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#1 Mishtar

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Posted 18 March 2015 - 10:29 PM

Good day. I am a Canadian living down in Colorado for a few years and I do not get out diving nearly as much as I wish I would so I am looking to do a few trips a year. I only have my Open water from PADI so far but I am looking to upgrade this. I did do a 10 week diving course for 8 hours a day back in 2001 and I logged many dives with the Military and I was the Diving Officer on a Ship but this was all between 2001 - 2003. So as of now my log that I got in 2008 when I did the PADI course only shows 8 dives but I have a few more that I still need to log from last year in Cozumel.  I am hoping to go on a trip this year possibly the Bonaire trip in September if I can get a membership sorted out before the end of tomorrow so that I can get the early bird discount.

 

I look forward to meeting and diving with some of you in the future.

 

Don



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Posted 19 March 2015 - 10:15 AM

Welcome Don!  Glad you found us.  This certainly is an active group of divers to get you back in the swing of it.

 

Membership is easy.  Just click on the Membership tab at the top of the page.

 

We'd love to have you with us in Bonaire!  Any questions, feel free to ask!

 

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Posted 19 March 2015 - 11:33 AM

:hiya: Don, and :welcome:  to the wonderful world fo Singledivers.com.   The Bonaire trip would be a fabulous one to go on and have a blast.  There are lots of really fabulous and fun people to dive with.  Hope you are able to make the trip. :teeth: 



#4 Mishtar

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Posted 19 March 2015 - 12:26 PM

Welcome Don!  Glad you found us.  This certainly is an active group of divers to get you back in the swing of it.

 

Membership is easy.  Just click on the Membership tab at the top of the page.

 

We'd love to have you with us in Bonaire!  Any questions, feel free to ask!

 

Clint aka ScubaClint

Hi Clint, I applied for my Military membership but then when I went to pay for my premium membership it did not let me as it said I have a membership pending. Am I able to go ahead and still pay for the Bonaire trip and fill everything out and then just pay for the Premium membership once that part is sorted out?

 

Don



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Posted 19 March 2015 - 12:49 PM

 

Welcome Don!  Glad you found us.  This certainly is an active group of divers to get you back in the swing of it.

 

Membership is easy.  Just click on the Membership tab at the top of the page.

 

We'd love to have you with us in Bonaire!  Any questions, feel free to ask!

 

Clint aka ScubaClint

Hi Clint, I applied for my Military membership but then when I went to pay for my premium membership it did not let me as it said I have a membership pending. Am I able to go ahead and still pay for the Bonaire trip and fill everything out and then just pay for the Premium membership once that part is sorted out?

 

Don

 

 

Hi Don,

 

I'll get someone to look at your account that is able to see what's up on the backend. We'll get it straight.

 

Yes, you can still go ahead and sign up for the Bonaire trip to make the eary booking discount.  We know that you are in the process of membership.

 

**As a note**  The payment portal doesn't subtract any discounts, so take it out yourself.  For example, if you are signing up for the $1447 (pkg 1), enter $1347 for your base trip price.  At the bottom there is a memo section and you can note you took off the $100 EBD. We'll know by the time/date stamp that you qualified.

 

Clint



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Posted 19 March 2015 - 03:52 PM

 

 

Welcome Don!  Glad you found us.  This certainly is an active group of divers to get you back in the swing of it.

Membership is easy.  Just click on the Membership tab at the top of the page.

We'd love to have you with us in Bonaire!  Any questions, feel free to ask!

 

Clint aka ScubaClint

Hi Clint, I applied for my Military membership but then when I went to pay for my premium membership it did not let me as it said I have a membership pending. Am I able to go ahead and still pay for the Bonaire trip and fill everything out and then just pay for the Premium membership once that part is sorted out?

Don

 

Hi Don,

I'll get someone to look at your account that is able to see what's up on the backend. We'll get it straight.

Yes, you can still go ahead and sign up for the Bonaire trip to make the eary booking discount.  We know that you are in the process of membership.

**As a note**  The payment portal doesn't subtract any discounts, so take it out yourself.  For example, if you are signing up for the $1447 (pkg 1), enter $1347 for your base trip price.  At the bottom there is a memo section and you can note you took off the $100 EBD. We'll know by the time/date stamp that you qualified.

Clint

Hello Don aka Mishtar and I echo everyone's hearty Welcome Aboard! Kamala puts her heart and soul into creating fantastic trips for our community of buddyless divers, and Bonaire is one of our banner destinations; we are positive you will really enjoy the experience with us.

 

Our Diver in Uniform subscription is free with Premier privileges to Active Duty military only; please scan an image of your military ID and email the image as an attachment to charlies@singledivers.com and I can process your subscription to Paid (een though the amount is $0) in a jiffy!

 

If you are retired military (as am I) or already discharged from the service, I can cancel the Divers in Uniform subscription (all go to intermediate "Pending" status until manually processed) and you may go ahead and purchase the Premier Member subscription using the same process as you did for Divers in Uniform. Again, welcome to the group!


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Posted 19 March 2015 - 06:48 PM

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I look forward to meeting and diving with some of you in the future.

Don

Hello again Don, thanks for your ID scan. Your Divers in Uniform subscription is activated with the same privileges as Premier Members (access other member profiles, use of Private Messaging and of course eligibility for Bonaire and all other trips!) Be sure to review thoroughly the initial post in the Bonaire trip topic, it's a LOT of info but over 80% of it is directly applicable to the signup process.

 

Of course we have to Sell the Soap a little bit, but 20% is not too bad right?) :cool2:


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Posted 19 March 2015 - 09:32 PM

WELCOME DON!!!  And :thankyou: for your service! :usflag: We are THRILLED TO HAVE OUR MILITARY BOTH CURRENT AND FORMER as part of our diving family (we would not be here if it were not for men and women like yourself and my father, grandfather and many relatives of mine and our members). :respect:

 

And of course we welcome all new members to our trips...and returning ones as well.

 

One good thing about growing up a military brat....you abhor cliques and you realize the importance of creating an inclusive community focused on the love of diving! :cool1:

 

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#9 Mishtar

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Posted 20 March 2015 - 11:17 AM

Thank you guys for the warm welcome. I really want to go on the Bonaire trip but as I am a Canadian Naval Officer who works for NORAD in Colorado Springs I am losing a ton of money right now in the exchange rate so I looked into it and I think I am just going to have to go to Cozumel this year as it is super cheap from Denver. I will be following along on the boards though and I hope to jump on a trip early next year with you guys if our dollar recovers some! I would much prefer to dive with a bunch of people daily then strangers every day but I have to do what fits the budget better for now.

 

Do you guys recommend any particular shops in Cozumel? I have only dove with Aldora there, they were nice but I did not like the 1 1/2 hour stop at the beach resort in between dives.

 

 

Don



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Posted 20 March 2015 - 10:03 PM

I should add to that. I know we had to do a surface interval but it was 50 mins and did not require us going to an expensive beach club.

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Posted 21 March 2015 - 10:40 AM

Sorry to hear the Bonaire trip won't work out for you.  The good news is that SD has trips pretty much monthly.  Lots of opportunities to jump on one.

 

I've stayed at Casa del Mar a couple times in Cozumel.  They use Cozumel Marine World and Dive House.  Both were pretty good.

 

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Posted 21 March 2015 - 03:08 PM

Thanks Clint. I think I am going to use Exposure Dive Center and stay at a B & B place I found for 220 for a week. So cheap but good reviews. I will be diving with you guys sooner or later!

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Posted 22 March 2015 - 11:09 AM

Let us know how the B&B works out for you. I am bummed about the exchg rate issue but totally understand. Hopefully you'll be able to travel with us soon. You may also want to know that we can almost always book dive pkgs for less for our members. We use our nearly 10k member buying clout if we book it and save you money. I am not familiar with the B&B you are using so can not offer it for this trip but most of the time we can save you $$$ expecially if its one of our operators! Just let us know!



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#14 Mishtar

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Posted 22 March 2015 - 09:51 PM

Let us know how the B&B works out for you. I am bummed about the exchg rate issue but totally understand. Hopefully you'll be able to travel with us soon. You may also want to know that we can almost always book dive pkgs for less for our members. We use our nearly 10k member buying clout if we book it and save you money. I am not familiar with the B&B you are using so can not offer it for this trip but most of the time we can save you $$$ expecially if its one of our operators! Just let us know!


Which dive operators do you have a relationship with down there out of curiosity?

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Posted 22 March 2015 - 09:52 PM

Oh and the exchange rate is awful these days. When I moved here it was 1 for 1 now my pay checks lose 22 cents for every dollar. :(




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