There is a column in USA Today that Beatrice Muller, a 89-year-old widow, has lived on the Cunard’s QE2 for the last nine years. She has booked back-to-back cruises since before the millennium! Apparetnly after her husband died, she decided she would travel, and as she aged it became more reasonable to just sail than move to a retirement home. Think about it… all her meals are cooked for her, her room is cleaned, her laundry taken care of, there are daily activities, new people coming and going all the time…. I can certainly think of a worse way to retire (if you have the means, that is).

The issue is the QE2 is about to be retired, and she will have to ‘move’. Shall she move to the new Queen Mary 2? The massive Freedom of the Seas? I’ll let you know when I find out.

Each Kayak employee interacts with a few consumers each day; we don’t believe in outsourcing our finger on the pulse. These interactions are usually by email or telephone.

Today, a gentleman arrived at our software development lab seeking help. He lives nearby and had taken the initiative to find us when the online service didn’t meet his needs. We’re glad he did because it was a mutual learning experience.

Mr. Mahmood Rezaei-Kamalabad needs to be in Greenland in June for the purpose of hand delivering a scholarly religious text he has authored. This hand-crafted work-of-art requires personal delivery.

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