Hey there Explorers!
Are you looking for your next best vacation?
Are you looking for that boutique experience out to sea?
Well, we have the best vacation for you!
How about an Azamara Club Cruise?
Today, we have Lionel from Azamara Club Cruises with us.
Welcome!
Hello! Thank you. Welcome, thank you for joining us!
So, Lionel, will you tell our Explorers a little bit about
who in the world, and where in the world,
does Azamara Club Cruises go?
For sure, most definitely!
So, Azamara Club Cruises is a three ship cruise brand
owned and opperated by the Royal Caribbean family.
I'm sure you've all heard of Royal Caribbean at some point.
And what Azamara— What Royal Caribbean did was introduce Azamara
to deliver the world differently.
Cruise lines today sadly don't spend nearly enough time in port.
You know, most of the time cruise lines are leaving by
4 or 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
With Azamara, half of our stops on every single voyage
we have a departure time of 8pm or later.
So if you want to spend more time in port,
you want to see more of the destination,
you want to try the local foods and take in a show locally,
you can do that with Azamara.
Azamara currently visits 365 ports, 81 countries,
and seven continents.
So truly, the world is at your fingertips.
You just have to call the team here at Roseborough Travel,
and they can help you find that perfect voyage with Azamara.
I love that! I love that. I was tellling Lionel a little bit ago
that I actually have two clients doing back to back
because you only have the three ships,
you don't do the same round trip every week.
So you actually have to follow your ships,
and figure out where you're going.
I have two— two sets of clients who are going on—
One's leaving from Miami and ending in Lima, Peru.
And the next set is hopping on a 21-day voyage
in Lima, and then, um, ending their trip 21 days later in Argentina.
So, it should be a great trip. You go to amazing destinations
-Yeah. And now you do something special on your ships...
uh.. AzAmazing Evenings?
Yes, we have a nighttime tour called the AzAmazing Evening,
but Amanda, I want to tell you something about your clients
who are doing that trip from Lima to Buenos Aires
It's a 21-night cruise, and I did some homework on that voyage
because one of the things that we do that's unique
is invite our guests to step off the ship
and into the destination with our shore excursions.
We call our shore excursions 'Cruise Global, Connect Local.'
Because the max size for our one our tours is no more than 25 people.
That's almost a private tour with some other companies.
So, the second stop on their cruise
is a port called the... oh I just... Antofagasta, Chile.
Antofagasta, Chile. Try saying that a few times fast.
But that's the second stop. What's fascinating about that stop
—you've probably never heard of it—is that it's the nearest port stop
to the Atacama Desert. The Atacama Desert is sought after by
astrologists everywhere in the world to see the universe.
It is the clearest place to see the Milky Way.
-Wow... So we offer a shore excursion for your clients,
maybe they'll be interested in it, I'm not sure,
but we offer a shore excursion -I'm gonna call them today!
to spend 3 days, 2 nights, in a hotel in the Atacama Desert
to go stargazing. So they'll spend their evenings
out of the hotel, off of the ship, in the desert, looking at the universe
and studying the stars with an astrologist. And then they meet the ship
three days later, two nights later, at the next port of call.
That's what's special about Azamara.
Now, sorry, pause, go back to your original question
-Yeah! which was the AzAmazing Evening—
Well, you just sold me on that trip! (laughs)
So that sounds amazing! So yes, AzAmazing Evenings.
Tell us a little about that.
So, the AzAmazing Evening is this nighttime excursion
that's included in the cost of your cruise fare
on any voyage, seven nights or longer.
What's special about that is, yes, you can be in port late at night
but unless we give you a reason to step off the ship and enjoy the destination,
you might not go out otherwise.
So every voyage seven nights or longer, we include a nighttime tour.
My most recent experience was actually in Bilbao, Spain,
this happened this past summer. We were treated to
the... a performance at the Chocolate Box Theater in downtown Bilbao.
We had red carpet treatment, champagne reception, pictures with the captain,
I think there was even local media because this was the first time they had rented out the entire theater
for this type of event. And then we had a folklore Spanish performer
and dance troupe come and perform for us.
He had the entire auditorium and theater there
dancing in their seats and you know, clapping the night away
and then that whole performance was dedicated only to Azamara.
It was set together and put together by Azamara for Azamara,
And we do this every voyage, seven nights or longer
in the destination.
Wow, while on vacation, if they're rolling out the red carpets
for you and pouring the champagne, that sounds amazing already,
but to have it that exclusive event, that's really just over the top
I love that! I love that. -Yeah.
It is, it is truly the, um, the beacon or the most desired
evening for most guests, and it's the one memory they walk away with
is the AzAmazing Evening.
Very good. So, you told us that you're in the same family
as Royal Caribbean, but... Family.
Let's bring that up. -Sure.
Your ships aren't filled with water slides and a bunch of family members, are they?
No. (laughs) So thats.. I love that. That's a great transition.
So, Azamara is... Azamara does cater to families
if a family wants to come with Azamara,
but we have no kids' program, we have no babysitting service.
Uh, we don't have an arcade, we don't have the water slide.
But what makes it special for us is, for example, we do
know that there are families that like to travel
with their families, and show them the world.
And for those families, typically, they don't book a cruise then.
They may go on a land vacation, or they may go to an all-inclusive,
or they maybe book a river cruise to see the destination in a really unique way.
Well, with Azamara, with very few days at sea
if any—sometimes we have no days at sea
a family can easily find themselves entertained in the destination
and the kids never asking, "Are we there yet?"
Uh, however, if you're looking to not be with kids or families,
or your purpose of your vacation is to stay away from all the families,
then you can find yourself at home on Azamara as well.
The two times I've taken my family, I have a... Now... My son is three,
my daughter is five. The two times I've taken them on board, they were
one of two kids on board. Uh, or another one they were
one of four kids on board. So, you don't really see them.
If anything, they may just make you miss your kids from
back home, or your grand kids back home.
And, um, but yes. I do think we can most definitely cater to
all the... the travel needs.
That's wonderful. You know I have a four year old
-Yeah. and I love bringing my child along with me, but I
don't want a... a cruise ship full of a bunch of other children.
And so, I love it! I love Azamara already.
It's amazing!
So, uh, what's included when you go on one of your cruises?
So, with Azamara we like to make you feel like this is your home away from home,
we want you to have more included.
So, in essence, the easiest way to say this, we include
everything with the exception of— with the exception of
the internet, shore excursions, and airfare.
So, three items not included.
Now that leaves all the things that are included.
So, to make it, I give you the... —My glass of wine every night?
There you go. A glass of wine. But to make it easy
all your spirits, including beer and wines,
spirits, they're included, every day, all the time. Not just with lunch and dinner,
Your gratuities are included. Your wonderful AzAmazing Evening is included.
And then, you know, our ships are small, so we can dock at the heart of many cities.
But if we don't dock at the heart of the city
of the destination that we're stopping in,
believe or not, we're actually gonna provide you a shuttle from the
port to the center of town, included in the cost of your cruise fare.
Even if that happens at every single port, which is not likely,
but if it happens at every port, then we will offer you a shuttle from
the ship to the heart of the city and back,
yeah, while the ship is in port, which is quite fascinating.
Very good! Very good. So, promos and deals.
Do you have any great promos and deals going on right now? -We do!
Yeah, actually we do. So I don't know when you're going to watch this,
today, we're at the end of October, but I have great news for you
The entire month of November, is also taking advantage of the Plan a Cruise Month.
So, this particular month, we're running our Double Upgrade promotion.
That means you pay for an interior stateroom, but you travel in the veranda of your choice.
So that's either going to be a forward facing or an aft facing.
Maybe you like starboard, maybe you like portside.
Wherever you want to be, deck six, deck seven, deck eight,
you pay for an interior, travel in a veranda.
If that's not enough of an incentive, here's another one:
we're gonna offer you a $500 onboard credit. (happy dance)
Yeah, $500. -If everything is included, what do I do with that?
So, a perfect way to use it will be on your shore excursions,
or spa treatments, or maybe you want to buy a nice bottle of wine.
Or maybe you want to try Chef's Table, which is a unique dining experience
with only 14 guests at the table.
Every course is paired with wine, and the sommelier and the chef
come and present each dish. So there are opportunities
to spend that money, trust me, but you have $500
onboard credit. And then, that's going to be for the entire month of November.
And we have 81 voyages to choose from,
departing March of next year through April of 2020.
So really the enter gambit is there for you to choose from.
Maybe you're interested in planning a South African voyage,
maybe you want to go to Alaska next summer, maybe Cuba is on your bucket list.
Whatever of those countries or destinations,
we have it on sale, and the folks here at Roseborough Travel
and Amanda and her wonderful team,
will be more than happy to price that out for you.
We're very happy to. Is there anything else our Explorers should know
before we let them go and give us a call to start planning their Azamara Club Cruise today?
Yeah, I would say if you're ready to see the world differently,
if you're ready to spend more time in the destination,
if you're ready to be presented the opportunity to experience country intensive voyages
for example, or really just immerse yourselves with it, with travel
then please, I hope you seriously consider Azamara
I think you will not be disappointed, and you will fall in love
with our beautiful boutique brand.
Very good. Thank you so much Lionel for coming out today.
And thank you, Explorers for tuning in and watching this video.
Be sure to hit the subscribe button and share this with your friends,
and give us a call at Roseborough. We'll be happy to help you with this trip.
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