[Nfbf-l] {Disarmed} Re: [NFBF-Leaders] Cruise with guide dogs

Thu Jun 2 21:02:28 UTC 2011

I know a travel agent. I could check with her.
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From: "Lenora J. Marten" <bluegolfshoes at aol.com>
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Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 6:45 AM
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> On the positive side - breakfast, lunch and dinner are included. Including 
> the formal dinners which
> would really help out with banquet cost all the way around. There are 
> meeting rooms on ships and
> the amount of space available is dependent on the size of the ship, just 
> like a hotel. Many companies
> are holding meetings on ships now that even include vendors simply because 
> the costs have come
> down so much. Most companies that hold events on a cruise ship look at the 
> ship as a floating hotel
> rather than a cruise vacation.
>
>
> Ships go into international waters, so passports would be needed even if 
> one does not get off on a
> port of call. The larger ships would have rooms big enough for
> general session. We would need to figure out the overall cost for members. 
> While people pay per
> person on a ship instead of per hotel room, we must remember that includes 
> cost of food, which
> by the way, also includes room service.
>
>
> It's definitely going to take some time to look into all the options.
>
>
> Lenora
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sherri <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Thu, Jun 2, 2011 12:53 am
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>
> Okay in the name of positivity, I believe the cost might be prohibitive. 
> Guess it's worth looking in to though. We wouldn't have to do hospitality, 
> because that's available all over the ship. There are ships that go out of 
> Ft. Lauderdale as well as Cape Canaveral.
>
> Sherri
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> Thank you.
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Evans" <drevans at bellsouth.net>
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> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 11:00 AM
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> Dear Holly and all,
>
> It is a great idea, but where would the boat leave from and go to.
> There is also the cost of the travel to and from the port to consider.
> How many vendors and sponsors might you get to come and show their wares?
> Will anyone be getting off the boat at any foreign ports of call and need
> passports?
> Will a large room be needed for general session style meetings or the 
> like?
> Will there be any hard cut off date for reservations before the cruise?
> Will there be enough members able to afford the trip?
> I personally think that to do it as just a fun trip would be the best, but
> that the idea of trying to do it as our State Convention has allot of
> negatives.  Just my two cents.
>
> David Evans, NFBF and GD Jack.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Holly" <hbeanie at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 10:41 AM
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> Do you think we, as a chapter, could do the work it will take to host
> a state convention?
>
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 12:28 AM, Sherri <flmom2006 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I think it would be great!
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>>> Should Orlando put together a team to what the cost would be for a
>>> convention? We don't have a convention spot for next year?
>>> That sounds like fun.
>>> Holly
>>>
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>>>
>>> Wow, wouldn't a state convention be cool on a cruise ship?
>>> Look at the U-Tube link below from Princess Cruises.
>>> DS
>>>
>>>
>>> Check this out, it is very cool.
>>> _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHm3CpXc1wg&feature=youtu.be_
>>> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHm3CpXc1wg&feature=youtu.be)
>>>
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