Cruise People Win Award

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Cruise People Receives 2009 Best of Coral Springs Award

U.S. Commerce Association’s Award Plaque Honors the Achievement

WASHINGTON D.C., June 8, 2009 -- Cruise People has been selected for the 2009 Best of Coral Springs Award in the Travel Agents category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA).
The USCA "Best of Local Business" Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country.

Each year, the USCA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.

Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2009 USCA Award Program focused on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the USCA and data provided by third parties.

About U.S. Commerce Association (USCA)

U.S. Commerce Association (USCA) is a Washington D.C. based organization funded by local businesses operating in towns, large and small, across America. The purpose of USCA is to promote local business through public relations, marketing and advertising.

The USCA was established to recognize the best of local businesses in their community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations, chambers of commerce and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to be an advocate for small and medium size businesses and business entrepreneurs across America.

SOURCE: U.S. Commerce AssociationCONTACT:U.S. Commerce AssociationEmail: PublicRelations@us-ca.orgURL: http://www.us-ca.org
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Oasis of the Seas Live Pictures

Take a look at the live pictures we took on Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas VIP cruise which sailed from Ft. Lauderdale with passengers for the first time on 11/19/09.

Click on the link below

http://picasaweb.google.com/zients4/OasisOfTheSeas?feat=directlink

The National Association of Postal Supervisors "NAPS"will be holding their post national conference cruise on the new Carnival Dream sailing from Port Canaveral on August 14, 2010.

Join "Bobby and the cruisers" as they sail away to exotic ports in the Eastern Caribbean after an exciting convention week in Olrando.

Shop Nassau’s famous Straw Market, explore pirate hideaways in St. Thomas and visit two countries on one island in St. Maarten.

The special rates negotiated for this group are extremely low.

Both postal employees and their family and friends are invited to cruise. Let's make this one huge party at sea!

For more information on this gret cruise go to http://tinyurl.com/m84gqb

Rates for inside cabins start at only $687 per person double occupancy and that includes all of the government taxes and fees!

We've even negotiated a $75 per cabin onboard spending credit and a FREE bottle of wine per cabin!

Don't miss the boat on this one!

Why sail in balcony cabins?

Over and over we're asked why people should sail in a balcony cabin versus taking the cheapest inside available. the picture at left shows you one of the reasons. It was taken from the inside of our cabin on the Norwegian sky this past Sunday as we were sailing away from Great Stirrup Cay.

If this great view isn't enough to sway you, I'll give you a lot more reasons.

We polled balcony clients about what they like when sailing in a balcony, here are some of their answers -

Coffee and croissants on the balcony in the morning before facing the world or even the ship!

A sense of openness that other cabins don't give them.

A relaxing quiet oasis to enjoy the sea without the hubbub of deck activity and trying to find an available deck chair in a quiet corner.

A glass of wine or cocktails while watching the sunset before going to dinner. (On our recent cruise on the Norwegian sky there were a couple of single women that would buy their two for one martinis and go back to their balcony to relax and enjoy!)

On cruise lines that allow smoking, it's much better to do it on the balcony than in the cabin where the odor will linger.

And high on our male responses - Sex is much better and more proliferate on the balcony!

Yes, there are cruise pundits and uninformed travel agents that will tell you that you should take an inside cabin and save the few dollars because you don't spend much time in the cabin. That's very true with an inside cabin. Who wants to spend time in a closet?

But with a balcony you can relax in your own oasis at sea!

Explore South Florida

We normally spend our time exploring the world. We decided to spend the last few weeks exploring our own environment. We found some really great things in South Florida.

We went fishing on the Marathon Lady in Marathon Key. Fabulous!!!!!

We went for an airboat ride in the everglades. We live on the edge of the everglades and never realized how much fun it could be.

We went to the Miami Zoo. Now, we've been to a lot of zoo's around the world, but I have to tell you that this is one of the best we have ever been to.

We send lot's of people all over the world and travel the world ourselves, but we seem to have lost interest in our own surroundings.

The last week in our so called "staycation" has renewed our enthusiasm for our home town South Florida and all she has to offer. Want to know more aobut South Florida and waht you can do here, e-mail us at info@cruisepeople.com.

Travel Myths

Travel Myths is the subject of our next newsletter. If you aren't getting the weekly Travel Smart Newsletter you should sign up today. Just visit our web site at www.cruisepeople.com and click on the top left box.

Coral Springs Wikimetro.org and Twitter Added

We've added our blog to Wikimetro and Twitter.

Now you can follow us in many differnt ways.

Don't forget to check out web site www.cruisepeople.com for great travel specials and sign up for our weekly Travel Smart newsletter

Wow! Breaking news!

Met with Royal Carribean Cruise Lines today.

We are so happy to announce new discount cruise fares for police officers and firefighters.

What a great way to say thank you to the people that protect us every day, risking their lives so we can be safe!

They deserve a break, so The Cruise People and Royal Caribbean are giving them that break with great vacation rates.

4 night Western Caribbean cruises from either Ft. Lauderdale or Tampa starting at only $299 per person! That's a big discount off the regular rates!

Tell every police officer and firefighter you know that they can afford a break!

Have them call us at 800-642-2469.

Norwegian Sky

Our get away weekend group with Karen & Marty sails on the Norwegian Sky this afternoon for 3 nights of relaxing FreeStyle cruising to Nassau and Great Stirrup Cay (NCL's private island). We'll be having lunch tomorrow of cracked conch and conch fritters at Twin Brothers in the Fish Fry area outside of downtown Nassau. Maybe a little shopping at the Straw Market.

The Cruise People have Costa Cruise Specialists on staff

If you are looking for someone that really knows Costa Cruises, we have Costa Cruise specialists.

We are also featuring many 2009 and 2010 Costa cruises at special group rates.

Make sure you check out our specials on Costa cruises in Europe and the Caribbean.

Check out the prices on the Costa Atlantica