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2 week Cruise Sale
I hope everyone is enjoying the fall weather. Let’s not cringe thinking about our colder than normal La Nina winter we have ahead of us. Okay, too late. Instead, let’s get dreaming about warmer climates and sunshine. I know I love the thought of my yearly winter sun-getaway. It may just be for a week but for that week, you get to write emails to your friends and brag about how hard life is in the 30°C heat while they shovel snow and scrape their windshields.
To help you get one step closer to your sun-getaway (or wherever you may prefer), I want you to know about our great 2 Week Sale on Holland America Line. Starting November 9, 2011, the cruise sale lets you take advantage of reduced deposits and when you book, you’ll receive an onboard value booklet that offers you hundreds of dollars worth of savings for some of your favourite activities onboard the ship! You can just get your holiday shopping out of the way and surprise your family with an unforgettable cruise!
Now we don’t want to toot our own horn but…toot toot! We’re just so excited about our recent achievements that we would love to share them with you. In late October, CruisePlus has been recognized as a Top Producer award for Ensemble Travel – AND – we have also received a nod of approval from Holland America Line as one of their Centurion award winners. What is the Centurion award and what does it mean for you? The Centurion award is presented to the top 100 producing agencies in North America, which is quite the big deal! By being a top producing and award winning agency, we can get you better deals on your next cruise. We’d like to thank you all for being loyal friends of CruisePlus because you are the reason we love what do!
On a different note, I’d like to talk a bit about the weather. More specifically, the Caribbean and it’s particularly bad hurricane and tropical storm season. As St Lucia cleans up after last week’s devastation brought on by hurricane Tomas, it may have you doubting your Caribbean holiday. Although staying at a resort hotel may not be the best option, cruising can and does still work. The beauty of a cruise is that the ship can navigate around the storm, keeping you under sunny skies. Some flexibility from your part may be required since, from time to time, if a certain port of call is seeing particularly bad weather, the ship will modify its itinerary. Take hold of your sense of adventure as the ship takes you to an equally exciting port that will promise you better weather. To get back to St Lucia, the island is recovering quickly and welcomed its first cruise ships back into the port of Castries on Sunday. The first ships to return were P&O’s Oceana and Holland America’s ms Noordam. Oceana’s captain was met by the Prime Minister and Tourism Minister as he presented donations to the local Red Cross that included pallets of water, mattresses, and many other items to help rebuild the nation. Let’s all hope that the all the Caribbean islands affected by the storms get the relief they need.
This week we’ve got some great packaged holidays in our newsletter for you to enjoy including San Diego & Mexico as well as the oh so popular Las Vegas and coastal cruise vacations. Don’t forget to take a look because they are most definitely combinable with our 2 Week Sale!
