[Travelandtourism] Eliminating braille to your clients.

Mon Jun 6 19:42:12 UTC 2011

Yes, Cheryl. I always talk directly with the Access department before 
cruising, even if the travel agent says "everything's in order." I find out 
more information usually directly from the Access department and I think 
they appreciate knowing who they are dealing with.
Wendy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
To: "NFB Travel and Tourism Division List" <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Travelandtourism] Eliminating braille to your clients.

> Wendy, I am sorry you went through this.
>
> I hope you were working with a travel agent that understood your needs, 
> and directly with the Access Department prior to cruising, again the 
> problem is that many blind people do not cruise and that is why myself, 
> Maurice, and I hope others on this list are travel agents, we are trying 
> to get blind people in general to travel and not just to conventions.
>
> I am getting the ball rolling I hope with the talks with Norwegian, they 
> are wonderful, and I hope others who have contacted them in the past, that 
> when you need management with them, they are on twitter, facebook, phone, 
> e-mail and really people and not automated systems or not even giving the 
> proper information to the travel agent.
>
> We really need to work together with this division to getting what is 
> needed for the cruise lines, airfares, etc to make sure they understand 
> stand our needs and implement them, and not just offering when it doesn't 
> work they eliminate it.
>
> Let walk the walk and not talk the talk. I am only one person, who is 
> working on behalf of my clients.
>
>
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>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Wendy David<mailto:wendydav at mindspring.com>
>  To: NFB Travel and Tourism Division 
> List<mailto:travelandtourism at nfbnet.org>
>  Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 12:43 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Travelandtourism] Eliminating braille to your clients.
>
>
>  Cheryl, I had to provide my own Braille for menus, activity schedules, 
> and
>  other docs for Princess.  They only had the in-room emergency information
>  and room service menu in Braille.  My last Princess cruise I had 
> requested
>  Braille Bingo cards and they couldn't find them until the last day.  So,
>  what they say isn't always what you get. In my 3 Princess cruises, I have
>  had to provide a thumb drive but the formatting of the electronic docs 
> could
>  not be read by my Braille Sense.  It was pretty frustrating.
>
>  Wendy David
>
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: "cheryl echevarria" 
> <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com<mailto:cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>>
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>  Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 9:29 AM
>  Subject: Re: [Travelandtourism] Eliminating braille to your clients.
>
>
>  > Maurice:
>  >
>  > Princess does offer it, and it was re iterated on the recent posting 
> that
>  > I did about guide dogs on Princess Cruise Lines, in the video on
>  > Princess.com they do have braille upon request as well.
>  >
>  >
>  > Leading the Way in Independent Travel!
>  >
>  > Cheryl Echevarria
>  > 
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>  > Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Montrose Travel
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>  >
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>  >  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  >  From: Peachtree 
> Travel<mailto:info at peachtreetravel.net<mailto:info at peachtreetravel.net>>
>  >  To: NFB Travel and Tourism Division
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> List<mailto:travelandtourism at nfbnet.org<mailto:travelandtourism at nfbnet.org>>
>  >  Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 12:05 PM
>  >  Subject: Re: [Travelandtourism] Eliminating braille to your clients.
>  >
>  >
>  >  Hi Wendy:
>  >
>  >  I'll have to research which cruise lines still offer the Braille 
> option
>  > for
>  >  its customers.  I no Carnival/Princess  no longer provides Braille
>  > however,
>  >  there information channel is a great substitute.
>  >
>  >  RCL is phasing out Braille and not sure about NCL.
>  >
>  >  Reese
>  >
>  >  ----- Original Message ----- I would like Braille to remain an option 
> for
>  >  those who request it
>  >  specifically.  It is a deciding factor for me whether or not to choose 
> a
>  >  specific cruise line/ship.
>  >  Thanks,
>  >  Wendy David
>  >
>  >
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