Off to See the Solstice

If you've been reading the recent blogs closely, you will have noticed that I've mentioned going to the Solstice previews in Ft. Lauderdale. Well, I'm off to see this beautiful new ship, the first in her series. I'll be out of the office between Tuesday, November 18 and Sunday, November 23. However, I will have voice mail access most days while I'm gone, and online access each day as well.

While of course I'll have one of my associates covering for me if you should need immediate assistance, for most matters feel free to leave me a voice mail or email and I'll get back with you as quickly as possible.

Details on how to reach my associate will be on my voice mail and in my email auto-responder, so simply call or email for the best option.

Watch for posts while I'm gone, as I've scheduled some for your enjoyment, and I'll try to post next week's Happy Hours as well before my return.

Of course, you can expect my review of the Solstice upon my return!

Election Happy Hours from Royal Caribbean and Celebrity!

If you're as tired of all the political commercials and posturing, an Election Happy Hour from Celebrity and Royal Caribbean sounds like just the ticket!

(But as an aside, next election, I want smart chips in our TVs so that, if we've voted early, we no longer have to be subject to all the political advertising!)

Want a break from the election on Tuesday? Then Royal Caribbean is bringing a bumper crop of Happy Hour specials to you! An extremely long list of sailings, mostly in November and early December, where you can save enough to make the memories of all the negative adds fade a bit into the background. For my solo occupancy clients, they're even being unusually generous in reducing the single supplement for this event. Check out all the savings at Royal Caribbean November 4 Happy Hour Specials


For Celebrity, they've decided to run a 3-day post-election sale from Wednesday, November 5 through Friday, November 7. Building on the popularity of the past weeks' second passenger at half price specials, they're putting almost all the January and February sailings to Australia/New Zealand, South America, Panama Canal and Caribbean on sale!

Perfect timing to get away post-holiday and when the winter doldrums set in. Are you wanting a winter vacation on Celebrity? This sale is for you!

During this sale, on the applicable sailings, you'll receive 50% off the base fare of the second passenger in your stateroom! Excluded sailings are Celebrity Solstice; Celebrity Xpedition; Celebrity Mercury sailing 2/28/09; and Celebrity Century sailing 1/8/09 and 1/22/09.

If you're interested in any of these specials, as always just call or email me to get your custom quote. Toll free is 888-SAIL-123 (888-724-5123) and email is amber@cruiseresource.com.

In the meantime, hope you have a good weekend filled with something OTHER than last-minute electioneering. While I've spent a good portion of my life as a political consultant, like you, I'm ready for this election to be over and to go CRUISING again!

Oh yes, speaking of which, we do still have a bit of room on the 2-night Celebrity Solstice Preview Charter on November 21. Want to join me onboard?