2009 Cruise Deals
2009 Corolla S Question?
Is this a good deal for a 2009 Corolla S? $20,459?
It is an aoutomatic. The MSRP is $21,971
I was told that it was a good deal. I believe him, but I just want another opinion. Thanks!
Additional options
Cruise Control
Power Package
Rear deck spoiler
Power tilt/slide moonroof
vehicle stability control
window tint
carpet mat set
aluminum wheel upgrade
Permavin glass etch
Vehicle Shield package
Thanks alot!
TJZ-
The Vehicle shield package includes a lusterizing sealant (another coat of clear coat) sound shield, and a bottle of sealant cleaner that you apply once a year. The warranty on the paint job is extended by another year.
Yes, buy it! Trust me. I purchased a 2009 Corolla S in metallic grey a little over 3 week ago and it is the best buy I have ever made. I have a long commute to work, so far I am over 1600 miles and today will be my fourth fill up! The gas mileage alone is worth the price plus that is a great deal. The car also has great handling, a nice smooth ride, a sporty feel, and it looks great. I have actually ha dpeople with olde rmodel s's stopping and drooling at mine. I also lik ethat the 2009 is larger than past models. Honesty, this car is the best car I have ever driven and I love it, I would completely recomend buying it.
Dealing With the New Us Travel Initiative
The paramountcy of security considerations in air travel is, for Americans, something that has been non negotiable since terrorists slammed commercial aircraft into the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. If there were any likelihood of a lessening of intense feeling about air travel security, this was blown away by the recent plot unearthed in London against transatlantic flights to the USA.
This is the context in which we must view the decision last week by the US lawmakers to reaffirm the deadline for the coming into effect of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. Under this measure, US citizens will be required to have passports in order to return home by air from trips to the Caribbean, Mexico and Canada. Having agreed to extend the previous deadline for its introduction from January 2006 to January 2007, US lawmakers were in no mood for a further extension.
But while insisting on the passport requirements for air travel beginning in January 2007, the lawmakers, apparently at the last minute, entertained lobbying efforts by the cruise-ship industry to postpone the application of the requirement to cruise travellers until June 2009. This is pretty much in line with the treatment accorded border crossings by land in respect of Mexico and Canada. Clearly, trans border crossings and ocean travel are viewed by the Americans as being of lesser ranking in terms of security risks than is air travel.
Notwithstanding the lobbying efforts that must be continued at the highest political levels for similar treatment to the cruise business, it is critical that the key stakeholders of the regional tourist industry intensify their campaigns in US markets to get travellers to acquire passports. The challenge that has been presented will, I am sure, open up opportunities for even more creative means to promote our destinations, and in the process, sensitise potential visitors about the new requirement. As of now, hoteliers, tourist boards, airlines, travel agents and tour operators have been running infomercials, but there needs to be a heightening of awareness as the deadline approaches.
The Caribbean has been benefiting from the fear of terrorism in certain parts of the world since 9/11, and is generally seen as a relatively safe area for travel. Consequently, visitor arrivals in this region have recovered quickly and we are now enjoying real growth. This is even truer for the cruise business, with the Caribbean becoming dominant in that business. Jamaica has done better than the average in the growth of stopover visitor arrivals, as well as in cruise passengers. For the current calendar year, we have indeed been experiencing accelerated growth rates in both areas.
While the cruise side of our business will be further enhanced by the extended grace period granted to it, there are justifiable fears among the hoteliers that this may be partly at the expense of land-based tourism. With a projected 1.2 million stopover visitors from the USA this year and on the basis of the current level of such visitors who travel on documents other than passports, there is substantial work to be done by Jamaica in particular, to mitigate the potential damage of the bias towards the cruise business. This work will not be made easy by any lethargy by American travellers towards acquiring passports.
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 In the Kings Name or The Cruise of the Kestrel List Price: See Reviews For This Product Description"Morning on board the _Kestrel_, his Britannic majesty''s cutter, lying on and off the south coast on the lookout for larks, or what were to her the dainty little birds that the little falcon, her namesake, would pick up. For the _Kestrel''s_ wings were widespread to the soft south-easterly breeze that barely rippled the water; and mainsail, gaff topsail, staysail, and jib were so new and white that they seemed to shine like silver in the sun. "  |
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 The Cruise of the Thetis List Price: See Reviews For This Product Description"Hillo, Singleton, old chap, how are you?" exclaimed a young fellow of about eighteen years of age, as he laid his hand upon the shoulder of a lad about his own age, who, on a certain fine July day in the year of grace 1894, was standing gazing into the window of a shop in Piccadilly. |
 Old Gold or, The Cruise of the Brig Jason, List Price: See Reviews For This Product DescriptionHere we have yet another suspense-filled adventure novel by Fenn. There seems to be no end to the situations into which the people in the book can get themselves, and from which there seem to be no escape. |
 In the King's Name List Price: See Reviews For This Product DescriptionMorning on board the _Kestrel_, his Britannic majesty's cutter, lying on and off the south coast on the lookout for larks, or what were to her the dainty little birds that the little falcon, her namesake, would pick up. For the _Kestrel's_ wings were widespread to the soft south-easterly breeze that barely rippled the water; and mainsail, gaff topsail, staysail, and jib were so new and white that they seemed to shine like silver in the sun. |