Inaugural Sailing from Baltimore!

I was work the other day, phones nearly ringing off the hooks when my cell phone rings. Caller ID reads KHM Travel. That’s usually Burt the director of KHM. I took a break and answered my cell and sure enough it was Burt Kramer, Director of KHM Travel Group the largest online travel agency in the country. He gets right to the point, “Norm I just got off the phone with Geoff our BDM (business development manager) from Carnival Cruise Lines and they have three cabins they have to give away. Do you and Sally want to go on a FREE cruise May 27th?” I said I needed to look at a calendar. I asked what the itinerary was. There was awkward phone silence for only a moment until we both kind of said at the same time, “Who cares? It’s free!” I told Burt it sounded really great, but I did need to check with Sally. He said, “Geoff needs to know in the next fifteen minutes or they go away!” Then he sealed the deal with, “Did I mention they were balconies?” Long story short, Sally considered it for about two seconds and had me call him right back.

Baltimore is a new gateway for Carnival. It should open up a lot more Northeast, East Coast and Midwest business for them. We were invited along to check out the new sailing aboard the Carnival Pride. Sally has been doing a nice group business with local bus companies from the Cleveland area for about twenty years and has some great contacts with them. We are hoping to put the bus companies, the easy trip to Baltimore, Carnival and local travel groups all together for a nice time.

Back to the trip, we are leaving a day early to explore the port area a bit before we board the Pride on May 27th. From there we have two relaxing days at sea, a day in Nassau, a day in Freeport and a return day at sea. All in all this will be a six cruise, wonderful!! If the timing is right we will get to tour the All-Inclusive Sandals Resort while on Nassau.