Golf Groups - What's next

In February 2019 I have arranged for a Getaway at a 5 Star Resort. The Hard Rock Casino and Resort will host a group that can play as much golf as they would like for the week at minimal cost as well as enjoy the spa, water sports and the casino and some really great food.
So now are you wondering what will be next. I would like to have a winter vacation and a summer/fall vacation every year revolving around golf. I will openly tell you that no I do not golf myself but 3 of my 4 children have taken it up. They golf in the summer on Monday nights in the youth program. So I would like to keep them active in the things they like and learning more about them so I figured I would help the local golf club patrons combine their passion for golf with their travel needs.
Also keep in mind that many of these options that I am going to present will have options for your partner if they happen to be a non golfer like myself.
So option # 1 is a River Cruise Melodies of the Danube with Golf Program with AMA Waterways.
It is a 7 night cruise with an option 2 night pre cruise and 3 night post.
Day 1 arrive in Budapest
Day 2 Hidden Budapest Tour
Day 3 Embark in Budapest
Day 4 Budapest - Golf or a tour
Day 5 Bratislava - Golf or a tour
Day 6 Vienna - Tour
Day 7 Weissenkirchen - Golf or a tour
Day 8 Linz - Tour
Day 9 Passau - Golf or a tour
Day 10 Vilshofen - Disembark
Day 11 Prague - Tour
Day 12 Pargue - Golf or a tour
Day 13 Prague - Departure
These river cruises run from May to October and offer so much to see and do.
Option # 2 is Ocean cruises with Azamara Club Cruises and Perry Golf. The options for 2019 to 2020 are as follows:
January 2019 - New Zealand
February 2020 - South Africa
March 2019 - Southeast Asia
April 2019 - Charleston & Bermuda
May 2019 - Iberian Peninsula
May 2020 - Spain & French Riviera
June 2019 & 2020 - Baltic Sea
July 2019 & 2020 - British Isles & The Open
August 2020 - Ireland
September 2019 & 2020 - Iberian Peninsula
October 2019 - Med Islands
November 2019 & 2020 - Arabian Gulf
November 2020 - South America
These cruises offer golf from 3 to 5 times depending on the length of the cruise and as always there are many excursions for the non golfer to choose from. These cruises cover gangway to gangway. Which means your golf clubs get delivered to the course and brought back to the ship (you do none of the heavy lifting), starting times, caddies/carts and who you are playing with are pre-arranged, social events are organized, Perry golf staff are both on board and at the golf courses. Boxed lunch is provided at the course, open bar is provided after golf and all gratuities are taken care of. All cruise have between 3 and 5 golf excursions depending on the length of cruise.
Option # 3 is group travel. I have several suppliers that have options that include golfing in Morocco, Ireland, Scotland etc.. they can be done almost anywhere in the world where golf is played.
Option # 4 includes includes attending some of the great golfing events such as the Masters Tournament, US Open, British Open and PGA Championship.
So again if you are a golfer and also enjoy travel keep in mind these tours will be offered over the next few years. Better yet take a moment and let me know which one's appeal to you more and then I can plan easier what comes next



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Please keep in mind that while my head office is in Toronto. I am a home based travel agent and I live in South Dundas and I can service clients anywhere in Canada. But, I meet with clients in the SD&G area

Cruise Comparisons

So I have spent time discussing NCL and Royal cruise lines as they are the two that I have personally sailed so far. I have 2 more NCL cruises scheduled and 1 on Celebrity. However today I am going to talk about a mid level cruise line Azamara.
Azamara has more included than the basic lines. I priced out a Mediterranean itinerary sailing September 28, 2019 on the Azamara Journey for twelve days. I will be using it compare to my NCL Epic Mediterranean that I will be sailing on in July 2019 for seven days.
The Azamara Itinerary is as follows:
Day 1 Barcelona Embark
Day 2 St Tropez
Day 3 Monte Carlo
Day 4 Livorno (Florence/Pisa)
Day 5 Civitavecchia (Rome)
Day 6 Sorrento
Day 7 Amalfi
Day 8 At Sea
Day 9 Kotor
Day 10 Dubrovnik
Day 11 Zador
Day 12-13 Venice
An Interior Stateroom for 2 people would cost $11692.00 CAD and you would receive $250 USD per person as on board credit.
With this cruise you have included standard spirits, international beers, 2 red, 2 white, 1 rose and 1 sparkling wine by the glass each day. As well as your juice and pop, coffee and tea. You can purchase drink packages if you would like more.
Gratuities are included in the cruise price so there is no extra to pay unless you want to tip the staff more.
They do have specialty dinning that is not included at 3 restaurants and the packages to add them run between $70 per person and $250 per person.
The last item is internet which is $19.95 per day for unlimited access.
Keep in mind you still have to pay for excursions but they are for smaller groups, part of that is smaller ships as well. You can use your on board credit to pay for these excursions.

Azamara (Photo courtesy of cruisemaven.com)

My cruise in July 2019 will be a seven day on board the NCL Epic
The itinerary is the following:
Day 1 Barcelona Embark
Day 2 At Sea
Day 3 Naples
Day 4 Rome
Day 5 Florence/Pisa
Day 6 Cannes
Day 7 Plama de Mallorca
Day 8 Barcelona Disembark
A balcony stateroom for 2 Adults and 2 children is $6664.61 CAD
A beverage package costs $89 usd per day for the ultimate package there are packages for just soda as well. You also have to add an 18% gratuity to this amount as well.
Gratuities are $14.50 USD per person per day.
Specialty dinning has many options on this ship. You can purchase a 3 or more day package to try out different options. A 3 day package is $69 USD per person.
Unlimited internet is $25.50 USD per day.

NCL Epic (photo courtesy of ncl.com)

If you add in the drink package and the gratuities the NCL package gets closer to $8517 CAD. Now in my case as it is a group booking I had the opportunity to add two inclusions to my package and I chose the drink package and the gratuities as my options. Not everyone has these options available. 

So for more money you can cruise on a smaller ship a more intimate ship and have more included in the over all price. Your ship will be less crowded. Now keep in mind that these smaller more luxurious ships are not as kid friendly as the bigger mass ships are. They do have children's clubs etc but there are usually not many children on board.

Azamara also offers ports that the bigger ships can not always get to which is nice if you decide cruising is the only way you wish to travel. They also offer overnights in port so you can get the opportunity to explore a cities nightlife not just what it is like during the day.

To book either of these cruises of any cruise contact me today!!

Where you can find me:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/stephaniethetravelagentnextdoor

Website: http://www.exclusivetoyoutravel.ca

Email: slough@exclusivetoyoutravel.ca

TICO 500212282

55 York Street, Suite 803

Toronto, On M5J 1R7

Please keep in mind that while my head office is in Toronto. I am a home based travel agent and I live in South Dundas and I can service clients anywhere in Canada. But, I meet with clients in the SD&G area