Divided by a Common Language

George Bernard Shaw is credited with this phrase and Churchill once said that “The United States of America and the United Kingdom are two great nations divided by a common language”. As the son of a wealthy New York heiress and as an international statesman he should know.

I have seen many cruise speakers who make no concessions at all to this difference. An English academic who talks in Oxford code or a New Jersey life coach who makes no concessions to his international audience will get poorer ratings than the speakers who find out the nationality split of the passengers and talks to them rather than beyond them.

Many cruise directors give an idea of the nationality split at the welcome on board show – even if you don’t attend the show it’s worth watching the relevant bit of the stateroom TV showing to find out.

And always use words and phrases that the whole audience will understand. Remember that a part of your audience will be the dozens of nationalities of crew, who get the chance to watch the TV re-runs on their cabin TV service when they finish work – often in the early hours.

Oh – and watch what you do with your hands! While Governor Schwarzenegger’s cheery “thumbs up” might seem innocent enough, in some parts of the world this is just plain offensive! Whatever you don’t give this sign to a traffic cop in Rio!!!

And if you are not already cruising free with Daniel Hall and SpeakersCruiseFree.com click here now!

Happy cruising free!

Andrew

Fly the way the sailors do!

When crew join, leave or rejoin a ship they often have to fly to get to or from the relevant port. Recognising this a number of specialist travel agencies exist that negotiate special air fares (maritime or marine fares). These fares are very well priced, more flexible that most advanced purchase fares; they usually inlclude additional baggage allowances (commonly a 2 piece allowance) AND, as contracted speakers on board cruise ships we are usually entitled to these excellent offers.

There are several specialist agencies. We have traveled with both www.flygmt.com and http://www.totaltravelmarine.com/.

You will need to register and demonstrate that you are travelling to join a ship on a contract. And you should have your speaker contract or letter of engagement with you when you check in.

There you go. Another useful tip for our friends at DANIEL HALL’S SPEAKERSCRUISEFREE.COM.

If you are not already cruising free click here now! 

Happy cruising FREE!

Andrew

 

Where do your neighbors go?

Where do your neighbors spend their vacations? We live in sunny Spain and many of our neighbors head for local beaches – or even to cooler northern climes. In winter they may go to the Canary Islands or the Spanish Caribbean. Or they may seek out the culture of Europe’s many cities.

They are often amazed by our vacation plans. Not surprising really. A number of other expats enjoy cruising. Often a couple, or even more a year. But of course, even with the best deals around, they end up paying far more than we do.

Kathy and I cruise free thanks to Daniel Hall at SpeakersCruiseFree.Com. And how good is that!

Well let me tell you – we cruise several times a year. And we really do cruise for free.

I’m just putting the finishing touches to my talks for a “six star” standard cruise in a few weeks time. We haven’t had to save for months (or years!) we don’t have to go into the red, and we don’t have to trim back on the rest of our lives.

We just get out there and cruise free.

Daniel will tell you that I was sceptical at first. I doubted the claim that we could cruise for free.

I was wrong. We can. And WE DO!!! ?

If you are not already cruising free do yourself a favor. Get one up on the neighbors and click HERE now.

Happy cruising free,

Andrew

Getting there on time

My message for today is “Get to the ship on time!!”

On a recent cruise one speaker missed the ship because he left no time for delays on his connecting flight. Why would you leave such things to chance I wonder.

Our next cruise (thank you DANIEL HALL) is on one of the smaller premium lines that pays flights, gratuities and even drinks on board. When the proposed flight schedule came through yesterday – including a short international connection - Kathy & I decided to offer an option with a bit more leeway. So, with their agreement, we are flying into the departure port the day before and paying ourselves for an overnight hotel. A small price to pay for a six star FREE CRUISE.

Get there in plenty of time and ensure that you’re not the speaker who lets the cruise line down.

And if you are not already part of the SpeakersCruisFree.Com team click HERE now.

Happy cruising FREE,

Andrew

 

Linking up with the World

Using UP codes and QR codes let potential contacts find you so easily.

Simply by scanning your code they will be taken directly to your website.

To find out how you can start cruising free with SpeakersCruiseFree.com scan one of these codes or click here now 

Happy cruising ---- FREE

Andrew 

My gift to you

I have gained so much from SpeakersCruiseFree.Com that I think it’s time to give something back!

To motivate yourself to achieve your goals use this simple exercise -

1. Choose your goal – maybe a dream that you have always harbored secretly. Perhaps your goal will be cruising free?

2. On a scale of 1 to 5 choose where you are now – where 1 is nowhere just yet and 5 means that this goal is in every fiber of your being – night and day. 

3. Make a list of the steps you need to achieve along the way to move from the score you have now to reach a 5. Go right back to basics and note what your achievement will be when you know that you have progressed one point on the scale. And list all these steps along the way.

So for example – 1 is deciding that I want to cruise free; 2 is clicking the link to SpeakersCruiseFree.Com; 3 is signing up with SpeakersCruiseFree.Com; 4 is preparing your proposal to the cruise companies and 5 is taking your first free cruise with SpeakersCruiseFree.Com. 

4. Now look at you and identify how you will have to change to meet those goals. What are your personal milestones.

For example – 1 is really wanting to travel the world’s seas on free cruises; 2 is actually doing something about it instead of just dreaming; 3 is making a commitment to myself to join the cruisers who travel free with SpeakersCruiseFree.Com; 4 is devoting just a few hours to really understand the process and follow the simple steps that Daniel Hall will show you and 5 is packing your case ready to go on your first free cruise.

So there it is. A simple, easy to follow step to get off the sofa and achieve your goals.

To find out more click HERE NOW.

Happy cruising FREE.

Andrew

Making Memories

Kathy has just completed here super scrapbook of memories from our amazing free cruise round the world adventure. And I’ve posted a photo album on my favorite photo sharing site.

Memories are so empowering. We just have to open the album, or the scrapbook to feel again the amazement, the pleasure, the luxury and the love that we shared. And yes I did say “free” cruise adventure.

Since I signed up with Daniel Hall at SpeakersCruiseFree.com we have had some fabulous vacations and created wonderful memories.

Are you planning your next memories? If you are not already a member of this powerful community click here now to find out how easy it is for you to cruise free.

Happy cruising -  FREE,

Andrew

 

 

Independence Day

From Andrew Johnson

On July 4th citizens of the USA celebrate their independence. My independence started when I left the corporate world and started earning for myself.

Then I had the good fortune to find Daniel Hall at SpeakersCruiseFree.com. Because with Daniel came a whole new independence -  the freedom to travel the world, in the height of luxury, on board magnificent grand cruise ships. And the best part is that the cruises are FREE! Yes I do mean FREE.

Are you already cruising free? If so you know very well what a wonderful freedom this represents – independent of travel agents; independent of high cost vacations; independent of costly speaker agencies.

I hope that you enjoyed 4th of July. If you are not already cruising for free make today your personal independence day and check out what Daniel Hall has to offer by clicking here now.

Happy independence. And happy cruising FREE!

Andrew

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You gotta have a Dream

According to the song – “… if you don’t have a dream, how you gonna have a dream come true?”

In my life I learned early to dream big. The truth is hardly anyone will dream as big for me as I can dream for myself – and by setting great goals I’ve kept getting great results. Why should anyone else believe in me if I don’t believe in myself?

Daniel Hall at SpeakersCruiseFree/free.com introduced us to a way of travelling that really has changed our lives. How else would you take off for a 10 week dream trip around the world on board luxury cruise ships – and without being charged for being there?

Great shows, comfortable cabin with steward on call, good food (in fact so much you have to learn new disciplines) and passengers who want to buy you a drink and chat because they are so interested in what you have to say.

What is your dream? It probably involves blue skies, turquoise seas, luxury – and SpeakersCruiseFree/free.com can show you how to get it all.

If you are not already fulfilling your dreams by Cruising for free click HERE NOW! 

Happy cruising – FREE!

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Big ship? Small ship?

by Andrew Johnson

We are now on the final leg of our cruise speaking round the world tour – free cruises thanks to SpeakersCruiseFree.com.

This a ship with only 600 passengers and I’m getting much better promotion on board than I’ve ever seen before.

So my tip to you is to have a selection of descriptions of your talks of different lengths – a single punchy sentence for use on the really big ships, through to a 4 line paragraph giving more description for use on the 800 passenger or smaller ships.

And if you are not already cruising free click here now!

Happy cruising

Andrew

See Inside the Real Fast Book Program

See what Real Fast Book is all about by somebody who actually owns it and gives you a sneak peek at what many others have found to be a great system for getting their book published and selling.

My first time

by Andrew Johnson

Tomorrow we board a ship with a new company – well new to us. This will be our first cruise with them. Thanks to Daniel Hall at SpeakersCruiseFree.com.

Naturally I want to do a good job. I want them to invite me back – and I want to leave a good impression to reflect well on all the rest of you in this free cruising network of ours.

So I did my homework. I listened to Daniel’s advice (I always do). I checked with the enrichment officer at the line’s HQ to see if they have a preferred or (mandatory!) style for PowerPoint presentations, and what else they expect of their speakers. Some have very clear guidelines. So it’s always important to check.

I have a good reputation. Speakers Cruise Free has a good reputation. Every time any one of us cruises free the reputation of the rest of us depends on how well we do.

I intend to do well – for my sake – and for yours!

To find out more about cruising free click here.

Happy cruising FREE,

Andrew

 

Where in the World

by Andrew Johnson

Where would you like to go?

No really – where in the world would you like to visit?

Does it have a port city? If so there’s a very good chance that cruise ships call – and that Daniel Hall’s SpeakersCruiseFree.com can get you there – FREE!!

We are now in Vancouver, well into our round the world trip. We are cruising (some would say “bumming”) our way back from Sydney and are now in Vancouver.

Fancy joining us?

Click HERE  to find out more

Happy cruising FREE

Andrew

 

 

On being flexible

By Andrew Johnson

Today is day 7 of our cruise from Honolulu to Vancouver. The second leg of our Trans-Pacific adventure and our round the world cruise free travels.

But tomorrow, day 8, will be our first sea day. We  have spent the last wonderful week touring the islands of Hawaii. So, apart from Seattle we have already had all our port days.

This posed a scheduling problem for the destination talks. So we agreed to present Pacific islands relevant talks on port days and have them run on the ship’s stateroom TV system.

To make that work well I re-jigged a number of my images and added more bullet points.

The feedback has been outstanding!

Flexibility – that and knowing your subject are the keys to good preparation.

Are you already cruising free the SpeakersCruiseFree.com way?

If not – click here NOW!

Happy cruising – Free!

Andrew

 

Vote For Your Favorite Speakers Cruise Free Contest Entry

Just got up... was up late reading entries in the Speakers Cruise Free contest which closed at midnight last night.

We really got some fabulous entries... in fact I am very impressed with the quality of some of them.

I am interested in your opinion too... if you go to http://danielhall.name/?p=284 you can "like" your favorite entries by clicking on the "like" icon at the bottom of each comment. Thanks.

Lifelong Learning

We are now in Honolulu at the end of the first of the 3 cruises that are bringing us back to Europe from Sydney Australia.

All FREE thanks to SPEAKERSCRUISEFREE!!

And we’ve had another excellent speaker on board. These passengers got great value for money.

We have both learned from one another – style, design, posture, relationships. A great learning experience that will enhance my speaking further – and his too I know!

To join us cruising FREE click HERE NOW!!

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Kangaroos & Tasmanian Devils

Sunrise Over Sydney Opera House

An adventure to remember !!! --- Cruising around the south of Australia, including the state of Tasmania, and New Zealand. Eighteen days in the Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, Tasman Sea, and Atlantic -- into ports that are as exotic in person as they are in travel brochures. Through the fiord-like sounds of New Zealand where the mountains run right down into the sea - and visits to remote Maori village to see the people who seemed so strange and far away in the movie Whale Rider. And -- And -- And -- being treated as a celebrity all over the magnificent Rhapsody of the Seas and where ever we made a chance encounter with cruisers in the ports. Thanks to Daniel and the wonderful staff at Speakers Cruise Free and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.