Daily Archives: March 25, 2017

JUST A BIT OF PILLOW TALK

Q – This is for my husband. He works very hard in the construction business based here in Passaic. A cruise to him is an opportunity to catch up on sleep. Our agent, who I think is part-time, has us looking at some of the top lines on your list and we are wondering, between…

HOW MUCH PROFIT IS THERE BUILT INTO THE MAJOR CRUISE LINES FARES?

Q – When you look at the three largest cruise lines, NCL, Carnival, and Royal Caribbean, you see a lot of heavy discounting going on. At the end of the day, how much can they make per passenger? Is it 3% or is it actually higher? I’m just curious.  A – It really does vary…

WHICH CRUISE LINE HAS THE BEST RESTAURANT?

Q – We enjoyed your site – spent three hours on it last night. I suspect we are younger than your average reader and we have taste buds that are still in their prime. We work them out fairly regularly in the Santa Monica area. We are going to do our first cruise this summer…

LOOKING TO DO THE BIG LOUIE AND NEED SOME ADVICE

Q – We are drilling down to make a decision on choosing a ship for a 2018 Around-The-World sailing. Can we book this through you and can you help us decide? We’re looking for a sailing that might be really elegant, I’ve had a very good year in the market, a bit dressy from time…

OCEANIA TO CUBA: ARE THEY READY TO WELCOME THE BERNSTEIN’S?

Q  – Good day and thank you for your efforts on this site. It is wonderful.. We work with an Ensemble agency and they have us on some great mailing lists so we see a lot of the new offers. We just received one announcing a series of upcoming sailings that will go to Cuba….

SHOULD TEL AVIV BE ON OUR RADAR?

Q – We have close friends who want us to join them on a cruise that spends three days in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. We enjoy downtown Chicago, where we have retired, and, quite frankly, my wife has some safety concerns about traveling right now to Israel. I am wondering what your writers feel about…