Just Picture It Now

YTB+Carnival+Facebook = One Big Ol’ Sail-A-Thon

TravelPro — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:00:03 +0000

My how times have changed. If you would have told me that I’d be able to invite my Facebook friends to a live Sail-a-thon with “The Most Popular Cruise Line In The World” a year ago, I’m not sure I would have bought into that idea. Don’t get me wrong – I would have loved [...]

YTB Posts 3rd Quarter Profit

TravelPro — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:00:30 +0000

If you’re not part of our newsletter, you need to stick close this week. I know it’s been kind of slow – but things are starting to heat up a bit up in the Home Office and you need to be aware of the upgrades, advancements, and promotions that are going on – particularly this [...]

YTB Group Cruise Now Comes With Search…

TravelPro — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:00:50 +0000

I’ve mentioned this a time or two before on the internet, but I’m not sure if I’ve ever written about it here on this blog. When a client comes to me with a request for a cruise, the very first place that I look is on our Groups Page to see if anyone has something [...]

Congrats Yankees…

TravelPro — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:00:54 +0000

I have to admit, ever since 1992, the year Sid Bream slid into home plate to win the NLCS for the Atlanta Braves beating the Pittsburgh Pirates in game 7, I haven’t been much of a baseball fan. It was the same year I moved here to Atlanta from Pittsburgh. I still talk about it [...]

I Miss Our Room Steward…

TravelPro — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:00:23 +0000

I lost count how many times I’ve said this…but I’m gonna say it again. A cruise is the best vacation money could buy. It was nice to have family (including extended family) together for another cruise. Our daughter called it “The best birthday EVER!” and our son has caught the same bug we did some [...]

Until we get back around the way…

TravelPro — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:00:19 +0000

By the time you read this, our family will be in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. I’ve come equiped with my “What part of NO do you not understand?” T-shirt which I purchased the last time we were in port here. (For those of you who have been here, you know why we need a shirt like [...]

What’s Your Life Balance Barometer?

TravelPro — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:00:26 +0000

When I first saw this story in Travel Weekly about Princess doing a survey on the most stressed out cities in the US I was intrigued. I mean – cruise lines have been helping people de-stress for decades. While I wouldn’t consider this survey Pulitzer material, it’s certainly an interesting read for those of us [...]

shopYTB Grows to 700 Stores

TravelPro — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:00:36 +0000

I have to admit that shopYTB has not been a real high priority on my radar since it was introduced last January during Coach’s Birthday Bash. Don’t get me wrong, I like the idea and the concept – but my first love with YTB is travel. (It’s why I got into this business in the [...]

Clean and Sober

TravelPro — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:00:01 +0000

I was looking over my schedule last night for today’s to-do’s. Like a brick – it suddenly hit me. 20 years ago today, October 15, 1989 I was sitting in a bar watching my Pittsburgh Steelers beat up on Bernie Kosar and the Cleveland Browns. After the game I walked across the street to my [...]

YTB Celebrates World’s Largest Cruise Night

TravelPro — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:00:22 +0000

For the fifth consecutive year, CLIA will host the World’s Largest Cruise Night tonight. Thousands of agents will be hosting events all over the country and YTB is no exception. Princess Cruise Lines will partner up with YTB for it’s second Sail-A-Thon this year to help celebrate. October is National Cruise Vacation Month. Tonight, [...]