SALT LAKE CITY–Morris Murdock Travel, LLC, a Utah-based full-service travel agency, has announced plans to begin booking passage on a humanitarian cruise to Mexico from August 18-23, 2008 in conjunction with Carnival Cruise Lines and Family to Family Humanitarian Expeditions.
“It’s a ‘Cruise for a Cause’, said Becky Potts, President of Morris Murdock Travel. “There are so many needs in the world today. Families need vacation time to relax and have fun together and there are many impoverished people who need so much help. Our goal is to offer vacations packages that are incredible opportunities to meet the needs of both groups.”
In an initial step to begin offering service themed vacations Morris Murdock Travel has partnered with Carnival Cruise Lines to tender a 5-night cruise aboard Carnival’s Elation to Cabo San Lucas and Ensenada, Mexico, where participants will disembark from the ship to spend time doing “light” construction work to help build homes for local families as well as share a lunch of local cuisine with their fellow laborers.
Participants will also travel to a nearby orphanage in the afternoon to help medical staff and volunteers care for the children under the direction of tour host Alan McKay. McKay has twenty years of experiencing conducting international tours and worked as a teacher in the LDS Church Education System for twenty-five years.
“This cruise-tour is a beautiful mixture of pleasure and service,” said Dick Jensen, Director of Group Sales for Morris Murdock. “When we put this trip together we wanted to offer something that would allow our customers to get out and see the world while at the same time making a difference in it. Participants will be able to enjoy all the wonderful amenities of Carnival Cruise Lines, but also take part in a meaningful project that will touch the lives of this community.”
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The 5-day “Cruise for a Cause” departs from San Diego and will include stops in Cabo San Lucas and Ensenada as well as two days cruising on the open seas. The humanitarian cruise package is priced at $759 and includes airfare from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles and inside cabin on the cruise based on double occupancy.
