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Phone: 304 964 0568

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First in Service Travel

130 West 42nd St # 401, New York, NY 10036

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Testimonials

“Have you ever had an experience that made you wish it would never end? One that is so much fun that you almost forget about the real world? This is what cruising with Arno is like. It’s a tremendous experience from beginning to end and beyond; One that for me has spawned lifelong friendships and memories that make anything I’ve done in the past echo in comparison.

My husband and I were lucky enough to meet Arno several years ago while cruising with another bear group organizer. We encountered so many members of his group who sung the praises of cruising with Arno. We watched as they hosted amazing parties, spent time together throughout the ship and exuded so much comraderie.

One night on our cruise we were double booked for a party room and Arno offered for our two groups to combine. It was the most fun we had ever had!!

We booked our next cruise through Arno. Booking was amazingly easy and within a day of submitting our request we received our reservation information. Arno actually emailed us and told us that he had a better cabin available at a better price (he didn’t have to do that but he did). Since then we have been on 4 more sailings with Arno.

Leading up to the cruise Arno puts an immense amount of work into helping educate his group on excursions, sales on onboard purchases, activities and so much more.

Then you get to the onboard experience. Arno goes to great lengths to line up activities on the ship and ensure they are executed to perfection. He interacts with all of his cruisers and makes sure their sailing is top-notch. I have personally seen him go to bat for a cruiser and will not stop until sufficient resolution is met.

I personally have brought double digits of sailers to Arno’s group based solely on the amazing experience we have in each and every sailing. We will never consider cruising with any other bear group again. Heck, we won’t even book another cruise if it isn’t with Arno.

I wholeheartedly recommend anyone that even has a curiosity of what this will be like to consider Arno. He fights for us, he is passionate about ensuring our happiness and he genuinely cares for each and every one of the people that sails with him. You will make friendsships and memories that will last a lifetime!!!”

The service from Arno was unlike any Travel Agent I have ever dealt with....He is Personable and Professional.

The Cruise itself was Amazing and the Royal Caribbean Boat and Crew was exceptional.

I have NO Complaints and I can be picky and I have NOTHING BUT Positives to Say....

Arno and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines you made My Bucket List Trip and I can ONLY Say Thank YOU

I made some Amazing Friends and this will be Lifelong Friends....

I also had some Life Learning Experiences and Arno was even a Friend for that as well

10/10

A++++

I happened upon Arno’s Bear Cruise purely by accident. I was recently widowed after 20 years and was forcing myself to get out and make new friends. My new boyfriend encouraged me to do something special for my 50th birthday, and with a Google search, found his site. We were obviously apprehensive being our first cruise, let alone not knowing anyone else in this group. We have been to other events with gay men, but found that due to our ages and, let’s face it, body shapes, and we would feel out of place among the younger men. We took a leap of faith and our first Arno’s Bear Cruise was to Alaska!

Booking was a breeze. There were no “surprise” fees, and Arno was very prompt with replying to questions and updates on excursions that he coordinated for the group. Arno even organized to have a host hotel both pre and post boarding upon the ship. Everyone we met was so nice and looked just like us! My inhibitions were gone as I confidently walked shirtless to the ship’s pool to join the group at the pool. As the cruise continued, more and more guys in the group introduced themselves to us and we even exchanged contact information. We took a helicopter flight atop an actual glacier, visited a dog-sled encampment within the Yukon Territory, and toured the 19th century capital of Juneau where my boyfriend Michael and I purchased rings. (These rings later turned into wedding bands).

Upon our departure of that first cruise with Arno’s Bear Cruises, we made new friends and experienced wondrous nature while being entertained on a glamorous Royal Caribbean ship. We decided right then that we must do another cruise the following year.

Our second cruise was with a competitor. We felt we should try a Gay Bear Group on the West Coast, as we live in San Diego, California. This cruise was with Princess Cruises from Los Angeles to Mexican ports. We were disappointed overall. Although, the group was very nice and outgoing, excursions were mainly through the ship. The group did provide a DJ and arranged our group to have private dances; however, the other guests kept crashing our parties due to the ship keeping the other disco dark. We were spoiled with our on board entertainment with Royal Caribbean with costumed singers in the promenade, acrobatics on bungee cords dancing above our heads, and truly funny comedians in the theater. Our Princess Cruise entertainment consisted of the head maître d and chef joking on stage before escorting hundreds of guests through the empty cooking rooms. A new friend we met reported to us that he witnessed a ship worker pouring cheaper liquor into expensive bottles from behind the bar at 4am. We knew that we had to go back to Arno.

Since then, we have been with Arno's Bear Cruises to the Western Caribbean, Eastern Caribbean, Australia/New Zealand, and are currently booked to another Western Caribbean cruise through Arno and Royal Caribbean. We feel that not only do we feel pampered on a Royal Caribbean ship, we also feel confident that everything will be organized and orderly, yet very playful and accepting with Arno and the group of men I now call friends.

We’ve been cruising with Arno since the very first cruise. We haven't done them all (missed 3 I think) but overall have loved Arno and the group on all of them. At the end of the day for us, the trip is not about the destination - although we have been to some great ones - it's about reconnecting with people we have met over the years and meeting new ones. It never fails that we meet someone we did not know from Houston prior to going on one of these trips, and several of them have become great friends both at home and at sea. Arno is very laid back and easy to work with. We have always found the groups to be friendly - whether its the larger group in the spring sailing or the smaller group in the fall.

Our first cruise with Arno was a 7 day Mediterranean out of Malaga, Spain. That year there about 70 Arno’s Bear Cruise Members. It was our first cruise ever and we were very green. LOL It was also our first Gay group cruise. We never stopped talking about the friends we met, the laughter and fun we had – many times our faces ached from laughing so much. At the centre of all this was this character Arno. He made sure that we all had the best time and we never forgot how hard he worked and yet made it seem effortless at the same time. To this day we are still in contact with friends we made on that first cruise – good people. Our next Bear Group Cruise will be February 2020 Caribbean on RCCL Symphony of the seas, great price and about 270 or so in the group. Of course, by now, bears, their friends and their family members come along. Fun people attract other fun people. This is one of the most inclusive Gay groups.

Cruising has become a passion and possibly an obsession for us in the last couple of years – we love it. Dealing with the actual booking and making any subsequent changes, sorting which deal can be changed, gained or lost can be a nightmare to deal with by yourself. It can all be a confusing labyrinth and also an individual client doesn’t have much muscle when dealing with the huge cruise lines.

It was therefore a natural and obvious step to ask Arno to handle our cruise bookings. We’ve have sailed 4 times already and have 8 future cruises booked through him. He is quick to reply to our enquiries, always gets you the best price he can whilst ensuring that the cabin is in the optimal position at the time of booking. Whilst responding to your requested cruise/ship/cabin/fare type, he will always make a suggestion if he sees something a little better for you. His increasing knowledge of cruise lines and his growing reputation plus the respect they have for him means he gets listened to if there is ever an issue to be sorted

Make no mistake, we are demanding clients. We have changed some bookings multiple times as our knowledge and taste changes. He always responds with good grace, often that irrepressible humour, and never says no until he’s tried all options to get us what we want. To mix metaphors, this is a bear with the grip of a bulldog, LOL

We already recommended Arno to two couples and they too are very pleased. One sailed with us in the Mediterranean last September with Celebrity, the other will join us for February 2020 RCCL Symphony of the Seas, followed by Celebrity Silhouette Southern Caribbean.

Happy cruising guys! Philip and Luc

And here are some photos from previous cruises. Can't wait to go on the next adventure with you all.

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