Cruise By Mandy LLC

Elite Cruise Counselor (ECC) with CLIA
(levels: Accredited, Master, then Elite)

CLIA Online courses passed:

40 Best Practices for Travel Agent Success
Clever Ways to Close the Sale
Cruise Destinations - A FAM Tour of Ports - Eastern Hemisphere
Cruise Destinations - A FAM Tour of Ports - Western Hemisphere
Eat, Drink and Cruise
Pur the Person Back in Personal Selling
Special Interest Marketing
Cruise Vacations - An Introduction - 4th Edition

In-person CLIA courses:

- Make Suppliers Your BFFs
- Events At Sea: How CLIA Member Travel Agents Can Work with Groups At Sea
- Cruise the St Lawrence (Quebec / Montreal)
- Four (4) CLIA Specialty Cruise Collection Showcases
- Destination Anchorage
- Cruise3sixty international conference 2015 (FL)
- CLIA training in Atlanta, GA (2014)
- CLIA training in Houston, TX (2015)
* Achieved Accredited Cruise Counselor status, Master Cruise Counselor status and now ELITE Cruise Counselor status with CLIA (Cruise Line International Association)
** Additional certifications achieved through individual cruiselines with their specific programs including cruise lines I have not cruised on yet

CRUISE SHIPS SAILED ON PERSONALLY (not just walked around for a ship inspection - took an actual cruise!):

Caribbean Princess
Disney Fantasy
Disney Magic * (pre- and post- re-imagining in 2012)
Disney Wonder
Carnival Dream
Celebrity Infinity
Celebrity Summit
Celebrity Galaxy (retired)
Holland America Maasdam
Holland America Zuiderdam
NCL Escape
NCL Sky *
NCL Sun
NCL Spirit
NCL Star
NCL Jade
NCL Dawn
Fathom Adonia (impact travel)
NCL S/S Norway (retired)
Coming up: RCCL Liberty of the Seas
* Some have been multiple times

ITINERARIES EXPERIENCED PERSONALLY:

Baltics
Mediterranean
Eastbound Transatlantic
Westbound Transatlantic
Bahamas
Eastern Caribbean
Western Caribbean
Southern Caribbean
Alaska
Repositioning
Coming up in 2016: Panama Canal
* Some have been multiple times

PORTS OF CALL EXPERIENCED PERSONALLY:

Copenhagen, Denmark
St Petersburg, Russia
Tallin, Estonia
Warnemünde, Germany
Stockholm, Sweden
Helsinki, Finland
Barcelona, Spain *
Toulon, France
Florence / Pisa, Italy
Rome, Italy
Naples, Italy
Mykonos, Greece
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Venice, Italy
Istanbul, Turkey
Izmir, Turkey (Ephesus)
Gibraltar, UK *
Malaga, Spain
Tenerife, Canary Islands
Madeira, Funchal * (Portuguese Island)
Juneau, Alaska
Ketchikan, Alaska
Wrangell, Alaska
Skagway, Alaska
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Grand Cayman *
St Maarten *
St Thomas / St John, USVI *
St Croix, USVI
Tortola, BVI *
Jost Van Dyke, BVI *
Virgin Gorda, BVI
Nassau, Bahamas *
San Juan, Puerto Rico *
Antigua
Barbados
St Kitts *
Dominica
Grenada
Aruba *
Bonaire
Bequia
St Vincent, Grenadines
Tobago Cays
Belize *
Honduras *
Dominican Republic * (Amber Cove and Punta Cana)
Key West, FL *
Victoria, BC, Canada
Friday Harbor (San Juan Islands, WA)
Costa Maya, Mexico
Progreso, Mexico
Cozumel, Mexico
Castaway Cay, Bahamas * (Disney's private island)
Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (originally Holland America's private island)
Freeport, Bahamas
Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas * (NCL's private island)
Amber Cove, Dominican Republic (Carnival Corp's private dock on the north shore of Dominican Republic - coming up May 2016)
~ And did you know they have fuel pumps in the ocean outside Freeport, Bahamas? Gotta fill'er up before crossing the Atlantic, and yes, there can be a wait at the pumps there as well!!!
* Many have been multiple times
** Additional Land Vacations to places with cruise ports, but visited while on a land vacation instead (Scotland, England, Iceland, Boston, Maine, Philadelphia, Costa Rica, California, Seattle, Hawaii --- Maui, Kauai, Big Island, Oahu; etc)

EMBARKATIONS *and* DISEMBARKATIONS Experienced Personally:

- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Barcelona, Spain
- Galveston, Texas
- Port of Houston, Texas
- Miami, Florida
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Port Canaveral, Florida
- San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Vancouver, BC (Canada)
- Disembarkation only in Venice, Italy
* Most have been multiple times

Needing ideas of Pre- or Post- Cruise? Additional places not mentioned above that we have tied into embarkations or disembarkations:

- Iceland (stopover with Iceland Air is great!)
- Scotland
- England
- Milan, Italy (short train ride from Venice)

TYPES of Cruising Experienced Personally:

- Wedding Cruise
- Babymoon Cruise
- Family Reunion Cruise
- Family Cruise (as young as 15 months on a 14-night cruise)
- Anniversary Cruise
- Large Group Cruises (coordinator!)
- IMPACT Travel Cruise (Fathom - voluntourism)
- Just me and him Cruise :)
- And just general cruising for fun!!

Destination Specialist Certifications:

US Virgin Islands
Working on Puerto Rico and Costa Rica

More info about me?? I am a featured agent with our travel agency! Agency has been around 25 years but I have made my mark in just 3 years to be featured in the website below. I am also a former math teacher for grades 6-12 and junior college, with a Master's degree in Education Administration alone with my PK-12 principal certification. I am always looking for ways to explore the world as our classroom and make cruising not only FUN but EDUCATIONAL for our children, yet at the most affordable price available for each timeframe and destination! Only five (5) agents out of thousands in my agency are featured here - take a peek:
http://www.inteletravel.com/agents/mandy-goddard/