Like any holiday you need to ask yourself what appeals to you. Do you want something where you can relax, or that’s informal, or has plenty of entertainment on offer, etc? Your local travel agent should be able to pick the cruise line and ship that’s right for you. If you want to do some initial research yourself, the internet is a minefield of information whether you search on the cruise lines’ own pages or on a cruise community such as Inside Cruise where people post their own reviews. Roll call If you want to check out some of your fellow cruisers before you set sail, sign up on a cruise forum like Inside Cruise. On there is a section called -œRoll Call- where you can meet others who are going on the same cruise. A lot of cruisers start a roll call a year or more before the cruise itself, giving them a chance to get to know other passengers beforehand and maybe arranging to share excursions and guides. For solo cruisers it’s a great way to find out if there will be other singles onboard. If you join a roll call before booking a cruise and find someone you seem to get along with you could end up sharing a cabin and saving on single supplements. Plenty to keep you busy The trouble with staying in a resort is that there aren’t always lots of activities you can take part in. All you end up doing is wondering around the local sites by yourself. Cruise ships, however, offer plenty of activities both aboard and on-shore. Onboard you could be learning how to cook, wine tasting, taking part in a keep-fit class or listening to a guest lecturer. If you choose to go ashore as well as visiting the local sites, you could go cycling, horse riding, abseiling, snorkelling to name a few! Getting involved in activities is a great way to meet people as you’ll have a common interest, which is good for breaking the ice. Easy to meet people Many cruise lines welcome singles onboard with receptions where they can meet other solo passengers. For example, Island Cruises hold a -˜Solos Lunch’ at the beginning of each cruise. Even if they don’t, getting involved in organised activities is ideal for meeting fellow passengers and making friends. Dining rooms mainly have seating for groups of 4, 6 or 8 people and can be an easy way to meet new friends. If you want to be seated with other solo cruisers, make sure you ask the Maitre’d and they will accommodate your needs. Passengers tend to be grouped together with others of a similar age and background, so you’ll never feel left out. Dance the night away If you like to dance but don’t want to be a wallflower, fear not. Some cruise lines, such as Fred.Olsen and Orient Lines offer male dance host that are selected on their dancing ability. If you’re a male travelling alone and love to dance, you’ll certainly have your pick of the ladies as they outnumber men travelling along by three to one. Sense of community As everyone is literally in the same boat (excuse the pun), there tends to be a lot of camaraderie. Unlike holidaying in hotels where you tend to see fellow holidaymakers at mealtimes only, you can (if you want to) see other passengers throughout the day, whether it be lounging by the pool or taking part in activities. Therefore, as a rule, cruisers tend to bond giving a sense of community where people look out for each other. Safety For starters, there are always plenty of people, including staff, around so you’re highly unlikely to get pestered. Also, you don’t have to worry about wandering around late at night to get back to your room as you won’t be walking along dark streets trying to find your hotel. If you take an organised excursion you will be in a group on land too, best in certain countries if you’re a solo female traveller. Although, of course if you want to you can go it alone and go at your own pace if you prefer. Hopefully we’ve set your mind at ease about going on a cruise by yourself. The only downside we can think of is single supplements. Some cruise lines hit you harder than other, but if you don’t mind sharing a cabin some lines offer a share scheme and will partner you up with someone of the same sex and similar age. But don’t forget, your cruise agent should know which cruise lines are best for singles, whether it be age range, single supplements or special activities offered to introduce single cruisers to each other. So go on, book that cruise. You don’t know what you’re missing out on. Susan Bigmore is the web editor for http://www.insidecruise.co.uk, a cruise community packed full of articles and discussions as well as http://www.idealcruising.co.uk a specialist cruise travel agent.

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Inviting the Guests: Who should you invite? Usually, the guest list will only include those nearest and dearest to the expectant mother. It wouldn’t hurt if she gets a first look at the guest list so that she can suggest who should be invited. If you are planning a surprise baby shower, you will have to do a little research on who should be attending instead of running the list through the expectant mother. If the child is not a firstborn, you may opt to keep the number of guests down to the closest to the mother. Firstborn baby showers tend to have a larger guest list since it is, after all, the mother’s first time. The thing to remember is that the nature of baby showers is intimacy. So, for any baby shower party, try making the gathering one of intimate friends. You could use informal ways to invite these guests: email, phone and others. Invitation cards and other letters are the best way, however, as they provide a tangible, traceable evidence of invitation. Plus, it is the most sure and formal way to invite a person – and in many cultures – the only way. What About the Guys: The nature of the party is probably going to tend towards the feminine side; if the organizers of the party have a provision for this, then inviting men would be fine. It also depends on the men, since the party may dwell on topics such as pregnancy, children, and other motherly topics, they might not be that excited to join. All in all, it depends on the preference of the organizers. Venue: Anywhere! As long as it can keep with the placid and fun nature of the occasion, any place would be fine. The more usual places on baby shower lists are backyards, formal halls, restaurants, and basically any room that has the amenities to make a baby shower successful. Just make sure the venue is not crowded and stressful to the mother-to-be. It also pays to make sure the venue is set long before the actual baby shower happens. When to Throw a Baby Shower: Usually this is one or two months before her due. The baby shower is the perfect time to get your friend baby needs and stuff she may not have had time to purchase yet. It has to be well-timed though – not too close to the due date, and not to far as to whittle down the excitement. Baby showers are a pleasant surprise to expecting mothers. It takes a lot of the stress of expecting a child off of their minds and provides a means for friends to show support and concern (and of course, baby gifts) to expecting friends. A properly coordinated baby shower will be greatly appreciated and forever remembered by mothers long after they have delivered their children. If your considering or know someone who is going to be throwing a Baby Shower then a highly recommended book is Baby Showers Made Easy. It is actually four books (Baby Showers Made Easy, Baby Shower Recipe Book, The 8 Week Baby Shower Plan, Party games for Baby Showers) and is more like a survival pack than anything else. It will hold you by the hand and help guide you through the whole process thus making it painless and simple to do. Take a look at it here > http://www.mccrorie-enterprises.com/baby_showers_revealed ………………………… You can fin more information about this subject at Elites Ebook Store! Copyright © 2008 McCrorie Enterprises All rights Reserved

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Tru Chocolate is branch of the Tru Nutrition company, which actually is a part of Youngevity. Their company is lead by Dr. Joel Wallach, a ND, who focuses on natural ways of healing the body from sickness and disease. The product itself is organic, sugarless chocolate that uses a sweetener called “Xylitol”. The list of benefits range from regulating insulin and blood sugar levels to losing weight. There is no doubt they have a very unique pitch: who would like to lose weight eating chocolate? They utilize a Unilevel compensation model, which means you build three “legs” of distributorship underneath you, and then attempt to build three legs underneath them, and so on. The sign up is relatively low – only $10, but you have to also purchase a minimum of 6 bags of chocolate (each bag has 15 pieces), and the price per bag retails at $30, with the distributor price of $21/bag. Tru Chocolate – The Other Side Of The Coin Tru Chocolate is a network marketing business, like like many NWM companies, they advocate the use of friends and family members to grow your organization. Handing out free product samples, doing 3-way calls with the upline, handing out flyers and going to home meetings – these are all very common parts of warm marketing, and for the most part people don’t like to do that stuff. Instead, you could use target marketing strategies and methods to grow a much larger organization much faster, without all the hassles of warm marketing. Tru Chocolate is a legit opportunity, but in order to be successful, I recommend you invest the time and energy into learning how to build effective marketing systems that bring people to you who are looking for the benefits of Tru Chocolate. Joshua Fuson is a professional marketer, and has participated in the generation of over $14 million dollars in the direct-marketing industry in the past 4 years alone. To find out more about Josh, see The Tru Chocolate Business Plan. You can also learn more about building a successful business with Tru Chocolate The Tru Chocolate Success Blueprint.

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