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Sarah Slattery

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
592 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Long Haul Destinations That Avoid The Middle East

You know, they're very, very different.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Long Haul Destinations That Avoid The Middle East

And there's a lovely Mexico and Caribbean cruise in the wintertime in November, which will be a lovely time of year to go on Star Princess.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Long Haul Destinations That Avoid The Middle East

I was on their sister ship, absolutely gorgeous ship at 1349, including your flights and your meals.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Long Haul Destinations That Avoid The Middle East

And, you know, it's great value.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Long Haul Destinations That Avoid The Middle East

You can go up market and go five star like Azamara, which would be a smaller ship to Alaska, something completely different.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Long Haul Destinations That Avoid The Middle East

So maybe three nights in Vancouver and an eight night luxury cruise on a five star ship.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Long Haul Destinations That Avoid The Middle East

In the summertime, you'd be talking about three thousand for with your drinks and your gratuities and everything included.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Long Haul Destinations That Avoid The Middle East

So you can kind of go from the reasonable four star cruise ships to the right up to five.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Long Haul Destinations That Avoid The Middle East

You know, some of them even feel like kind of six star, you know, small little yacht cruises and everything.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Long Haul Destinations That Avoid The Middle East

Again, that's one I would say definitely talk to agents on because the cruise...

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Long Haul Destinations That Avoid The Middle East

There's very, so much, depending on where you're going at the time of year and things like that as well.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Long Haul Destinations That Avoid The Middle East

Well, Canada has seen huge demand, this surge.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Long Haul Destinations That Avoid The Middle East

And we've actually got like seven different services to Canada.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Long Haul Destinations That Avoid The Middle East

I don't think people realise there's direct flights to Vancouver, to Calgary, to Halifax, to Toronto.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Long Haul Destinations That Avoid The Middle East

Like there's so many options there.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Long Haul Destinations That Avoid The Middle East

But the funny thing about the States is, you know, before the war started, there was definitely a bit of a, you know, people were saying, I don't know if I want to go to America.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Long Haul Destinations That Avoid The Middle East

And then as soon as people couldn't fly east, then all of a sudden they were back interested in going to America again.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Long Haul Destinations That Avoid The Middle East

It's funny how people, you know, people have short memories and they change, they adapt.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Long Haul Destinations That Avoid The Middle East

So there's definitely, like, there's no doubt about it.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Long Haul Destinations That Avoid The Middle East

There's so many direct flights to the States from Ireland, like the 33 direct services to 24 airports.