Monthly Archives: March 2023

Trip

Great Lakes Cruises – How About a Trip on a Schooner?

Great Lakes Schooner Company is a niche cruise line offering private charters rather than regularly scheduled cruises. Instead of a package of long trips like some of the luxury cruise lines do, the company offers a unique blend of short day and dinner trips around Toronto Harbor and Lake Ontario. What really sets these cruise packages apart from standard luxury cruises are the ships that are used.

The Kajama is a 164-foot, 3 masted Schooner. G.L. Schooner Company claims that the Kajama cruise can only be duplicated in the Caribbean, and that may very well be true. While there is another tall ship cruise located in Traverse City, Michigan, USA, it is reported to lack a fully licensed bar. On that ship you are allowed to bring drinks on board and to pre-order, but a complete bar is unavailable.

Another interesting thing about the Kajama is that a Fireworks Tour is available. You can watch the fireworks in Toronto Harbor from the deck of this beautiful schooner. The experience might be similar to that witnessed by sailors centuries ago during night battles with shore batteries.

The G. L. Schooner Company also operates a steam powered paddle wheeler known as the Trillium, which is large enough to handle up to 500 guests. According to the company, the Trillium is the last steam operated paddle wheeler offering Great Lakes cruises. There is also a 97-foot schooner available for cruising the Lakes, and a 190 passenger conventional cruise ship that boasts an upper-level dance floor with a retractable roof.

Great Lakes Schooner Company typically offers two boarding times, one just after 12pm and an evening run that starts between six and seven. The company claims they are flexible with the times since their Great Lakes cruises are private.

If you are interested in having them host a Lakes cruise or other charter event, whether it is a wedding, company meeting or something else, you will want to contact them early and schedule your time. These are unique ships and you might have to hunt long and hard to duplicate these enjoyable and unique cruises.

Travel

Business Travelers Welcome!

If you are a business traveler you may not realize it, but you are a hot commodity right now; that’s right. Unfortunately, this prize customer has been in hiding ever sense the global economic crisis. Today, the hospitality, rental car, airline, and hotel industries are noticing a slight uptick in business traveling, and that is a very good thing for their shareholder’s equity and quarterly profits.

Indeed, business traveling folks are often given deals for extra-nights, extra rental car days, and even free add-on services by companies who wish to retain them as loyal customers. This type of discounting strategy is working. Luckily, the business travel market is coming back, and the sign can be read loud and clear; Business Travelers Welcome!

In fact, according to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal on July 15, 2010 entitled “Business Travelers Behave” in the Travel Watch Section, author Jonnelle Marte explains that business clients are much easier guests, require much less baby-sitting, and rarely misbehave. They are also willing to pay more for extra services like WiFi, whether on an airline flight or in a hotel.

You see, as businesses try to grow out of the recession, they must re-establish commercial contacts, and send their sales, marketing, and proposal teams to meet and greet clientele. This is a win-win for all concerned, especially the hospitality industry which really needs them to come back and spend on all things travel related.

Of course, these days there is a lot of competition for the traveling business person. There are hotels, extended stay hotels, and even condo and timeshare rentals who cater to the business community and like I said, the welcome sign it flashing in bright neon, they want your business, and they will do whatever it takes to get it too. They aim to please, and I hope you’ll please consider all this.

Tips

Top Makeup Tips for Beginners

Even if you don’t consider yourself a glamour girl, with a few basic makeup tips you could become more comfortable with what make up can do for your appearance. There’s no need to spend hours each morning once you have mastered a few basic techniques.

The benefits of learning these makeup applying tips include a smoother skin tone, finding a way to hide blemishes, and highlighting your best facial features.

When done right, makeup should be subtle yet manage to shave years off of your age and wake up your face even on the days when you feel the most tired.

How to Apply Makeup on the Face

To get started with your make up routine, you must focus first on your face. Consider this to be your fresh palette to start painting on. This should begin by cleansing your face thoroughly to remove any dirt or oil that could get in the way of your make up. Follow this with moisturizer, and a primer to help smooth your skin tone.

With clean, healthy skin in place, you can use one of your favorite types of foundations, according to make up tips.

These come in liquid, powder, or mineral based forms, depending on your preferences. If you don’t want to put on a thick layer of foundation, you could simply use a tinted moisturizer to even out skin tone and nourish the skin.

Makeup Ideas for Eyes

The eyes are often one of the first things that others notice about you, so they are worth framing with the following makeup tips. If you don’t have naturally long, curly eyelashes, like most women, you can use a curler before putting on any eye makeup.

Apply mascara only after you have already curled the eyelashes, or you might damage or break them.

This can double or even triple the volume and length of your lashes, making your eyes look larger and more feminine. Follow this up with well-blended eye shadows and eyeliner if you want a more dramatic look.

Makeup Advice for Lips

Even if you have thin lips that you don’t feel are your best feature, you could use some make up tips to make them appear fuller.

Lip plumpers are a great product out on the market now. These use natural ingredients like menthol or camphor to moisturize your lips while plumping them up.

Lipstick that flatters your skin tone will also help you achieve a moist, full looking pout.

You can top this all off with lip gloss, although it’s best not to overdo your lip make up or it will rub off on everything around you. For a more precise look, you can use lip liner to keep make up in place.