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Matz
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« on: July 27, 2007, 07:44:26 AM » |
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"If you need specific information regarding a voyage you are planning to take, please don't post it here - contact a freighter agent on our Bookings page." And by all means, don't give information about websites to other agencies than "Frachtschiffsreisen" or "FreighterTravel (NZ)", who are contributing sooooooo much to this forum. So what an exciting forum we've got here, with an intense exchange of information.
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Steve
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« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2007, 08:53:31 AM » |
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Matz
The reason I ask people not to post questions in the forum about specific voyage information they need is simply because it is not the best way for them to get an answer to their questions.
Who here in the forum is going to be able to tell someone if a ship is leaving on their chosen route on a certain date, what the cabin availability is and what the fare will be etc?
Only an agent has that information
The forum is best used for posting general questions about freighter travel and sharing personal experiences - asking non vital questions that don't require a timely answer.
As for restrictions on mentioning other freighter agents, I have explained this before - there are no restrictions.
You are free to discuss and recommend any agency you like - the only thing I ask is people don't post actual website links - this is a security measure to cut down on unsolicited advertising
I don't understand why you consider that such a problem?
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Steve
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« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2007, 03:44:02 PM » |
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Matz
If you can suggest a way I can persuade more people to sign up and use the forum, I'd be glad to hear it.
I think freighter travel is just a highly specialist interest - there are never going to be hundreds of active members posting every day.
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Steve
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« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2007, 04:18:32 PM » |
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When I first started this site, I imagined that we might get agents taking part in the forums - but this was a mistake on my part. I can see now that agents are far too busy to be spending their time answering casual questions - it's not their job to help my forum along.
They do make a contribution to help keep this site online, for which I'm very grateful - and which indirectly also enables me to provide a free resource to users like yourself - so in fairness to them, I'm not going to allow free advertising links to everyone.
But of course, I recognise that a forum needs open discussion - which is why I allow it, but without the posting of website links - I think this is the best possible balance to keep everyone happy.
As for "letting the forum free again", I am sure that most people don't even read my small instruction to not post specific voyage requests in the forum - so it would make hardly any difference to the number of posts I got.
However, let's assume that I did remove it - and I got a steady stream of "I want to book a voyage" posts - that will get pretty tedious very quicky - the answer will be the same every time - You need to contact an agent.
My instruction is just trying to save people time by sending them in the right direction.
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fr123
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« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2007, 02:04:36 AM » |
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taking a freighter is basically a rip off. its not even close.take a plane.
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« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2007, 04:59:38 PM » |
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For yourself taking a freighter is a ripoff.
For many of us it is a pleasant way to relax.
We took our first trip in 1976 and try to take a trip a year. It is a way of life that allows you to travel, relax and be with your inner self. It is not a way to rush to a destination but a voyage that you have to realize that does not include having a program to entertain you. The ports you visit can be interesting or a waste of time dependent on the way they are approached. If lucky you have fellow passengers who in some case become long time friends and coresponents.
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fr123
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« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2008, 06:59:27 PM » |
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your right ,a freighter can be good, as long as the captain is not a psycho who
abuses his crew and screams at people like he is an idiot. I would not take a freighter that was not mastered by a Scandanavian or Italian.And Maris needs to
hire some people who speak english,or at least sound like it.
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Kiwinz
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« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2008, 11:46:06 AM » |
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It's totally a lottery what nationality and more so what state of mind the crew will be in. It's the big unknown sure but for someone who enjoys 'finding out' what ship board life is like it's worth the bet. You have to go with an open mind..shipping is a multi cultural (international) business as we already know but the passengers state of mind also plays a part in it too..
I've flown heaps between Europe and New Zealand but the cost of long distance sea travel these days as a once in a life time experience was money well spent. I was once a shipping agent so had an insight what to expect but as an alternative to flying it's a wonderful thing to give it a go. You find out about people, places and things many 'land lubbers' only wonder about.
I was 35 when I did my trip on the LA TOUR, I was lucky that my dream came true...the master and his crew were fantastic despite a few 'issues' but I didn't get involved or effected by it. It's there place of work, there home and it was my choice to be onboard or not. I was more than happy. Just take what comes, come hell or high water !!!
SB
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