michmike Posted July 29, 2006 #51 Share Posted July 29, 2006 sail - thanks for the kind words..and I can tell the rest of you who haven't yet had a chance to sail with judy and robert that they are very warm and welcoming folks with a wealth of knowledge to share re crusing (as you can certainly tell here on the boards) not to mention they know the good places to eat ashore.. they gave us a wonderful recommendation for lunch in curacao last trip.. btw sail, we are finally going to try one of the vista class ships.. Ed and Carol found a heck of a deal on a balcony on Westerdam in Oct and the itinerary included a couple of islands we've not yet been to, so it didn't take much arm twisting to convince us to join them again. Valerie and Jean - I'll be watching my mailbox for cookies.. shortbread eh?? I'll have to make sure I get to those before my wife does... they're her favorite. Now to get back on track with the original premise of the thread - the no smoking I can live with.. they start messing w/ my bourbon and they could have serious problems.. *L* Have a great weekend, ladies... Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammybee Posted July 30, 2006 #52 Share Posted July 30, 2006 Back when I had a real job, most of my peers and I had serious collateral with the Marriott Awards Program. Several were and remain substantial smokers. Given the recent announcement, they have written Marriott off and need to dispose of a lot of points. Can you guess where this is going? They are going to dump their points into a few cruises and HAL is the cruise line of choice. They are, btw, considerate smokers and while they often blow smoke, it's not from exhailing tobacco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman93 Posted July 31, 2006 #53 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Here's an interesting article about the economics behind Marriott's move: http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_4112110 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricia724 Posted July 31, 2006 #54 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Last night I finally got a hotel room through Priceline for our cruise next month. I got the Westin Long Beach, which immediately notified me about the hotel being a completely smoke free facility. (Although there *may* be a smoking area available outside away from the hotel.) After reading this thread about all the Marriott properties changing to smoke free facilities, the thought occurred to me that for a smoker, Priceline is going to be a much less attractive option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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