Key West - Cozumel
- Belize - Roatan
Enjoy the Winter Holidays in the Caribbean:
A family cruise from $640.52 per adult!†
The winter holidays are coming closer
every day,
so register now to join us for
family holidays aboard the Costa Magica!
December 17-23, 2006
plus get two special holiday bonuses at no extra
charge...
...including an insider's view into one of the hottest
real-estate “climates” in the Caribbean!
† Price depends on cabin's location and occupancy, so please continue
reading to get the full details and register today!
Dear Reader,
 Your toes explore the cool freedom of soft white sand while you sit
barefoot at the banquet table. A refreshing breeze caresses your neck.
You're awaiting the beginning of a winter feast on the beach. The
turquoise Caribbean lazily laps the shore's edge a few feet away…
...and for a moment, before your first bite, you savor a contented
glance at your family and friends gathered around.
“Well, this is certainly different from Christmas last year,” you
say with a smile, fork in hand...
I'd like you to join me on a very special cruise to the Caribbean this holiday
season.
I'm bringing my family and I'd love to meet yours, should you decide to
bring them along.
Forget shopping and crowds... holidays are the time to relax!
You see, we decided to do Christmas a little differently this year in my
family. I'm taking them to the Caribbean on a cruise in place of exchanging
gifts.
That takes the pressure and stress off of the holidays: Parking. Crowds.
Presents. And let's not forget all the cooking...
 But even more importantly, doing the holidays this way allows us to enjoy
a very special time together, in warm weather no less.
I'd love for you to join us.
My name is Barbara Perriello. As you may know already, I'm the executive
director of Agora Travel Life Adventures.
We at Agora Travel Life Adventures love to travel, so we “have it made,”
as they say, doing what we love.
But it's not the places that make our jobs so rewarding – it's the people...
people like you.
Come join our family fun...at a super discount rate!
 We already consider you part of our extended Agora Travel family. So we'd
love it if you'd register to join us once again... this time on a grand family
vacation, cruising the Caribbean together December 17 – 23, 2006.
I will be with you along with my entire staff, which includes Michelle Sedita,
Michael Whetstine, Mickey Defilippis, Maria Maher. We're all bringing our
families, and you're welcome to bring your family and close friends.
We found a beautiful new Italian cruise ship, the Costa Magica,
and the group rate we negotiated was almost too good to be true...
At a starting price of only $640.52 per person, it's a great deal.
Plus I have a couple of surprises for you that I'd like to add as “stocking
stuffers,” at no extra cost to you. In fact, one of them is practically like
writing you a check.
But I'm getting way ahead of myself. Right now I'm going to tell you where
we're going and what we'll be doing along the way...
We'll set sail from Ft. Lauderdale on December 17th, and visit Key West,
Cozumel, Belize, and Roatan before returning to our home port on December
23rd.
I'll get into the details in a moment. First a word about our ship, the Costa
Magica...
 The Costa Magica was built in 2004 and flies the Italian flag.
The architects and designers spared no expense – each of the ship's public
rooms and restaurants add Mediterranean flair to your Caribbean experience...
You'll be pampered from Fort Lauderdale to Key West, Cozumel, Belize,and
Roatan...in a fabulous ship, with great food, and might I add, splendid company.
You'll cruise through the glistening waters of the tropics between exotic
ports of call. Enjoy lush landscapes, friendly locals, open-air markets,
and beautiful white-sand beaches with some of the clearest, colorful waters
in the world...
Here are our ports of call:
We'll leave Fort Lauderdale at 7:00 pm on December 17th and arrive early
on the 18th in Key West, Florida.
Situated only 90 miles from Cuba, Key West is the most
southerly point of the continental USA. Once the home of pirates who preyed
on passing Spanish galleons, in more recent years the subtropical climate
and relaxed lifestyle here has attracted artists and writers such as Ernest
Hemingway. Key West is now one of the country's most visited
tourist destinations.
Hemingway's house is one of several museums you can visit during our day
on the island – but if museums aren't your thing, feel free to sip a mojito in
Ernest's honor at any number of cafes along the now-famous Duval Street.
We'll set sail after lunch for a lazy cruise to the Mexican island of Cozumel,
where we'll arrive the next morning.
Cozumel is Mexico's largest island in the Caribbean, just
offshore from the famous Mayan Riviera.
 The town of Cozumel is the perfect place to relax in the
tropical sun and the perfect gateway to the island's ancient treasures. It
is possible today to see the excavated ruins of San Gervasio, a holy Mayan
monument, originally a temple built to honor Ixchel, the Mayan god of medicine,
love and fertility.
On the south of the island, Chankanaab national park offers some delightful
diving in a lagoon packed with a colorful array of tropical fish and turtles.
It is also on this side of the island that the village of Cedral is situated,
which includes a Mayan site decorated with ancient drawings.
We'll leave in late afternoon, arriving by morning in Belize City.
Belize City is Belize's multi-colored former capital. Among
interesting places to visit are Battlefield Park, St. John's Cathedral (1847)
and the Bliss Institute, the civic cultural center.
The city has a distinguished history and an easy-going Caribbean atmosphere.
It's small enough to make walking the preferred method of travel.
The pivotal point of the city center is the Swing Bridge,
always busy with traffic and opened twice a day to allow larger vessels up
and down the river. Though the nicer part of town is north of the Swing Bridge,
be sure to explore the market in the south part of town.
And now my favorite part of the trip...
Next stop, Roatan!
"Dear Barb,
Many, many thanks for putting together a tour that exceeded our expectations
in so many ways. We had meals that were the envy of our friends,
when we bragged about them upon our return home.
“If your fantasy is coconut palms swaying over white sand, while incredibly
beautiful blue-green-turquoise water laps gently at your feet, you'll find
it here. We did.
“Thanks to you, I am close to fulfilling a lifelong fantasy: My
wife and I plan to build our dream home on our dream stretch of beach in
Roatan. Thanks so much for helping us find it.”
C. Wood
Author and former publisher of Doug Casey's Crisis Investing.
The next day we'll spend on the island of Roatan, discovered
by Christopher Columbus during his fourth voyage in 1502.
Roatan, the largest of the Bay Islands (now part of Honduras) became an
English colony and a favorite haunt of pirates, who found safe shelter at
Port Royal (as the capital Roatan City,
or Coxen's Hole, was then known).
The waters of the reef that surround the island are simply spectacular and
snorkeling and diving are among the favorite activities of visitors.
Though the island is some 50 km in length, its maximum width is just 5 km,
making it possible to see both the island's northern and southern coasts
from some places along the ridge that runs the length of the island.
And it's here, on Roatan, where you will enjoy your first free holiday bonus...
Holiday Bonus #1: A free Roatan
tour and holiday feast!
When we arrive in port, I'd like to introduce you to some of my friends
on the island.
You see, Roatan is one of my favorite places in the world. I like it so
much that I bought a few pieces of property myself.
I'd like to show you around... show you places that most visitors don't
know about, and certainly that other people on the cruise won't have access
to.
 The best part of it is, the places I'd like to show you are for sale. Stake
a claim to your corner of paradise!
We'll take a break for a midday meal... right on the beach. Wiggle your
toes in the soft sand while you enjoy delicious island dishes. Let's enjoy
a holiday banquet together in laid-back Caribbean style!
And during this meal together, I have quite a surprise for you. But you'll
have to wait, because I don't want to spoil it.
After lunch, we'll look at some more real estate...
Right Now, You Can Own Your Own Slice of Paradise in
The Caribbean's Last Frontier... at a Fraction
of What You'd Pay Elsewhere
Roatan is one of the last places in the Caribbean with quality real estate
at a reasonable price.
If you've ever longed for a sun-splashed island escape, a place where you
can live or retire comfortably...
...a tropical, palm-studded retreat to call home just a few weeks or
months a year, maybe rent out when you're not in residence...
 ...or if you're searching for a safe place outside the stock market to
grow and safeguard your retirement nest egg, a smart way to hedge against
an uncertain market at home...
...then Roatan may be the place for you. Especially since it is only a two-hour
flight from Miami or Houston.
Today you can still own a residential lot with a fabulous ocean view for
as little as $45,000 or a beachfront home for $240,000.
To put that in perspective: On Providenciales, the most touristed of the
Turks and Caicos Islands, you'll pay $1.5 million for a residential beach
lot.
Plus Providenciales -- like much of the rest of the Caribbean -- is "discovered," and
you're likely to find yourself fighting for elbow space on the beach.
Not so in The Bay Islands. Roatan's high green hills, lush with hardwood
trees and palms, provide picture-postcard views to the warm, cobalt waters
shimmering below. Wide ribbons of white sand cling to the coast in protected
coves. Elsewhere, towering rocks jut out into the sea, forming dramatic perches
for defiant homes.
Fine, sandy beaches… clear, turquoise waters…
breathtaking mountain vistas… easy, safe, comfortable living…
English-speaking neighbors …and an extraordinary profit opportunity…
Since you will only have a chance to spend a few hours with us on Roatan
during the cruise, you might like it so much that you will want to come back.
To help you do that, I'd like to offer you a little incentive...
That's where your free Holiday Bonus #2 comes in...
 When you join us on our holiday cruise, I'd like to give you $200 off any
of our trips in 2007.
That means you could come back to Roatan to look at more property on our
weeklong trip – with the help of my local network...
...or, if there's another place you've been wanting to explore, you can
apply the $200 to one of Agora Travel's expeditions there in 2007.
Consider this $200 voucher another holiday “stocking stuffer” from me to
you. I do hope you will make use of it.
Top Nine Reasons To Visit Roatan:
1. The Bay Islands boast long, white beaches and lush, green interiors.
This is quintessential Caribbean with crystal-clear turquoise waters and
fiery sunsets.
2. The snorkeling and diving along this hemisphere's largest barrier
reef is among the best in the world, and here you avoid the crowds
that regularly invade Cozumel, Grand Cayman, Barbados, and the rest.
3. English-speaking, which makes vacationing, living, and
doing business here easy.
4. The retiree legislation allows you to bring in your car and household
goods duty free and to receive your Social Security and pension income
tax-free.
5. The Tourism Incentive Law provides 10-year tax holidays for qualifying
businesses like hotels, restaurants, and other tourist-related
services.
6. The cost of living is affordable. For example, you can
hire a live-in maid who will cook and clean for you full-time for just $40
a week. A doctor's visit costs $15 or less. You can buy fresh-caught fish
for $3.80 a pound, shrimp for less than $4, and lobster for less than $6.
A loaf of bread costs 60 cents. Grapefruit sells for 10 cents a piece, and
oranges go for 6 cents each. Excellent home construction-to standards well
over U.S. code-costs $80-$135 per square foot.
7. Medical care is reliable and professional, with two small hospitals
and several clinics serving the islands. Plus, in an emergency,
air-evacuation services can whisk you to the mainland in half an hour.
8. A stable, pro-investment government is committed to
encouraging foreign investment.
9. And best of all: You can own the tropical getaway you've always
dreamed of for a small fraction of what it would cost you elsewhere in
the Caribbean. On St. John in the U.S.V.I., for instance, I just
checked this year's MLS sales history to find that the average home-sale
price for 2005 is $1.7 million. The average condo sale price? $675,000.
In the Bay Islands, you can own comparable properties for one- half of
that.
And now, some bad news: You don't have much time to register.
We've only been able to reserve a limited number of cabins for this special
cruise on board the Magica. Only 20, in fact.
And so, if you're interested in exploring the Western Caribbean this coming
holiday season on the fun and friendly Costa Magica -- to enjoy
adventure, camaraderie, and some of the world's most beautiful seascapes
and warm weather -- I encourage you to act now.
I suspect we'll fill the cabins we've reserved at
our deeply discounted rate
in the next 5 days… so please call me right now at 1-800-926-6575
to register...
- Choose an interior stateroom, and you'll pay just $640 per person, including
all taxes and port charges, based on double occupancy.
- For an outside stateroom (no balcony) the fee is $790 per person, including
all taxes and port charges, based on double occupancy.
- And for an outside stateroom with a private balcony the fee is $890 per
person, including all taxes and port charges, based on double occupancy.
 These prices includes accommodation for two people per stateroom. But,
in fact, many staterooms can accommodate more – and at a lower rate.
So... please bring your family. It will make a great gift that all will
remember for years to come.
If you opt to bring along the kids or maybe travel with a couple of friends
and share a room, then you can easily bring your per-person rate down
even further.
This is really quite a deal – a Caribbean winter holiday cruise starting
at $640.52 per person – so please register immediately. The cabins I've already
reserved should go quickly, and it's highly unlikely I'll be able to reserve
more.
The spots are filling up already. So if you're interested in exploring the
Western Caribbean for yourself and traveling with us once again at Agora
Travel, please don't wait to reserve your place. Call Agora Travel at (800)
926-6575, or email info@agoratravel.com .
I look forward to traveling with you.
Sincerely,
Barbara Perriello
Executive Director, Agora Travel
P.S. Don't forget – join us on this Caribbean winter holiday
cruise, and you'll get an insider's peak at the real-estate market on Roatan
– affordable beachfront at less than half the cost of other safe, English-speaking
islands in the Caribbean.
You'll also be our guest at a holiday banquet on the beach...enjoy a Caribbean
Christmas just feet from the turquoise waters!
P.P.S. Plus get $200 off any of our 2007 tours! Go back
to Roatan for more beachfront bargains... or explore India, Panama, China,
or any of the other places we'll be visiting next year – at a discounted
price! Please call us today to reserve your spot.
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