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

[Cheryl Echevarria]

Peter the trip was planned and voted on at the National Convention by our
paid members.

The trip as we did back in 2013, was opened to everyone, not just NFB
members.

We have polled and voted. I was just seeing if we could save a few bucks on
it.

It is not the 1st time during the past year that we have been working on
this trip and working with our members on the teleconference calls.


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-----Original Message-----
From: Travelandtourism [mailto:travelandtourism-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
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Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 3:18 PM
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Cc: Peter Donahue <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Travelandtourism] New York rip Update, we need your input on
the trip

Good afternoon everyone,

     Some of this depends on one's level of expectation. Simply being a trip
planned specifically for the blind may not be good enough for some blind
travelers. I know of a company that as a part of it's program for
recognizing  top achievers holds annual conferences in such places as New
York City, Las Vegas, and Orlando to name a few. When they're not holding
conference sessions they're at area attractions. We have heard too many
audios from top achievers who recounted their trips to Disneyworld and
Universal Orlando. Here's the kicker. The company in question negotiated
with Disney and Universal to have exclusive use of their theme parks. IN
otherwords conference attendees have entry in to these parks on special days
and evenings and the park is exclusively theirs for the day or evening. No
one else is admitted while this group is in the park. Once conference
attendees are inside the park they can put their wallets away. Admission to
all rides and attractions, meals from the various eateries and perchases
from park gift shops are picked up by the company in question. Now that's
worth paying $13,000 for a trip like that. That's our expectations for that
price.

Peter Donahue



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