{"id":14134,"date":"2012-08-22T01:09:36","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T08:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=14134"},"modified":"2012-08-22T01:09:36","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T08:09:36","slug":"wednesday-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=14134","title":{"rendered":"Plaudits for Ports and Bows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#39;s not often you can publish compliments about a friend and colleague without fear of bias.<\/p>\n<p>Now is that time for us.<\/p>\n<p>As you likely know, Phil Reimer is our friend and colleague. He writes a newspaper column <a href=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/2012\/08\/wednesday-8\/phil-200\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14186\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14186\" height=\"290\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Phil-200.jpg\" title=\"Phil Reimer of Ports and Bows\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a>about cruising for readers across Canada and a blog every weekday, and has for several years. Both are under the Ports and Bows brand and are widely read in the cruise business.<\/p>\n<p>This month, <a href=\"http:\/\/o.canada.com\/author\/philreimer\/\">Ports and Bows<\/a> is being decorated.<\/p>\n<p>It was chosen No. 1 of three &quot;unique cruise websites worth a look&quot; by Chris Owen, a respected cruise writer and blogger for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gadling.com\/bloggers\/chris-owen\/\">Gadling<\/a> from Orlando, Florida, and a &quot;master cruise counselor&quot; as certified by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cruising.org\/\">Cruise Lines International Association<\/a>. Here&#39;s what he had to say about our esteemed colleague:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Phil Reimer&rsquo;s Ports and Bows is one of the more unique sites with thoughtful insight and unique articles that talk about interesting cruise topics not found elsewhere.&nbsp;A recent article on interporting, boarding passengers at ports other than the homeport, highlights Phil&rsquo;s insight about the cruise industry and makes for good reading.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>That mirrors our feelings about Phil&#39;s work&#8230;and it&#39;s nice to know we have company.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12028\" height=\"125\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DailyDeal-2-e1334202169354.jpg\" title=\"DailyDeal-2\" width=\"300\" \/><br \/>\n\tRoyal Caribbean <a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalcaribbean.com\/findacruise\/ships\/class\/ship\/home.do;jsessionid=0000qNZMYvzM70BFt-cLBOv1KIR:12hbioan0?br=R&amp;shipClassCode=VY&amp;shipCode=NV\">Navigator of the Seas<\/a><br \/>\n\t7 nights<br \/>\n\tNovember 24, 2012<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.neworleansonline.com\/\">New Orleans<\/a> (return): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.islacozumel.com.mx\/\">Cozumel<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caymanislands.ky\/\">Grand Cayman<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.falmouthjamaica.org\/\">Falmouth<\/a><br \/>\n\tInside: $479<br \/>\n\t<span style=\"color:#ff0000;\"><strong>Cost per day: $68<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalcaribbean.com\/home.do\">www.royalcaribbean.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#39;s not often you can publish compliments about a friend and colleague without fear of bias. Now is that time for us. As you likely know, Phil Reimer is our friend and colleague. He writes a newspaper column about cruising for readers across Canada and a blog every weekday, and has for several years. Both&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=14134\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Plaudits for Ports and Bows<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,15],"tags":[137,1019,912,72,1020,35,1021,395,357,26,27,33],"class_list":["post-14134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deals","category-stories","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-chris-owen","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-writers","tag-cruises","tag-gadling","tag-navigator-of-the-seas","tag-new-orleans","tag-phil-reimer","tag-ports-and-bows","tag-royal-caribbean","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14134\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}