CRUISE NEWS! Happy Independence Day! How Travel Changes Us! You Should Take a Vacation!
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- Опубліковано 14 лип 2024
- VIDEO CHAPTERS - Thursday, July 4, 2024
0:00 Welcome to Today's Video
0:40 Happy Independence Day!
1:31 You Should Take a Vacation!
8:12 How We Travel
Thank you for watching and joining us as we talk about cruising; sharing the latest cruise news and cruise travel tips. Please be sure to tell us in the comments your own experiences so we can all learn how to best enjoy our cruise vacation. Thank you and God Bless you!
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No one ever says on their death bed I wish I had spent more time at work!
This is TRUE! Great comment. Not just a saying. I was a Hospice RN (night nurse) for seven years in my 60's. The regrets from both men and women in the deep of the night... Working too much. ...Crying for their loss with me to not burden their family was so sad. 😢😢
Great video, due to life‘s circumstance, I have been traveling solo for the last few years. Believe it or not these recent trips where I’ve traveled on my own have been some of the best and most memorable of my life. I’ve gone on numerous cruises on various cruise lines and I’ve always met interesting people some of whom have become great friends and they live around the world. This past March we all met in Tokyo and went on a circumnavigation cruise around Japan on Holland America. It was a great vacation and we all had our own individual cabins. My advice is to follow what Allison said in this video go, don’t be afraid start slow, go on a one week, cruise, relax and spark up a conversation with different people. Some people will ignore you but not all. Also go to the solo meet ups. It’s not just single people looking for mates. I really appreciate this video.
Allison, I agree whole heartedly with all of your points about the values of traveling and taking vacations! When we were raising our boys, we always vacationed in the summers. But in addition, we built other adventures around conferences to which my husband or I were sent. We budgeted for travel just like we did for other expenses. Our travel experiences expanded to included cruises in 2005. My personal love for travel was developed by my parents (my father was Air Force) and they took advantage of opportunity every time we were transferred to make sure we explored the areas we were in. Today, as retirees and grandparents, we continue traveling to include road trips, cruises, and travel by plane and rail, working on a long bucket list!
Recently we spent a week in Chicago. I met so many fabulous people, friendly, funny, and interesting people! I absolutely loved the diversity in that big place! I chatted with folks from India and Nepal, Somalia and Kenya, Kazakstan, Italy, Mexico, and Uruguay. You are right that encountering people from different places enhances our experiences and our lives!
I’m a solo traveler. Always, done it on my own. But, very excited to take my first Lets’s Go Travel Family cruise in 2026 to see the next eclipse. I am retired and was a caregiver to both my parents, now I’m making the most of my life and travel is at the top of my list, after family. And sometimes travel is with family.
Allison you are so correct we are all dispensable. There may be a bump or two in the road for your coworkers if you leave on vacation, but they will get through it without you. I found this out very early in my career thinking that they couldn’t Get along without me, boy was I wrong? I really do feel sorry for people who think they are indispensable and can’t leave their job for one day one week one month. Taking time off can really leave you refreshed when you come back to work. People do have a lot of excuses as to why they don’t take a vacation. They don’t have the time they don’t have the money they don’t know where to go, etc.. just make sure to budget for a vacation and when it’s time for vacation, you have the money. I also agree you can make friends very easily when traveling on a cruise you can say hello to anyone we’re all there for the same reason to have a great time. I’ve had friends for 25 years that I’ve met on cruises, I’ve had other people that I met that I thought I might keep in touch with but somehow it didn’t work out. It’s just the way it is. Anyway, Allison great video today really motivated me to start looking at some more trips once I recover from my shoulder surgery in August. Even though I love traveling with my family and friends, I find that I meet more people when I’m traveling solo. I know when I worked people used to think I crazy going places alone. They see the pictures I post online and when I would come back to work, they would say gosh she look like you had a great time. I don’t know how you do it alone, you don’t know until you try right.
Thank you Norma💕
“The business of life is the acquisition of memories. In the end, that’s all there is.”
-Carson the Butler
Thank you Michael. Perfectly said.
Perfectly said!!! And BTW that color blue on your blouse, is absolutely your color!❤
Thank you!❤️
That was so inspiring Allison! Your enthusiasm is infectious! Hope to travel with you & Gordon someday soon!
Well said indeed! No one knows what tomorrow will bring so if you can, GO ON VACATION and enjoy life while you can. It’s a big world out there just waiting to be visited.
Happy 4th!
We have been having this conversation around our house a lot lately. A few years ago we defined Vacation, Trip, mini-vacation (going to the next town over or to the lake just for the day), and micro-vacation (restful time in our own back yard). It became important for us to get creative, define, and schedule these, especially once work from home became a norm.
Ill be honest, i still run across work problems that occurred while i was away on a long trip, 2016, 2017, 2018, etc. but I don't take on that "blame". The root cause is not that i was away from work, the root cause is that the company didn't provide enough back up, and thats not on me. 😊
Very positive message! Thanks Allison !
I think fear holds people back. Take a risk! Especially on a cruise...you get to have mini adventures on port days but back to the safety of the ship to sleep! You will not regret😊
And even if it doesnt turn out exactly perfect you have fun and funny memories the rest of your life....forgetting almost everything bad but living on the good!
Allison you said it so beautifully
Thank you!💕
I have always been in love with vacations, since I was a kid. I am three years into retirement next week -- loving every minute of it. I have also outlived my mom by over 30 percent, so I know how important it is to seize the day. All that being said, I know there are company cultures and even department cultures that disrecommend their employees taking time off, especially in longer spurts. I had manager once who was like that. She never said anything to me, but I know she told some of my co-workers they couldn't take more than a week at a time. I remember in my 15th year when I was awarded an extra week, and I took my first three week vacation and went Down Under. I had a great time. At that time I was completely unreachable for those three weeks, and it was awesome! I think the work front did suffer in my absence, but a year and three months later I did another 3 week vacation -- this time to Europe. I explained that work was designed to support my life, not take it over. I hope others can be encouraged to take their, whether it is close to home or around the world.
Companies always discourage time off. Because they want loyalty. I've been at a job fo 20 years and always wonder when I'm going to be fired for asking for time off. The bottom line for me is I work so I CAN travel. I'm in a balancing act right now with having older parents who need help to travel and my job. If it comes to the place of make a choice....I WILL CHOOSE HELPING them Travel over working until my exact retirement day! People are living for retirement...where they think everything is going to be perfectly set! I'm living for now and have been for a long time! That way in retirement I'll have already done and seen so much if health or whatever gets in the way I haven't missed out! My parents are in their 80s and I encourage them all the time to keep on traveling and plan trips for their ease and fun. Neither one is in a walker or wheelchair but my dad has a bit of trouble with long walks. I plan around that.
Well said Alison! Why wouldn't people take their vacation leave. I took my 6 weeks vacation leave every year of my working life. We are a long time dead and life is not a dress rehearsal.
Happy Independence Day
Great advice! We are just getting into cruising after 8 years of traveling the US and Canada in an RV. We met lifelong friends, did things we never thought we were capable of, and have memories that will last our whole lives. We are excited to go on our first cruise this fall. We know we will enjoy meeting new people and seeing new places. Happy 4th!🧨
I love looking forward to and planning our next adventure. We have found that we love the cruise life and have three cruises on the calendar. The wonderful ports and excursions along with the people we meet on and off the ship are awesome. Taking a vacation, even in retirement, gives us a better perspective of the world. Thank you, Alison and Gordon, for your wonderful and informative vlogs.
Allison, this is such good advice and so beautiful. ❤
Thank you Pam❤️
Fun story...met a sweet woman in Disney 2 years ago. We are going on a cruise together starting 12 July. Very excited
Great video!!! Your spirit, enthusiasm and smile are contagious. I'm so happy we met you and Gordon last summer on Island Princess and hope to cruise with you again. Our next cruise is July 13th on Royal Princess, 14-day Alaska cruise roundtrip from Vancouver. We have met several people on cruises who we keep in touch with and some we are cruising with in the future.
You are so right! Thank you for saying that! Allison is the best!!!
I appreciate you Allison so much. You are so patient to work with my sister in law and me to find something we can afford to do. Its wonderful to get away for a week or two, exciting and relaxing at the same time. So thank you so much. Ill talk to you soon. Ann
You are most welcome Ann! Have a lovely 4th of July!💕
Very well said, Allison. I am all for a good vacation even if it's just a couple days away camping. Hubby and I are nearing retirement and a Panama Canal cruise is on my bucket list. That will be our first vacation after retirement in 2026.
Blessed to be retired but still caring for my 87 year old mother
Did you realize, if your mother is declining, there is respite care that might be available. Hospice isn't for the last three days of someone's life. It's to make the final time better. Many patients and families can access support and care for up to a year. As an RN, i helped plan for caregivers have some time off for 3-7 days and then saw their family member daily at home or temporarily in a nursing home that we monitored care with the aides. Even the patients enjoyed the break--more people to help them and talk to. Many do not know this is possible. This care can be covered by Medicare.
We are thankful for you!
Thank you Wendy! I am thankful for you!💕💕
I have been with the same company for 24 years, I mostly stayed due to 29 vacation days and 8 holidays plus generous Flex Time. How could anyone leave vacaydays on the table? We are only allowed to accrue 5 days to the following year, use or lose! Even if you can't afford it, take a stay cation and just be away from work for awhile.
Thank you Karen. Excellent point on the staycation.