Hello,
Barbara and I agree with the $500 per month payments. This will keep us on track financially.
On the other note, we do need to hear from Rick and Kathy.
As for the two additional couples I feel strongly that we can and should wait until we are required to pay the additional 15% deposit before we give up on a second large boat. We will have plenty of time after March 8th to move two of our couples to a smaller (less expensive) boat. There are a number of advantages in having two boats of the same size. Rafting will be easier, The partying would be shared equally between the boats. All cruisers would have similar cabins to share. We have a number of candidates for the last two positions and I really would like to give them the time to decide without pressure.
An additional topic for our next meeting could be setting a different price for the 4th (slightly smaller) cabin on the 59 Tarquin. I think a reduction of approximately 15% of the average price would be fair. This 15% would be paid by the three other couples. My math would have this number @ $390 discount for the cabin with three other couples paying about $130 more. As I recall three cabins are about equal in size. The difference with the fourth cabin is the ceiling height over half of the bed and this is the only cabin without a “walk-around” bed. But this is just from my memory, maybe Todd or Lysa can recall the room in better detail. Maybe I’m making something out of nothing. I just know (now that I'm 52 years old) that some people need to get up one or more times in the night and a "walk-around" bed is more convenient for this purpose. I don’t want anyone to feel slighted on the cruise. This is my idea I would like to put up for a vote at our next meeting. Maybe $390 is not enough of a discount, maybe to much. The question I ask myself is “how much of a discount would I need to accept the smaller room”? Perhaps someone will jump on the discounted cabin. Who knows?
We also may want to select cabins at that meeting. Perhaps we can agree or draw straws, roll dice, arm wrestle. Maybe one couple would prefer the discounted cabin. I know Todd and Lysa have made it clear they would need one of the three other cabins. Barbara and I would prefer the aft cabin or the “V” berth, I believe TL would like the mid cabin, just forward of the aft cabin. This would be on boat #1(unnamed).
BTY, I want to encourage ALL couples to participate in posting and commenting in and on our blog. This blog is for EVERYONE going on the cruise. We need to hear from all of you. If anyone needs help getting started please feel free to call me at 206-799-0100 and I will be glad to help you.
Barbara and I agree with the $500 per month payments. This will keep us on track financially.
On the other note, we do need to hear from Rick and Kathy.
As for the two additional couples I feel strongly that we can and should wait until we are required to pay the additional 15% deposit before we give up on a second large boat. We will have plenty of time after March 8th to move two of our couples to a smaller (less expensive) boat. There are a number of advantages in having two boats of the same size. Rafting will be easier, The partying would be shared equally between the boats. All cruisers would have similar cabins to share. We have a number of candidates for the last two positions and I really would like to give them the time to decide without pressure.
An additional topic for our next meeting could be setting a different price for the 4th (slightly smaller) cabin on the 59 Tarquin. I think a reduction of approximately 15% of the average price would be fair. This 15% would be paid by the three other couples. My math would have this number @ $390 discount for the cabin with three other couples paying about $130 more. As I recall three cabins are about equal in size. The difference with the fourth cabin is the ceiling height over half of the bed and this is the only cabin without a “walk-around” bed. But this is just from my memory, maybe Todd or Lysa can recall the room in better detail. Maybe I’m making something out of nothing. I just know (now that I'm 52 years old) that some people need to get up one or more times in the night and a "walk-around" bed is more convenient for this purpose. I don’t want anyone to feel slighted on the cruise. This is my idea I would like to put up for a vote at our next meeting. Maybe $390 is not enough of a discount, maybe to much. The question I ask myself is “how much of a discount would I need to accept the smaller room”? Perhaps someone will jump on the discounted cabin. Who knows?
We also may want to select cabins at that meeting. Perhaps we can agree or draw straws, roll dice, arm wrestle. Maybe one couple would prefer the discounted cabin. I know Todd and Lysa have made it clear they would need one of the three other cabins. Barbara and I would prefer the aft cabin or the “V” berth, I believe TL would like the mid cabin, just forward of the aft cabin. This would be on boat #1(unnamed).
BTY, I want to encourage ALL couples to participate in posting and commenting in and on our blog. This blog is for EVERYONE going on the cruise. We need to hear from all of you. If anyone needs help getting started please feel free to call me at 206-799-0100 and I will be glad to help you.
PS:
Barbara and I just received the cruising documents from VIP. We will share these with all at the 2-3-2007 meeting. We will need info from each of you at that time.
Barbara and I are looking forward to our next meeting at our house on February Third @ 6:00 PM.
3 comments:
Greg and I agree to the 500 per month to pay Barbara back. I also agree on the possibility of a discount for the smaller room. I am claustrophobic so I am not sure that any discount would be enough for me, but that is just me! We look forward to our next meeting.
G&D
I disagree with offering the discount for the smaller rooms, here is why:
1)it complicates things
2)the rooms are all small, it's not like asking people to pay the same price for a single room compared to a two room suite
3)very little time will be spent in the rooms that doesn't include sleeping, as long as you fit...the rooms are all the same size with your eyes closed :-)
Hi Amy,
Thanks for speaking your mind. It is important to have all views. I somewhat agree with your points, my concern is for the couple that will occupy the fourth cabin. I am concerned about someone feeling slighted. Perhaps we just agree that the last couple to sign up for each boat gets that cabin. Clearly, it is NOT a bad cabin. It is not exceptionally small. It is the only cabin without a walk around bed and the head is slightly smaller. We can discuss this more at our next meeting. Perhaps we can have a consensus or in the alternative a vote on the question. Barbara and I prefer (more me than Barbara ) the aft cabin.
Pat
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