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Why I’ll be devastated if this luxury travel brand is gone for good
The Points Guy ^ | January 20, 2022 | Gene Sloan

Posted on 01/21/2022 12:31:20 PM PST by Capt. Tom

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The problem with the survival of a great enterprise if it ends up in a form of bankruptcy, you never know what the outcome will be.

It is a business, and when you owe money, you are at the mercy of your creditors if you can't make the payments. - Tom

1 posted on 01/21/2022 12:31:20 PM PST by Capt. Tom
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All part of Klaus Schwab’s promise that by 2030 none of us will own anything and we will be happy because we will all be dead.


2 posted on 01/21/2022 12:39:19 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong [FJB])
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The Points Guy has a good website. American Airlines is suing him because he has an ap to manage AA miles. AA should consider it a perk but apparently they don’t. They need a new PR department.


3 posted on 01/21/2022 12:42:04 PM PST by ladyjane
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Carnival sent out Emails about their continuing ‘protocols’ today...

The jabbed rules will continue for cruises in “April and beyond” that includes all of my cruises for 22 and 23 ...

In their website they updated today to include the exemptions will continue until Dec 2022

Boosters are recommended and will eventually be required ...

They claim they are following CDC guidelines but the CDC just said that natural immunity is better than the jab ...

My next cruise is in May so that will come under their “and onward”

They also backed the final date for cancelling 22 cruises from Dec 31 to Feb 15 which makes it harder to decide what to do ...


4 posted on 01/21/2022 12:43:40 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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The problem with the survival of a great enterprise if it ends up in a form of bankruptcy

Well, one reason he might have like it so much was that it was costing them $150 to deliver service that he was paying $100 for.

5 posted on 01/21/2022 12:46:53 PM PST by Fido969 (45 is Superman!)
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Crystal Cruises are very expensive, out of reach for the vast majority of people who want to go on a cruise.

Service is obviously world class, and they charge for it. They know that their market is limited, but there are/were enough people willing to pay for it.


6 posted on 01/21/2022 12:55:49 PM PST by WASCWatch ( WASC)
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He has sailed on FORTY cruise brands? He didn’t say how many actual cruises he’s been on. It must be his profession to go cruising. Maybe he’s a secret shopper.

I’ve been on zero cruises on zero cruise brands. It seems I’ve got some catching up to do.


7 posted on 01/21/2022 12:56:52 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (81 million votes...and NOT ONE "Build Back Better" hat)
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Cruising on a Sunday afternoon
8 posted on 01/21/2022 12:58:05 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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If we enter into a deflationary economy.

The tourist industry will get butchered, they rely on disposable income from customers. In a deflationary environment(tight money) customers have less income for non essential businesses like cruise ships.

Plus their customer base is old, eventually old people die, which means no more cruise vacation for the dead person.


9 posted on 01/21/2022 12:58:54 PM PST by unclebankster (Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel )
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Crystal sounds very nice. What a shame.


10 posted on 01/21/2022 1:01:11 PM PST by Dr. Scarpetta ( )
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They claim they are following CDC guidelines but the CDC just said that natural immunity is better than the jab ...

My next cruise is in May so that will come under their “and onward”( Carnival )

They also backed the final date for cancelling 22 cruises from Dec 31 to Feb 15 which makes it harder to decide what to do ...

Anything the cruise lines say about future cruises is just a maybe.-Tom

11 posted on 01/21/2022 1:02:15 PM PST by Capt. Tom (.It's COVID 2022 - The Events, not us, are still in charge. )
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I wonder if the cheap cruise lines will be next to suspend operations.

Then those booked folks will have to do their own cooking and cleaning.

😂


12 posted on 01/21/2022 1:05:51 PM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12 )
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Cruisin' — Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
13 posted on 01/21/2022 1:07:10 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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Sounds like they’re wanting all pax to be boo$ter jabbed, too.

I wonder how that will go over?

Many who took the $hots are now realizing the risks....and, as you posted, that CDC is even NOW saying natural immunity is better than these jabs.

Sad for folks who had to take them, for work, or chose to take them, to travel :-(


14 posted on 01/21/2022 1:09:04 PM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12 )
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IHe has sailed on FORTY cruise brands? He didn’t say how many actual cruises he’s been on. It must be his profession to go cruising.

From the article- There is a culture on board Crystal ships that is like nothing I have experienced anywhere else at sea — and this is coming from someone who has sailed on more than 160 cruise vessels operated by 41 different lines. I’ve easily taken more than 200 cruises in all.

15 posted on 01/21/2022 1:11:54 PM PST by Capt. Tom (.It's COVID 2022 - The Events, not us, are still in charge. )
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“Good journalists are supposed to be impartial...”

Lost me right there Hoss as I haven’t seen more than one in my lifetime and wouldn’t exactly know what one looks like anyway. They are hired to represent whoever signs their paycheck. That’s all they are in the business for. If you don’t pay them, they will be gone so fast it was suck all the air out of your office when they depart. Only one I think was close was Rush. But he was also an entertainer and conformed to the conservative platform.

wy69


16 posted on 01/21/2022 1:12:57 PM PST by whitney69
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Wow, I cannot imagine that kind of wealth or being able to take that much time off of work. He must be getting paid for those cruises.

You can tell I didn’t read much of the article!


17 posted on 01/21/2022 1:14:35 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (81 million votes...and NOT ONE "Build Back Better" hat)
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Hey, I am right there with you, so don’t feel like you’re all alone!


18 posted on 01/21/2022 1:16:41 PM PST by NEMDF
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Question: Why I’ll be devastated if this luxury travel brand is gone for good

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19 posted on 01/21/2022 1:23:53 PM PST by edwinland
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Oh, I don’t know about that. A cruise on the mid-range Brands is no more expensive than staying at a decent hotel. The great thing about cruising is that you can completely and totally shut your brain off. I will be the first to acknowledge the parts of the industry are kind of garish, but cruises are an excellent value. They are not for everyone, but they are a pretty simple way to have a very low-think vacation.


20 posted on 01/21/2022 1:28:32 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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