[Travelandtourism] Costa Cruises issues over the weekend in Italy

Mon Jan 16 17:37:27 UTC 2012

Apologies, Peter, I looked it up, see unless people ask for it, I don't know where ever single place is.
I am looking now. But probably, private expedition cruises.

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> From: pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com
> To: travelandtourism at nfbnet.org
> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:25:49 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Travelandtourism] Costa Cruises issues over the weekend in	Italy
> 
> Hello Cheryl and everyone,
> 
>     I wonder which of those companies offers cruises to Tuktoyaktuk?
> 
> Peter Donahue
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
> To: "travelandtourism" <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 11:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [Travelandtourism] Costa Cruises issues over the weekend in 
> Italy
> 
> 
> 
> 
> No, if you follow my e-newsletters and websites, and no they are not all 
> associated with each other. I sell Royal Caribbean, Princess, Cunard (Queens 
> ships), Oceania, Norwegian, Disney, there are other cruise lines that 
> Carnival owns, I do not like Carnival, for the way I have been treated with 
> them, and with the issues plaguing this company.  I am also doing training 
> right now with Great American Cruises, which has been taken over by another 
> company, they are the great steamboats that sail the Ohio and Mississippi 
> Rivers.  I do all the European River Cruise Companies, as well as the 
> company you may never had heard of, all depending on where you want to go. I 
> have just finished training with Hurtigruten, which is a Norwegian owned 
> ships, that specializes in Greenland, the Artic Circle, etc.
> And now doing Sea Voyager Expeditions which do river and ocean cruises to 
> Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, and Ecuador.   There are many out there, again 
> all depends on your budget, where you want to go, etc.
> If I need to learn more others out there than I will learn there product. 
> There are many out there, Cindy.
> 
> Plus, Carnival, steals clients from travel agents, when you book a client 
> with any cruise lines thought the agent, they know that is the clients bread 
> and butter, but Carnival sells the client list, or uses them to try and 
> entice the client not to use the agent, so that they don't have to pay us 
> are commissions.
> 
> Leading the Way in Independent Travel!
> 
> Cheryl Echevarria
> http://www.echevarriatravel.com
> 631-456-5394
> reservations at echevarriatravel.com
> 
> For daily updates read our blog at
> http://www.echevarriatravel.wordpress.com
> 
> > From: cindy425 at verizon.net
> > To: travelandtourism at nfbnet.org
> > Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:54:46 -0500
> > Subject: Re: [Travelandtourism] Costa Cruises issues over the weekend in 
> > Italy
> >
> > It did seem, from the news reports, that the crew wasn't trained very 
> > well.
> >
> > It seems that most of the cruise companies are affiliated with each other,
> > or with many other companies, in some way.  So, since you have a personal
> > aversion to Carnival, do you advertise or promote other companies who may 
> > be
> > affiliated with them; or is Norwegian the primary cruise company you
> > promote?
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > From: cheryl echevarria
> > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 10:56 AM
> > To: travelandtourism ; Echevarria Travelblog
> > Subject: [Travelandtourism] Costa Cruises issues over the weekend in Italy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > If you haven't already heard about this disaster in Italy, I will let you
> > all know, and this also should deter anyone from cruising in the future.
> > Many of what I am saying are my own opinions plus, what happened as well.
> > I am not a big fan of Carnival Cruise Lines, and over the last 2 years 
> > there
> > has been many issues with the ships, such as the same week last year when 
> > I
> > was on the Norwegian Epic, one of Carnival's ships was off the coast of
> > California adrift due to fire in one of the engine rooms ,and other issues
> > with the company as well.
> > Why am I mentioning this, Well Carnival Cruise Lines is the parent Company
> > of Costa Cruise Lines.
> > I don't advertise any of there sales on my website or on my blog as
> > postings, only because in the past, they have not allowed me as a travel
> > partner come on the ships to do a ship inspection with my guide dog, all 
> > the
> > other ones will.
> > The also do not belong to many of the Cruise Lines Organizations, I belong
> > to both CLIA (which is the Cruise Lines International Association), which 
> > I
> > am part of and I have taken all of there training courses, when I first
> > started with my agency.
> > They are not associated or come to the trade shows of the organizations 
> > that
> > I belong to when they do have supplier trade shows such as ASTA (American
> > Society of Travel Agents) and TASC (Travel Agents of Suffolk County).
> > I have mentioned in the past, if I am not allowed to do the other things
> > that all other travel professionals are allowed to do and go, then I will
> > not advertise it, unless my clients want to go on there cruise lines, and
> > then the client comes first.
> > I am not saying if in the past you have had no issues with Carnival, and
> > they are your favorite cruise lines, we all have our favorites.
> > Getting back to Costa Cruise Lines.
> > On January 13, 2012. the ship came a ground in shallow waters, and hit a
> > rock, and made a gash in the side of the vessel, of the coast of
> > Civitavecchia (Rome) on a 7 day cruise, carrying over 3200 passengers and
> > 1000 crew members.
> > At this point in time, the authorities in Rome have arrested the Captain,
> > for violating orders and going off course.
> > I was watching Good Morning America this morning, and a couple who was
> > celebrating their honeymoon, stated that none of the crew came and helped,
> > in fact, about an hour after the ship hit, they were saying it was
> > electrical problems, which by this time, the ship was already on her side.
> > Also, the Captain and some crew members had abandoned ship.
> > The passengers were at the mercy of there own devices until people came to
> > rescue.  Mostly everyone was rescued there were about 6 casualties as of
> > now.
> > I am still cruising myself, I love cruising and will always tell people it
> > is the best vacation ever.
> > But I don't trust this cruise lines at all, the staff that was there, were
> > not trained properly in evacuations, etc.
> > I will keep everyone up to date on this.  But my own feelings on Carnival 
> > as
> > a whole I do not like.
> > My own opinions, and my own experiences.
> >
> >
> > Leading the Way in Independent Travel!
> >
> > Cheryl Echevarria
> > http://www.echevarriatravel.com
> > 631-456-5394
> > reservations at echevarriatravel.com
> >
> > For daily updates read our blog at
> > http://www.echevarriatravel.wordpress.com
> >
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