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Who Is Play Bridge At Sea™-On Land-And OnlinePlay Bridge at Sea™ Play Bridge From Home, Play Bridge Anywhere™ and Bridge Academy On Land™ are programs operated by Play Bridge At Sea-Dream Vacations based in New York. As part of Dream Vacations, we are affiliated with World Travel Holdings, the largest vacation retailer in the United States. Because of this powerhouse association, we can guarantee you exceptional insider savings and special fares. What's more, you can expect a personalized level of service that is not only award-winning, it is renown industry-wide Signature Bridge Cruises These are on Silversea Luxury All Inclusive itineraries. Bridge Academy On Land These are land programs at Luxury resorts. Online E-Learning From the comfort of your home improve your game with: The Bridge Professors Each month a new series on topics designed to improve your game. Wednesdays at 3.30 PM Eastern time. each session is 2 hours. Taught by our core teachers: Giorgia Botta, John Ramos and Christopher Rivera All programs provide excellent bridge learning for you from the best teachers in the industry.
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What Are The Current Learning Online Opportunities?The Bridge Professors; Courses are taught by our core teachers Christopher Rivera, Giorgia Botta and John Ramos. All are certified ACBL teachers and National Champions. More information about them can be found here. Classes are Wednesdays at 3.30PM EDT. Classes use the Zoom video platform and Shark Bridge Platform. To register visit https://shop.playbridgeatsea.com Recording of the session with notes are provided to you free of charge within 48 hours after conclusion. Past session are available for purchase here
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What Are The At Sea And Land Offers?All of our travel offers can be found here Our web site is www.playbridgeatsea.com Sea Programs PBAS Signature Silversea Cruises USA/Canada/Caribbean/South America/Trans Atlantic/Europe/Iceland Land Programs Bridge Academy On Land™ For more information please call 800.983.9077 or 212.862.2706.
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How Do I Purchase Online Lessons?Our web site has the most complete information. Look here to find session dates and availability, information about our teachers, topics of the lessons and cost. You may book single or multiple sessions from this page . Step 1- Select the class and date you wish to join. Step 2- Confirm the date and number of attendees Step 3- Proceed to payment page. We accept all major credit cards If you are using a gift card please enter the gift card number on the final "checkout payment" payment page. Locate the blue "add gift card" link and enter number. If you are using a promo code- enter the code in the respective field or on the final "checkout payment" page using the blue link "add coupon code". You may purchase gift cards at https://squareup.com/gift/9FJ4PZE2B8MWA/order It is a great way to share the love of bridge with someone. Bookings can not be cancelled and are not refundable.
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How Do I Reserve At Sea and Land Programs?We are thrilled that you are considering a luxury bridge program at sea or on land with us. Please call us at 800.983.9077 or 212.862.2706. Our email is ebrill@dreamvacations.com We always recommend travel insurance. Our agents will automatically price it for you. Insurance policies offered by us have a pre-existing conditions waiver. To hold a cabin or room requires a deposit and must be paid within 5 days of booking. You will receive a confirmation with all the travel details. Pre and post hotel stays can also be arranged. Silversea inclusive air is operated by Silversea and fights reserved use the line's contract space. We will do our best to get you the flight and carrier of your choice but sometimes this is not possible.
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How Do I Make Sure I Get Confirmations For Online Lessons?Booking Receipt After you book a session you will get a receipt of payment confirmation from us. If you do not receive this receipt this may mean that you may have provided us an incorrect email or you may have a blocker on your email system that prevent email from us. To Fix This Problem Step1- Be sure that it is not in your spam/junk folder. If you don't fix this problem now, the session link and follow-up recording may not be able to be received. Step 2- If you find this email in spam, You must tell the email that this is NOT spam and make it safe for future deliveries. Locate the place in your email system that you can mark it as NOT SPAM. Sometimes it’s a button to the side and other times a right click on the mouse depending on your system. Step 3- You can also avoid future issues by adding info@playbridgeatsea.com into your contacts/address file. Here is a helpful instructional on how to make our emails end up in your inbox. Please click here to see this information. If you still don’t see the confirmation receipt email, then notify us at service@playbridgeatsea.com Session Link In a separate email you will get a confirmation to the session with a ZOOM link on it. This link is ONLY valid for one date and time. Keep this email and add it to your calendar if you use one. You will also get a reminder 24 hours and 1 hour before the session. If you do not have this confirmation at least 24 hours before session let us know at service@playbridgeatsea.com. Check SPAM folder first before emailing us.
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How Do I Prepare For My Online Lesson?The Bridge Professors You will receive a receipt for your booking with important information on how to link onto the Zoom session. Plan on joining 5/10 minutes in advance. You will be placed in waiting room. This is normal and the session will admit you at the designated time. Always check your spam folder if you do not see the email from us. We suggest that you add us to your safe senders list to be sure you get this information in a timely manner. You can learn more HERE It is your responsibility to make sure that you have this class link at least 24 hours in advance. You will also get a reminder at 24 hours and 1 hour before class. There is limited technical support before and during each session. For questions please contact us at service@playbridgeatsea.com Please note that once booked, classes cannot be cancelled and are non-refundable. Just click the link and you will be connected. Make sure your volume is adjusted to your desired level. If you lose the link, please let us know at least 24 hours before class. We will not be able to generate it again if the session has already started. If this is the case, we will provide a generic link upon request to service@playbridgeatsea.com You will be required to add you name and email again. No payment will be taken. If you cannot connect it may be one of the following: Lost or slow internet connection Old browsing files that are preventing a new session. In this case clear your cache files or just reboot. If you see you still cannot still enter, email us at service@playbridgeatsea.com. Connecting to our teaching platform Shark Bridge Some classes use Shark Bridge teaching platform. Please test your browser now to see if your PC is compatible. If the screen goes to a green Shark Bridge web page- you are good to go. You may use any device to access our classes but it is best on a POC, MAC or IPAD. It is not recommended to use a cell phone. Shark Bridge test site is https://testsfs.emabridge.com/sharktest.php. Report any failure of access to service@playbridgeatsea.com. NOTE: This is not the access link for the class lesson. During class you will be asked to click a unique link in the Zoom chat box. That link will take you to the green Shark page. Here just enter your “Nickname”- lower case first name and 2 letters of last name. Example for Susan Brown, use susanbr as the “nickname”. If you want to be matched with a partner of your choice, make sure you enter your partner’s nickname exactly as your partner is using. There is no guarantee that the match will happen. Some classes restrict partnerships. Pre and post notes along with recording are sent via email to you several days after class. It is important that you add us to your safe sender list so that it will not go into your spam folder. You can learn more HERE Before the start of class always reboot your PC or tablet. If you are unable to access the shark platform when asked to do so use this link as a back up https://table.onlinebridgeclub.com/pbas Never access this link until class begins and you are asked to do so.
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Who Do I Contact For Online Service Related Issues?Customer service is available by email at service@playbridgeatsea.com. We are sorry we are unable to provide phone support.
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Who Do I Contact For At Sea And Land Related Issues?For Sea and Land Program feel free to call us at 800.983.9077 or 212.862.2706. and one of our agents will assist you. Our email is info@playbridgeatsea.com Our web site is https://www.playbridgeatsea.com
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