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Zoom (Call) With The Paper to Costa Rica
A few weeks ago we announced our next exciting venture with Collette Travel, a trip to Costa Rica with The Times and TV funnyman Dick Wolfsie.
The editors tell me here’s the part where I have to share all the details – although I think a few witty comments thrown in might work out better. Sigh. They’re the ones with the red pens, so . . .
The trip takes place from Feb. 6-14 and The Times & Collette are taking signups now. Space is limited, so if you are considering it, the cutoff to get your seat reserved is at the end of this month. Why six months out? I don’t know. I just write what they tell me.
With that out of the way . . . Oh, they’re telling me I forgot something. Ah yes, there is a Zoom meeting scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 13 – a week from today – and you are all invited. If you don’t know what a Zoom meeting is, join the club. OK, OK, I officially know what it is. But until a few months ago I didn’t. I just assumed the rest of the world had become like me, always running late and zooming to the next meeting.
Turns out, that’s not it. It’s some new-fangled technology thing (hey, before you point out how long Zoom meetings have been around just remember – anything after 1990 is still relatively new in my view). All you have to do is get on your smarter phone or you tablet or computer or whatever you use to connect to the world widened web. You go to the link and type in your meeting ID.
For the record, our tech folks helped me with this.
The Phone One-Tap is:
The meeting URL is:
And the meeting ID is:
897 1789 0584
If you understand that about as well as I do, they also tell me you can go to our website and click on the Collette ad and it’ll get you there.
Anyways, the trip should be an absolute blast. Dick hosted a trip to see the Northern Lights in Iceland and everyone reported having a great time. We also did another trip with the wonderful Debbie Schavietello as the hostess with the mostess. That group went to Europe and Ireland and also reported a wonderful experience.
The connection, of course, is Collette. Wheel of Fortune watchers are familiar with the company. They’ve been behind a great many trips for years on the popular TV game show. And saying Collette gets 5-star reviews might be an understatement. Is there a 10-star review for customer service, travel and fun?
So please join in on the Zoom call and find out all the details. You can ask questions, make observations, ooh and aah, whatever you like. There’s no cost and absolutely no risk. And the way I understand it, folks on that call can go ahead and reserve their seat if they so choose. Ah, the wonders of technology.
Two cents, which is about how much Timmons said his columns are worth, appears periodically on Wednesdays in The Paper. Timmons is the publisher of The Paper and can be contacted at ttimmons@thepaper24-7.com.