@Rousseau wrote:
Outside of being in a hospital in a hot zone without PPE, I can think of no more certain way to become ill than to go on a cruise. And that was true prior to SARS-CoV-2 too.
@Rousseau wrote:
Outside of being in a hospital in a hot zone without PPE, I can think of no more certain way to become ill than to go on a cruise. And that was true prior to SARS-CoV-2 too.
@NinS wrote:
Could the contacts made on a cruise ship conference possibly pay for the cruise, or is this just an excuse to tax deduct a vacation cost?
@Ideagirl wrote:
@NinS wrote:
Could the contacts made on a cruise ship conference possibly pay for the cruise, or is this just an excuse to tax deduct a vacation cost?
I went to the IMSC conference to find out the answer to that very question. I decided to go because a) I live in a neighboring state so it was fairly close, b) I knew I could shop my way there and back to cover the travel costs, c) I was hoping to make friends with other full-time shoppers and d) I was hoping to connect with schedulers and other MSC crew to, hopefully, generate more and better paying gigs.
The conference was in February. By April I doubled my monthly income, and in May and June I made 3x and 4x my February total. The last two months I have turned down $1k-$2k in jobs per month simply because
I had no more time to commit. The MSC people I met and a few new things I learned got me the boost I needed to scale up.
I'll admit that on the drive home i wasn't sure it had been worth my time, but within a few weeks I realized it was. I'll probably go again next year.
@CureMS wrote:
I'm confused ideagirl. When did you go on the cruise? February 2021? Because you say in the second post that you decided not to go because of cost.
I agree that most conferences can provide some benefit that up your income.
@Rousseau wrote:
Outside of being in a hospital in a hot zone without PPE, I can think of no more certain way to become ill than to go on a cruise. And that was true prior to SARS-CoV-2 too.
@CureMS wrote:
I'm confused ideagirl. When did you go on the cruise? February 2021? Because you say in the second post that you decided not to go because of cost.
I agree that most conferences can provide some benefit that up your income.
@BusyBeeBuzzBuzzBuzz wrote:
@Rousseau wrote:
Outside of being in a hospital in a hot zone without PPE, I can think of no more certain way to become ill than to go on a cruise. And that was true prior to SARS-CoV-2 too.
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