MEET CHUCK AND BARBARA BARRETTE

This is one of the lovely couples I met while on a cruise on the Carnival Conquest October 13 – 20, 2014.

During our conversations we exchanged destinations and adventures we had the opportunity to experience. We spoke of our “bucket” lists and what we enjoyed about each journey we took to the places we had visited. It was a joy for me to meet people who had the passion for travel that I have. They enjoyed their cruise so much they decided to take advantage of the Future Carnival Vacations program (previously called the Future Cruise desk). This program allows for you to book a cruise at another time. You can choose the ship and the itinerary. The benefit of doing this is that you receive up to $200 in OBC (On Board Credit) on your next cruise. You also receive 2 vouchers to give to family and friends to receive the same OBC. That’s pretty neat.

You can choose to book your next cruise with a travel agent in which case that travel agent receives credit for the booking or you can book it through Carnival which means they don’t have to pay the 10% commission to the travel agent. However, no money exchanges hands between the travel agent and the client. It’s all done through Carnival.

I tried to convey that information to the Barrette’s, but I think Barbara got cold feet and they made the booking but did not use me as the travel agent. Her decision was fine with me but I wish she would have told me before I spent an hour and a half waiting for them to get to the front of the line to be waited on after they told me to meet them at the desk at 4:30. I could have been doing something else.

I’m sharing this information so you know that as a cruiser you have an advantage if you book your cruise while on a cruise. And if you have a good travel agent use that person on your booking. If you need a good travel agent, contact me @ 1-773-417-9067 or 1-888-210-1575.

I hope Chuck and Barbara have a wonderful cruise and keep crossing destinations off their bucket list.

Daraline C. Witherspoon

Travel Unlimited

Thought For The Day

Don't miss the Thought For The Day while I am on vacation.

Thursday, October 10, 2013 “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”

― Helen Keller

Be optimistic and go in that direction. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Friday, October 11, 2013

“If you're coasting, you're either losing momentum or else you're headed downhill.”

― Joan Welsh

Get off your rumpty dumpty ‘cause headed downhill ain’t nothing nice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Saturday, October 12, 2013

“Remembering you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”

― Steve Jobs

So go with it! What have you to lose? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sunday, October 13, 2013

“Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.”

― Norman Vincent Peale

So don’t hold onto them. Let them go. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Monday, October 14, 2013

“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”

― Mark Twain

Who really gets this message? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

“The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs.”

― James Allen

What’s on the inside of you? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

“Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgement of the facts of a situation. Then deciding what you're going to do about it.”

― Kathleen Casey Theisen

What are you going to do about it? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Thursday, October 17, 2013

“You are the embodiment of the information you choose to accept and act upon. To change your circumstances you need to change your thinking and subsequent actions.”

― Adlin Sinclair

In other words, keep doing what you’re doing and you’ll keep getting what you’re getting. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Friday, October 18, 2013

“Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

― Howard Thurman

Let the dead bury the dead. We need live people. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Saturday, October 19, 2013

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”

― Albert Einstein

Which way do you choose? Miracle or Not? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sunday, October 20, 2013

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”

― Maria Robinson

What about it? Let’s start today to make a new ending ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Monday, October 21, 2013

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small, manageable tasks, and then starting on that first one.”

― Mark Twain

You’ve got to crawl before you walk.