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The beauty of online communities is that we all benefit from sharing our experience, curiosity and knowledge. It’s called the “wisdom of crowds,” and it means that we all get to make more informed decisions about the things we want to buy and what we should pay for it – in this case, cruise vacations.   

That’s the objective of Tripharbor. We want to provide a way for online shoppers to get independent information about cruise lines, ships and destinations. We want a way for them to share experiences and ask questions. We want to improve their chances of finding the best cruise experience at the best possible price. And we want to do it through our community by letting them do the talking!

That’s why I’m delighted that Tripharbor has just appointed four “Cruise Directors” to help me provide knowledgeable insights and opinions on our community forums and boards. They’ll join me in serving as a resource that visitors to Tripharbor can use to get informed views and answers to their questions on cruising and cruising related topics.

The four newly-appointed Cruise Directors are Jackie Condie, Winston Kassim, John Wolbert and John Smith. They were chosen as Cruise Directors because of their cruising experience and port knowledge, and their activity level in posting comments on the community forums. Together, we have sailed on more than 20 different cruise lines including Carnival, Cunard, Celebrity, Crystal, Holland America, NCL, Princess, Royal Caribbean, Regent, Silversea, Seabourn, Star Clipper, and Windstar, and have visited more than 100 destinations. 

Jackie lives in New Jersey and loves cruising so much that her family is threatening to hold an “intervention.” I hope they stage it on a Royal Caribbean ship in Alaska and invite us! 

John W. lives in Florida and loves driving to the pier. He’s spent so much time in the Caribbean that they may name an island after him. Uhhhh…I think they already have – it’s called St. John’s, USVI!!

Winston lives in Ontario and loves seeing the world through a porthole. His last cruise was to the Baltic, but he’s thinking of doing a Panama Canal or South American voyage next if he can talk his wife into it. I’m betting he’ll succeed!   

John Smith lives in Ontario but hails from London, England. In between sailing the Greek Islands, he spends a great deal of time in Bermuda, the Bahamas and Europe, and has journeyed as far as South Africa. He’s the guy you want on your Trivial Pursuit team when the final question involves famous destinations! 

I know Jackie, Winston and the two Johns will be a great resource for our community. And I hope you will look for their comments and advice as you go about planning your next vacation at sea.

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