[Travelandtourism] New York rip Update, we need your input on the trip

[Renee Pavlus]

Hello All:
I do understand why each of you who believe you cannot spend
$13,000.00 per person, but, if you can send the Travel and Tourism
around $100.00 over each month, or perhaps a little more, this trip
still can work. I am excited to travel, and want you who are skeptical
to know that when we attended the last event last year it was
definitely worth the money.
You must realize that time and much personal intake went in to the
last trip. Look at it this way, where can you take a trip planned
where they are cognisent of our specific needs.
I will be there and so will my husband. Please rethink, five days with
all or most of the driving, meals, etc included.
Some times it seems as if we want to do these things but don't want to
pay for them. I know that the Board must have a secured number to make
this trip happen.
Where can you go and pay monthly. Would we have the same experience
going on a tour designed for everyone, I do not believ so. Cheryl and
Nelson and the Board catter to each of our needs the best they can.
Take all of these things in to consideration when thinking this over.

Just a few thoughts. Count us in. Perhaps towards next spring discount
flight tickets can be purchased. I am sure that Cheryl keeps a check
on air prices all of the time.
Renee Pavlus the air fair

On 8/7/15, Cheryl Echevarria <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Good morning everyone:
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> We need your input into the New York Trip update for the 2016 Fundraiser.
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> Those of you who had voted on the trip at the meeting at the national
> convention back on July 5, 2015 and for those you who could not attend,
> Nelson Echevarria, my husband took a video of as much of the meeting and
> other events at the convention as he could and is available on the NFB
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> At convention we had voted for the September 2016 trip to NY State, please
> remember this is our fund raiser for the division, and that trip is running
> about $1290 per person without transportation to NY City. After we returned
> home, we got a lot of emails from all of you stating that this trip will be
> too expensive for you to go. I had stated that if you were voted on the
> trip
> options meant that you were going to attend, or willing to encourage others
> to attend as well.
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> We are trying to see how we can cut corners on this trip and save some
> money.
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> The original itinerary was traveling to NY City, either by driving, taking
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> train or flying into one of the NY City or Long Island area airports.
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> Stay at a hotel in Brooklyn, do a day trip into NY City, do a tour of the
> city and see Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Then travel up to Hyde
> Park, NY for a  few days and visit the Culinary Institute of American,
> Franklin Roosevelts Home and also the Vanderbilt Mansion, then head over to
> Cooperstown, NY visit the Baseball Hall of Fame, and local area landmarks
> and winery or a Cider Mill, etc and then had back to NY City to offer
> option
> sightseeing to Broadways Shows, Tour of one of the Baseball Stadium, or
> other options in the city and then have a group dinner to say good bye.
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> We again are looking to you the members for help here.
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> We need to see where we can cut some corners, the trip was planned for 5
> days and for those who want to come in a day before or stay a day after
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> be offered the opportunity to do so.
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> Many of you have said let's get rid of Hyde Park, and stay with just the
> city and Cooperstown.
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> Once we decide the pricing will be out and deposits will be do of at least
> $200 per person within 60-90 days of us holding the trip.
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