July 25, 2010 09:45PM
Admin
I will soon be pulling up anchor and leaving the good ship Tripharbor.ca.
It’s been a marvelous voyage and I’ve enjoyed every minute of it. But after 27 months, 234 blog entries, hundreds of postings, and many wonderful exchanges with readers on various aspects of cruising, it’s time for a change.
During my tenure with Tripharbor, I’ve had the privilege of working with some of the best people in the travel industry who have taught me a great deal about online media and cruise retailing. And I’m very proud of what everyone at Tripharbor (especially Stuart, Ian, Pat, Sabeen, Michelle, and Sherry) has accomplished in such a short period and in such tough economic conditions.
In just over two years since the site went live in April of 2008, Tripharbor has become Canada’s largest online-only player in the cruise category. Equally important, it has provided travelers with a new and better way to plan and purchase cruise vacations. And the voyage has only begun.
The work hasn’t been too tough, either.
Over the last two years, I’ve been on nine cruises to many wonderful places like South America, the South Pacific, the Mediterranean, Panama Canal, trans-Atlantic and Canada/New England. I’ve seen many beautiful ports like Buenos Aires, Moorea, Honolulu, Boston, Ushuaia, Cannes, Kusadasi, Santorini, Venice and Kotor. And I’ve met some fabulous people like Palo and Lorena in Santiago, Cruise Director David Bradshawe aboard the Pacific Princess in the Med, and too many great waiters and staff to remember their names. If there’s a better way to see the world than by cruise ship, I’ve yet to discover it.
But the best part of working at Tripharbor has been sharing my experiences with you, the 6,000 or so loyal readers who visit my blog each month. I’ve done my best to paint a vivid picture of everything we’ve seen and done, and to provide as many tips as possible about various aspects of cruising. I hope you’ve found it helpful.
Of course, I would be remiss to pull up anchor without saying thank you to all the readers who have taken the time to leave comments or ask questions on the site, and to the friends who have helped make Commodore Dave’s Blog a more interesting place. Among them are Pierre, John, Adam, Cheryl and Jackie.
Most of all, I want to thank my wife Gail, as well as our daughters Lindsay and Samantha for their feedback and support. Gail has co-written numerous entries to my blog, and edited most of the others (I’m grateful that one of us can spell). Lindsay also wrote a series of blog entries during one of our Mediterranean cruises, while Sam has provided many great photographs for my blog including some from our recent sailing trip in the British Virgin Islands.
But while I will be sailing off into the sunset on the next tide, you will still be able to find my old blog entries on Tripharbor for some time to come. And if you’d like to stay in touch with the future adventures of Commodore Dave, you can always find me on Facebook under David Moorcroft of Toronto.
In the meantime, I hope you continue to enjoy calm seas and gentle winds, and that every cruise you take is a bon voyage!
