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The Carnival Way!
(Other Cruise Lines may have a similar Fundraiser Program)

Your organization raises needed funds with a unique and exciting event.

Participants enjoy a vacation and feel great about supporting a worthwhile cause.

Press releases & advertising of your fund raising cruise can bring more community recognition to your organization.

Carnival will match funds raised by the nonprofit organization up to $10 per day per stateroom. a "contribution" check, based on the actual number of staterooms that sail, will be made payable to the nonprofit organization and will be mailed to the travel agency handling your cruise after the sailing. Substantiation of the donations raised by the organization through the cruise promotion must be at the time of final payment.

Why use a Cruise to Raise Funds For Your Organization?

- A Cruise for charity is a new & novel approach to raising funds.

- A Cruise for charity enables your group or organization to raise substantial fundraiser money.

- A Cruise for charity takes less time and effort to organize than a traditional fundraiser,

- A Cruise for charity work is done by Elite Travel from booking reservations, answering questions, setting up special requests, accepting payments to delivering documents.

- A Cruise for charity offers activities for all age groups and interests for all ages.

- A Cruise for charity participant enjoys a vacation yet feels great about supporting a worthwhile cause.

- A Cruise for charity can bring more community recognition to your organization and Fundraiser.

- A Cruise for charity gives you access to potential contributors since friends and families tend to vacation together.

- A Cruise for charity can earn free trips to be used by special VIP guest, raffled or auctioned off to create more charity dollars that add to your total fundraising.


How Does It Work

The organization chooses the Port of departure, # of nights and Cruise Itinerary. With the help of Elite Travel to guide you though the whole process.

Carnival will match funds raised by your organization, up to $5 per person per day (first & second passenger in stateroom).

Your organization may choose to raise funds by marking up the group rate or by taking the value of the earned free berths.

A Cruise for Charity only needs 8 cabins to qualify.

Here are some examples:

1. Group marks up price by $50 per cabin on a 5-day cruise
Group sells 25 cabins: 25 x $50 = $1,250.
Carnival will match UP TO $50 per cabin
Carnival pays: $50 x 25 cabins = $1,250.
TOTAL FUNDRAISING = $2,500.00

2. Group marks up price by $70 per cabin on a 7-day cruise.
Group sells 25 cabins: 25 x $70 = $1,750.
Carnival will match UP TO $70 per cabin
Carnival pays: $70 x 25 cabins = $1,750.
TOTAL FUNDRAISING = $3,500.00

3. Plus for every 15 cabins (30 paid quests), group earns 1 free cabin (2 berths). You can convert the free cabin (berths) into dollars and add the Value of the Cabin to the
TOTAL FUNDRAISING!

4. OR the free cabin (2 berths) could be raffled off or sold at auction - Sell 1000 tickets @ $5 each for a chance to win a cruise for 2! Add extra dollars to the TOTAL FUNDRAISING!
(Free cabin must be taken with the group.)

IT'S THAT SIMPLE! Let's Get Started Planning Your Organizations Unique Cruise for Charity Fundraiser Today!

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How to cruise for FREE

Cruise for free?
Yes, that's possible and it's not as hard as you might think. Just ask Lynn Shaw of Slippery Rock, Pa. For years, Shaw had wanted to cruise with a group of friends from college. After she talked to her travel agent about her group cruise idea, Shaw decided to take the bold step and reserve a group of cabins on a Carnival Cruise Lines cruise to the Caribbean. Shaw sent fliers with the cruise information to her friends. Her primary goal was to get as many people as possible to have a great vacation; a second goal was to entice enough friends to book so she could earn free passage under Carnivals group policy.

What happened? Shaw was able to cruise for free when 22 people joined her group. As the organizer of the group, Shaw became the designated tour conductor. Tour conductors work with a travel agency/travel agent to make all the travel and onboard arrangements; their primary jobs are recruitment and communication. All you really need is a congenial group willing to travel together and an excuse to go: family reunion, birthday, anniversary, wedding, college reunion — or just plain fun. Sign up enough people and you will pay no fare.

Most cruise lines, including Carnival, Celebrity, Disney, Holland America, Norwegian, Royal Caribbean and Princess, ordinarily define a group cruise as a minimum of 16 people occupying eight cabins (third and fourth passengers in a cabin are allowed, but they do not count toward the total). The 16th person (the tour conductor) cruises free. However, free passengers must pay taxes and port charges (and, of course, airfare to the port, if needed).

Getting a free fare is one thing; getting a free cabin is something else altogether. For that you need to book twice as many people and cabins. Sixteen is the magic number, Sixteen people means the 16th person cruises free; 16 cabins means the 16th cabin is free!

Off-peak sailings sometimes offer more generous terms, with some cruise lines offering groups a free fare to every 10th or 14th person. Generally, higher-end cruise lines like Silversea Cruises require fewer paid fares to qualify than do the more mainstream cruise lines.

Sail together, save together

OK, so the group leader can make out like a bandit, but what about the other group travelers? They can benefit, too. For one thing, group rates are sometimes lower than individual rates. For another, the free cruise fare can often be divided evenly among the group members, saving everyone money. Some cruise lines also offer special perks available only to group cruisers. For example, many cruise lines are now awarding “group amenity points� based on the number of people in the group: the more people, the more points, the more perks. Amenities can include such things as private hosted cocktail parties, cabin upgrades and shipboard credits.

The details of group-travel offerings vary widely by cruise line, itinerary, time of year — even the nature of the group. Don't be daunted. Travel agents that specialize in group cruises can help find you the best sailings and negotiate the best possible deal.

Lynn Shaw and her friends had a terrific time on their group cruise. Shaw says it was a lot of work, but the payoff was great: Shaw cruised for free. How cool is that? She says she can't wait to do it again. In fact, she is thinking of having her wedding at sea.

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Although the maximum benefit limits for medical expenses are generally not as high as in Travel Medical Insurance, many companies have recently increased these benefits and there is usually no deductible or co-pay.

Most plans exclude Pre-existing Conditions but will waive the exclusion if the insurance is purchased within a certain amount of time (7 - 21 days depending on plan) after payment of the initial trip deposit.
Recently some companies have changed their waiver qualification criteria. They state that they will waive the Pre-existing Condition exclusions if you purchase within 24 hours of making your final trip payment,

The cost of insurance or "premium" for Trip Protection plans is based on a percentage of Trip Cost, which is the amount of money that a traveler has pre-paid or is otherwise obligated to pay to a travel supplier (e.g., airline, travel agent, tour operator, hotel, cruiseline, Internet booking service) that might not be refunded if a trip is cancelled, according to the given circumstances and wording of the cancellation terms and conditions indicated in the travel purchase agreement between a traveler and travel supplier.

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