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| Vol 4 , Issue 1 |
January 2010 |
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Greetings!
I'd like to start by wishing you a 2010 full of health, happiness and success!
From new Aeroplan partners, to mystery cruises, to pantless pilots...as always, there's a little bit of everything in this months newsletter.
So, perhaps grab a beverage, sit back and enjoy... |
| Great Latitudes! |
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Announcing my new website and Facebook page!
In addition to my Travelonly website, which accommodates on-line bookings and is administered by Head Office, I wanted to have another website that I could use to share information and helpful links... It's here!
Great Latitudes by Travelonly Janna Guay can be found at www.greatlatitudes.com. Feel free to have a look around. If there is something you'd like to see on the Great Latitudes website, that I haven't included, please let me know!
On the website, you'll find links to my new Facebook page as well. This new FB page includes lots of photo albums and destination information for my recent travels. Feel free to post your own content and/or photos as well! I'd love to see your great latitudes!
Happy surfing! |
| MSC Cruises partners with Aeroplan |
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Double Aeroplan points on sailings 01 Jan 2010 to 24 Apr 2010!
From MSC Cruises - "MSC Cruises is pleased to award Aeroplan®  Members, Canada's most rewarding loyalty program, up to 1,250 Aeroplan® Miles on Mediterranean, Northern Europe, Transatlantic, Positioning, Caribbean and Canada/New England sailings."
 "To celebrate MSC's new partnership with Aeroplan, we are awarding Aeroplan Members with Double Aeroplan Miles on all MSC Caribbean cruises, departing between January 1 and April 24, 2010."
For more details, click here. |
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Riu opens in Costa Rica! |
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The Riu International hotel chain has opened their first property in Costa Rica and it's a beauty!
 The Riu Guanacaste is a 5* all inclusive resort, as it's name says, in the Guanacaste area on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica.
The resort has 939 beachfront acres, 701 rooms, 4 restaurants, casino, spa and much more!
To read the detailed review published in Recommend Magazine, please click here. |
| "Who Dun It?" |
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with Royal Caribbean Cruises
From Whodunit Cruises:
 "Enjoy an elegant experience at sea, while MURDER and MAYHEM LURK all around you, and even INVOLVE YOU!
When you board you will be given your own deadly role to play. Don't worry, if you are on the shy side you can just sit back and watch the plot unfold. But if you are not shy, then you can use your character to find out as much as you can. You see, the actors will be mixing among you and in character for the entire murder mystery cruise!!! The hilarious story begins to unfold on the opening night where you will first meet all of the very M Y S T E R I O U S Characters. Then during the week there are mysterious notes slid under your cabin door, secret rendezvous set up for you ... all kinds of suspicious happenings!"
 There are 4 Royal Caribbean sailings in 2010 with the Whodunit option.
For more information, just email me anytime! |
| Pantless Pilots to Inflatable Sheep... |
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The best of the wacky travel stories from 2009:
Pull Up! Pull Up! - A fed up Pilot takes off more than his shoes and belt at security!
Are Those Geckos In Your Pants? - A German tourist leaving New Zealand is caught with 43 reptiles hidden in his underwear!
Ryanair's Pay-To-Pee Plan P.O's Passengers - How about having to pay to use an onboard washroom?
Ride The Wheel At The Hamster Hotel - Villa Hamster offer guests the opportunity to live like a hamster... complete with a human sized hamster wheel!
United Breaks Guitars...And They Don't Like Track Suits - 3 songs by Canadian musician Dave Carroll about United breaking his guitar drew millions of viewers on You-Tube and a Best Buy executive was denied his first class seat because he was dressed in a track suit!
Cougars Set Sail, With Cubs In Tow - Royal Caribbean says yes after Carnival says no!
 Excuse Me, Is This Inflatable Sheep Yours? - Hoteliers find hundreds of things left behind in rooms... underwear, phone charges, artificial limbs... but an inflatable sheep?
For the full story... click here |
| Travelling with teens: Good, better... beach! |
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Joanne Elves, Canwest News Service
 In the last year, Beaches Resorts throughout the Caribbean have spent millions on renovations ordered up by the president who looks like he just stepped out of high school himself.
Adam Stewart, the 29-year-old president of Beaches Resorts, is the first to roll his eyes when it comes to the "all-inclusive" label.
"We were doing and are still doing a fabulous job of entertaining the young families, but if we want them to return, we have to entice them with age-specific activities," Stewart says.
 Just for teens, there are group water sports, dance parties, a private beach shack, bonfires, pizza bars, a night club with cool non-alcoholic drinks, talent shows and tennis clinics or ... nothing, so they can mingle on their own terms.
To read the full story from the National Post, just click here. |
| Questions & Answers |
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Q - "Is there a kids club on a cruise?"
A - Absolutely!
All the major cruise lines have fabulous programs designed for children from 2 to 17... some even have infant programs.
Younger children cannot leave the program areas without an approved adult so there's no need to worry!
Activities for children range from arts 'n crafts to teen dance parties. There's definitely lots to keep your kids enthused and give you some quiet time!
Send your questions to Janna. | |
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