Classifieds: Seeking a Traveller for Antarctica
One area of this site that hasn’t garnered much attention is our classifieds section. So for a while as we get in requests we will do a quick spotlight here on the front page to try and help with some match-ups for trips outside the groups we are operating.
This week we are going to promote a single lady who is looking for someone to join her on a trip to an absolutely incredible destination – ANTARCTICA. Dates are flexible, but keep in mind that the sailing season is generally Mid-November until February and they do sell out fast so this may be for the 2014/2015 season or the 2015/2016 season depending on what can be arranged and what suits both travellers.
These days most of the cruises south to Antartica depart from South America, either Ushuaia or Punta Arenas and head down to the Antarctic Peninsula. Costs will vary based on the cruise line chosen but will generally price between AU$6,000 and AU$13,000 per person in share twin for the cruise.
Depending on the desires of both Travellers, we would suggest that unless a larger South America Trip is desired you combine this with return airfares on Lan Chile (which will start at around AU$2600 per person) and maybe a night or 2 in Ushuaia/Punta Arenas to ensure you don’t have any problems with boarding and disembarking, and if wanted maybe a stopover in Santiago.
So if you have ever thought about travelling to Antarctica, this may be the opportunity for you – simply give us a call on (02) 4421 5577 or e-mail us an enquiry at daniel@mytravelexpert.com.au
Updates in Brief:
- Just a reminder that our Travel Expo is on the 27th March at the Nowra Ex-Servicemans Club between 5pm and 8pm. If you want some great travel deals please feel free to stop by
- Talking of great deals our offer of an AU$567 discount on the Hong Kong Shopping Tour ends next Monday (31 March), so if you wanted to join please let us know!
Quick Update: Expo, Presale & Specials
Just a quick update on what is on and what is happening on the local scene for Shoalhaven Solo Sisters and My Travel Expert!!!
Travel Expo: Come and Meet our Industry Partners – Limited time special offers
For those that haven’t seen the notice on facebook or our other advertising media we are having a Travel Expo on the 27th of March, a number of suppliers including Scenic and Evergreen – who are handling our upcoming Alaska Cruise, Princess Cruises –who we are sailing with to New Zealand, Bench International, Peregrine, Intrepid, AAT Kings, Globus, Adventure World, APT, Captain Cook Cruises, Wendy Wu Tours, Qantas Holidays, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Insight Vacations, Mat McLachlan Battlefield Tours, Driveway Holidays and Contiki.
They cover a range of destinations, travel types and can provide you with all sorts of information on everything to individual travel to group tours, from specialist touring to ocean cruising. Even better, we will have a number of limited time offers available for travel that will only be available to those who drop by the Expo.
So if you are interested in coming down and getting more information on any of our departures the expo is on this Thursday (27th March) at the Nowra Ex-Servicemans Club (157 Junction Street Nowra) and will be running from 5pm till 8 pm
Canada & Alaska and European River Cruise Tours Pre-Sale!
Those that keep up with the blog portion of this site will have seen the original notice of the Pre-sale for our Canada & Alaska Departure as well as our European River Cruise. Since that post went up we have actually had a price come in for Canada (which can now also be seen on the old post). As a reminder the pre-sale is the sale of the next years tours, at this years prices. This pre-sale will end as soon as Evergreen and Scenic release their brochures that cover our travel period – which could be as soon as next week, or as far away as May. So if you want to secure a place at these fantastic prices let us know now!
Deluxe European River Cruise from AU$9145 per person share twin (September 2015) FOR FULL DETAILS CLICK HERE
Spectacular Rockies and Alaskan Cruise from AU$9895 per person share Twin (May 2015) FOR FULL DETAILS CLICK HERE
Hong Kong Discount Deal
Finally just a reminder that our AU$576 discount on our Hong Kong Shopping Tour ends next Monday (31 March) so if you were interested in going now is the time to get in and pay a deposit! For full details of the Hong Kong Tour please click here!
So that is a quick wrap! If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact us!
Hong Kong Shopping Tour – Limited Time Discount!! Save over $500
Wow, usually when we put together a group price the only changes are generally upwards when currencies fluctuate, to be able to turn to everyone and say hey we can give you the tour cheaper (even if only for a limited time) is unusual, and definitely satisfying!
What am I talking about? We have been given a limited time offer on our Hong Kong Shopping Tour by one of the suppliers. For those already booked, and those that wish to book simply get in touch with us in the next two weeks, pay your tour deposit and receive a discount of AU$576.00 on your trip. That is right, instead of paying AU$3969 per person in share twin you will only be paying AU$3393 per person
So if you enjoy shopping and would like to see the best markets, outlets and warehouses of Hong Kong, Shenzen and Macau, if you think you would enjoy a night at the races, a traditional dinner, a harbour cruise and a full day of sightseeing in Hong Kong then get in touch now and reserve your place.
Just remember for any bookings and deposits made between 17th March 2014 and the 31st March 2014 you will receive the AU$576 discount . Full details of the tour available here – otherwise call us to book or for more information!
Pre-Sale Offer: Canada & Alaska and European River Cruise Groups. Limited Time Availability
PRESALE ON NOW!!!!!
As many of you know we have 2 special departures coming up in 2015 that have been asked for since we were even in the pre-launch stage of the Shoalhaven Solo Sisters. A European River Cruise up the Danube and a Voyage in Canada taking in the Inside Passage and the Rocky Mountains. At this stage we are technically too far out to confirm group costs .. but after some lengthy talks and discussions we have come up with some fantastic “pre-sale offers”.
So what are the pre-sale offers? For a limited time we have access to an early offer cost, including fly free deals, and other inclusions. These deals are usually a bit better in price than an early-bird, and by booking and depositing whilst the Pre-sale fares are in, you can guarantee your place at those special rates rather than paying “full price”later on.
Deluxe European River Cruise from
AU$9145 per person share twin (September 2015)
FOR FULL DETAILS CLICK HERE
Spectacular Rockies and Alaskan Cruise from
AU$9895 per person share Twin (May 2015)
FOR FULL DETAILS CLICK HERE
Now the pre-sale is only available until the supplier releases their 2015 product , which is due to come out any time from the next two weeks until early may!
So if you want to visit these destinations NOW is the time to take advantage of these great rates – as we are not likely to see prices like these any time soon in the near future – so if you want to travel to these destinations, and want to take advantage of a spectacular office we suggest that you come via the office in the next two weeks and put down a deposit to secure your place on these departures!!!
Celebrity Century, Weekenders & Booking Weekends!
Well ladies, and those gents that follow, we have the ‘boat full’ of information news and updates for you all today! Well, no more procrastination lets get to the heart of things shall we!
Celebrity Century Southern Shores
First off Celebrity Cruises are bringing one of their ships down to Australia for a limited time – the Celebrity Century. This Ship will only be in our waters for an extremely limited time so we have snapped up some group allocation which now needs to be filled! We have limited inside, outside and balcony Staterooms for this 22nd October 2014 sailing. For those that enjoy Australian cruising or want a look at this vessel take a look at the itinerary here and then get in touch with us about securing your space. We do have limited space so it will be on a first come first serve.
Weekender Madness
We have finally managed to get all our initial weekender packages up online including the Food & Wine Cruise this August, our Shopping Tour of Melbourne in October, the Hunter Valley Weekend Getaway in November, the Australian Open Cruise in January, the Moreton Island Cruise in February and the Murray River taste in March. Some of these are limited in space. You can find these all under the Weekenders area of the Upcoming Tours section in the above menu.
BOOKING WEEKENDS!
We are going to encourage you all to come down between this weekend (March 8th) and Easter (so by the 15th April) to sign up for any of our tour programmes. Right now we need to know who wants to do what for a variety of reasons including : So we can put people in touch with each other so we can match up single, so we can decide if a trip has enough interest to continue promoting, and to see if we need more or less allotment than what we currently hold on any given trip. So if you wish to join any of the following trips:
- Food & Wine Cruise (August 2014 Weekender)
- Hong Kong Shopping Tour (September 2014)
- Melbourne Shopping Getaway (October 2014 Weekender)
- Hunter Valley Weekend (November 2014 Weekender)
- Cruise New Zealand with Princess Cruises (November 2014)
or any of our other departures, then get yourself down to our office or give us a call so we can tally numbers, match travellers and see what extras we may need!
Informational Evening – Thanks For Attending!
What a fantastic night last night! Having 60 people show up literally floored us, what a great turn out!
So our thanks to you all for making it a fantastic evening, and I am sure you share our appreciation for the time Kathy (from Evergreen & Scenic Tours) and Helen (from Princess Cruises) spent speaking to us on their fantastic product.
The feedback we received was phenomenal and we are still trying to get through everything that people left with us. For those interested in our day tour programmes we should have them all up here within the next week or so for preview, and the group tours for 2015 should follow soon afterwards!
We will be running a few “Saturday Sessions” at our office in Junction street for specific 2014 departures over the next few months – so if you are interested in the Hong Kong Shopping Tour, New Zealand Princess Cruise, Food & Wine Weekender , the Melbourne Shopping Weekender or the Hunter Valley Weekend – keep your eyes and ears open for details on these.
For those outside the Shoalhaven who have told us they are interested, good news .. we are considering some informational evenings elsewhere including in the Illawarra, Sutherlandshire, Southern Highlands and Central Coast. If and when we decide to run with these we will let you know!
Otherwise for those that didn’t manage to make it to last nights event here is a teaser of the Weekenders and Group Tours for 2014 and 2015:
Weekenders:
- Food & Wine Cruise (August 2014)
- Melbourne Shopping Weekend (October 2014)
- Hunter Valley Getaway (November 2014)
- Australian Open Cruise (January 2015)
- Moreton Island Cruise (February 2015)
- A Taste of the Murray River (March 2015)
Group Tours:
- Hong Kong Shopping Extravaganza (September 2014)
- Cruise New Zealand on the Sun Princess (November 2014)
- Vietnam Culture & Culinary Tour (February 2015)
- Canada & Alaska (May 2015)
- European River Cruise (September 2015)
- Discover Egypt (January 2016)
As you can see we have a number of programmes in the works and based on continuing feedback more in the pipeline .. including a trip to China, a voyage around South America, an exploration of Turkey and much, much more
Again, Our Thanks for a fantastic evening – and keep your eye on this space for all the latest news and information on the Shoalhaven Solo Sisters
Last Chance To Let Us Know!
With our upcoming informational evening coming up on the 18th February Today is your last day to let us know you are coming so that we are well prepared!
We will be going over the upcoming 2014 Tours, the Proposed 2015 Departures and the release of our Weekender Departures. For those that are not aware of the Shoalhaven Solo Sisters initiative we will also be running over this, and we will have Guest Presenters down to talk about their specific product which will be in use in our upcoming tours.
Give us a call on (02) 4421 5577 or email nowra@mytravelexpert.com.au to ensure your place today!
Get Away With One Of Our “Weekenders”
One of the other little services we have been planning to offer – and which will start appearing here very soon, is a range of short duration trips, or Weekenders, as we like to call them
To start with we will have a Melbourne Getaway this October, with shopping and sightseeing during the day and the theatre in the evening. To follow this up is a Gourmet Weekend away in the Hunter Valley in November tasting wines, beers and other local produce. In January (2015) we have space on a cruise heading down to Melbourne to take in the Australian Open and in March (2015) we have a limited space departure for a mini Murray Cruise ex-Echuca on one of Australias most iconic Paddlesteamers.
Prices and dates will be available soon – but if you are already interested please feel free to let us know so that we can ensure you are amongst the first to receive the full details when they become available.
Lake Eyre Update
Just a quick update to let everyone know that we have closed sales on the Lake Eyre departure. We would like to thank everyone for their interest .. and that if there is anyone out there with a desire to still visit the area please let me know and we can ensure that in the future we can let you know if anything else comes up.
Future Preview & Update
COME AND SEE WHAT’S ON THE FUTURE AGENDA
Come join the Shoalhaven Solo Sisters this February the 18th 2014 at the Shoalhaven Ex-Servicemans Club (Junction Street, Nowra) from 5pm to 8pm, where we will preview upcoming tours for 2014, discuss our plans for 2015 and have two guest speakers to delight you with information on Princess Cruises and Evergreen Tours.
We will also be previewing some of our weekend getaways including a weekend in the Hunter, an Australian Open Cruise, a Melbourne Shopping Weekend and more.
We will talk about New Zealand Cruising, Vietnam, European River Cruising, Canada & Alaska, Egypt and more. The event is open to all single travellers, couples or those looking to take off on a journey with their local Travel Expert. Everyone is encouraged to join us – couples, singles or otherwise
RSVP by 14 February 2014 to 02 4421 5577
My Travel Expert and Shoalhaven Solo Sisters 