Travel with me in 2022

I know we’re not out of this yet, but I remain optimistic.  I have clients at sea, as I write this and one of the most comforting things I have is a text from a client, on my phone, which reads: 

Aug. 20, 2021 Someone tested positive for COVID-19.  They have been removed from the ship and the individuals who were identified through the contact tracing bracelet that we wear were isolated and have all tested negative.  Love the ship and the crew.”

The clients were Connie and Charlie Brown.  I am not making that name up.  He’s real.  The ship was Celebrity Equinox, sailing the Caribbean, out of Fort Lauderdale.  She is a big one, and was about half full, per COVID rules.  It tells me, what I have been feeling in my bones, that cruise ships now are very, very safe places.  They have to be.  It’s their one chance.  I have talked to Connie since they are now back.  She has nothing but praise for ship and crew.  The ship was a lot safer than Florida!

All the cruise lines are booking with money-back guarantees, like we never saw, before 2020.  They want us back, and we want to be back.  I am tired of canceling and re-booking, canceling again and re-booking again, but I’ll keep doing it as long as necessary, until we all get our lives back.  Luckily, there’s good WiFi at sea, now, so I can sail and still take care of my clients, from anywhere in the world.  I take the best care of all, when you are sailing with me. 

So, do please come sail with me in 2022.  My Distinctive Voyages are very distinctive, indeed.  I have Oceania and Crystal.   Come share one with me. 

The Oceania is a repositioning cruise on Marina and quite inexpensive.  There are only Verandahs left, but you can have one for about $3500 per person, double occupancy, plus taxes and fees.  or a suite for about $5000 ppdo, and it’s a 16 day cruise!  Miami to Rome!  Crystal wants about the same amount for only 8 days, but they include even more, never leave North America, and I take you home with me at the end and show you Montreal as only someone who was born here can.  I include private homes, exclusive clubs, local characters, etc. 

Here are the itineraries and links to the cruises on the respective cruise lines’ sites, but please don’t click through to buy.  If you want to travel with me, and get my add-ons and TLC, you have to buy it from me.  It’s the same price and I chase all the sales and such that happen after you buy, so you always get the best deal.  Because these are all Distinctive Voyages, there’s a free cocktail party, a nice shipboard credit or a shore excursion, and whatever I can dream up on each of them. Yacht Club de Monaco, anyone?

Here they are:

 Oceania Cruises 16-days from Miami, Florida, United States to Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy 

Come join me, Tricia Harrold, Pat Gustafson and Mike Desky in March    

Passage to the Old World                 Marina – March 19 to April 4

DAY	PORT	ARRIVE	DEPART
Mar 19 Sat	Miami, Florida, United States	Embark 1 PM	7 PM
Mar 20 Sun	Cruising the Atlantic Ocean
Mar 21 Mon	Cruising the Atlantic Ocean
Mar 22 Tue	Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda	8 AM	6 PM
Mar 23 Wed	Cruising the Atlantic Ocean
Mar 24 Thu	Cruising the Atlantic Ocean
Mar 25 Fri	Cruising the Atlantic Ocean
Mar 26 Sat	Cruising the Atlantic Ocean
Mar 27 Sun	Ponta Delgada (Azores), Portugal	8 AM	6 PM
Mar 28 Mon	Cruising the Atlantic Ocean
Mar 29 Tue	Funchal (Madeira), Portugal	8 AM	5 PM
Mar 30 Wed	Cruising the Atlantic Ocean
Mar 31 Thu	Malaga, Spain	8 AM	6 PM
Apr 1 Fri	Cruising the Mediterranean Sea
Apr 2 Sat	Provence (Marseille), France	8 AM	6 PM
Apr 3 Sun	Monte Carlo, Monaco	8 AM	5 PM
Apr 4 Mon	Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy	Disembark 8 AM

CRYSTAL – LUXURY OCEAN CRUISE FROM NEW YORK CITY TO QUEBEC CITY OCT 13 – 21, 2022, 8 NIGHTS

8 Night Ocean Cruise From New York City to Québec City | Crystal Cruises on October 13, with Helen’s tour of Montreal at the end

Northeast Gems

Itinerary

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Day	Date	Ports	Arrive	Depart
	Oct.B, Thu	NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, USA	Embark PM	6:00PM
2	Oct. 14, Fri	NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, USA	8:00AM	5:00 PM
3	Oct. 15, Sat	BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, USA	B:ooAM	6:00PM
4	Oct. 16, Sun	BAR HARBOR, MAINE, USA	7:00AM	5:00 PM
5	Oct. 17, Mon	CRUISING THE EAST COAST OF USA
6	Oct.1B, Tue	CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD	9:00AM	5:00 PM
		ISLAND, CANADA
7	Oct. 19, Wed	CRUISING THE GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE,
8	Oct. 20, Thu	QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC, CANADA	8:00AM
9	Oct. 21, Fri	QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC, CANADA		Disembark AM

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Shoot me an email or give me a dingle, if any of this interests you. I’d love to sail with you.

Robbie needs staff, too. My very downtown apartment comes with a parking space, a gym and a pool and there’s a Jacuzzi right in the apartment. Let me know if you are interested in vacationing in Montreal. Possible dates include this November, March-April, 2022 coinciding with Miami to Rome, above, June 20 – July 15 or so, 2022, but not coinciding with the Crystal Colors Cruise. That spot is taken.