The next Savvy Travelers Meeting is March 12 in the Saguaro Room of the Cottonwood Country Club at 6:30 p.m. Come join us for a very interesting evening. The topic will be Maritime Personal Injury and How to Navigate Your Cruise Ship Injury. Charles Naylor, attorney at law out of Los Angeles is a certified specialist in admiralty and maritime law. His goal is to educate past and future cruise passengers about cruise travel safety to prevent injury and illness. In addition, he will provide information about your legal rights should an injury occur. The Law Offices of Charles Naylor is one of only two law firms in southern California representing injured cruise ship passengers.
Upcoming meetings:
April 9 – Princess Cruises – It’s a Cruise Night
May 14 – Van Newille – Arizona Staycations
No meetings June – September
October – TBA
November 12 – Celebrity Cruises – Richard Fox
If you have a tour or cruise you would like to promote contact Vic or Jeanette.
There is a company in Tucson that would like us to look at participating in train journeys. Let us know your interest. Contact Donna Andrews at 480-861-3652 who is helping the club with the two, three and four day getaways provided by Free Spirit Vacations.
Please Contact Vic Hermann at 480-883-3897; e-mail [email protected]; or contact Jeanette Rajamaki, our resident travel agent in Oakwood at 602-909-2000; or e-mail [email protected] with any questions or brochures.
Celebrity has some excellent promotions right now with choice of gratuities or beverage package but if sailing in Europe you get both.
Princess has great 50th anniversary promotions all year.
There are lots of promotions this month with all the cruise companies; call Jeanette for details and brochures.
May 30 – Seven nights Eastern Caribbean; roundtrip from Ft. Lauderdale on Oasis of the Seas. See Cats, the Broadway production and join Bob Duhon; there are eight people booked.
June 11 – Russian River Cruise Viking Akun– 13 days; Moscow to St. Petersburg on Volga River with optional extension to Helsinki, Finland for three days; Tami Bogdanoff to host.
August 24 – 10 nights; Cities of Light; Viking Gullveig – Prague to Budapest.
September 13 – Seven nights on Allure of the Seas; roundtrip from Barcelona; Rome, Marseilles and Naples.
September 23 – 10 nights Holland America Fall Foliage Cruise; includes air; one night in New York City and all transfers; Ocean View $3795 pp New York to Quebec.
September 26 – Seven nights; west coast sailing includes Monterey, CA; San Francisco overnight with Royal Caribbean Jewel of the Seas; onboard credit.
October 15 – 13 days/11 nights Israel and Petra, Jordan land tour; includes two nights in Tel Aviv; one night in Haifa; one night in Tiberius; five nights in Jerusalem; one night in Petra; and one night in Amman – Join Ray and Jeanette Rajamaki
February 14, 2016 – Seven nights Western Caribbean; Galveston to Belize, Honduras and Cozumel; Royal Caribbean $50 onboard credit; cocktail party and Saturday Night Fever Broadway show.
July 24, 2016 – 15 days Viking’s new ship; all balcony 900 passenger Viking Homelands; most beverages included; hosted cruise with Vic and Joanna Hermann
August 6, 2016 – Seven nights Bordeaux Region of France Viking Forseti; 12 people already booked; extend either pre or post in Loire Valley.
Cuba – finalizing along
South Africa 16 days in April 2017