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Monthly Archives: February, 2008
Travel agents and the service they do or do not provide
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Travel agents and the service they do or do not provide
This article talks about two things. One is the risk of Malaria in Punta Cana and elsewhere in the Dominican Republic. I didn’t know that when I went…
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Skiing accident, medical helicopter bill, and travel / medical insurance question
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Skiing accident, medical helicopter bill, and travel / medical insurance question
The following is an email I received from a reader who wants to remain anonymous. Any helpful comments would be appreciated:
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CruiseOne
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All About CruiseOne
Summary: Ranked as a âTop 500 Franchiseâ by Entrepreneur Magazine since 1998, CruiseOne has been franchising since 1992. Part of World Travel Holdings (WTH), CruiseOne has nearly 500 locations around the country, with a base in Fort Lauderdale, Florida â a popular embarkation point for many Caribbean cruise ships.
Ranked as a âTop 500 Franchiseâ by Entrepreneur Magazine since 1998, CruiseOne has been franchising since 1992. Part of World Travel Holdings (WTH), CruiseOne has nearly 500 locations around the country, with a base in Fort Lauderdale, Florida â a popular embarkation point for many Caribbean cruise ships. World Travel Holdings has offices in Port Washington, New York, Woburn, Massachusetts, California, Florida, and Virginia. The online and offline travel leisure company also owns the following brands Creative Leisure International and National Leisure Group (NLG), as well as CruisesOnly, Cruises.com, Rooms.com, Vacation Outlet, Cruise411, Cruises Inc., and Villas of Distinction. Partner brands include: BJ’s Vacations, Hotwire.com Cruises, Overstock.com Travel, Priceline.com Cruises, American Airlines Cruises, continental.com cruises, and more.
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Divine Inspiration: How Travel Teaches Us To Appreciate Humanity
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Knowing ourselves and our communities, and seeing them in unison, is the first step in fostering the divine world spirit.
A wise Indian man once said to me, “Perfection is a rare and sporadic event.” For travelers especially, this rings true.
From a traveler’s perspective, every foreign country is a chance for something to go ridiculously, horribly amok.
From a traveler’s perspective, every foreign country is a chance for something to go ridiculously, horribly amok.
For example, in Southwest China, where I began my career as a teacher, nothing seemed to work - not traffic, nor washing machines, bank machines, or even the rhythms of night or day.
Even at 3 in the morning someone was always putting up a building or knocking one down, accompanied by the rhythmic beat of karaoke tunes and firecrackers.
I felt like I might die of sleep deprivation, but the constant noise didn’t appear to ruffle the majority of celebratory, happy-go-lucky, ever-industrious Chinese folk.
In Thailand, no matter how dysfunctional things got - whether it be rampant sex tourism, a heat wave, a flood, or a staff of misbehaving English instructors, the general Thai reaction was always “mai pen rai”, or in English, simply, “don’t worry about it.”
As Murphy’s Law states, “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.” The Thais seemed to feel that the best way to deal with adversity was simply to shrug, smile and carry on.
Stop, Chat, Have Some Tea
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