Trinidad Carnival 2012: D'Krewe Carnival's ELEGANTE section now sold out! Get them while they're hot!

Elegante

Check out closeups of D'Krewe sections for their 2012 theme PANACHE here...

Elegante

And REGISTER now!

Trinidad Carnival 2012: Explosion Carnival Has Launched!

Back on the grind, carnival is around the corner!

Brand new band Explosion Carnival gives us yet another option with their costumes displaying their theme "World on Fire", launched Sunday, August 28, in the nearly endless stream of bands and costumes available for Trinidad Carnival 2012!

Samples here, check out the rest in the TNT costume pictures superpost link, all courtesy of the band's Facebook page and Trinidad Carnival Costume Photos, which also has excellent closeup shots!

If you see a costume or band you like and are ready to be in the parade next February 2012, contact me to plan your entire trip to Trinidad Carnival 2012!  Eloquence.inc@gmail.com or (404) 590-1882!

Trinidad Carnival 2012 - Flexible Trip Planning With Eloquence, Inc! Traveling Alone or With Group, Book NOW!

Deals are slipping away on airfare and housing for Trinidad Carnival 2012!  But even for latecomers just getting started on their travel plans, I can find something within their budget if they are flexible.

D'Krewe Carnival 2012 section Warriors - frontline, now registering!

Eloquence, Inc. can offer either a structured bi-monthly all-inclusive payment plan (suitable for early birds) or a prioritized flexible payment option which takes care of deposit and balance payments in order of priority and leaves the billing of other items until later in the cycle.  You also have the option to fly on the Eloquence, Inc. group reservation (layaway plan) or have me book your own dates/times (full payment in advance of purchase).

D'Krewe Carnival 2012 section Bombshell - frontline, now registering!

For example, someone who has started their travel planning with me in July can make even payments because the deadlines are far away and more months to divide the payments over means lower payments.

But someone who has just contacted me in September, October, November, December... is going to find that due to the minimums necessary to cover especially housing and airfare by the deadlines, the payments would be too high.  However, if billed in order of priority, the major deposits can be handled and other items such as fetes and J'ouvert that begin taking deposits later do not end up as part of the billed payments along with housing and airfare.

American Airlines, the airline for Eloquence, Inc.'s 2012 group reservation
(layaway, fixed dates Feb 17-Feb 22 2012 out of Miami International!)

This is basically a benefit to you to allow you to space out the expense so that your vacation can be organized, stress free, and most of all affordable!

Please note that options in every category dwindle FAST so once certain options are sold out, you will have to lower your expectations on luxury and convenience, or dig significantly deeper into your pockets!

La Calypso Guesthouse in the heart of carnival!
Single travellers can share my room here, private bath, a/c, single beds!
(For the room I have reserved, there are all sizes/decors of rooms in here,
some without private bath!)

Costumes, housing, and fetes are each various different prices...it is best to keep your price flexibility at this late stage of the game by NOT insisting on a fixed payment schedule.  I keep that option available to you, though, so that the people who like the TRIBE type of mas band, the Carlton Savannah type of housing, and the Brian Lara type of all-inclusive fete are not forced to find a middle ground on their vacation with the people who care more about affording the costume than about what band they are wearing it in, about dropping the bags and showering at a place with a/c, private bath, and clean beds, no frills, and who can enjoy themselves in the regular admission section of fetes instead of needing VIP or all-inclusive parties only...and for the people in between!  Package deals or flexible option, I still handle all the arrangements (or as much of it as you wish to not handle yourself) and ask you the right questions to get you what you want within your budget!

TRIBE, sold out since summer!

Early birds can have costume deposit as a priority with the bands that launched June, July, and August.  But people just now getting their money together for carnival have to make sure they are actually on a flight to carnival and actually have somewhere to stay once they get off that flight before costumes can be a concern! But there are mas bands who launch in the summer with sections still open (like D'Krewe, whose costumes are featured throughout this blog post), and bands who launch late giving plenty more options (like Pulse 8).

D'Krewe Carnival 2012 section Vogue, now registering!

Want to be in Trinidad Carnival 2012 but don't know where to start?  Contact me for all your planning needs eloquence.inc@gmail.com or (404) 590-1882. More info also located here.

Trinidad Carnival 2012: Band Launch & Costume Specials Updates!

I'm BACK! Yes, I had to take an almost forced mini-vacation from the blog for...ergonomic :(...reasons (this plus my day jobs daily keystroking demands was killing my wrists!).  But I now have a lovely wrist brace keeping my hand and trigger finger safe and am ready to catch you up on all the mas NEWS!  And the news is PLENTY!  Stay tuned for more and get in touch with me ASAP if you need me to make the stress and mystery of being a part of Trinidad Carnival 2012 disappear!  The longer you wait to get started on planning, the less options you have as far as airfare, housing, and yes, costumes!  Let's DO THIS!

1. YUMA Vibe is completely sold out for their 2012 theme PRESS PLAY!  If you didn't get committee registered, weren't a past masquerader who could walk into the mas camp, and didn't have a fast trigger finger and internet connection for online registration...ouch!  Best bet if you simply cannot enjoy yourself in one of the many other mas bands for 2012 is to wait on resales from individual masqueraders and beware price gouging and the band's requirements to release costumes to other than the registered masquerader!

2. Ronnie and Caro launched their 2012 theme THE MASK OF... August 18 and already have some sections sold out!  Check out launch pictures from Trevor Carey Peters Watson and of course their facebook!

3. Islandpeople re-launched their 2012 theme SUPERHEROES after a multitude of disastrous reviews from their first launch and now have registration ongoing, along with specials that end tomorrow, September 15!

4.  NEW band for 2012 Explosion Carnival launched September 4!  Pictures on their facebook!

5. Harts Carnival has registration ongoing for their 2012 theme WRATH OF THE GODS and is selling out of sections fast...don't sleep on it!  

6.  D'Krewe Carnival has launched mas camp and online registration and already sold out of Warrior!  They had to reopen the section!  Check out all the other options for their 2012 theme PANACHE on the link above to costume launches, and on their website as well as the facebook page!  They are also offering a special on the section Elegante until September 30th, don't miss out because this section is almost gone as well!  D'Krewe welcomes old and new masqueraders and is promising no registration politics, just MAS! :)

D'krewe, theme PANACHE, section ELEGANTE FRONTLINE

D'krewe, theme PANACHE, section ELEGANTE backline & male

Trinidad Carnival 2012: YUMA "PRESS PLAY" Launch Photos!

YUMA Vibe has launched and as usual there are all kinds of hype surrounding actually getting INTO the band!  My blog has several posts on them in the archives...search for "YUMA" to the left and check them out!

Don't forget to check out all major Trinidad 2012 mas bands costume side by side in the TNT 2012 costume pictures superpost!

Thanks to Trinidad Carnival Costume Photos, Triniscene, and Trinidad Carnival Diary Facebook pages for photos!  Click their links for more photos of all the sections!

BEST BACKLINES:

APACHE

LUXOR

BEST FRONTLINE:

AZTECA

APACHE

BEST MALE:

GOLDENEYE

APACHE 

CALL OF DUTY

BEST INDIVIDUAL:

AZTECA

FINAL FANTASY

APACHE

Trinidad Carnival 2012: Harts WRATH OF THE GODS pictures!

Harts Carnival, one of the oldest bands in Trinidad, launched 19 sections Friday night!  Check out the pictures from the Harts website and Trinidad Carnival Costume Photos below.

Remember to do your band and costume comparison shopping by checking them all out at the TNT 2K12 Costume Photos Superpost!

So many HOT sections it's hard to choose a favourite...especially for the men!  But definitely one of the standouts is Amphitrite!

Photo from August 12 band launch courtesy of
Trinidad Carnival Costume Photos

So many for the men I can't even list them all...Erebus...Boreas...Aries...etc!

****UPDATE NOVEMBER 27, 2011***
Harts has introduced a HOT new section for 2012, check out their facebook photos!

Harts Carnival, 2012 theme WRATH OF THE GODS, section NIKE & ZELOS