? No, we’re not thinking about a Beauty and the Beast song. Rather, Trafalgar tours offers an exclusive experience on all their tours called “Be My Guest”.  On these excursions, you see a destination through a...
The view from our room at the Intercontinental Tahiti

The news on Paul Gauguin

02 Oct 2019
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So what’s the news on Paul Gauguin? Did you know that Paul Gauguin cruise line was purchased by Ponant cruises? Let’s unpack this a little bit to see what it means. Here’s a recent article that describes the acquisition. Paul Gauguin – who are they? Paul...
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Change your mind about ocean cruising

25 Sep 2019
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I recently spoke to some clients that took their first ocean cruise in over 30 years. Their comments may change your mind about ocean cruising. They had just returned from an Alaska cruise on the Norwegian Bliss out of Seattle. Let’s call them Jim and Kim. Logsitics Jim was...
Budget cruises with Royal Caribbean

Budget cruises – is this the ocean cruise for you?

09 Aug 2019
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I love reading this New York times article on budget cruises. I’ve never sold the specific cruise described but I know these short Caribbean cruises are popular. And the article describes why. The Cruise industry According to CLIA (The Cruise Line International Association)...
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Customer Service and travel – perfect together

21 Feb 2019
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Do you know what good customer service is with respect to travel? Here’s a story about a shower and a grill to help us illustrate Shower time As I was taking a shower the other day, I remembered we recently changed the on valve. The valve was about 8 years old but had...
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The new ocean cruise ships – a billion dollar bet

17 Jun 2018
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We recently sailed on one of the newest of the new ocean cruise ships.  As part of our 2018 Avoya Conference (Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 morning, Day 3 afternoon), we  were on the Norwegian Bliss Inaugural and were very impressed with the ship.  Next, we wondered how much the ship...
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Avoya National Conference Day 3 afternoon sessions

06 Jun 2018
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We continue where we left off – listening to presentations from great travel companies.  Here’s our summary of Day 1, Day 2 and the morning sessions of Day 3. Let’s get right to it! Mark Travel This is a 45 year old company you probably haven’t heard...
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Avoya National Conference Day 3 Morning sessions

04 Jun 2018
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Another day at the Avoya National Conference and we heard from even more travel suppliers.  Here’s our posts from Day 1 and Day 2.   Let’s get right to it. American Cruise Lines Ever want a river cruise in the United States?  How about a small ship cruise to Alaska or...
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Avoya Travel Conference 2018 – Day 2

25 May 2018
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Today we hear from top travel suppliers.  Here’s the report from day two of the Avoya Travel Conference 2018.  Here’s what we did on our first day.  Believe it or not we covered even more today.  What a great opportunity to learn from industry leaders. And we thought...
Land Tours or escorted tours are a great way to see Italy

How to choose land tours? A case study

02 May 2018
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Ever think about land tours instead of a cruise?  In previous posts here and here, we looked at an example of an escorted tour with Trafalgar.  The post ended with a list of criteria to choose between suppliers.  Here we dive a bit deeper by looking at a specific case study. Case...
What can you see on an escorted tour?

An Escorted Tour – is it for you?

26 Apr 2018
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This is the second post about escorted tours.  In our previous post, we explored Trafalgar Tours and identified what makes Trafalgar special.  But should you believe it? Marketing hype or real? Trafalgar uses a third party feedback platform to provided real, unedited reviews. You...
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10 nights, 14 meals, 4 cities – an Escorted tour

23 Mar 2018
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Have you considered an escorted tour before?  Recently one of our clients booked a Trafalger Tour which featured 10 nights, 14 included meals, visits to 4 cities and one special event all in one escorted tour. Let’s take a closer look at some aspects of escorted tours.  You...
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Silversea – an alternative supplier that’s defines Luxury

16 Mar 2018
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In our post about Alternative suppliers, we mention Silversea.  This post discusses Silversea in some depth. Who is Silversea? Silversea is a luxury ocean cruise ship line that offers some great itineraries and a very young fleet.  Silversea started in 1988 with two ships and has...
CIE can take you to Guiness

Alternative supplier cost study – CIE

12 Oct 2017
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This continues our series on Alternative Suppliers and why you should ask about them.  This post describes what an alternative supplier is and what it means.  CIE is a great travel supplier that you might not have heard about. CIE provides land tours of Ireland, Scotland, England...
How to find a quality travel supplier

What is a Quality Supplier? Eight questions to ask

03 Sep 2017
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Quality.   There’s many different travel suppliers – ocean cruise lines, river cruise lines, tour companies, hotels, etc.  Once you book a vacation, a lot of your experience rides on their performance.  Using a quality travel supplier will go a long way to ensuring a...
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