USA Today: Alaska cracks down on cruise port shopping guides

[-Lew-]

Click here for the USA Today article. Likely will never happen, but wish they would do the same in the Caribbean...

 

Lew

[tequilasunrise]

True, but how gullible would you have to be to fall for that anyway? It's obvious they are getting a cut. No one does stuff like that just to be helpful. The cruise line gets money, the salesmen get money, the stores make money. The shoppers get products they want at convenience, albeit for more than they should have paid. I figure it's subsidizing my cruise, and it's making people who just want to shop without thinking about it, happy. We both win! :D

[paul929207]

Thanks for the link. We have gone to a "port talk" in Alaska or the Caribbean in years.

[sept10dsm]

Click here for the USA Today article. Likely will never happen, but wish they would do the same in the Caribbean...

 

Lew

and quite a few of the AK stores move to the caribbean upon the end of AK season.

[skynight]

We never attend a port shopping talk. We have better things to do on vacation than shop. Have always known about the practice.

[sunsetbeachgal]

Thanks for sharing, Lew. My only unpleasant surprise about Alaska (the rest were pleasant) were all of the jewelry stores that looked like they had packed up from St. Thomas and gone north for the season. The employees did not seem to be locals either...

[PescadoAmarillo]

The employees are mostly not locals, and many of them do come from the Caribbean during the summer months. It's a pity that so little of the cruise ship business actually benefits the local communities.

[pablo222]

Click here for the USA Today article. Likely will never happen, but wish they would do the same in the Caribbean...

 

Lew

 

It is always good when the government steps in to protect

idiots from themselves.

 

P.S. This is sarcasm.

[PescadoAmarillo]

It is always good when the government steps in to protect

idiots from themselves.

 

P.S. This is sarcasm.

Ain't it the truth! Like toxic chemicals in food...disband the FDA and let the idiots die.

 

P.S. This is sarcasm, too.

[huskyguy]

This "news" happened on February 4th - http://thecruiseexplorer.com/wordpress/alaska-cruise-ship-shopping-promoters-fined-for-deceptive-practises/ I agree that it was a great idea to stop at least some of the b.s.

[Keith1010]

Thanks for sharing the link.

 

Keith