Episode Transcript
Speaker 1 00:00:02 Hi, my name is Susie. I'm a cruise addict and travel agent. Welcome back to countdown travels podcast. In this episode, we have two very special guests with us today. So I can't wait for you to hear this amazing episode coming up on countdown travels podcast.
Speaker 1 00:00:22 Welcome back everyone to countdown travel's podcast. My name is Susie. I am a cruise act and travel agent, and this is episode number four, and I am so excited for this episode because I have two very special guests on today. Now please keep in mind that this is the very first time that I have guest speakers here with me on this podcast. But let me introduce you guys to two of my friends. Now, their names are just the coolest can I just share it's Jesse and Jessica from the 50 50 media. Hi guys. Thank you for joining me today.
Speaker 2 00:01:00 Hi, thank you for having us.
Speaker 3 00:01:02 It has really worked out the fact that it's Jesse and Jessica it's like the easiest thing ever.
Speaker 1 00:01:06 Did you guys plan that by the way? Like, did you, like, how did that work? Tell me <laugh>
Speaker 3 00:01:11 All I know is that when we met and she told me that like, her name was Jessica was like, cool. Cause I have like the hardest time with names, like so many times, even to this day, there's times that people say like, Hey, who's this person. Or like I say hi to someone and just goes like, Hey, who is that person? I don't know. I forgot. So, so
Speaker 2 00:01:26 I forget my name.
Speaker 3 00:01:27 <laugh> easy
Speaker 1 00:01:28 Enough. My, my last question here about your name is this, do you guys call each other? Jess, Jess and Jess.
Speaker 2 00:01:34 Mm-hmm<affirmative> not Jess and Jess, but I call him Jess. Yeah. And other people call me Jess, Jess, actually, before I, I met him, other people, some other people called me, Jesse. Um, and then it got confusing cuz we would do things like as family and friends and then be like Jesse and I'd turn around then he'd turn arounds. I'd be kind of awkward. Um, some of my like close friends call me Jess. I think my best friend calls me. Jess mm-hmm <affirmative> and then you are just Jesse to her.
Speaker 3 00:02:04 Oh, just Jesse. Yeah. That's it like? No, no special
Speaker 2 00:02:07 Nickname. Nobody calls him anything else. But Jesse, I don't know if you heard <laugh> he doesn't have real nickname.
Speaker 3 00:02:12 Yeah. It's his whole dilemma. I know it is what it is, Susie. What?
Speaker 2 00:02:15 He's the only Mexican that didn't have a nickname. A nickname. Wasn't
Speaker 1 00:02:20 You're so you're technically not a Jesus.
Speaker 3 00:02:22 No, no. I'm an actual Jesse. Yeah.
Speaker 1 00:02:24 You're not a chewy. No I can. I call you chewy. You don't even wanna, we
Speaker 3 00:02:27 Called cause I'm not even, I'm not even, I'm not Jesus. I'm Jesse.
Speaker 2 00:02:30 He's he is technically Heay. Yeah.
Speaker 1 00:02:34 Oh wow. Well, I, I think it's truly awesome that you guys are the J and J team here. So thanks again for coming on. And I just wanna share really quickly that Jesse and Jessica have helped me with putting this podcast together. And I just wanna say how eternally grateful I am for both of you because you've made one of my dreams come true and I definitely could have not done this without your help and support.
Speaker 3 00:03:00 That's really
Speaker 2 00:03:00 Sweet. Thank you for reaching out cuz you were brave enough to ask
Speaker 3 00:03:03 <laugh> yeah, yeah. A lot of times I'm the one reaching out to people, but you know yeah. You reached out to us and uh, the me, the moment I immediately jumped into is because I, when I heard your vision behind it, mm-hmm <affirmative> I was like, yeah, this sounds super cool. I, I wanna work with this.
Speaker 2 00:03:16 Yeah. I think I opened the DM. Yeah. And heard all your audios. And I was like, Jess, like this girl. Yeah. You gotta listen to her. She's she's a follower and she's amazing. And we love, we just love the whole concept.
Speaker 3 00:03:29 Yeah. It's different than like, you know, again, like other clients that we work with, but just like just hearing the pageant behind you in this industry. Mm-hmm <affirmative> even though we're not cruisers ourselves, we're like, okay, let's, let's jump on this. And you know what big congratulations to you, Susie. I've seen nothing but great things and great feedback and
Speaker 2 00:03:45 It sounds great. Yeah. And it's very fun to listen to. Yeah. So people are loving it.
Speaker 1 00:03:52 Thank you guys. I am slightly crazy. I will admit, and I am slightly obsessed with putting myself on camera and this podcast allows me more time to talk than the one minute that Instagram gives me per story. So thanks again for, uh, giving me the opportunity to learn from you guys. And it's just been like a great partnership. So thanks again. And you know, you kind of are segueing into the next topic of why did I decide to have you guys as my very first guess <laugh> because
Speaker 3 00:04:23 Let's go, let's do it.
Speaker 1 00:04:24 Jesse. Do you wanna tell them why?
Speaker 3 00:04:25 Yeah. It's very simple. So basically Susie said, Jesse, we need to crank out another episode and I have no idea what to do. No, I'm just kidding. That is not the why. Um, like I mentioned, we are not cruisers. We have a huge, like, you know, misconception or a lot of stigmas when it comes to the cruising industry. And this is like apparently your life goal to convert people to cruising <laugh>. So
Speaker 2 00:04:45 I think it was like maybe our first or second meeting that we talked about. How like we've never really been on a cruise. Yeah. And you were like, what? We have to talk about this. And we're like, let's try to format your podcast first and then we'll get into it. <laugh>
Speaker 3 00:04:59 So, I mean, here we are, this, this is
Speaker 2 00:05:01 Us getting
Speaker 3 00:05:01 Into it. Yeah. Let, let, let's see what you got convert us.
Speaker 1 00:05:05 <laugh> well, first of all, it's a tragedy that you guys have never been on a ship and tragedy ship. Shouldn't even be in the same sentence. Right.
Speaker 3 00:05:11 But hold on. Let's pause right there. We've been on a ship. We've been on a ferry.
Speaker 2 00:05:14 We've been on a couple ferry. <laugh> oh,
Speaker 1 00:05:16 Not a cruise ship though. That doesn't count.
Speaker 2 00:05:20 We've been on a canoe.
Speaker 3 00:05:21 Yeah. And plenty of float downs. So
Speaker 1 00:05:23 Yeah. Well that that's the problem. See that in itself. You're you're saying fairy canoe. Uhto the little boat, you know like, um, yeah,
Speaker 2 00:05:33 Because we live really close to San Diego. Um, our brother-in-law was in the Navy. Yep. So we've seen those <laugh> yep. That's right. That's as closest to a ship we've gotten.
Speaker 3 00:05:44 Yeah. I think we've seen the, we've seen the Disney cruise ship, but we've only seen it.
Speaker 2 00:05:47 We've we've been to the harbors, but we've never been on one.
Speaker 3 00:05:51 So I'm sorry. That's all we have.
Speaker 1 00:05:53 So let me ask you then the question. Why, why not? Why haven't you gone on a cruise.
Speaker 3 00:05:58 Oh, okay. Okay. So it's really interesting, you know, cuz when we were speaking about this previously, Susie you're mentioning, okay, look, you like to travel. Yes, Jessica and I love traveling. We do. Yeah. You like to eat. Yes. We love to eat. We love traveling and try new things. So like so far it's adding up. However, when it comes to putting all of those, you know, factors in a water body of water, especially like an ocean or a sea
Speaker 2 00:06:21 Aqua aquatics. That's where, that's where I, that's where I pull the, I pull the,
Speaker 3 00:06:26 The plug on it, right? Yeah. It's just like, Nope.
Speaker 2 00:06:28 I, I don't like large bodies of water. See, okay. I do shower, but I don't, I'm very fearful of um, the depth, I guess
Speaker 3 00:06:39 <laugh> she saute Dan? And she said, Nope, this is not for
Speaker 2 00:06:41 Me. Um, no, I don't mind. I don't mind movies like that. It's just like not knowing what's I guess it's a fear of the unknown. Mm. And not knowing what's under there. And like, just knowing that you're on top of this, like there's nowhere where I can go and if I need to go to safety, I have to get on another little boat <laugh> to get, you know what I'm saying?
Speaker 3 00:07:03 Outta the boat, that's already in trouble. Exactly.
Speaker 2 00:07:05 I have to get in closer to the water and like the idea, like I've seen your tos and I follow you on TikTok and on Instagram. And I see how like, you're like, this is the best view and I literally have a panic. Like I just <laugh>, I, I wanna support your views and stuff, but I'm like, you turn the camera towards like the ocean and it's an ocean view bathroom or something super luxurious and beautiful to the most people. And to me, it's like, I would not want that room <laugh> But that's just me.
Speaker 3 00:07:35 Yeah. So
Speaker 1 00:07:36 That, and I'm the, and I'm the complete opposite. I mean, that is probably the top reason why go on cruises is because I love being out in the middle of the ocean. I don't think about what's underneath me cuz like there's a lot of sea life underneath me. <laugh> I remember Jessica, you brought me back to a memory I had, oh gosh, years ago, my husband and I cruised to the Caribbean. And when you're cruising, uh, near Cuba, the captain will come on and tell you that you're cruising underneath the second largest oceanic trench, um, as workers <laugh> and I'm like really, did you really have to say that right now? <laugh> cause I'm like, I know that the largest oceanic trench I think is not near us. Um, and it starts with an M and I can't remember the name, but it's the second largest one it's near Cub, but it's in the Caribbean. And I'm like, okay, that, that totally was not necessary. But you know, we, I, I just got off a cruise ship today, Jessica, I'm going on another one I'm flying out to Seattle tomorrow to go to Alaska.
Speaker 3 00:08:37 She's so wild man. Oh nice.
Speaker 1 00:08:39 I that's for work. I mean, you know, I'm so like sad that I have to go take a seminar on a cruise ship to Alaska. <laugh> pull my arm, but I feel like for me, and I'm just sharing my, uh, very opposite, uh, thoughts from you guys is that when I depart, when that ship leaves land, I leave my worries on land.
Speaker 3 00:09:05 That's a cool way of making that. It,
Speaker 1 00:09:07 It really is because you're just there. There's, I mean, you're, it's, you're kind of out of your control. Like you can't control this vessel, this moving vessel that you're on and, and you letting
Speaker 3 00:09:19 Go, but you see that I'm a control freak and that's, that's an interesting point. Cause what you see those, those are Jessica's terms. And I live very, uh, under a very basic philosophy of happy wife, happy life. So, you know, if the Mrs is not cool with it, then you know, I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna, Subjugator
Speaker 2 00:09:34 I'm gonna say never, but I'm literally like, just
Speaker 3 00:09:36 So you know, essentially
Speaker 2 00:09:38 Punching my, my fingers right now, just thinking about like being on the water
Speaker 3 00:09:42 And, and the thing is, since we both like traveling, we're like, okay, cool. We can travel other ways that are not cruise worthy. However, that point that you made, Suzi's a really good point that you just kinda leave your problems because it's true. Like if we're flying, we're not in control either. You know? Like I know that it's a much shorter trip, you know, but you know, in the, oh, I
Speaker 1 00:10:00 Have way more anxiety, Jesse flying. I have to fly tomorrow and I have way more anxiety about that because I know this. Okay. If that plane crashes, it was nice knowing
Speaker 3 00:10:10 All of you. I, you see, I think, I think that's why we're more comfortable with cuz like if we die on a, on a plane, it's a lot more instant. If, if the ship is sinking and we have to drown to death, mm-hmm <affirmative> <laugh>
Speaker 1 00:10:22 I wish you could see my eyes rolling. Right.
Speaker 3 00:10:25 We're very like, you know, we're very dramatic. Oh my God. Yes. We're very dramatic.
Speaker 2 00:10:29 I remember when we flew to the Philippines. Yeah. It was like a 14 hour flight over the
Speaker 3 00:10:37 Year. Pacific, only Pacific
Speaker 2 00:10:38 Pacific. Oh my gosh. And then they were like, oh, and then, you know, you can change the, the settings on your, on your monitor to look at the camera that's underneath the plane looking down. Right. And you just see a black screen. Yeah. Because the whole time you're like over water and then it didn't help that. Right before that I saw the life of pie. <laugh> have you seen that movie?
Speaker 3 00:11:04 Kidding.
Speaker 1 00:11:05 I'm dying right now.
Speaker 2 00:11:06 Of course the plane's gonna crash. We're I'm gonna be on shipwreck. I'm gonna, you know, like
Speaker 3 00:11:12 I'm the tiger.
Speaker 2 00:11:12 Yeah. It's just, it was like this whole Mon like anxiety monologue in my own head. Cuz I, I am, I am not fearful of flying, but I get anxiety regardless.
Speaker 3 00:11:22 We're Latino, Susie. We're just super extra and think of the worst right off the bat.
Speaker 2 00:11:26 Yeah. And but, but knowing that I was flying over water made me more anxious. And like when we were flying to New York from, from like San Diego, you
Speaker 3 00:11:35 Know, there you go. So to answer your question, we're scared, dude. Yeah.
Speaker 2 00:11:39 <laugh> it's just, what am I, what am I willing to put my body through when it comes to anxiety? <laugh> there you go. <laugh>
Speaker 1 00:11:47 Yeah. And then, and that's, that's actually a really hard one too. Cuz I could sit here and tell I'm blueing the face to tell you how safe cruising is and you know what Jessica I'm gonna do that. Tell me, I'm gonna tell you how safe cruising is. Because honestly, aside from people jumping off the ship, which does happen, unfortunately, um, there's only two reasons why like really you can die on a cruise ship. So it's, it has to people that are committing suicide will jump off. And once you, once you jump off there, there's a chance, slight chance that you'll ever be found. Actually that just happened just the other day on one of the carnival ships from Florida. No
Speaker 3 00:12:24 Way.
Speaker 1 00:12:25 Really? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Some guy, some guy jumped off and usually it's, it's they're committing suicide or a, a lot of alcohol, like, so there's not that like, oh my gosh, I tripped. And no <laugh> like the railings are so high. Uh, I've been cruising for the, for 20 years now. My children have been cruising with us. Um, the accidents have happened, uh, in the cruise industry are manmade. So let's talk about Titanic for a second. You know, that happened because of human error. It didn't, it happened because the captain ignored all the different notices. Like Hey, slow down. There's icebergs in the area. And he was on a mission to get the ship to New York, to break a record. So that whole Titanic could have been avoided. One. The next biggest cruise ship accident happened in the nineties, um, class Costa Concordia cruise line in Italy.
Speaker 1 00:13:29 Okay. The ship, um, had gotten too close to, um, I think they hit like a reef or something or, or, or oceanic Ridge or something and the ship, the ship started, uh, tilting to the side. But that was a human error. The captain, I know some details that I really can't share about what really happened, but the captain totally messed up on getting too close and he ended up, I don't know if you guys heard the whole story, he ended up like, he's like peace I'm out. Yeah. Right. Abandon in the ship. Which a captain should never do. He's in prison right now because
Speaker 3 00:14:05 That's right. Remember reading that
Speaker 1 00:14:06 That's a felony. Why did people survive? Or were there, there was like, I think between now don't quote me, cuz I don't know. Off the top of my head between 30 to 40 people that died now, thousands of people got off. They safely got off. But that whole, that whole cost of Concordia accident was human error.
Speaker 3 00:14:27 Okay. So that means like a tsunami or a hurricane or anything like that. Those are not even heard of then
Speaker 1 00:14:33 Essentially. So a tsunami. Okay. Let's let's go teacher. Let's talk about a tsunami, a tsunami. My friend Jesse would not happen on a cruise ship because the tsunami is, is waves underwater. And then once it reaches land is when it creates, you know, trouble. So yeah. Uhhuh, I'm a little smart aren't I? But yeah. So you're actually safe. Um, of course you have like storms, you know where, you know, you can have a rogue wave or something like that. That's not very common. There's so much modern technology now where captains will avoid hurricanes. Captains will navigate through the waters. These ships, you guys have arms that extend out from the side of the ship. A lot of the newer ships where it helps stabilize the ship. If you are in rough waters because of Titanic in accents like that,
Speaker 1 00:15:28 They have, you have muster drills, not muster like the kind you put on a hot dog. Um, but it's called M U S T E R drills. The minute you get on the ship, they make sure that every single person knows where their muster station is at every single room has life jackets. I mean the protocols are in place to keep us safe is crazy. They go through constant drills, the crew, the staff. I mean we know exactly like if something were to happen, what we need to do now I know you're afraid of the ocean, but do you know Jessica? What's the biggest threat to a cruise ship? <laugh> <laugh> alcohol. No, just kidding. Um,
Speaker 3 00:16:10 Alcohol. Yeah. That would've like, like, Like bad maintenance.
Speaker 1 00:16:14 No, it's actually fire.
Speaker 3 00:16:17 Oh, that's ironic. No like imagine that, oh
Speaker 1 00:16:21 Yeah. It, it is, it is fire. And that's why when there's no, there's no candles allowed on a cruise ship. You can't bring your own iron. Um, you can't really bring anything that like will, you know, like if you leave it somewhere, it's gonna like burn. And so the biggest threat on a cruise ship is fire. And what again, the cruise lines do is eliminate that as much as possible. Because if you have, for example, let's say you're on a cruise ship and you hit the bottom of a reef or something and it creates a hole in the cruise, the cruise ship. What do you think happens? Do you think you sink?
Speaker 3 00:17:03 I mean, that is what I would think right off the bat. According to Titanic, <laugh> Jerry Hollywood that we've seen immediately starts going south.
Speaker 1 00:17:11 Um, they actually, they have compartments that close. They have doors, they, and so they shut that part of the ship. So it doesn't flood the other areas. And I know you saw that in Titan, Jesse, but really to say, I mean, that was in 1914. If I remember correct <laugh> or 1912, something like that. So it was a long time ago, so that's not gonna happen.
Speaker 3 00:17:31 So it's good to know that like when it comes to like the safety aspect, that's that's, we we're covered in that, in that prompt.
Speaker 1 00:17:37 Yeah. And, and the only way really to fall off a ship is again, you know, by choice or if you just are being dumb and you drink too much and you know, you lose consciousness or something like that. So that's what, in terms of safety, cuz we're talking about why wouldn't you go on, go on a cruise, cruise ships are very safe. And I think that, you know, the fear of water, I think maybe that's something that you can explore. We could start off in the lake for example.
Speaker 2 00:18:05 Oh yeah. Or you don't wanna see me in a lake
Speaker 1 00:18:08 <laugh>
Speaker 3 00:18:09 I think Jessica's more comfortable to see in the lake.
Speaker 2 00:18:13 So I don't even go in pools.
Speaker 1 00:18:14 Oh my gosh. That's fast.
Speaker 2 00:18:17 When we went on our honeymoon, like Jesse, that's the thing. Jessie loves the water. Oh yeah. I'm all for Jesse's all for it. This is all me. I'm depriving him of like exploring more stuff.
Speaker 3 00:18:28 She doesn't let me be,
Speaker 2 00:18:30 I don't let him be. But um, when we were not honeymoon, we went to like the Dominican Republic. We were in a resort. He was just like swimming everywhere. And I just had my little feet, like on the side of the pool. That's most shallow. I, I need to see where my feet are and when I was a little girl, I don't wanna, I don't wanna test this to like this being the sole reason. But I don't like this either. When I was a little girl, my parents would always take us to, um, the beach and the beaches here around our area are not the cleanest and the nicest mm-hmm <affirmative> the Colorado river part where we live is not the cleanest mm-hmm <affirmative>. And, but it was always like a pastime. And it was like, like almost forced on us that we had to get in.
Speaker 2 00:19:17 And I never wanted to. And I think maybe that's another thing where it's like, I didn't wanna be forced to get in. I don't wanna do this. And then one, one time I must have been like seven or eight. I had my little feets in and a fish literally came up and sucked on my thumb. <laugh> on my toe, my big toe. And I freaked out and I got so cuz I didn't see it coming pocket. The, the river was so dark and gross. I couldn't see where my feet were at. I didn't have river shoes or anything. I was just like there. And so now if I go into the ocean, I wanna see where my feet are going. And if I see anything remotely like
Speaker 3 00:19:53 Fishy mm-hmm <affirmative> if there's something fi going on <laugh>
Speaker 2 00:19:57 I, I don't, I step away. I don't like it.
Speaker 3 00:20:00 <laugh> so as you can see Susie, this is uh,
Speaker 1 00:20:03 Yeah, this is gonna be a hard one. <laugh> gonna be hard.
Speaker 3 00:20:06 Now that being said I'm I'm I'm yeah. I'm 80% convinced. Like, you know, see not
Speaker 2 00:20:10 My issues. I'm not gonna say never because see, I have heard that, you know, and you've told me this, that like once you're on there, like you don't feel anything either. You're it's like a big city, you know, mm-hmm
Speaker 1 00:20:22 <affirmative>
Speaker 3 00:20:22 Mm-hmm <affirmative> which funny enough. That's my issue with cruise ships <laugh> cause that, that didn't help. You know, it didn't help. My argument. Susie did, when I was like, Hey babe, I wanna get on a boat and travel with you. I wasn't thinking cruise ships. Like I wanted to get on those cargo ships that have no stabilized
Speaker 2 00:20:36 Service. It's that
Speaker 3 00:20:37 Mad? Like the ones that like, like I wanna work, you know, I wanna become a sailor, you know like, and I was like, babe, this is so cool. Cuz they let you work your travel or your journey through that way. You don't have to like pay anything. And I was like, that is gonna be so cool baby. Imagine I was living and working there and she's like, are you crazy? Then it would show her like the places that it would go through on the shipments and like the storms. And I, I didn't help much to be honest, but I kind of, it's it weird that I kind want that experience, Susie, I want like the sail
Speaker 2 00:21:02 Life go
Speaker 3 00:21:03 For it. Can you do that on a cruise ship? Is there like, cuz you mentioned like there's new recruit ships that have like more safety features. So is there like a tier list kind of like, oh this is for the beginners. This is for the adventures. The ones that wanna just go wild and just have like the
Speaker 1 00:21:16 Well
Speaker 2 00:21:16 <laugh>
Speaker 1 00:21:17 There's definitely. I mean, if, if Jessica were ever say, you know what, I'm gonna get over my fear. I'm gonna medicate myself. Yeah. And we're gonna go on a cruise ship. Right.
Speaker 3 00:21:26 That's what alcohol's for.
Speaker 1 00:21:27 As <laugh> as a travel advisor that specializes in cruises. I mean, I would definitely think several things. I would think the length of a cruise, the season of, of the cruise and where you want a cruise to and the actual cruise ship. I would not put you guys on a small ship. I would put you on a bigger ship because the bigger the ship, the less movement you feel like if you go on a canoe, you're gonna feel those waves. If you go, that's true on a cruise ship, Jesse, that is 180,000 gross tons. I guarantee you. You're not gonna feel it as much unless there's a storm. That's true. Then you're gonna feel some movement, you know? But on some of these larger cruise ships, you don't feel, uh, the movement as much as you would on a smaller cruise ship.
Speaker 2 00:22:11 So where would you put me in? And at what time of the year? Like what cruise would you suggest for me short?
Speaker 3 00:22:18 The biggest shortest nearest the
Speaker 2 00:22:20 Shore. No, no, hopefully no storm
Speaker 3 00:22:23 KA sun Lucas at the most boring time, you know like,
Speaker 1 00:22:28 Okay, because I know you guys live in Arizona, right? So I would actually have you drive to LA and we would do a three night, um, Ensenada cruise. It just goes to Ensenada in now as a town lot to. And so now that's a town not too far from the Quana, which is the border town. So we would go there. Why? Because it's short. And like, if you're like Susie, I'm done, I tried it. We could get you off in Insana you can drive <laugh>
Speaker 2 00:22:52 You can get
Speaker 3 00:22:54 Offs. Literally it, us, it would take us longer to get to LA than to ENS for where
Speaker 2 00:22:57 We're. Now you can get off off of them.
Speaker 3 00:23:00 Yeah. You can just like, not go back. You can do that
Speaker 1 00:23:02 If you needed to get off. Absolutely. If you're like, I, I can't I'm I'm I'm just like sick. I'm like, yeah. Oh yeah. That makes I could, yeah, you can get off
Speaker 3 00:23:12 Option. Okay.
Speaker 1 00:23:13 Is have your passport <laugh>
Speaker 2 00:23:15 Yeah,
Speaker 1 00:23:16 Yeah. You're time home.
Speaker 2 00:23:17 Yeah. I speak Spanish. I can, I can, I can get through <laugh>.
Speaker 1 00:23:21 Yeah. So thinking of everything you've said, that's a very short cruise. It's not far from Arizona. The embarkation port would be long beach or LA and we can get you off in Ensenada and we'd be like, okay, we tried it. Thank you. You get, you know, an award for participation. <laugh>
Speaker 2 00:23:40 Wait. So what are the penalties for you getting off of it? Oh, that's good question. Not completing
Speaker 3 00:23:44 Your cruise. Yeah. Good question there.
Speaker 1 00:23:45 Like I don't think there's any penalties you just get off. You're not gonna get your money back. So you would, you know, they're very cheap. First of all, you guys, those cruises, those three night cruises are super cheap. As a matter of fact, Jessica, I will do this for you. You decide to go on a three day cruise. I'll pay for it. Ooh. That is how like hardcore IM about like,
Speaker 3 00:24:06 Come with me. Here's the thing, Susie. Right? Which, which leads us to the next form once. Okay. Cuz if I'm gonna do a cruise, I've told you I want to go all out with all the stereotypes with it. I want to be tackiest tourists. Cause that's what I think of honestly, when I think of a cruise, you know, we think of, you know, the Hawaiian shirts, the, the ladies, people of a certain demographic, you know, we're thinking older people, you know what I mean? Like we're 90 hit cool millennials, you know what I mean? So I want for the, for the irony of it goes super tacky <laugh> and Jessica's worried about that. So is there more than just techy, cruise strips or what what's going on?
Speaker 1 00:24:42 I'm so glad that you're talking about this now because I think the other thing that I'm constantly having to justify for is that I am not that the misconception of what cruise travel, who goes on cruises nowadays, because traditionally speaking, the cruise industry started well, if we take it back to the Titanic days, they were called ocean liners. They were a method of transportation between people in Europe. And then those of us here, you know, in the United States as particularly the New York area, right? So Titanic and those ships, um, the queen Mary for example were used for because there was no airplanes. It was used for, um, getting from point a to point B, they're called ocean liners. Now they've kind of changed and evolved because obviously we have airplanes. It's much faster to go via airplane than cruise ship. They become a form of entertainment.
Speaker 1 00:25:34 It's kind of like an appetizer sampler. So if you bought a ship in Florida and you are going to the Caribbean, let's say you go to the Eastern Caribbean that takes you to St. Martin St. Thomas Tor, uh, Puerto Rico. You have. And you're like, Ooh, I really like this sport. And I really don't like this sport. So maybe I wanna come back and spend some time in St. Martin or, you know, ah, I went to Jamaica, eh, didn't really care for Jamaica. You know? So it kind of gives you a little taste of different islands because no two islands are the same. They're very, very different. And you can kind of figure out what you like and what you don't like without having to pack your bags, pack and pack, pack and unpack. And I know you guys have done that type of travel, right? So the nice part of cruise travel is that it's the convenience of being able to visit different, different destinations. So once the cruise industry started up, it was princess cruise lines, which is the original love boat. You guys know the love boat? No, I think you're younger than I'm. <laugh>
Speaker 3 00:26:38 <laugh>
Speaker 1 00:26:40 That was awkward. I'm like sounds weird. They dunno what the love is.
Speaker 3 00:26:43 <laugh> no, what's the love one. It sounds familiar.
Speaker 1 00:26:45 Wait, you're serious.
Speaker 3 00:26:47 <laugh> all I know. Is that one song from the eighties? Rock the boat. Rock the boat, babe.
Speaker 1 00:26:52 Oh, no, no. I'm tired right now.
Speaker 3 00:26:54 <laugh> you guys have never
Speaker 1 00:26:56 Heard of the love, the show, the love boat.
Speaker 3 00:26:58 No. Who, who is on it?
Speaker 1 00:27:00 Um, Kathy Lee Gifford was the godmother of the love boat. Yeah. I have no clue. Um, um, what's his name? Tattoo? The little, um, uh, oh my God. An Anita. I don't know how to say that in English. The
Speaker 3 00:27:13 Sweet life of Z and Cody.
Speaker 1 00:27:15 Oh my gosh. No, that's about it. So it is a very old show. I was a kid when it existed, cuz I am a little older than you guys are. But um, so they had the, the that's how the cruise line industry kind of took off was uh, princess cruise. Line's the love boat. And so now it started off with like a more seasoned kind of cruiser, but it's evolved. My goodness. Has it evolved? It is like good for families. Um, multi-generational families they have now we have an adult only cruise line called Virgin voyages. Jesse, this is one of the ones that I told you that you would like mm-hmm <affirmative> um, Richard Branson started his own cruise line and it's totally anti cruise. Like everything that you would think, um, there's no like to the right, to the right to the left. There's no Cuban shuffle. There's no wobble, wobble, no limb.
Speaker 3 00:28:04 What about the limbo? Cuz like they do that.
Speaker 1 00:28:06 Nobody does a fricking limbo come on. Like, okay, everybody
Speaker 3 00:28:08 Does a limb on the cruise ship. That's like really? You've
Speaker 1 00:28:10 Never been on one talking
Speaker 3 00:28:12 About you 85% of the reason why I wanna get in the cruise ship. You've ever been on one. Everybody does it. Yeah. Everybody you've ever been on one <laugh>
Speaker 1 00:28:20 And that's a misconception, right? Like that. Oh you only play shuffleboard in bingo. No. And I ice skate. You can, you can go on go-karts Jess, you can go on surf simulators. You can go on a carousel. I mean the water slides. It is truly an all inclusive type of experience. If you think about it mm-hmm <affirmative> so they cater to everyone. Most of the lines, some lines, you know, I would say are like colon America has more seasoned type cruisers of again, Virgin voyages as adults only, but rural Caribbean, carnival Norwegian, these ships are meant for families. Mm. And so that everyone has a little fun and they're not boring. There's something to do every single day. If you wanna be busy, you, you pull out your planner for the day and you do different things. Onwards and voyage is Jesse. I know you. I know you wouldn't do this cause I've gotten to you a little bit, but you can get a tattoo. <laugh> like people can go and get a tattoo. Literally they have a tattoo shop on that ship.
Speaker 3 00:29:20 Well, there's a storm going on. Like imagine like the boat, what? They don't walk. Right? Wait, is it like Vegas? Can you also get married? Yeah. Sounds like Vegas. Yeah.
Speaker 1 00:29:26 You can get, you can get married on a cruise ship. Absolutely. You have a wedding on a cruise ship.
Speaker 3 00:29:30 So wait. I'm I'm curious. So like the version is the anti cruise initiative. So like, you know, what, what does that mean? So I'm, I'm kinda curious about that one.
Speaker 1 00:29:38 Well, they don't even call it cruises. They call 'em voyages and we're not called cruisers. We're called sailors. Oh, Wow. Yeah. So
Speaker 2 00:29:48 It is true. Every time that I see an advertisement for a cruise, um, it's families, it's very targeted towards families. Uh, we don't have children, we
Speaker 3 00:29:59 Don't
Speaker 2 00:30:00 <laugh> so, um, to me, I, I can see myself going on a cruise if like we planned a family trip because we do have a lot of NA nieces and nephews. And I think that for the sake of the family trip, I would get over it. I would like suck it up and try my best and take all the, you know, stress reliever <laugh> and you know, like any type of tequila that I need to get through my day. But that, that's the only way that I would see myself saying, yes, I'll go. Or if my, you know, growing, getting older parents would want to go
Speaker 3 00:30:39 Don't if I can convince you about the super hip one
Speaker 2 00:30:41 Or, or that yeah, that would be cool. But I don't see, I never saw it as something that's targeted for. That's true. Our age group that decided not to have children.
Speaker 3 00:30:51 Yeah. That's true. It's like, and, and maybe that's what this Virgin voyages are, because that it's very much so it's always, the demographic is not us. It's like there's no, there's no hipster cafe being brewed with, you know, $17 of the charge. <laugh> so for that reason,
Speaker 2 00:31:09 And you know what, I'll tell you, it doesn't bother me. It doesn't bother me at all. We've gone, we've gone. We've done plenty of things. We went to the zoo, right. You've gone to, Jessie took me to the safari zoo for anniversary. So I could see a giraffe and be close to one. And literally like we were the, it, the kids were coming in free. So there was a bunch of families that day mm-hmm <affirmative> and it doesn't bother me. But, but what I'm saying is like the marketing, like the advertising for cruising is always like that. Like big families come and you know, it's always little kids and like older people, it's never really like anyone in between.
Speaker 3 00:31:44 That's right.
Speaker 1 00:31:45 And I think you bring up a good point because I know that the cruise lines are trying to, you know, change that, you know, like even on Disney, I was on a Disney cruise ship last week, there was a lot of millennials, like y'all on the ship where they're like die hard, like Disney YouTubers and content creators. And you could see cuz they had their gear and I'm like, oh yeah, here's another one. <laugh> um, that, you know, they walk around and I know they're a little younger than I am and there's no kids or so they have areas on the ship or they're adult only areas like they have the adult only restaurant, adult only cool adult, only coffee shop. That's where I hung out a lot. I, I have kids, but
Speaker 2 00:32:23 Your kids are older.
Speaker 1 00:32:25 Yeah. And well, they still annoying me sometimes. I hope they're not listening to this, but
Speaker 2 00:32:29 <laugh>, but they're not little that they need like supervision 24 7, like, you know?
Speaker 1 00:32:35 Yeah,
Speaker 2 00:32:35 Yeah. Trying to, so,
Speaker 1 00:32:37 But you know, you, you bring up a good point that I think that, uh, with, as we progress through society and people are not having big families, like they used to and people are choosing to, you know, be dinks, you know, dual income, no kids, families like you guys, uh, you have something like Virgin that could totally, I know. I know I would be willing to bet I would wear Raider gear Jesse, cuz he knows I'm not a Raider fan for an entire week. If I could get you on that cruise because I know it would be a product that you like. It would be something that I really think you it's a great food. The entertainment, the music. Um, there are no kids on that ship. The overall energy is very non cruisey. Like now there are like celebrity cruise lines that there's not a lot of kids, but it's more refined, really great food. Amazing shows like Broadway quality shows. And I know again, cuz I've gotten to know you Jesse, you like musical theater stuff and it can appreciate, you know that. So I, again, if you were to say Susie, I wanna book a cruise. I know what I would not put you on. That's awesome. Yeah. And that's why you need to travel agent
Speaker 3 00:33:48 <laugh> yeah, yeah. I was gonna say like, and, and that's probably the beauty of like curating everything because you see like every time when we thought about cruising a ship, all I knew was all right, well you go to the
Speaker 1 00:33:56 Disney, like
Speaker 3 00:33:57 The Disney media, expedia.com and then just click on X amount of days. And that's it, you know, like I never knew that there was a whole very personal curation behind it. So I mean, it just kind of speaks volumes to the value that you bring with whatever it is that you do Suzi, which is like, Hey man, I'm not just booking you vacation. I'm I'm curating all of this for you. So it be ticking off all your bugs. Yeah. Like it's safe for Jessica. She's not gonna die. It's gonna be in a time where she is gonna be, you know, calm water. She has a planner, but also it's a kind of a hipster or not hipster I would say, but it's a more modern approach to the typical cruising that we are kind of, you know, learned to stigmatize. So mm-hmm <affirmative> yeah, that, that, that sounds interesting, honestly. Yeah, it is.
Speaker 1 00:34:37 And there's a lot of people right now that are, are diving. Cuz I, you know, I book travel every day and my specialty is cruise travel that are first time cruisers. And I think that the more that we work at, I don't really Jesse consider myself a content creator, even though I do create content because I don't do YouTube and all that. I have a pretty nice following on TikTok.
Speaker 3 00:34:57 Yeah. I was gonna say like, you know, when, when you saw the, when you mentioned that you saw the content creators on YouTube, you were like, oh there's another one. I, I was immediately thinking, man, you should go flex your TikTok page for these dudes.
Speaker 1 00:35:07 Cause like
Speaker 3 00:35:08 <laugh>
Speaker 1 00:35:09 Well, I, you know, YouTube creation that content creation takes a long time. There's a lot of editing that goes on and you know, having a full time job, three kids, a husband and a job that takes a lot of my time, especially when I'm traveling. Like I can't, it's really hard to do that and I don't wanna like bite off more than I can chew. And quite frankly, like I'm happy right now with what I have. Oh yeah. In some, a lot of those content creators, that's all they do. Yes. Is create content. They don't, they don't do like, I, I have a business, I run a business and that's the part that's a little like how much time do I put aside Jesse to creating content.
Speaker 3 00:35:48 That's why we like podcast. It's, it's a slower burn. And it's more your pace while growing your business. Yeah. You're preaching to the choir when it comes to that Suzi all day.
Speaker 1 00:35:56 But I think more than ever, you know, from 2020 on, like I got slammed on social media for growing on cruises last year died
Speaker 2 00:36:05 A really bad rep, right. Because, oh my gosh, when COVID broke
Speaker 1 00:36:08 Out for years, even before COVID Jessica, they were like, you're gonna get neurovirus and it's dirty. And constantly being referred to as a Petri dish, again, misconception of the cruise industry. And so the cruise lines have worked extra hard in changing a lot of their things to make it really kind of stand out like, Hey, like this type of travel is safer than any type of travel. It's cleaner on a cruise ship than it is on an airplane. You know, you're safer on a cruise ship than you are at Disney world. So like several things in my, my goal, Jesse and Jessica has been to prove how safe we can do this. And you, the different sides of cruise travel that you don't see. You know? And I, I, cuz I am not, if you look at me, like I am not what you would consider. Like I never do the WBL wobble <laugh> and if you do, that's fantastic. Like dude, more power to you if you do the wobble wobble. But I there's different things that I like about the cruise industry that I don't think you see as much on social media. Like I enjoy the good music. I enjoy a good drink. I enjoy good food. But for me it's, again, that disconnect from land that really is like good for my soul it's therapy. And not only that, but meeting people from different countries like we met. Um, that's
Speaker 3 00:37:27 Cool. Yeah.
Speaker 1 00:37:28 I can see the DJ from last night on the Royal Caribbean cruise that I was on is from Ukraine. Oh. And so we, you know, his family's there. So like you get to really have these personal conversations from people all over the world. Ooh. I have friends from India that are crew members. I have one from South Africa that I'm very close to the Ukraine, Philippines, a lot of Filipino crew. And so what other type of travel is gonna give you that Jesse, what other type of travel Jessica is gonna allow you to meet people from all over the world in one place?
Speaker 3 00:38:00 Yeah, I think about that. I think when it comes to like the most, um, it's like, it's so packed within the itinerary that, you know, within, within a, a cruise ship, even though if it's big, it's still relatively small comparing to like, you know, going to a city for amount of time because we, we that's actually happened to us that we like, for example, perfect example would be New York. We go to New York. We purposely did not do a lot of the touristy stuff because you don't meet new Yorkers there mm-hmm <affirmative> right. I mean, you purposely, every time we go to a major city, we purposely try not to do the major touristy stuff because we wanna get an actual, authentic feel of where we're going. So it is kind of neat knowing that, you know, on a cruise ship at the very least, you know, with the, with the crew members, you kind of start getting more of that connection, you know, cuz we, we enjoy that when we've gone to the resort. Um, you know, for example, when we went to our, our honeymoon and the Dominican Republic, we stayed there, uh, at a resort and we connected really nice, uh, with the people that were working there. You know, cuz obviously when we started speaking Spanish and they spoke Spanish, we just connected a lot quicker. So we do enjoy that aspect. So that actually sounds really nice.
Speaker 2 00:39:03 No, and it makes sense because you're there for like, you're not just there one night, you know? Yeah. You're there for a couple days on the ship and you get to see the same people I assume. Right?
Speaker 3 00:39:11 Yeah.
Speaker 1 00:39:13 Yeah. And you know, like this morning I had, uh, the cut, the magician from the, the ship that I was on. We ended up talking to him, we gave him a ride to lax. He was the funniest dude ever. His name's Jason magic. I'm promoting, he shout out to Jason magic. He's super funny you guys. But like I got to know him and I got to meet him. And you know, when you get to hear their story about some of these crew members, you guys that leave their families for like eight months at of time and you, they show you their picture. They're like, this is my son. He's five years old and they work so hard. And the service they provide to you, it kind of like, I don't wanna say like, I feel sorry for them, but I'm so thankful for them. And I know that like it makes me wanna be a better person by giving back to them, you know, I've my friend and I bring chicharron cuz the Filipino crew love chicharron. So we like stubbed them, our suitcase with chicharron or chocolates or extra tips. Like I remember on one of my cruises last year, <inaudible> on the casino, I won money. And so I got a bunch of like ones and fives and I would just like every crew member that I'd be like here, buy yourself a coffee or here, you know like, and so I'm not, I'm not, I'm not telling you that. Like I'm uh, what's that one Saint that is supposed to give
Speaker 2 00:40:30 Theresa
Speaker 1 00:40:31 Yeah. Mother there. I'm not mother there, whoever that one, you know, but I, I do love giving back and I think that for me, this is the therapy of why I go on cruises because I feel like if I'm able to give back and learn from other people and really pay it forward.
Speaker 2 00:40:49 Yeah.
Speaker 1 00:40:49 I can come back to my job and be like, okay, this is why I'm doing this. This is why I'm working hard. Not only for my family and for my children, but really like at the end of the day when I go to bed, I wanna feel good about what I'm doing with my life. Not just the experiences, the fun, you know, the, the tangible items that I have. Like, you know, I wanna be able to say at the end of the day, like, all right, you're doing okay. Yeah.
Speaker 3 00:41:16 I like that's easy.
Speaker 2 00:41:17 I, I, I think you resonate with that because
Speaker 3 00:41:19 Yeah, because like, you know, for example, again, I know 1914, but the, the Titanic, you know, there's this huge like social class associated with cruising that it was like super snobby, right? Like, you know, if you
Speaker 2 00:41:30 Like a higher class,
Speaker 3 00:41:31 Exactly. It was a hands and the haves nots. So I, I'm not saying that every cruiser that is there is gonna be a certain way, you know, it definitely there's, it's, it's a lot of diversity, but I really do like that approach that, you know, um, you're, you're, you're there to not just enjoy yourself. Like if you're gonna be pampered, you're absolutely gonna be pampered. But at the same time, mm-hmm, <affirmative>, you know, you really are connecting with other people as well, without that, you know, snobby like, you know, super snobby perspective or approach that sometimes
Speaker 2 00:41:56 Thinking that cruising is only for a certain class.
Speaker 3 00:41:59 Exactly. Is that yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 2 00:42:01 I like that. Yeah. Because honestly, I don't know anybody like in my immediate family that,
Speaker 3 00:42:05 Well, it's not a very Mexican or Latino thing for us to like, are,
Speaker 2 00:42:08 They're not a Latinos on, on cruise ships
Speaker 3 00:42:11 Cruising. I know in the crew for sure. Right. Little like cruising,
Speaker 1 00:42:16 If you go on a cruise from Florida, um, you have a lot of Puerto Puertoricans Dominican, Vanessa Laos, Colomb Banos, um, a cruise from LA. You're gonna have a lot of, um, Mexicanos like us, like you and I, so it really honestly, like I book a lot of people. I, my two Puerto Rican friends, they, they book, uh, a lot of people from Puerto Rico from the east coast. Guanos so yeah. I mean, I think it's definitely not a trip of travel that, because I think there's a lot of people like Jessica in our, in our culture. Right. Uh, that have those fears. So I think it's definitely a place where I wanna put a lot of energy into and expose this type of travel for our <inaudible> for, you know, the people of, of Latin American countries. That it is a possibility. So I just don't think it's, there's been a lot of media attached to that.
Speaker 2 00:43:12 Yeah.
Speaker 3 00:43:12 So, so basically like, you know, with this here we get, okay. It sounds like it's relatively safe. Cool. <laugh> sounds like it can be curated to many different likes and wants and needs. That's cool. But on done with that Susie, we are like you said, millennials and we like missions and purpose.
Speaker 2 00:43:28 I was gonna say that when she was talking about purpose like that, she feels like she goes on a cruise and she feels fulfilled. I wanted to think, I think that, that we're shifting into that kind of lifestyle. Yes. And I really, I really do believe that like when you invest in something or you, or you take a part of something, we are now looking into things that are gonna give back. Yes. And for me it's a huge, like, to me, <laugh>, it's a very good feeling to know that if I do X and Y, or if I buy something from this place, they're gonna plant a tree somewhere, you know, like, oh, really? Exactly. Yeah. And, and I, I purposely look for like, we, we don't just go to a zoo that, that we know is going to be harming their animals, Jesse. And I always go to places like SHA sanctuaries and that we know that this money's going to like help this animal, like not be extinct or recover from whatever was happening in their life. They got sick, they rescued it from que, right. So we like to put our money towards missions and towards things that are gonna give back to our environment and
Speaker 3 00:44:36 Our, how do we, how do we enjoy ourselves by, but also at the same time, be able to sleep with ourselves at
Speaker 2 00:44:41 Night. Yeah. Purpose. <laugh> like traveling with purpose.
Speaker 3 00:44:43 How do we do thats?
Speaker 1 00:44:45 Well, a lot of the cruise lines and I have a few that I will touch on, have really started to target that. I would say in the past 10 years, really putting effort into how do we make cruising not only safer, but also not leaving that, you know, footprint of not destroying our wildlife, not polluting our waters. And I'll give you some examples. Royal Caribbean, uh, has one of their ports is in Haiti. Now, if, if you've heard of Haiti in the media, in the news, they've gone through a lot. I mean, they're, they've gone through political, uh, political unrest. I think wasn't there like prime minister. Some their, somebody was murdered recently, right? Not only that, but like earthquakes, like they've had their entire, um, cities, demolished, um, a lot of poverty. So one of their stops run of Royal Caribbean supports is called the Ladi.
Speaker 1 00:45:42 And it's in the country of Haiti. Royal Caribbean is one of the lines that invest in their ports by creating schools for the locals, creating jobs for the locals in LaDee. There are 7,000 village residents that have now have access to water and sanitation facilities. I know when I was on carnival last year, they, um, have, uh, invested in the local community. Was it in the Dominican Republic where they create, uh, water, they have water towers, they have plumbing for the local residents because when you invest in those sports, you're helping the ports because now people wanna go there because it's so pretty and the beaches and the food dude. So you have to also give back to the local community. So you have people running, you know, the different tour operators or running, working at the port or running the restaurants. People wanna go off and you wanna have some local cuisine where you have to have restaurants. So it's all about paying forward to, um, building new ports and providing jobs. I mean, such a like thing that you and I take for granted, like clean water and then running. Yeah. You know, mm-hmm <affirmative> so, you know, Royal, Caribbean has been committed to that. Norwegian cruise lines has, uh, I was telling Jesse this other day, they, uh, no longer have plastic water bottles for water. It's all, uh, uh, cartons milk, milk, like a milk, uh, carton, uh, bot box water is what it's called. Excuse
Speaker 2 00:47:17 Me. Yeah. I've seen it. Yeah.
Speaker 1 00:47:19 And there's no more plastic straws. They're all paper straws
Speaker 3 00:47:23 Saving the turtles guides,
Speaker 2 00:47:24 The turtles
Speaker 1 00:47:25 <laugh> there you go. Millennials are saving the turtles. Uh, there are other lines that also really have, uh, per they, they buy these private islands. A lot of them are in The Bahamas. And, um, MSC is one that they it's called the ocean key Marine reserve where they actually build, um, coral reefs, uh, so that, you know, you can have the sea life, uh, to have fish have a sea life. And it's so important to have that, you know, for the oceans to have corals instead of destroying
Speaker 3 00:47:59 Destroying. Oh. So they can like create like sanctuaries for
Speaker 1 00:48:01 Like yes, exactly. Uh, a lot of the cruise ships right now are, are starting to switch to L and G uh, powered cruise ship. So what is L and G have you heard of it? Mm-hmm no liquified natural gas. So L and G is one of the, the cleanest burning, non electric Marine fuel. So it, uh, reduces, uh, emissions by 99%. And it also reduces nitrogen oxide emissions by 85%. So, oh, wow.
Speaker 3 00:48:33 Those are not, no joke numbers. That's wild.
Speaker 1 00:48:36 Yeah. And you know, cruise ship is a, like, it it's like a city that functions within itself. So it uses its own water. Um, they have their own like osmosis systems.
Speaker 3 00:48:48 Ooh. Say the word Suzy you're so close. You see those key words and it's gonna like send all millennials through <laugh> is it self-sustaining it is self, is it self-sustaining Suzy
Speaker 1 00:48:57 Wait, listen to this one. Ready? I'm gonna rock your world. They have, they have compost on the ship panels. Do they need
Speaker 3 00:49:04 Panels? I don't know, but they need solar
Speaker 1 00:49:06 Panels.
Speaker 3 00:49:06 I don't know. <laugh> I don't know I'm going. I think the only be maybe the only way to get this like more eco-friendly is if they like, literally tie the whales to the rope so they can pull the ships, but <laugh> oh, wow.
Speaker 1 00:49:16 Well, I know that embassy is the safest cruise line when, in terms of not harming Wells, by the way. Aw, if you guys, they just got that recently, but in you, in addition, they partner up with like real Caribbean partners, partners up with, uh, WWF with WW. And I'm been talking about the wrestling, the
Speaker 3 00:49:34 Wrestling. Yeah.
Speaker 1 00:49:34 No world wildlife fund mm-hmm <affirmative> where, you know, they are able to help ensure that not only do the cruise ships, you know, in, in not harming the wild animals, but also investing in the destinations and working with where operators are gonna respect wildlife. And so there's a lot of partnership that goes on from the cruise lines with other organizations, um, Royal Caribbean has sustainable seafood. Uh, so I think they're definitely doing a lot on their part to reduce their footprint on this, on this earth. And again, if you were to go on a cruise ship, you would see like the signs that they have, like, you know, don't like, let's save them mermaid, like on, on Disney, they have little aerial and then the towel will be like, you know, if you wanna say, you know, conserve water, like reuse your towel, like maybe
Speaker 3 00:50:30 We have a lot of that. They market that better. Cuz like, yeah. If they market more like saving turtles and Eagle friendly stuff, um, possibly our demographic would be more interesting than the folks that are showing like, you know, rip off margaritas. So mm-hmm <affirmative> I don't know, like
Speaker 1 00:50:42 They have their own recycling board. You guys. Yeah.
Speaker 3 00:50:45 We would have, we had no clue about that. Like, you know what I mean? Like we had
Speaker 2 00:50:47 No clue. So if I go on a, on a cruise lines website, would this information be out there?
Speaker 1 00:50:53 Absolutely. Okay. Absolutely. So I did some research, you know, before this podcast to make sure to, to give you guys some items in case you were to ask me as millennials, that you are about, you know, the environmentally friendly stuff and you can definitely go on the cruise lines website and find that information. Um, but you know, I've given you several things to consider and I will keep my word because this is gonna be recorded and published
Speaker 2 00:51:19 <laugh>
Speaker 1 00:51:22 Our friendship is definitely not over. Um, and I want Jessica for you to consider one day joining my husband and I on a cruise. And, uh, we'll see, like, uh, I know that your fear, I respect your fear. Um, but I also know that, you know, for everyone listening, don't let these stereotypes of cruise travel, stop you from possibly trying your first cruise, because there's so many more positives to this industry. Like even meeting you guys. And, you know, I met you through, someone had mentioned, and that someone was friends with someone else in the cruise line industry. And that's how kind of I found your podcast. And I, I fell in love with this concept of bilingual podcast, and I could relate a lot to what you guys were sharing, but all of this really honestly was, uh, because of the, the cruise line industry. You guys didn't didn't know that. So Ford Quarterman, Ford Quarterman, excuse me. Uh, he, uh, had, was friends with someone that worked on a row Caribbean ship. I forgot her name, but I was following her. And she posted about Ford, four posted about you. And that's how I, I found out about you guys. Wow.
Speaker 3 00:52:34 That's so crazy.
Speaker 1 00:52:36 And so I never told you that, did I?
Speaker 2 00:52:38 Oh, it to the cruise <laugh> that's right industry like it or not, Jessica? No, I like it. I like it. That's a cute story. That is so cool. Yeah. I'm never gonna say never. Um, especially because you make me feel, uh, seen and safe. I feel like if Jesse were to just present this to me out of nowhere, like, Hey, I just booked as a cruise. Yeah. Like I would just panic. Yeah. That's true. But because you know, you are so good at your job. <laugh>
Speaker 3 00:53:10 That that's, that that's really, it,
Speaker 2 00:53:12 It makes me feel more comfortable that that I'm being taken into consideration within all of my anxieties of that's
Speaker 3 00:53:22 True fruits. Yeah. That's true. Cause a lot of people that maybe are a little bit like maybe just iffy about even taking the plunge and trying it is it's the unknown. So just the fact that you can go over those details. Yeah. And be like, look, we're gonna answer. So as many of the unknowns as possible, will that make you feel better? Mm-hmm
Speaker 2 00:53:37 <affirmative> yeah, it does. Yeah. That,
Speaker 1 00:53:38 Well, thank you for that. You guys, I really do appreciate again, like I, I'm very honest in, in everything that I do, uh, sometimes too honest, but you know, to summarize this, some cruise travels, not for everyone and I get it, I totally get it. But for people that talk negatively about the cruise lines and still have never tried it, that's where I'm like, dude, you gotta, you gotta back up <laugh> you know what I mean? And so from my job, you know, with this podcast is to create that, that space of sharing what I love about it. And it's just not the wobble wobble or the Cupid shuffle or playing bingo or you know, those cheesy misconceptions or stereotypes. It's about sharing with you guys. What I take from it because there's a whole nother world to it. And so I hope that one day we'll get you there and when you're ready, you know who to call
Speaker 3 00:54:29 <laugh>. Yeah. That's for all of those, like you're gonna be our go to versus Suzu like, you know? Yeah, for sure. I love, I love like figuring out travel, but um, a lot of times I look and read the regulations myself, but it's true. What Jessica mentioned a lot of times I figure out things and then I kind of leave her in the dark mm-hmm <affirmative> yeah. And I'm like, all right, babe, we draw all this. I'm gonna do that. And then she's like, what about XYZ? Don't worry about it. We'll figure it out.
Speaker 1 00:54:51 How about we do this to, to close this out. Okay. Ready?
Speaker 3 00:54:53 Ready? Ready?
Speaker 1 00:54:55 Jessica. Cover Your ears. Okay. Are her ears covered?
Speaker 3 00:55:02 Her eyes are closed. We're it's like the one thing that she's not supposed to do <laugh>
Speaker 1 00:55:08 We're gonna blindfold her
Speaker 3 00:55:09 Uhhuh.
Speaker 1 00:55:10 Yeah. And we're just gonna get her on. You're gonna be like, babe, just pack your bags. We're
Speaker 3 00:55:15 I'm gonna stop you right there. I tried this before Susie. I've tried to kidnap my own wife before to kidnap. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've tried to like, get on, get packed. Like
Speaker 2 00:55:23 If Susie's there I'll I'll be fine.
Speaker 3 00:55:25 Yeah. Okay. <laugh> that's, that's what it is. No, you did a, I think you did a great job of like, just explaining those things that a lot of times goes with. I don't know. I guess we'll figure it out. You its like, like we go in with such, I don't know, like when we, when we first got on an airplane, she's like, what's the rules and I don't know, dude, like we'll figure it out. Like we got into this.
Speaker 2 00:55:44 Country's like, but I feel like it's different. Like an airplane's just like a couple hours and then you're, that's not your vacation,
Speaker 3 00:55:49 But like even with the cities that we got to, the countries that we got to.
Speaker 2 00:55:52 Yeah. But this, the whole cruise is your vacation. <laugh> yeah. So you kind of have to be on board. <laugh> literally,
Speaker 3 00:55:58 <laugh>
Speaker 1 00:55:59 When you're ready. I'm here and I, again, thank you guys both so much. Like I really can't wait whether it's cruise or not to meet you both in person and to hang out, hang and um, I know it's a matter of time and you guys are amazing. And again, thank you so much for being my first guess on my podcast Here on countdown travels. Yeah. And I'm going to link your information here on the podcast episode so that people can give you guys a follow. And for those of you listening, they provide amazing services. Uh, Jesse, do you wanna share really quick what you guys do for other people like myself?
Speaker 3 00:56:36 Appreciate that. So, um, you know, this, we started all a screening, just some podcasts, but now at the 50 50 media, it has evolved to just truly doing a, the done four you step by stand podcast. Launching service has really been the main bread and butter. So specifically with folks who have a business, like in this case with Susie, right. And they wanna promote that business. But at the same time, do it in a way that, you know, a creative outlet, a creative outlet that has, can be done at their own pace. And you don't, you don't wanna be overwhelmed. Like how do I start with this and this and this and that we help, we help with every step of the way. And you know, so far that we've been getting a lot of great feedback on that as well. And Susie, we appreciate, you know, you trusting us with this project, cause this is like your creative baby. And this is, you know, this is not something that you just like wanna just trust anybody with. So thank you for trusting in with us, you know? And uh, just taking that journey yourself cuz you're now on the podcast journey. Yeah. So thank you.
Speaker 1 00:57:28 Well, you guys are the best of the best and again, please, uh, contact me if you want some more information or how to get, uh, connected with uh, the 50 50, or if you feel the message them again, I'm gonna link their information here on the episode description again, you guys thank you so much. I appreciate it from the bottom of my heart. And um, I hope to talk to both of you guys very soon as we're gonna book your cruise. Okay. Thank
Speaker 3 00:57:52 You Susie.
Speaker 1 00:57:53 Thank you. Big. Thank you again to my friends at the 50 50 podcast, Jesse and Jessica, it was an honor having you guys as my very first guest speakers here on my countdown travels podcast. Can't wait to see you guys on a cruise ship. If you like this one and want to hear more, please give me a follow and would love for you to give me a review. Let me know what you think of this countdown travels podcast until the next one, my friends stay safe and I will see you soon.
