On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:48:25 -0700, Nonnymus wrote:
>Nonnymus wrote:
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>I hit "send," before finishing some thoughts. Another thing that I
>wondered about is whether there have been any resales and if so, were
>they in the black or red?
Hi Nonny,
I will shed some light on this ship as I have sailed and booked
clients on her since her inagural. There have been resales but I
could not confirm the pricing so, unfortunately, could not confirm
whether they were in the red or black.
>> Now that there's been a little graying of the ship's hair, I wonder how
>> it is doing financially. Anyone know?
They have had a very rough time financially. They originally hired
Silversea to sell and manage the ship. That agreement fell apart in
very short order. The original founder(s) ended up losing control and
the banks taking over. There were complaints from some of the
homeowners about transient guests staying onboard which led the
homeowners to eventully take over the ship's ownership. The funny
thing is they now encourage travel agents to book these transient
guests. I guess they decided they did need help in paying the ongoing
bills. <;+)
>Other little things come to
>> mind- such as how the charges are apportioned to the owners. For
>> instance, is it done on the basis of square footage occupied or the
>> number of owners? For instance, does the owner of a large cabin pay the
>> same as the owner of a smalller one? Also, how much would it be per
>> month for a typical cabin?
The homeowners fees were based on the size of the cabins. The larger
ones paid more.
>> Other items in the show raised more questions than they did answers. For
>> instance, there's a dining room. If you're a resident, do you eat as
>> part of your monthly charges or is there an individual charge per meal?
>> We once belonged to a dinner club where there was a monthly assessment
>> coupled with a per meal charge. Your monthly assessment included a
>> "credit" that you had to 'eat up' each month. Is the World that way?
The dining room charges are not included if you were an owner. It is
strictly a pay as you go dining concept for the homeowners. There are
various plans for us transients that included various meal
options.
Best regards,
Ray
LIGHTHOUSE TRAVEL
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