Ruby princess traveling July 15th

[birds mill]

2 couples looking for group to join to travel thru countryside in Tuscany. We have never done this before and looking for group or suggestions on private tours. Looking for small wineries and olive tasting and visiting small villages.

[Host Kat]

2 couples looking for group to join to travel thru countryside in Tuscany. We have never done this before and looking for group or suggestions on private tours. Looking for small wineries and olive tasting and visiting small villages.

Howdy birds mill!

 

Welcome to Cruise Critic and thank you for your first post! However. you have posted on the Cruise Blogs & Websites Forum where members share their personal cruise-related travelogue blogs or websites with their fellow Cruise Critic members. This is not the correct forum for your post since it is off-topic here and it is a Guidelines violation since it is a share request not posted on your Roll Call thread.

 

When you have a chance, please read the Sticky post titled What is a ROLL CALL and how do I find mine? at http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=44773. The Sticky post will tell you about our Roll Calls and how to locate the Roll Call thread for your cruise. That's the correct place for you to get to know the other Cruise Critic members sailing with you before the cruise.

 

A portion of the post states the following:

 

Please note, the Cruise Critic Guidelines do not allow personal ads of any kind in posts. This would include personal ads looking to share shore excursions/tours, transportation, etc. Posts of this nature are removed from all forums... with one exception. If you are sailing on a specific ship and departure date, you may post your share request on the Roll Call thread for your cruise. You are targeting the specific group of people who would be most inclined to share since they are already sailing with you. Please remember, do not start a new Roll Call thread with your share request. Use your existing Roll Call thread to post your share request.

 

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http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=807609 for your

Ruby Princess Roll Call thread titled Grand Mediterranean - 7/15/09. Your Roll Call thread is the ONLY place on Cruise Critic where you and your fellow Roll Call members can post personal ads about sharing tours, excursions, transportation etc. with each other. Your Roll Call thread has a "captive audience" since everyone is sailing together!

 

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Per the Guidelines, your post should be removed due to being a share request not posted on the Roll Call thread for your sail date. However, since you are a new member I closed your thread and will leave it on this forum so you can see this reply and not wonder where it went.

 

I sincerely hope this will be satisfactory, even though it is not the type of reply you were expecting.

 

Glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic!

Kat