Big News! Cruising is Back and Vickie is Onboard As A Lecturer

I can't express in words how excited I am.  Things happen in mysterious ways.  

The other day I got an email from the agency that places cruise ship lecturers stating that Celebrity was looking for some lecturers.

First thing I checked was their mixed dose vaccine policy.  You see here in Canada many people have mixed dose vaccines.  I have two doses of Moderna, but Bernie got his first dose of Pfizer and his second dose is Moderna.  When I checked, Celebrity was not accepting guests with mixed vaccines.  This was Tuesday of last week.

Then Sunday night as I was laying in bed and we had just spent the weekend talking about travel and the possibilities.  But it seemed still far off.  

But as I lay there something told me to check Celebrity's sit again.  I like to believe it was my Mom guiding me.  And YES Celebrity had updated their vaccine requirements to accept mixed doses of Moderna and Pfizer.  

So I got up and went downstairs and sent in my request to apply for those Celebrity trips (3 of them).  My agent quickly responded and welcomed me back and stated he would be putting forth the applicants the next day!  He also stated he expected a quick decision since the sailings were so soon.  Boy he was so right.

The next day, Monday we were busy working the election all day so we had little time to check emails.  But when I got home I had been offered a back to back on Celebrity's Equinox.

Each cruise is a 9 night trip with stops in Nassau, Aruba, Curacao, and Bonaire.  

If you want to join me there are some amazing deals right now.  Our sailings will be October 20 and 29th.  

Accepted a Canada New England Lecture Position

I am so excited that Celebrity Cruises has once again contracted me to work on two Canada New England Cruises.

It will be on board the Celebrity Summit. 

Both are round trip out of Boston, which is a city we love.  So we will be sure to head there a day or two early.

I am so pumped to be talking about this beautiful area.  Having just come off a Canada New England Itinerary where there was no port lecturer at all it was really missed by many.  There is so much history here.  So much culture, so many interesting stories and facts.

Plus we will get to stop in our hometown of Sydney again and then get to sail to my old home Province for an overnight in Quebec City.  

So if you are interested come and join me.

Antigua Port Lecture

Are you or someone you know sailing into Antigua on a cruise?  Check out my Port Lecture that I presented in February 2019 as Destination Expert on Royal Princess.

Barbados Port Lecture

If you or anyone you know is travelling to Barbados on a cruise have them take a look at my port presentation.

This video was recorded in February 2019.

Offered a Port Lecturer Position - But Guess Which Line?

After turning down the Sky Princess for the Baltic, I waited patiently hoping I might get offered one of the two ships that was sailing to South America.

But as August came to a close, I knew it was probably not going to happen.

I then started getting my name out and applying to other lines as a Port Lecturer and even as an Enrichment Lecturer.

Today I am happy to announce that I was offered a position as a Port Lecturer on Celebrity Eclipse! 

It is a 15 day cruise from Santiago (San Antonio) to San Diego.

We are both ecstatic and excited.

Neither of us has sailed Celebrity but we have always wanted to.

We are visiting ports we have travelled to numerous times and only three ports that I have to compose a new lecture for, although I have lots of material on them.

Stay tuned, as I will report here when I get offered something else.

My other question is, should I join the Cruise Critic Roll Call and introduce myself as the Port Lecturer? Bernie thinks I should and I am not sure - don't want to overstep, but want to build a following too.

Thanks for all the support.