There are about 30,000 of you that receive this email every week. Bob and I have been very deliberate about how we communicate with people, and now that our team is a bit bigger, I thought I’d explain a few things – mostly so you don’t think you’re dealing with some big corporate machine. We’re a mom & pop business… we’re proud of that, and want to conduct ourselves accordingly.
Our Email Broadcasts
- Bob and I write all these notes. Normally the topics come from YOU. If we’re seeing a question or concern repeatedly come up, we often write a post about that.
- We don’t buy content. There are some excellent services out there, but we don’t use them. This is partly because we’d rather do our own thing. It’s also because the services that write for travel agents, provide their content to everyone. We want to have a unique voice.
- We don’t sell your information. You can probably imagine that a list of 30,000 luxury travel clients is probably quite valuable. We’re playing the long-game, and know if we sold your contact information that it would reflect poorly on us and our brand. It’s also not the right thing to do.
- We don’t use vendor content. We certainly collect information and ideas from the vendors we deal with, but we don’t forward their marketing materials to you under our name. Some of it is really good, but we’ve decided NOT to forward vendor marketing emails.
- We have never paid for subscribers. All of you on this list signed up at some point for one of our original content pieces (some of you several years ago!).
Our YouTube Channel
- We conduct ourselves on YouTube with the same principles as above. We don’t re-post vendor content, and we don’t pay for content.
- Our videos are hokey… and we’re proud of that. The videos we post on YouTube are NOT slick and produced. The majority of the images and video are taken with our iPhones (although we do use some cruise-line B-roll to fill in the gaps).
- Ship Tour Videos are what get the most viewership, so we post one of those EVERY time we travel. There are also itinerary videos, and some interviews with cruise industry experts that we think you’ll find interesting.
- No professional models or drone footage. Just us, and other REAL people enjoying their vacation. You can find the slick, professional stuff at the cruise lines’ websites. We want to be authentic.
Subscribe to our YouTube channel here, if you’re not already: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePamperedCruiser
Our Facebook and Instagram Feeds
- We try to use our own photos and original content here. Rachel, on our team helps us make sure the content is posted regularly, and does the technical stuff, but the content is ours.
- Our weekly blog posts appear here, as well as things related to whatever travel opportunities we highlighted that week.
- We post when we’re travelling. We usually post daily so you can come along with us. Often this is delayed a few days, but nevertheless, you can come along with us on our adventures.
Follow us on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/PamperedCruiser/
Our communication and media strategy will continue to evolve, and we’ll try new things that we hope you’ll like. However, any new content or channels will be consistent with the personal content we have always delivered. It has worked for us, and we really don’t want to mess with a good thing.
Today’s Travel Opportunities
OCEANIA WORLD CRUISE 2026
Oceania world cruise itineraries sell out fast. Luckily, for 2026, they are using the 1200 passenger VISTA, so there should be a bit more space. I won’t list all the ports, but here’s a quick summary:
- Depart LA on December 20, 2025 for 197 days with fares from $62,999, OR
- Depart Miami on January 6, 2026 for 180 days with fares from $57,999, OR
- Depart San Diego on March 7, 2026 for 120 days with fares from $41,999.
- If you start in LA from the very beginning, you’ll travel through the canal to Florida, then down around South America, and back to California, Hawaii, Tahiti, Australia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, India, Egypt to Mediterranean, to UK, Iceland, Canada, and Eastern Seaboard before finishing in Miami.
- You’ll see 43 countries, stop at 101 ports, do 11 overnight stays, and tick-off 81 UNESCO world heritage sites on your bucket list.
- Fares include free 1st Class Air, transfers, all taxes & fees, $1000 pp OBC, free laundry, gratuities, $9600 Shore Excursion Credit, wifi, specialty dining, beer/wine with meals.
- The best priced cabins (French Verandas) will sell out very quickly.
- We were on VISTA for her pre-Maiden voyage. Here’s our ship tour video:
- https://youtu.be/nN5lyXCEy_g?si=6LNHumFIPB0Eowd_
If a world cruise isn’t your thing, here’s a couple of other offers from Oceania:
Japan & SE Asia for 24-nights departing Toyko on February 14, 2025
- Visit Toyko (overnight), Shimizu, Kagoshima, Ishigaki, Manilla, Boracay, Puerto Princesa, Borneo, Muara, Java, Surabaya, Bali (overnight), Jakarta (overnight), and finish in Singapore.
- Fares from $7699, with a $500 per person shore excursion credit, and we can get you free pre-paid gratuities on this departure.
British Isles & Norwegian Fjords departing London for 14-nights on June 14, 2025
- Visit Belfast, Killybegs, Isle of Skye, Shetland Island, Alesund, Geirangerfjord, Nordfjordeid, Flam, Stavanger, Kristiansand, Skagen, Oslo (overnight).
- Fares from $7799, with a $500 per person shore excursion credit, and we can get you free pre-paid gratuities on this departure.
UNIWORLD EARLY BOOKING – 10% OFF 2025 VOYAGES
Uniworld ships are floating boutique hotels, with each one designed and decorated to reflect the area it is travelling:
Danube River: Budapest to Prague for 10-days
- Visit Budapest (overnight), Vienna, Krems (Wachau Valley), Passau, Regensburg, Nuremberg, Prague (2 nights).
- Fares from $3869 in May, June, July, August, 2025. LESS 10%.
- Includes Gratuities, $150 pp OBC, open bar, a choice of shore excursion in each port of call, and wifi on the ship.
Italy: Milan to Rome for 13-days
- Visit Milan (2-nights), Venice (7-nights on the ship including Chioggia, Mazzorbo, Burano), and Rome (3 nights).
- Fares from $5309 for departures in July & August 2025. LESS 10%.
- Includes Gratuities, $150 pp OBC, open bar, a choice of shore excursion in each port of call, and wifi on the ship.
WINDSTAR SMALL YACHTS
Athens round-trip departing July 27 for 7-nights:
- Travel on the Windstar… a 4 masted sailing yacht holding 148 guests.
- Visit Mykonos, Ephesus, Patmos, Santorini, Monemvasia, Nafplio,
- Fares from $4522 (includes gratuities, an open bar, and Wifi on the ship). We can also get you an additional $150 per person on board credit on this voyage.
Iceland: Reykjavik round-trip departing August 9 for 7-nights:
- Visit 6 port-stops around Iceland, and see the volcanoes, waterfalls, wildlife, and be there when it’s light out almost 24 hours per day.
- Fares from $4222 (includes gratuities, an open bar, and Wifi on the ship)
- This 312 guest, All-Suites yacht was completely rebuilt in 2021.
COLLETTE DOMESTIC LAND TOURS
You’ve been asking for more domestic offers. Here’s two from Collette:
National Parks of America – Phoenix to Rapid City for 12-days
- Visit the Grand Canyon, Lake Powell, Zion NP, Bryce Canyon NP, Jackson Hole, Grand Teton NP, Yellowstone NP, and Rapid City.
- See Old Faithful, the Hoodoos at Zion, Bighorn Mountain, visity the Sioux Nations Territory, Mt. Rushmore, the Crazy Horse Monument, Navajo Bridge, and the Buffalo Bill Center
- $4999 for departures in August, September & October.
America’s Music Cities: New Orleans, Memphis & Nashville for 8-days
- Do a walking tour of French Quarter, a jazz show in New Orleans, the Grammy museum in Oxford MS, Graceland Mansion, National Civil Rights museum, Sun Studio, Grand Ole Opry, Country Music Hall of Fame, RCA Studio B, and the Johnny Cash Museum.
- $3399 for departures in June through November.
Recently booked a Viking Cruise?
Viking makes it really easy to book direct, either online, by phone, or on board. Our clients worry that if they book on-line (or on board), that they’re cutting us out, but if you let us know after you’ve booked, then we can still help you with your reservation.
We’ll check over your reservation to make sure you’re getting the best possible deal, and we will also add some onboard credits that are not available on direct bookings.
We can add at least $100 per person onboard credit to any direct Viking reservation made in the last 60 days.
There is never a situation where you’ll get a better deal by booking directly with Viking (or any other cruise line).
If you recently booked a Viking Cruise, please let us know as soon as possible.
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Sue Bradley
Sue Bradley
