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[DivingDixie]

Priscilla aka DivingDixie
Payments Summary To Date: We will post your payments as we receive them
7nite Pkg: Pkg1 Boat diving,
March 3-10 -
Extra Days/Nights: # of extra nites none
Nitrox $200 or $100 special by Dec 1,11: none
D/O or S/O: Double
Documents: SD Waiver - List when Rec'd SD Survey - List when Rec'd SD Ins Summary List when Rec'd
Dive Insurance Current: NAME OF PROVIDER & POLICY # DAN - will renew prior to trip
Trip Insurance: CHOOSE ONE
a. I have trip insurance that covers this trip already.
b. I will purchase trip insurance to cover this trip.
c. I will not purchase trip insurance and will accept all losses accordingly.
Flight Details: pending
Participating in the Costume Contest: Yes
Other: Let us know if you have special dietary needs, gear rental needs, sight seeing needs, or want a "Dive Mentor aka Rent-A-Buddy"
I would like to use a cochran dive computer

[Landlocked Dive Nut]

Thank you for the template, Priscilla! Can you answer the trip insurance question, please?
I'm looking forward to diving with you again!

[pearldiver]

Hello Pearldiver,

I was just passing some idle time, reading through old posts, and saw your question on the Nitrox course. My sister was going on her first Single Divers trip this spring. She wanted to get the Nitrox cert prior to her trip, so she could start her diving on Nitrox. With the help of Kamala, my sister took the online course through Bill prior to her trip, and took and passed the test online. Kamala spent a little time with my sister at the beginning of the trip, going over the analysis and log book process and such, and my sister was good to go with Nitrox for the week. Although uncertain, I do believe it was a PADI course. I dont remember the cost of the course, but I do know that it was cheaper than what the shop in Palau was charging, plus she did not have to start her trip diving air. I appreciated the ease and convenience, as well as the assistance from both Kamala and Bill, and I do recommend you consider them as an option for the Nitrox cert. For clarity, I have no personal interest there. Just a satisfied customer.

Ed

Thank You Ed!

That sure sounds like the way to go. I did purchase the PADI enriched air nitrox manual and all relevant items mandatory for certification. Whatever way I go I could use a head start in the reading and bookwork part of the learning. I sure like the idea of starting a week diving in Bonaire with Nitrox.

Thanks again!

Mike

[pearldiver]

Thank you Ed. Yes this is a great option...gives you time to do the book work and be ready to do the hands on when you get there! Still trying to tie up loose ends but will get you the pricing etc as requested.

Thank You!
No rush as I have plenty to read.

[pearldiver]

Mike aka Pearldiver
Payments Summary To Date: We will post your payments as we receive them
7nite Pkg: Pkg1 Boat diving,
March 4-11 Pkg
Nitrox $200 or $100 special by Dec 1,11: YES - $ List when paid
D/O or S/O: D/O
Documents: SD Waiver - List when Rec'd SD Survey - List when Rec'd SD Ins Summary List when Rec'd
Dive Insurance Current: DAN #2313398
Trip Insurance: c. I will not purchase trip insurance and will accept all losses accordingly.
Flight Details: TBD
Participating in the Costume Contest:
Other: gear rental needs, "Dive Mentor aka Rent-A-Buddy"
Discounts & Incentives:

[WreckWench]

Thank you PearlDiver....I hope to have the nitrox info answered for you soon. I'm heading to our annual tradeshow in Fl as we speak for the rest of the week then off the Roatan. But I have not forgotten you!

We'll have a special link for you to do the class online if you go that route. This is important as its how the student is assigned an instructor so we'll probably have both options...take the class in advance via the online option and take the class in person via the traditional classroom method.

But I'm with you...better to start the week DIVING nitrox! kamala

[Landlocked Dive Nut]

DOCUMENT UPDATE:

1. Janell aka littlemermaid, we have received your Insurance Summary. You've been moved up to the Who's Going List!
2. Mike aka Pearldiver, we have received your Survey, Waiver & Insurance Summary.
Great sign-up, and welcome to the trip! As soon as I'm told your deposit is confirmed, I'll move you up on the list too!

[Landlocked Dive Nut]

Who's going...SUMMARY LISTING:

1. Kamala aka WreckWench d/o NEED Flight Details
2. Gary aka Harleyguy1963 s/o NEED DOCS
3. Charles aka DoctorB d/o
4. Mike aka MikeNJ d/o
5. Fred aka ev780 s/o
6. Tammy aka LLDN d/o NEED Flight Details
7. Pascal aka Lephenix d/o NEED DOCS + DAN renewal + Flight Details
8. Janell aka littlemermaid d/o
9. Priscilla aka DivingDixie d/o NEED DOCS
10. Michael aka Pearldiver d/o NEED Deposit


Inventory Update:

We have 15 rooms for our Single's Week. That is up to 30 people. If we exceed it we hope to be able to get more. BUT signing up EARLY ensures you get a spot as this is HIGH SEASON!

Booked so far.....
2 s/o = 2 rooms
8 d/o = 4 rooms

So, 15 - 6 = 9 rooms left for either s/o or d/o.

[DivingDixie]

Priscilla aka DivingDixie
Payments Summary To Date: We will post your payments as we receive them
7nite Pkg: Pkg1 Boat diving,
March 3-10 -
Extra Days/Nights: # of extra nites none
Nitrox $200 or $100 special by Dec 1,11: none
D/O or S/O: Double
Documents: SD Waiver - List when Rec'd SD Survey - List when Rec'd SD Ins Summary List when Rec'd
Dive Insurance Current: NAME OF PROVIDER & POLICY # DAN - will renew prior to trip
Trip Insurance: CHOOSE ONE c
a. I have trip insurance that covers this trip already.
b. I will purchase trip insurance to cover this trip.
c. I will not purchase trip insurance and will accept all losses accordingly.
Flight Details: pending
Participating in the Costume Contest: Yes
Other: Let us know if you have special dietary needs, gear rental needs, sight seeing needs, or want a "Dive Mentor aka Rent-A-Buddy"
I would like to use a cochran dive computer

[Landlocked Dive Nut]

DOCUMENT UPDATE:

1. Priscilla aka DivingDixie, we have received your Survey!

[DoctorB]

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By adventure or specialty dives, I was wondering if there was a way to try something and see if you liked it before committing to a specialty course. I'm thinking about night dives in particular.

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Hi LittleMermaid...welcome! We'll be happy to the Dive Mentor program with you! When you say adventure or specialty dives etc what do you mean?

The lionshare of what the night diving specialty is...is learning to do a night dive. If you have NEVER done a night then then taking the specialty and learning to do it right with an instructor IS THE WAY TO GO. If you have done one before then diving with someone else is fine but I'm guessing you have not done one and the course will teach you RIGHT. You need to learn light signals and all sorts of things that are best suited in an instructor/student environment.

Maybe I've watched too many scary movies and not enough happy nice ones about the sea at night! I'm just a little leery of getting creeped out. Is anyone else interested in a night diving specialty?

Count me in on any night dives! Calabas is great at night.

[Landlocked Dive Nut]

There will be plenty of late afternoon, evening/transition, night and (shudder) dawn dives done on the resort's house reef, never fear! It's not formal, however. Typically, after the 3rd boat dive of the day, on the ride back to the resort someone will state their intentions to dive at X time, and others will either chime in that they want to dive too, or make their own plans with their buddy.

We'll just want to plan night dives around the two group dinners.....and we have a hard-and-fast rule that once you take your first drink of an alcoholic beverage, you're done diving for that day.

[WreckWench]

Tammy we could consider setting up one night as a night dive for sure so no other events conflict with it! Then the other night dives can be more adhoc as usual.

[littlemermaid]

Tammy we could consider setting up one night as a night dive for sure so no other events conflict with it! Then the other night dives can be more adhoc as usual.

I like that idea!

[Landlocked Dive Nut]

Tammy we could consider setting up one night as a night dive for sure so no other events conflict with it! Then the other night dives can be more adhoc as usual.

I like that idea!

All the Wench has to do is designate a night for a group house reef night dive, and it will be announced - probably at our first group meal.