OK lets see here. help please

i just won a prize!! good news!!. It should be about 4000 dollars. I
would love love love to take me family and friends (7two under 21)
on a cruise. I would be OK if it was only 3 days. but airfare has
to be on it. Do you think i can find something like this? I just just
found out i won. It would be Cincinnati airport. Where should I go to
look. Please help. I am happy but i want to have fun for all of us. I
do not care about the cabins. I went on a cruise when I was12years old
with my mom (died now) I would love to go on something like it now. Its
was the Sovereign on the Seas then. I am 26 now. This would mean so
much. Drinks and food included would be nice. Please any ideas?!
Thank you very much.
Chanel

Very thoughtful of you to spend it on your family!

Airfare is the killer here. You can squeak under your budget, though,
if you'd consider driving to port.

Royal Caribbbean's Explorer of the Seas has a 5 day cruise from Bayonne
NJ on October 1, fare is $399 per person inside cabin, with taxes comes
to $475 per person. Your post wasn't clear, is it for 7 or 8 people?
For 7 people $3325, for 8 people $3800. This doesn't include tips or
incidentals or gas for the car(s).

You can find some $199 cruise fares for 3 or 4 days out of FL, but
you'd have to find some dirt cheap airfares.

Maybe 12 hour drive from Cincinnati to Bayonne?

Good luck and congratulations on winning your prize.


chanel1224@ wrote:
> i just won a prize!! good news!!. It should be about 4000 dollars. I
> would love love love to take me family and friends (7two under 21)
> on a cruise. I would be OK if it was only 3 days. but airfare has
> to be on it. Do you think i can find something like this? I just just
> found out i won. It would be Cincinnati airport. Where should I go to
> look. Please help. I am happy but i want to have fun for all of us. I
> do not care about the cabins. I went on a cruise when I was12years old
> with my mom (died now) I would love to go on something like it now. Its
> was the Sovereign on the Seas then. I am 26 now. This would mean so
> much. Drinks and food included would be nice. Please any ideas?!
> Thank you very much.
> Chanel

The paperwork was the affidavit of publicity and eligibility that I had
to have notarized and sent back. They should get them today so I hope I
know more soon.!
Thanks
Chanel



LeeNY wrote:
>
>
> Alarm bells are ringing out of control!!!! Sorry to be such a cynic,
> but I'm curious to know what kind of "paperwork" you're providing these
> people who you've supposedly won a spa vacation for two, valued at
> $8000. Please proceed with caution - do not provide them with any
> personal info like social security number, birth date, bank account
> numbers, credit card numbers, etc. if this is a real prize that you
> really won, they don't need this info from you.
>
> How did you "win" this prize? Do you remember entering a sweepstakes or
> buying a raffle ticket, or were you just contacted randomly. Could this
> be a timeshare promotion? Spa vacation is yours, as long as you endure
> their lengthy and aggressive sales presentation?
>
> Just be informed, is all. I really hope this is a true prize that you
> won. But, just be smart about this.
>
> Lee

Dear Chanel,
Watch out - you may be (! p>95%) getting set up for an
experience you will really not like. When the request for the
"processing fee" arrives you can be sure you're being set up for some
really "special" treatment.
Contact your local police department's fraud unit for guidance
on how to proceed.
Cheers,
John from LALALand (Home of lots of "special" things)

chanel1224@ wrote:
> The paperwork was the affidavit of publicity and eligibility that I had
> to have notarized and sent back. They should get them today so I hope I
> know more soon.!
> Thanks
> Chanel
>
>
>
> LeeNY wrote:
>
>>
>>Alarm bells are ringing out of control!!!! Sorry to be such a cynic,
>>but I'm curious to know what kind of "paperwork" you're providing these
>>people who you've supposedly won a spa vacation for two, valued at
>>$8000. Please proceed with caution - do not provide them with any
>>personal info like social security number, birth date, bank account
>>numbers, credit card numbers, etc. if this is a real prize that you
>>really won, they don't need this info from you.
>>
>>How did you "win" this prize? Do you remember entering a sweepstakes or
>>buying a raffle ticket, or were you just contacted randomly. Could this
>>be a timeshare promotion? Spa vacation is yours, as long as you endure
>>their lengthy and aggressive sales presentation?
>>
>>Just be informed, is all. I really hope this is a true prize that you
>>won. But, just be smart about this.
>>
>>Lee
>
>

I talked to the prize guy Wednesday and he said that I can take the
cash option! I should be getting the cashiers check by Monday the 4 of
Sept. I have change my mind about how many people. Right now I
thinking 3 people. I found some prices for a cruise and airfare form
Cincinnati. 1794.00 on the Carnival Sensation out of port Canaveral
fro 3 days the 21 of Sept. Cat A ocean-view room. Does that seem good?
Is this a really bad time to cruise? Also do we HAVE to have a passport
yet? That price is from today of course it will probably change
before I get the check so I can book it. Also has anyone been to an all
Inclusive resort? I found one of those in Nassau.The Radisson cable
Beach Hotel ocean view room with air for 2507.99. Are they any good?
What is more fun?
thanks
Chanel.