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PLEASE help w/ALASKAN cruise
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Radisson Mariner is doing Alaska this summer. http://www.rssc http://www.Crews-Inn.com
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<<A trip to the magnificent scenery of Alaska will teach him insignificant man really is.>> Salli, this last sentence says it all. I was impressed with the rest of you post as well. Thank you!
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> Here is an option for a deluxe 12 passenger yacht in Alaska. > www.amsafari.com. Bill Gates and Warren Buffet chartered one of their two > yachts one time, so I guess they’re pretty deluxe. Their prices certainly > are.
I’ve seen them at dockside here in Juneau, and they really are deluxe. I’ve talked to some of the chefs that work on yachts for several yacht services, and they serve some very nice meals — many of the clients like the ability to fish right off the boat and have fresh salmon or halibut for dinner. They also like stopping and having picnics or kayak rides in isolated bays and coves, and seeing wildlife close up. They are definitely pricey, though.
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I would either book him on Raddisson or Crystal. Request a private table for his family. I think he wants complete pampering and these are both 5 stars. Diane Giambalvo Travel Consultant GalaxSea Cruises And Tours East Brunswick, NJ
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In the world of people who make/have lots of money Personal assistants do all sorts of thing from buying a birthday gift for the wife/husband to walking the dog or getting dry cleaning! Some well known people have a hard time going out in public so they have someone else do it. Others work 70-80 hour weeks making money for themselves or their company and any task someone else does saves them that much time. That is why when my boss calls me it is his secretary that calls then says hang on Dave needs to talk to you! Wayne
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > <<I am his personal assistant. He is a "bit" well known, and doesn’t want much >fuss and muss. >> > Hmmm…do WE know him? Out of curiosity. 
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Shazinz dear We are having some fun at your expense. An administrative assistant, personal aide or whatever is very common in business and having you make his cruise plans is not unusual nor is it demeaning to you. It is part of your job. It does come across though that your boss may be a bit of a pill. So he is "known," I have been on many cruises where there were "known" people and they seemed to just blend in and enjoy themselves. Occasionally there is one who wants to make sure that everyone knows that he is "known." Those are the bores that are quickly identified and ignored. Tell him to lighten up. There will be other "known" people on board, some who could probably buy and sell him twice before breakfast and never miss it. A trip to the magnificent scenery of Alaska will teach him insignificant man really is. Salli
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<<He trusts thatI will send him on a beautiful vacation, for every time he plans one himself,it doens’t work out so well.>> Why can’t his WIFE make the arrangements, out of curiosity? The day I let some other woman make MY vacation plans, is the day I decide never to go anywhere again. Seriously, he IS married, I gather? I knew you mentioned a couple kids…I forgot what his marriage status was. Heck, if I didn’t make the travel arrangements in my family, we’d all be sitting on the couch watching tv….ALL YEAR LONG, if I left it up to my husband!
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<<I am his personal assistant. He is a "bit" well known, and doesn’t want much >fuss and muss. >>
Hmmm…do WE know him? Out of curiosity.
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Here is an option for a deluxe 12 passenger yacht in Alaska. www.amsafari.com. Bill Gates and Warren Buffet chartered one of their two yachts one time, so I guess they’re pretty deluxe. Their prices certainly are. Carole
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I would also say Crystal would be the only good 5 star option. RCL and Princess would never do. :)
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<<While he makes his own coffee, my job is his personal assistant. He trusts >that>I will send him on a beautiful vacation, for every time he plans one
himself,>it doens’t work out so well.>> In that case, I’d insist that he lets ME book MY vacation, too…at his expense. That would be his "payment" for this extra perk! LOL
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Go with a suite on Crystal they are used to having known people on board and I am sure they have a table for 4 they could provide for him and his family! Wayne
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi all- > I have an assignment to book my boss, his wife, and their 2 sons (ages 8 and > 13) on a cruise to Alaska at the end of August. > As I LOVE cruising on Princess, RCI, and ships of this sort, My boss and I > disagree on the type of cruise they should take. > Anyhow, he wants to go on a cruise, (5 star) that possibly 4 or 5 other > families will be on. He doesn’t want to dine with other people, and wants an > adventerous busy schedule. Although, he also wants his luxury, and massages and > so on. The boys are mature for their age, but I’m sure they will need to keep > busy as well! We live in NY if that is relevant. And I don’t think $$ is an > issue. > I did what I could to convince him that a Princess or Celebrity cruise to > Alaska would be just perfect, but there is NO WAY he will give. > I want to make sure they go on this vacation – (because then I get time off as > well!!) > Thanks for any and all help > SHARI
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>Do you mean he doesn’t want to dine with other people at his table or dine >with other people period? >–
Hahaha – I meant others at his table. He really isn’t THAT bad. I am his personal assistant. He is a "bit" well known, and doesn’t want much fuss and muss.
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>Why cant he book his own cruise? Do you also make coffee for him?
While he makes his own coffee, my job is his personal assistant. He trusts that I will send him on a beautiful vacation, for every time he plans one himself, it doens’t work out so well. - Shari
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Have you thought of a private yacht??
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Why cant he book his own cruise? Do you also make coffee for him?
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Another deluxe option would be the Raddison Seven Seas Mariner which will spent its first summer in Alaska this year. Some very experienced travel pros are saying this is the nicest ship they’ve ever seen or sailed on. choice of 4 different restaurants, all verandah suite ship. Very posh. Carole
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Do you mean he doesn’t want to dine with other people at his table or dine > with other people period? > — > Debra Yates Welch > http://www.welchtravel.com > "Shazinz" > Hi all- > < SNIP> He doesn’t want to dine with other people, and wants an > adventerous busy schedule. Although, he also wants his luxury, and > massages and > so on. The boys are mature for their age, but I’m sure they will need to > keep > busy as well! We live in NY if that is relevant. And I don’t think $$ is > an > issue.
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Get a new boss. Failing that, book him on Crystal. Get him a suite with a butler so he can have all his meals in the room and not be contaminated by contact with the peasantry. I don’t know what you can do about the rest of the shipboard activities. I think he will just have to grin and bear it. Salli
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Do you mean he doesn’t want to dine with other people at his table or dine with other people period? — Debra Yates Welch http://www.welchtravel.com "Shazinz" > Hi all- < SNIP> He doesn’t want to dine with other people, and wants an – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> adventerous busy schedule. Although, he also wants his luxury, and massages and > so on. The boys are mature for their age, but I’m sure they will need to keep > busy as well! We live in NY if that is relevant. And I don’t think $$ is an > issue.
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Hi all- I have an assignment to book my boss, his wife, and their 2 sons (ages 8 and 13) on a cruise to Alaska at the end of August. As I LOVE cruising on Princess, RCI, and ships of this sort, My boss and I disagree on the type of cruise they should take. Anyhow, he wants to go on a cruise, (5 star) that possibly 4 or 5 other families will be on. He doesn’t want to dine with other people, and wants an adventerous busy schedule. Although, he also wants his luxury, and massages and so on. The boys are mature for their age, but I’m sure they will need to keep busy as well! We live in NY if that is relevant. And I don’t think $$ is an issue. I did what I could to convince him that a Princess or Celebrity cruise to Alaska would be just perfect, but there is NO WAY he will give. I want to make sure they go on this vacation – (because then I get time off as well!!) Thanks for any and all help SHARI
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Hi all- I have an assignment to book my boss, his wife, and their 2 sons (ages 8 and 13) on a cruise to Alaska at the end of August. As I LOVE cruising on Princess, RCI, and ships of this sort, My boss and I disagree on the type of cruise they should take. Anyhow, he wants to go on a cruise, (5 star) that possibly 4 or 5 other families will be on. He doesn’t want to dine with other people, and wants an adventerous busy schedule. Although, he also wants his luxury, and massages and so on. The boys are mature for their age, but I’m sure they will need to keep busy as well! We live in NY if that is relevant. And I don’t think $$ is an issue. I did what I could to convince him that a Princess or Celebrity cruise to Alaska would be just perfect, but there is NO WAY he will give. I want to make sure they go on this vacation – (because then I get time off as well!!) Thanks for any and all help SHARI
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Get a new boss. Failing that, book him on Crystal. Get him a suite with a butler so he can have all his meals in the room and not be contaminated by contact with the peasantry. I don’t know what you can do about the rest of the shipboard activities. I think he will just have to grin and bear it. Salli
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Do you mean he doesn’t want to dine with other people at his table or dine with other people period? — Debra Yates Welch http://www.welchtravel.com "Shazinz" > Hi all- < SNIP> He doesn’t want to dine with other people, and wants an – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> adventerous busy schedule. Although, he also wants his luxury, and massages and > so on. The boys are mature for their age, but I’m sure they will need to keep > busy as well! We live in NY if that is relevant. And I don’t think $$ is an > issue.
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Another deluxe option would be the Raddison Seven Seas Mariner which will spent its first summer in Alaska this year. Some very experienced travel pros are saying this is the nicest ship they’ve ever seen or sailed on. choice of 4 different restaurants, all verandah suite ship. Very posh. Carole
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Do you mean he doesn’t want to dine with other people at his table or dine > with other people period? > — > Debra Yates Welch > http://www.welchtravel.com > "Shazinz" > Hi all- > < SNIP> He doesn’t want to dine with other people, and wants an > adventerous busy schedule. Although, he also wants his luxury, and > massages and > so on. The boys are mature for their age, but I’m sure they will need to > keep > busy as well! We live in NY if that is relevant. And I don’t think $$ is > an > issue.
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Have you thought of a private yacht??
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Why cant he book his own cruise? Do you also make coffee for him?
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>Do you mean he doesn’t want to dine with other people at his table or dine >with other people period? >–
Hahaha – I meant others at his table. He really isn’t THAT bad. I am his personal assistant. He is a "bit" well known, and doesn’t want much fuss and muss.
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>Why cant he book his own cruise? Do you also make coffee for him?
While he makes his own coffee, my job is his personal assistant. He trusts that I will send him on a beautiful vacation, for every time he plans one himself, it doens’t work out so well. - Shari
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Go with a suite on Crystal they are used to having known people on board and I am sure they have a table for 4 they could provide for him and his family! Wayne
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi all- > I have an assignment to book my boss, his wife, and their 2 sons (ages 8 and > 13) on a cruise to Alaska at the end of August. > As I LOVE cruising on Princess, RCI, and ships of this sort, My boss and I > disagree on the type of cruise they should take. > Anyhow, he wants to go on a cruise, (5 star) that possibly 4 or 5 other > families will be on. He doesn’t want to dine with other people, and wants an > adventerous busy schedule. Although, he also wants his luxury, and massages and > so on. The boys are mature for their age, but I’m sure they will need to keep > busy as well! We live in NY if that is relevant. And I don’t think $$ is an > issue. > I did what I could to convince him that a Princess or Celebrity cruise to > Alaska would be just perfect, but there is NO WAY he will give. > I want to make sure they go on this vacation – (because then I get time off as > well!!) > Thanks for any and all help > SHARI
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I would also say Crystal would be the only good 5 star option. RCL and Princess would never do. :)
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<<While he makes his own coffee, my job is his personal assistant. He trusts >that>I will send him on a beautiful vacation, for every time he plans one
himself,>it doens’t work out so well.>> In that case, I’d insist that he lets ME book MY vacation, too…at his expense. That would be his "payment" for this extra perk! LOL
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<<He trusts thatI will send him on a beautiful vacation, for every time he plans one himself,it doens’t work out so well.>> Why can’t his WIFE make the arrangements, out of curiosity? The day I let some other woman make MY vacation plans, is the day I decide never to go anywhere again. Seriously, he IS married, I gather? I knew you mentioned a couple kids…I forgot what his marriage status was. Heck, if I didn’t make the travel arrangements in my family, we’d all be sitting on the couch watching tv….ALL YEAR LONG, if I left it up to my husband!
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<<I am his personal assistant. He is a "bit" well known, and doesn’t want much >fuss and muss. >>
Hmmm…do WE know him? Out of curiosity.
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Here is an option for a deluxe 12 passenger yacht in Alaska. www.amsafari.com. Bill Gates and Warren Buffet chartered one of their two yachts one time, so I guess they’re pretty deluxe. Their prices certainly are. Carole
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Have you thought of a private yacht??
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In the world of people who make/have lots of money Personal assistants do all sorts of thing from buying a birthday gift for the wife/husband to walking the dog or getting dry cleaning! Some well known people have a hard time going out in public so they have someone else do it. Others work 70-80 hour weeks making money for themselves or their company and any task someone else does saves them that much time. That is why when my boss calls me it is his secretary that calls then says hang on Dave needs to talk to you! Wayne
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > <<I am his personal assistant. He is a "bit" well known, and doesn’t want much >fuss and muss. >> > Hmmm…do WE know him? Out of curiosity.
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Shazinz dear We are having some fun at your expense. An administrative assistant, personal aide or whatever is very common in business and having you make his cruise plans is not unusual nor is it demeaning to you. It is part of your job. It does come across though that your boss may be a bit of a pill. So he is "known," I have been on many cruises where there were "known" people and they seemed to just blend in and enjoy themselves. Occasionally there is one who wants to make sure that everyone knows that he is "known." Those are the bores that are quickly identified and ignored. Tell him to lighten up. There will be other "known" people on board, some who could probably buy and sell him twice before breakfast and never miss it. A trip to the magnificent scenery of Alaska will teach him insignificant man really is. Salli
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Radisson Mariner is doing Alaska this summer. http://www.rssc http://www.Crews-Inn.com
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<<A trip to the magnificent scenery of Alaska will teach him insignificant man really is.>> Salli, this last sentence says it all. I was impressed with the rest of you post as well. Thank you!
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> Here is an option for a deluxe 12 passenger yacht in Alaska. > www.amsafari.com. Bill Gates and Warren Buffet chartered one of their two > yachts one time, so I guess they’re pretty deluxe. Their prices certainly > are.
I’ve seen them at dockside here in Juneau, and they really are deluxe. I’ve talked to some of the chefs that work on yachts for several yacht services, and they serve some very nice meals — many of the clients like the ability to fish right off the boat and have fresh salmon or halibut for dinner. They also like stopping and having picnics or kayak rides in isolated bays and coves, and seeing wildlife close up. They are definitely pricey, though.
Response:
I would either book him on Raddisson or Crystal. Request a private table for his family. I think he wants complete pampering and these are both 5 stars. Diane Giambalvo Travel Consultant GalaxSea Cruises And Tours East Brunswick, NJ