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Here's a customer email we received...
From: PMarsh95
To: customerservice@newyorkpartyshuttle.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 1:57 PM
Subject: Thanks!!!!!!!
We had a great time on the shuttle. It was 6 full hours of sight seeing. Robert was a great guide, and Levi was all the patience of Job rolled into one person.
I would highly recommend your tour to anyone, (and will) and when we saw the poor souls frozen on the big red bus we knew how blessed we were.
Give our regards to Robert and Levi.
David and Peggy Marsh
Tallahassee, Florida
A local Brooklyn resident posted the following suggestions for a 3-day visit to NYC:
Some suggestions for you
Pick up a copy of Lonely Planet's Guide to New York
and also Cheap B*st*rd's Guide to NY
Museums
newyork.citysearch.com, newyork.craigslist.org for ideas
MOMA
Met
The Cloisters
Brooklyn Historical Society
Transit Museum
-Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge
-Visit Coney Island
-Walking Tours, www.bigonion.com, www.francismorrone.com
-Visit the Brooklyn Heights Promenade
-Broadway shows
-The Village interesting shopping and sightseeing
-Times Square/Rockefeller Center for tourist traps and overpriced shops
-Harlem's 125th St.(check out Amateur Night at the Apollo if coming on a Wednesday or Saturday)
-Battery Park City/World Trade Center Site
-Prospect Park
-Central Park
-Chinatown
TONS of restaurants in every world cuisine imaginable
Weekly tap dance event Sundays, www.swing46.com
People watching (#1 nyc pastime)
Washington Square Park (Greenwich Village)
Union Square Park (14th Street)
Lessons Learned from the Power Blackout
By Barbara Hemphill
Article Word Count: 890 [View Summary]
With the holiday travel season around the corner, I am reminded of highways and airports will filled with families trying to get to visit relatives, and business travelers trying to get home. During this time, you may experience chaos and delay, so I am sharing with you what I learned the last time I encountered chaos and delay during the power blackout in August of 2003 I am convinced that the lessons learned can be applied to all travelers.
I arrived at LaGuardia airport at 4:30 p.m. – relieved that I had beaten the worst of the traffic with over two hours before my scheduled flight departure to grab something to eat and make a few phone calls. After too many days on the road, thoughts about how nice it would be to see my husband and sleep in my own bed were beginning to dance in my head.
I walked up to the kiosk to get my boarding pass. I punched the screen – no response. I looked around and realized no one was moving. The gentleman beside me responded to my quizzical look: “The power’s out.”
Twenty-seven hours later I fell into the last seat on the last flight that day to the Raleigh-Durham airport (I did get a business class seat!). Like all experiences, there are lessons to be learned:
1. Carry a paper printout of your travel reservations. Because the computer systems were down, the airlines had no way of substantiating that you even had a reservation unless you had some kind of paper documentation with a reservation number on it. Even though I was automatically booked on a later flight (don’t ask me how!), I had to show the printout to get my boarding pass. I save all my travel documents in my “calendar entry” file of my Paper Tiger filing system – that way it is easy to grab itineraries and related documents as I head out the door.
2. Travel with cash. Since cash machines and credit cards require electricity, your ability to buy food was directly related to the amount of cash you had available.
3. Keep your cellphone charged and a calling card handy. Although cellular service at best was sketchy, without a battery you had no chance at all. Payphones worked intermittently, but many people were scrambling to borrow change to pay for the calls when they had the chance.
4. Carry a flashlight. I didn’t need it this time...
5. Pack some protein. The day before I was in a nutrition store. Protein bars were on sale. I bought a whole box – something I had never done before. I enjoyed passing them out even more than I enjoyed eating them.
6. Wear comfortable clothes and shoes. Keep in mind that temperatures vary widely – the airport was incredibly hot, but the airplane felt like a meat locker. My feet ached just watching women in 3” high heels with pointed toes struggling up staircases and stalled escalators with heavy bags.
7. Carry wet wipes. Running water requires electricity. Need I say more?
8. Keep physically fit. I said a big “Thank You!” to my fitness trainer every time I climbed the 2-story long escalator carrying all my luggage. (The first floor was relatively cool, but information about flights was only available on the top floor.) Passengers with checked luggage had to tote their own bags since luggage belts were not functioning.
9. Take an extra battery for your laptop. In spite of the chaos, I managed to get some real work done.
10. Carry a good book. Fortunately, the bookstore owner was a true entrepreneur and sold books the old fashioned-way -- without a cash register. (I decided to lighten my luggage and gave her the copies of my books I was carrying with me for samples!)
11. Because I employ the Taming the Paper Tiger system in my office, I was able to rest assured that my staff was able to function in my absence, able to find files and documents and information needed to change my schedule, handle my responsibilities and manage without me. Remember, I had very limited phone service so I really could not communicate with them, so being organized and having a well-trained staff allowed me to feel confident that they could handle the business in my absence.
12. Be gracious. As my grandmother used to say, you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. Getting upset didn’t solve any problems, and it always created one more.
13. Whenever you think you’ve got problems, just look around. Other travelers were sick, elderly, physically or mentally handicapped, or traveling with children – one with a premature infant. I had much for which to be thankful!
© Barbara Hemphill is the author of Kiplinger's Taming the Paper Tiger at Work and Taming the Paper Tiger at Home and co-author of Love It or Lose It: Living Clutter-Free Forever. The mission of Hemphill Productivity Institute is to help individuals and organizations create and sustain a productive environment so they can accomplish their work and enjoy their lives. We do this by organizing space, information, and time. We can be reached at 800-427-0237 or at www.ProductiveEnvironment.com
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This was posted on a private blog recently...
Tuesday, February 01, 2005
New York City Party Shuttle
I spent the past weekend with three friends. I am a frequent visitor from Montreal, Canada because I have relatives living in Long Island and in nearby New Jersey but this is the first time that my friends are experiencing the sights and sounds of the Big Apple. With only two days to visit NYC, the New York Party Shuttle is a perfect way to give a bird's eye view of what makes New York City the capital of the world. The small number of people within the guided tour adds a more personal touch. For sure, there is an information overload to first-time visitors of what NYC has to offer. Nevertheless, it gives us the enthusiasm to visit NYC again. I will definitely recommend it to other people. Thank you for making our visit fun and memorable. Keep up the good work!
posted by ASiton at 11:20 PM 0 comments
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From: Keith Brunton [mailto:connorridge@myrealbox.com]
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 5:10 PM
To: customerservice@newyorkpartyshuttle.com
Subject: New York Party Shuttle Customer Inquiry
I took the tour last week when I was in New York for the first time. I
can only thank you for an entertaining, informative 6 hours. I had
made a list of all the things I wanted to see and do when I was in town
for such a short period of time. I had no idea how I was going to
cover such a long list in a short time. Boy did you make it easy for
me. The sites I wanted to see, you went to. Your trip allowed me to
spend the rest of my time in the city enjoying myself and not worrying
about having to see the attractions. The guide who was with us all the
way was a mind full of useful titbits about what we were seeing. He
got off with us at all the stops and put a story to the views we were
seeing. It is not often that I write to a company praising them, (this
is probably the first time), now complaint letters I'm good at! I'm
back in Scotland now, attempting to explain to my wife why it was so useful for me to go ahead and scout the place out while she stayed with
the kids. It appears that I will be back again with her at my expense
and we will definately be on your trip again.
Please feel free to use this email in any way you wish, (even if it is to highlight why sending emails when you have jetlag is a bad idea!.)
Keith Brunton
Peebles
Scotland
New York Party Shuttle suggests that our customers choose to ride the Staten Island Ferry rather than waiting in line at the Statue of Liberty. Due to security issues, the wait at the Statue can be 2 hours or more. Additionally, neither the crown nor the torch are open to visitors, so all there is to see at the Statue is a view from the pedestal and a small museum about the Statue. Our tour guides will tell you the Statue's story and will provide all kinds of great information about it. You can take great pictures of Lady Liberty as well as of Manhattan from the Staten Island Ferry. Of course, the best reason to take the Staten Island Ferry is that it is free! If you choose to visit the Statue of Liberty up close and personal, you can re-join the tour when you are finished. Depending on the wait time on the day of your New York tour, you may miss seeing Wall Street and the South Street Seaport. Your tour guide will answer any further questions you may have on this issue, and will give you advice based on your personal preferences.
From: Shirley Hurley [mailto:shurley293@comcast.net]
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 6:03 PM
To: customerservice@newyorkpartyshuttle.com
Subject: NYC Tour
Hi,
My name is Shirley Hurley. My family and I went on a NYC tour on the party shuttle last Sat. Feb. 12th. I just wanted to say that the tour guide was fabulous. His first name was Robert, but I don't know his last name. He was excellent...very knowledgable. I have 2 handicapped brothers that went on the tour also. I know that they slowed the tour down, but Robert was so patient and kind with them. He really did an excellent job and I just wanted you to know.
Thank you. We had a wonderful time in NYC and are looking forward to visiting again some day soon.
Shirley Hurley
We found a great article about the Metropolitan Museum in New York City. View it here:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.travel.usa-canada/browse_thread/thread/c6399f414e401a0e/46e04f4b1de6eb82?
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