I Must Be Crazy!

I Must Be Crazy! I work at home as a cruise specialist. I never got in this business to get rich and to be honest I am not getting rich. The idea of selling cruise vacations was born of my love for cruising. Since I usually travel solo I am always looking for the best value.
While doing my searches for myself I discovered that I love the challenge of finding a great value. Then friends asked me to help them find good values and this I did for free. I was not an agent then but I gave my friends the information I found and told them to call an agent and book that cruise. That was in the early 90's before I had internet connections and access to much more information. I remember calling cruise lines and waiting on hold for 45 minutes just to get a price for someone else for free.... See.... I Must Be Crazy!
Time moves on and many things have changed. Most of the training classes I take push Sell! Sell! Sell! That is all well and good for the agent who is building a career. I have had my working years. I am retired and living in Florida. I do this for the challenge of finding a great deal for my client. The extra money comes in handy and I enjoy the search. I will never try to sell a client anything but what they ask for.
I like working at home. Lets face it the commute is great. I get out of bed and put on coffee. Then go get ready for the day. I sit at my desk and do what needs doing. If it is a nice day I go work on the patio. I well know that the amount I get depends on the amount of the sale. For me that is not the most important thing. I get my happiness with the challenge. Then when the deal is done I feel great that my client is happy with what I found and they will be back. The  commission check helps but the satisfaction of making my client happy is a great feeling. If all that mean I must Be Crazy! then I will take my crazy world any day.

Affordable Get Away Deals

Looking to get away for a few days before heading into the holiday rush?  I s looking around to see what is available and here are a few good deals that I found. for my readers and clients.

1. An Affordable and Fun Get Away Cruise!
November 4, 2013.
Carnival Imagination Sailing From Miami Florida to Key West Florida and Cozumel Mexico on a 4 night cruise from $218.14 per person based on double occupancy. Price includes all taxes and port charges.
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2. Bahamas Cruise
November 3, 2013
Carnival Sensation sailing from Port Canaveral Florida (Orlando) 4 night getaway to Freeport and Nassau in the Bahamas
Priced from 242.33 per person based on double occupancy. Price includes all taxes and port charges. 
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Those are just two that I found while browsing this afternoon. I will work harder tomorrow and see what else I can come across.

Carnival Destiny is Reborn as Carnival Sunshine

Hello Cruise Lovers!! I was perusing some material from Carnival Cruise Lines this morning. I found a great deal on a wonderful Ship The ship is the Carnival Sunshine. This ship began life as Carnival Destiny. This year she was taken to the shipyard in Italy. She was stripped and completely refitted from top to bottom. When she was done getting her major make over she was renamed Carnival Sunshine. She is ported at Port Canaveral Florida. Port Canaveral is conveniently near Orlando and all of the wonders of the Disney Parks. A few days at Disney combined with this fantastic cruise can make a family vacation that your family will love. Here are the details on this cruise.





Join us on a fabulous fun filled cruise. Relax and meet new friends as we sail off to a 7 day adventure at sea. Come along and join the fun!


Carnival Sunshine! September 20, 2014

7 Fabulous days from Port Canaveral Florida This Fantastic Fun Ship sails to Nassau Bahamas, San Juan Puerto Rico , St Thomas, USVI and Grand Turk. Prices starting at $592.03 for an inside cabin, $722.03 for an ocean view cabin and $932.03 for a balcony cabin.
These prices are per person based on double occupancy and include all port charges and taxes.
Call me at 863-337-4249 or 863-709-5352 (Mobile)

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A Few Ideas And Some Changes Coming To This Blog

Hello Readers!! It has been a while since my last post. I have been so lazy lately. Many of you might know that I am a Cruise Specialist doing independent sales for Cruise Brothers. I am always tossing around ideas in my empty head. I have a few and I would love to hear what YOU think. Ladies! Would you like to get away from it all for a few days with just the ladies? I am thinking of doing some cruises just for the girls. How about joining "Ladies On The Loose" Next thought is a singles cruise we could form our own little singles club and do cruises together. "Singles Go To Sea" Send me your ideas too and we can toss them around. If you have ideas and want to discuss them with me send me an email to oceangoinggal@gmail.com I sure would like to hear from you. I will also be posting some of the specials I get in my email every day.

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Come Join the Fun

Hello!! A beautiful morning has dawned here in Lakeland, Florida. I have a head full of ideas for cruises and getting to know other cruisers. Single cruisers may want to think about this as it is a way of getting to know other cruisers and possibly get together as "roomies" on a cruise to save the dreaded single supplement. As we all know most lines are charging a whopping 200% for this now. Has anyone thought of joining a forum of people who are there because they love to cruise? I have just such a forum now. Most of us have become friends over the years and have met one another on group cruises together. I know that people have gone over to Facebook and that is a good thing in it's own way. Facebook is great for reconnectiong friends from the past. It does lack the quiet place to come in and get to know one another as in a forum. The forums can be dedicated to a certain interest. Would it not be fun to get together and discuss possible plans for group cruises? To get to know one another before the cruise? Look at the possibilities here. Ladies, are you looking for a girl's just wanna have fun" type of getaway? Gents how about you? Singles, a weekend getaway to get to know one another? This could be broken in to singles over 55 and groups of younger singles. After all we all have differing interests. Perhaps we could form a group around our interests. Sports? Oldies music? Jazz? Bingo? Maybe a group to support a cause? The possibilities are endless. If you have an interest come check out my forum Cruise Talk Cafe at www.cruisetalkcafe.forumer.com The forum is small now but together we can make it a fun place full of fun loving folks who love to cruise. How about it? Drop in and say hello.

A Trip Back In Time....................

Hello! Feeling a bit nostalgic this morning. I am taking a break from the subject of cruising. Let's take short trip back in time to a time when the world was a bit more peaceful. When I was growing up in Melrose, a suburb about 10 miles north of Boston the world was a more gentle place. At least my world was. We had a summer home in New Hampshire. Just a simple cabin in the Lakes Region near Newfound Lake. Let's go to the early 60's I was about 14 years old. We would pack up on Friday night and head north to the "camp" as we called it. Arrival at camp meant we got to work unpacking the clothes and supplies we brought for the weekend. Saturday was full of fun and beach time. We always knew that dinner would mean that all the neighbors would be coming to eat. We usually had a potluck those nights. My Mother was well known for her baked beans. In the morning she would fill two bean pots and put them in the oven to cook all day. The air would be full of the delicious smell of those beans baking. The neighbors were arriving, all carrying more delicious homemade meals. I distinctly remember the "galumpka" that Mrs Weincek made. Everyone brought food. A variety of wonderful homemade goodness. Italian, Greek, Polish and of course my mothers very New England beans. Dad would make tables from planks set across saw horses. They would be covered with sheets. The table would fill with the food and a huge stack of paper plates, cups and plastic ware. We would fill our plates and go find a place to eat. The adults always took up the picnic tables and we kids would have blankets on the ground. Dinner would be done and we would clean up and put away the remaining foods. Usually there would be a horseshoe tournament among the men. The ladies would sit and talk. We kids would just enjoy the evening. As I write this I have to wonder where the serenity went to. I can sit here in my home in Florida and imagine that the people up there in NH are still continuing that fun tradition we had, but I doubt it. The world is a different place from way back then. Memories of a more pleasant world are all that remain.

A Journey Into My Mind...