New Orleans Eat Club

Convivial and Delectable Cruises
With Tom Fitzmorris and Friends!

After hosting weekly wine dinners for years, we put together a cruise in 2002. It sold out to a great bunch of people. We partied and dined so well that we've hosted more cruises each year since. Each cruise has been better than the one before. Join us for a uniquely delicious vacation!

Future Cruise Plans
Eastern Mediterranean! June 17-June 30, 2007
Aboard the brand-new Carnival Freedom
Rome. . . Naples. . . Rhodes, Greece. . . Istanbul. . . .Smyrna. . . Athens. . . Kataklon. . . Florence. . . .Rome (full day and night)
From $2490 per person, including airfare. Click here for details.

Mardi Gras in Mexico And Belize!
Sailing From New Orleans February 3-10, 2008
Aboard The Carnival Triumph
Seven Nights: Belize, Cozumel, and Progreso, Yucatan
From $755 per person. . . Balcony staterooms $1055! (double occupancy).
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The Advantages of Eat Club Cruising

The greatest advantage to traveling as a group is the camaraderie that gets going after the first day or two. We've had many people who were strangers to one another when they travel with us end the cruise as fast friends. Having a group allows us some other benefits, too:

Gala Dinner. Almost all the ships we sail on have a reservations-only, gourmet supper club. It offers the kind of food, service, wine, and surroundings you're accustomed to finding in our four-star New Orleans restaurants. For most passengers, dining in the supper club incurs a $30-$35 per person surcharge. We negotiate a complimentary supper club dinner for all Eat Club cruisers.

Special Seating in the Main Dining Room. We reserve a group of large tables in the main dining room for our nightly dinners. Join me and others in the group every night and watch some special service come down. (But you can dine anywhere you like, anytime.)

Daily Newsletter. Every day during the cruise, I write a newsletter full of tips for the next port of call, plans for our group activities on and off the ship, and other timely news. It's delivered (usually by me personally) to your stateroom mailbox.

Eat Club Cocktail Party. The ship throws a private afternoon gathering for us during the cruise. This is always one of our favorite onboard events, with an open (free) bar and appetizers. We do this at the end of the cruise, so we can hang out and talk one last time, now that we all know one another.

Daily Informal Get-Togethers. Nothing on the cruise schedule (other than the safety drill) is mandatory. But we organize tours, dinners in the ports, and onboard gatherings where members of our group can socialize if they care to. I announce the venue for our daily gatherings in the newsletter I distribute daily on the ship.

Group Photo. We gather everyone together for a group shot on the ship (which is like herding cats, I've found). Why would you want this? Believe me, you will. Each cabin gets a free eight-by-ten.

Pre-Cruise Get-Acquainted Dinner. A couple of weeks before we depart, we'll have a dinner for cruisers at Drago's. It'll give us a chance to meet one another, compare notes on the on-shore tours available, ask and answer questions, get your travel documents, and have a great dinner, too.

Please Read. Every cruise, we're asked whether one can book one's own cruise online or through another travel agent and still join the Eat Club's group activities. Let me explain why the answer to this is no, even for my best friends. The cruise line gives us special considerations based on the number of people we have in our group. Passengers who reserve outside the group do not count in that tally. If we included them in our activities, their participation would be subsidized by passengers who did book with our group. And it would compromise our ability to offer the amenities we provide. We can't make any exceptions. I appreciate your understanding.

Meet Debbie, Our Travel Agent
I know about eating and drinking and being a good host. But I leave the details of the travel arrangements to a professional: Debbie Himbert, our travel agent. She will answer your questions quickly and thoroughly, and leave no stone unturned in trying to accommodate you. But first--so we can have you on our list (we will just use this for matters pertaining to this cruise, and not for anything else)--please. . .

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Or call Debbie Himbert:
504-456-0846 or (cell) 504-338-3376.

You can also direct questions to me personally by e-mail: cruise@nomenu.com.

I sure hope you can join us on one of our cruises! They're always relaxing, fascinating, delicious, romantic. And, best of all, fun!

Tastefully yours,
Tom Fitzmorris