My Best Week Evar? Probably not… the week my daughter was born was pretty special. The Cruise to Italy on the Inaugural sailing of the Costa Deliziosa rocked… and I am pretty sure there are some others that rank up there. Life isn’t always roses! As a former Quizno’s Franchise owner/operator, I’ve had my share of miserable [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘business’
March 5, 2010
8 tips to Avoid Online Cruise Booking Errors
Booking Cruises online is growing in popularity thanks to many of the sites being extremely user-friendly, people are becoming more comfortable making online purchases, the convenience, and they are finding the best deals online. Here are 8 tips to help you avoid some common errors when booking your cruise online without the assistance of a Travel [...]
October 19, 2009
Its good news, if you play your cards right
If you have read some of my old posts you know that I love cruising and investing in the stock market. A lot of my favorite people on Twitter are StockTwits and I enjoying writing articles about how the economy and market can impact your purchase of a cruise vacation. My post in October 2008 about [...]
September 2, 2009
CruiseDeals.com Clients Protected with the Fuel Surcharge Guarantee
Big announcement from CruiseDeals.com. In the face of rising fuel costs and with the cruise lines having policies in place that would allow them to add fuel surcharges to bookings. CruiseDeals.com assures their clients that they will never pay fuel surcharges if they book their cruise in the month of September at CruiseDeals.com. CruiseDeals.com is [...]
May 22, 2009
Hyper-Inflation and Cruise Prices
There are currently two camps in Economic Circles…those who believe that we are about to see a 2 – 3 year run of Hyper Inflation and those who believe that Inflation cannot occur without wage inflation. They believe the Fact that we are at 10% unemployment could keep inflation from occurring. I believe that we [...]
January 17, 2009
Joystar and other MLM/Card Mills – Beware!
As I warned you several months ago in my article Devaluing the Travel Agent, booking through your friends or family who recently signed up to be a travel agent without any training can be a huge mistake. These companies are not traditional agencies built on years of experience of their agents. At our agency, we [...]
January 10, 2009
Trend: Cruise Pricing
We build Deal Pages at Cruisedeals.com for the best deals in cruising. I have to update the pages as prices change. In November and December, everytime I would update a deal page the prices were dropping. Now, I cannot keep up with the prices as they have come off never before seen lows and they [...]
