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

Mon Aug 10 18:46:01 UTC 2015

I hear you.

We can try and do it?

Talk with you soon.

-----Original Message-----
From: Renee Pavlus [mailto:renee.pavlus at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 2:19 PM
To: Cheryl Echevarria <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
Cc: NFB Travel and Tourism Division List <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org>; Amy Baron <aebaron at comcast.net>; Denice Brown <dbrown8827 at aol.com>; Jemal Powell <derek2872 at yahoo.com>; john Tebockhorst <jptebock at earthlink.net>; miltjotaylor at gmail.com; Steven Hastalis <steve.hastalis at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: New York rip Update, we need your input on the trip

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 Travel & Tourism Website which is here:
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> http://nfbtravel.org/75th-anniversary-convention-of-the-national-feder
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> Now for the subject line:
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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 a 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 will 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 
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> $200 per person within 60-90 days of us holding the trip.
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