Ke noʻonoʻo nei e lawe i ka holo moku? A laila ua koho ʻoe i ka manawa kūpono – a ke heluhelu nei ʻoe i ka moʻolelo kūpono.

"Kau nalu" - ʻo ka manawa o ka makahiki i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai ka hapa nui o nā moku holo moana - aia ma mua. E holo ana ia mai Ianuali a hiki i ka waena o Malaki, a no ka mea ke kūʻai aku nei nā mea a pau i kahi hoʻomaha lana, nui nā kuʻikahi e loaʻa.

Akā, ʻokoʻa iki ka wā nalu 2008 ma mua o nā kau i hala. Ke hele mai nei i kahi makahiki kahi i manaʻo ai ka hui kalepa ʻoihana ʻo Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) e hoʻokipa i kahi moʻolelo 12.62 miliona mau mea holo moku holo moku, kahi piʻi o kahi hapalua miliona mau malihini ma mua o 2006, aia ka pilikia ma ka ʻaoʻao.

ʻO ka mea nui loa, e like me ka mea e pili ana i ka poʻe kaʻa, ʻo ia ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i ka wahie ma ke kānāwai ma nā moku holo moana. ʻAʻole ia he mea huna i ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai wahie i kēia manawa, akā ua ʻike ʻia ka ʻoihana holo moku i ke ala ʻo Gordon Gekko e uku i kāna mau bila ikehu. Nui ka poʻe i hoʻopiʻi hou aku i nā mea kūʻai aku i uku piha i kā lākou holo moku, hāʻawi i kahi ʻāpana o ka hana i nā ʻelele huakaʻi i kōkua iā lākou e hōʻiliʻili.

E poina, no kekahi manawa, ua paʻa kekahi mau laina moku holo moku i ko lākou kumukūʻai wahie, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole lākou e uku hou aku no ka ikehu. A poina ua ʻae pū kēlā mau laina holo moku i ka makahiki 1997 ʻaʻole e hoʻolimalima i kekahi uku ma waho aʻe o ke kumukūʻai tiketi mua i hoʻolaha ʻia, koe wale nō nā mea i hāʻawi maoli ʻia e ka hui i kahi keʻena aupuni.

ʻIke ʻia, maikaʻi ke kuko.

I ka manawa e like me kēia, pono ʻoe e ʻoi aku ka naʻauao e pili ana i kāu kūʻai holo moku. ʻO ka mua, e ʻimi i kahi mākaʻikaʻi mākaʻikaʻi. Ke kūʻai aku nei nā mea aʻoaʻo huakaʻi ʻoihana ma kahi o 9 i 10 mau moku holo moku, a he nui nā ʻelele ʻike ma laila e ʻike i kā lākou mea. Ke nānā mau nei au e hōʻoia he lālā lākou o ka American Society of Travel Agents a i ʻole CLIA - nā hōʻailona e piʻi ana lākou.

A laila, pono ʻoe e ʻike he hiki ke loaʻa nā kuʻikahi, a he nui. Ua manaʻo ʻia nā laina holo moku nui e hoʻohui i 12 mau moku hou i ka huina o 22,039 mau moena, a inā ʻaʻole e hoʻokō ʻia ka noi me ka lako, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kahi hoʻemi koʻikoʻi e hiki mai ana i ka wā nalu. No laila kūʻai ikaika.

A ma waho aʻe o kēlā? Ua noi au i kekahi mau ʻelele maikaʻi a me nā moku holo moku kahiko no kā lākou mea huna mālama kālā. Eia lākou:

— E hoʻokuʻu i ka holo moku ea. "ʻO ka mokulele ʻo Cruise ka mea ʻoi loa ka maikaʻi loa," wahi a Amber Blecker, he luna no CruiseResource.com. "Loaʻa iā ʻoe nā itineraries maikaʻi ʻole, nā pilina he nui a me nā kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe." A, hoʻohui ʻo ia, mai noʻonoʻo e kali ka laina holo moku inā lohi kāu mokulele.

- E ʻimi i kahi ʻoihana makemake. Aia nā mākaʻikaʻi, a laila aia nā mea huakaʻi. "E ʻimi i kahi mea loea i ka hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻana me kāu laina holo moku i makemake ʻia," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Charles McCool, he loea loea i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā ʻaelike huakaʻi. “He kakaikahi wale nō ka mea i makemake i ke kūlana. Hāʻawi kēia mau ʻelele a me nā keʻena i nā uku a me nā pono maikaʻi aʻe, a ʻo ke kumukūʻai holo moku ma waena o 10% a me 20% emi iho ma mua o nā moku holo moku i kūʻai ʻia mai nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe.

— Manao liilii, noonoo poohiwi kau. Ua loaʻa ʻo Crystal Griffith, kahi kahu hānai mai Baker, Fla., i kahi hoʻemi nui ma kāna moku holo moku ʻo Alaska ma ke koho ʻana i kahi huakaʻi Sepatemaba a koho i kahi puka makani ʻole i loko o ka hale. "ʻAʻole mākou i hoʻohana nui i ka manawa i loko o ke keʻena, a hoʻohana nui ia no ka hiamoe," wahi āna. "Ua mālama ia iā mākou i ka nui o ke kālā."

— E lilo i mea kuleana. "Inā kūʻai ʻoe i 100 mau ʻāpana o Carnival a i ʻole Royal Caribbean stock, e loaʻa iā ʻoe ma waena o $50 a me $200 o ka hōʻaiʻē kaʻa manuahi ma kēlā me kēia moku holo moku," wahi a George Smart, he mea kūkākūkā ma Research Triangle Park, NC (Note: Carnival and Royal Caribbean own ʻO ka hapa nui o nā laina holo moku ma laila, no laila he hana maikaʻi kēia.)

— E ninau e pili ana i na hoemi. ʻO kekahi o nā mea kaulana loa ʻo ka hoʻemi kaua. Ke koi nei kekahi mau laina holo moku i ke kūlana hana a i ʻole nā hōʻike o kahi ʻoihana lōʻihi. ʻAʻole naʻe a pau. "E kūʻai aku ʻo Carnival Cruise line i kā lākou pūʻali koa i ka mea i lawelawe no ʻelua makahiki," wahi a Liz Lamagese, kahi mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi ma Tampa, Fla. "Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kāu mau pepa hoʻokaʻawale e fax iā lākou, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i nā uku haʻahaʻa loa ma ka hapa nui o kā lākou holo moana."

- Hiki i nā huakaʻi pilikino ke mālama iā ʻoe i ke kālā nui. ʻO ia ka mea i ʻike ai ʻo Jerry Rothstein, kahi ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo hoʻopukapuka kālā o New York, ma kahi holo moku i nā mokupuni Helene. "Ua ʻike koke mākou no ʻeono poʻe, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hoʻonohonoho pilikino no nā huakaʻi kahakai," wahi āna. I kēia manawa, holo mau ʻo ia i ka ʻimi pūnaewele no ka loaʻa ʻana o nā huakaʻi kūʻai liʻiliʻi no nā hui "ʻoi aku ka pili" a ʻoi aku ke kumukūʻai ma mua o nā mea i hāʻawi ʻia e ka laina holo moku.

— E lilo i moku holo moku. Ua ʻike ʻo Evelyn Fine, kahi mea noiʻi mākeke i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Daytona Beach, Fla., ʻo ia ka uku o ka kūpaʻa. Hāʻawi nā laina holo moku iā ia i nā mea āpau mai nā uku hoʻemi a i nā pōmaikaʻi kūikawā ma luna o ka moku, e like me nā hoʻokipa VIP a me nā hoʻopaʻa ʻaina ahiahi. "He mea pono ka lilo ʻana i mea kūʻai kūpaʻa," wahi āna.

— No ka hoʻonui manuahi, e haʻi iā lākou he VIP ʻoe. ʻOiaʻiʻo, e kiʻi i kāu ʻelele huakaʻi e haʻi iā lākou he VIP ʻoe, wahi a Royce Jones, ʻo Jackson, Miss., ʻelele o nā mea hana hale. "Haʻi koʻu ʻelele i ka laina holo moku ʻo wau kekahi o kāna mau mea kūʻai maikaʻi loa, a inā makemake wau i ka huakaʻi, e hoʻi hou wau i ka wā e hiki mai ana," wahi āna. “A laila noi ʻo ia e hoʻonui. Hana ia i ka hapa nui o ka manawa. "

— Mai kau ma ke kaʻa. "ʻO kekahi o nā ala maikaʻi loa e mālama ai i ke kālā ma ka moku holo moana ʻo ka lawe ʻole ʻana i kahi kaʻa i hāʻawi ʻia e hālāwai me ʻoe ma ka uapo," wahi a Michael Berger, he mea aʻoaʻo ʻōnaehana ʻike ma Chilliwack, British Columbia, Kanada. “Ua ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kumu kūʻai a i ʻole ke lawe ʻana iā ʻoe i ka hale kūʻai o ko lākou ʻanakala e loaʻa ai ka uku hoʻemi." Akā, manaʻo ʻo ia e hele i kahi poloka a ʻelua paha mai ka uapo a loaʻa kahi koho kaʻa kaʻa. ʻOi aku ke kumukūʻai, a ʻaʻole paha ʻoe e hāʻule i kahi pahele mākaʻikaʻi.

— E kiʻi i kahi mea hoʻopaʻa soda. Inā makemake ʻoe i nā mea inu huʻihuʻi, e kūʻai i ka mea hoʻopaʻa soda no ka holo moana inā loaʻa. Ma ke Kamāliʻiwahine, no ka laʻana, hāʻawi ʻo $29.50 iā ʻoe i ka soda palena ʻole - kahi mea i ʻike ʻia e Tom Kinsella Woodbridge, Va., ka luna lako polokalamu, ma kāna huakaʻi hope loa. "A e lawe mai i kāu ʻeke soda nui."

— A i ʻole e hoʻāʻo i kēia mau hana hoʻopunipuni ʻelua. Manaʻo Manaʻo 1: E lawe mai i kāu waina ponoʻī a uku i ka uku corkage i ka ʻaina ahiahi. "Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā waina haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa $30 i hāʻawi ʻia e ka laina holo moku," wahi a Kirsten Taylor, he luna ʻenehana ʻikepili ma Feeding Hills, Mass. Manaʻo No. e hoʻololi iā ia me kāu vodka punahele a i ʻole gin. "ʻAʻohe mea e ʻike," wahi a David Tuder, kahi waihona kālā mai New York.

— E kūʻai aku i kāu moku holo moku aʻe ... ma kāu holo moku. "E hāʻawi ka laina holo moku i nā makana kūikawā i loaʻa ma luna wale nō, me nā kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ma mua o ka mea āu e ʻike ai ma waho o ka moku," wahi a Kevin Harris, he mea hale hōkele mai Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

I kēia kau nalu, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻopiha ʻia me nā kumukūʻai holo moku kiʻekiʻe a me nā uku hoʻopiʻi i manaʻo ʻole ʻia. E lawe wale i kekahi mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo mai ka poʻe i ʻike, a e mālama ʻoe i kekahi mau kālā a loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi moku holo moku.

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