With the last of our announced cruises coming to the latter stages of bookings we ran a survey from June to September 2015 to gauge interest in possible further cruises. Here is a summary of the results. By weighting the different responses, ranging from not interested to definitely interested the following is the percentage of respondents estimated that are likely to come on each of the several cruise options:

2017 cruise options …

Earlier this year we flagged the possibility of further cruises in 2017 and possibly beyond. We had a short survey with our blog about this, but at the time did not know 2017 cruise schedules. The early 2017 cruise schedules are now announced, and for best choice of cruises with suitable conference rooms, we should make a decision on whether to proceed and what cruise to request in the next few months.

Brief review of cruises to date …

UPDATE: Sale extended to 31 May 2015

Celebrity Cruises currently have a great new bonus offer–for new bookings by 10 May 2015 [now 31 May]. Two of our cruises are eligible for this bonus offer: …

At about this time last year we set a two year schedule of cruises to give good notice and choice from a variety of itineraries, price levels and conference offerings.

A 2017 cruise?
We made no commitment at the time to do any more, but with the imminent release of another year’s schedules from the cruise lines we are considering 2017 possibilities …

The recent RootsTech exhibition and conference in Salt Lake City (we exhibited there) reportedly had over 21,000 people registered. It attracted genealogists from all over the world, including at least 15 from Australia, but by far the largest number of those were from Utah, people who may have had some interest but not be active genealogists.

The Who Do You Think You Are? Live! show in the UK attracts over 13,000 and the New Zealand fair in 2013 had 4000 attendees, …

Unlock the Past cruises is delighted to announce 13 winners of AU$6000 worth of prizes – from a draw from all those who book a future cruise between 12 May and 31 December 2014 – AND who subscribed to our cruises newsletter.

Here are the 13 prize winners: …