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From: Frank from Deeeetroit on 6 Jun 2010 10:55 On Jun 5, 11:01 pm, Tom K <tkani...(a)optonline.net> wrote: > On 6/5/10 9:36 PM, John Sisker wrote: > > > Whatever you decide, remember... there is no wrong cruise. > > That's terrible advice. There ARE ABSOLUTELY wrong cruises. If you > pick something that is totally a wrong fit, it could be a horrible > experience. For me Carnival is the wrong cruise. > > I think a travel agent has the professional responsibility to learn > enough about the client, and then recommend the right cruise, not to > simply say there is no wrong cruise. > > --Tom The Titanic was a wrong cruise, Carnival cruises are great. I you picked a wrong fit, it is not the cruislines fault, the fault lies with you.
From: Charles on 6 Jun 2010 11:29 In article <slcn06h11hfrc357ov7b3oj1vnonfvu45a(a)4ax.com>, Stu <info(a)foodforu.ca> wrote: > Yes RC and Princess, twice on Carnival. I have one more cruise to do, > when my wife retires. Then if it's anything, it will be land based > like a month in Portugal, San Juan, Barbados, somewhere warm in > January and February. I could enjoy Mexico if it wasn't for all the > rude Americans. Now don't any of you take offence, I'm just stating a > fact, ask anyone other than an American. Canadians are pretty similar to "Americans". Half my extended family lives in Canada and my mother was born there so I know something about that. As Canadians are from a country next to powerful dominating neighbor they might be a little more worldly when abroad. Pretty much any nationality when in another country can seem rude to the locals because they are not familiar with local customs. I see a lot of foreign visitors living here in Washington, DC and many do things we locals would think of as rude. Actually not just from other countries, even from other US regions. It is just they don't know the local customs. For example they don't know we don't eat or drink on the Metro and stay to the right on escalators and let people pass on the left. It is not that tourists to other counties are being rude on purpose. They just don't know better. As far as giving up cruises in retirement. When I retire I will keep taking cruises but I intend to do fewer cruises and more land vacations. Maybe more land vacations than cruises or maybe half and half. -- Charles
From: Tom K on 6 Jun 2010 11:43 On 6/6/10 10:52 AM, Frank from Deeeetroit wrote: > Do it your self and call the cruise line, you will > receive the best service at the least cost. Spend your money on the > ship and on shore excursions. > <snip> > > Frank Cruise lines do not give you the "least cost" if you book with them. All the cruise lines do is give you the same price as a travel agent would get you, and they keep the commission that would have been paid to a travel agent. But what you lose is having someone look out for getting you possible upgrades and who will keep an eye out for price reductions (what's the chance that the cruise line will call you and say that there has been a price reduction and you're getting a lower cost?). --Tom
From: Stu on 6 Jun 2010 11:46 On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 11:29:41 -0400, Charles <fort(a)his.com.remove.invalid> wrote: >In article <slcn06h11hfrc357ov7b3oj1vnonfvu45a(a)4ax.com>, Stu ><info(a)foodforu.ca> wrote: > >> Yes RC and Princess, twice on Carnival. I have one more cruise to do, >> when my wife retires. Then if it's anything, it will be land based >> like a month in Portugal, San Juan, Barbados, somewhere warm in >> January and February. I could enjoy Mexico if it wasn't for all the >> rude Americans. Now don't any of you take offence, I'm just stating a >> fact, ask anyone other than an American. > >Canadians are pretty similar to "Americans". Half my extended family >lives in Canada and my mother was born there so I know something about >that. As Canadians are from a country next to powerful dominating >neighbor they might be a little more worldly when abroad. Pretty much >any nationality when in another country can seem rude to the locals >because they are not familiar with local customs. I see a lot of >foreign visitors living here in Washington, DC and many do things we >locals would think of as rude. Actually not just from other countries, >even from other US regions. It is just they don't know the local >customs. For example they don't know we don't eat or drink on the Metro >and stay to the right on escalators and let people pass on the left. >It is not that tourists to other counties are being rude on purpose. >They just don't know better. > >As far as giving up cruises in retirement. When I retire I will keep >taking cruises but I intend to do fewer cruises and more land >vacations. Maybe more land vacations than cruises or maybe half and >half. Is that why they take Canadian flag stickers and put them on their luggage to give the impression they are not Americans? I've sat and watched the Canadian ID on our bags get snatched by Americans, what other reason could it be? When we were young and in Europe, we always had Americans wanting to buy our backpacks because of the Canadian flag on it's back. Seems Europeans treat them better if they think they're another nationality. btw...we're similar, but yet not. Europeans love us. Please don't think I'm bashing Americans, I'm not just stating what is well known.
From: peter on 6 Jun 2010 11:59
X-no-archive: yes On 6/6/10 5:29 PM, in article 060620101129418492%fort(a)his.com.remove.invalid, "Charles" <fort(a)his.com.remove.invalid> wrote: > In article <slcn06h11hfrc357ov7b3oj1vnonfvu45a(a)4ax.com>, Stu > <info(a)foodforu.ca> wrote: > >> I could enjoy Mexico if it wasn't for all the >> rude Americans. Now don't any of you take offence, I'm just stating a >> fact, ask anyone other than an American. > > Canadians are pretty similar to "Americans". What a rude thing to say. Of course Canadians are not "pretty similar" to Americans. Canadians on average are much more civilized. Stu clearly stated "ask anyone other than an American" but Charles, known to yell and insult the Philippino and Indonesian crew if he isn't served within 15 seconds after ordering, thinks he is in a position to give a fair and balanced view. He isn't. The WHO happiness index for Canada is 30% higher than for the U.S. The standard of living is 19% higher. Charles questioned Stu: "Have you ever been on a cruise line other than Carnival?" showing what an obnoxious, rude person he is. Pathetic Charles himself made his first overseas cruise just last year. |