点评:Just returned from the Keys with Billy Carvallo of Mac's Sports Tarpon Springs/Billy's Underwater Adventures, diving with Conch Republic, staying with Ocean Point Resort.
The trip was amazing, Billy's trips are special because he has a relationship with every single one of his divers, he understands where they are skill wise, what they need, and what they want. He always cooks a fabulous welcome meal the first night with a dive brief, where we have an opportunity to socialize; meet new divers and re-ignite our dive friendships. He listens to us, he laughs with us, and he develops us into the best divers we can be.
What he has accomplished is simply amazing, he has created a "dive family" most of us go on trips we wouldn't or couldn't normally go on simply because of the other people he has going. Billy picks up the phone and personally calls each student to invite us on his trips and he tells us who else is going. This creates an incentive. I wasn't planning to go to the Keys this trip, but I changed my mind last minute because of the people that were going. We had such a great time diving, eating, laughing, and talking about scuba diving.
I dive with several dive shops/groups in the Tampa/St.Pete area, and no one has been able to do what Billy has done with his students. I've never seen a person work as hard as Billy does to run his store and work with his divers on his trips. We all appreciate Billy so much for what he does and what he delivers to us.
翻译:刚刚和 Mac's Sports Tarpon Springs/Billy's Underwater Adventures 的 Billy Carvallo 从群岛回来,和 Conch Republic 一起潜水,住在 Ocean Point Resort 度假村。
这次旅行太棒了,比利的旅行很特别,因为他与每一位潜水员都有关系,他了解他们的技能水平、他们需要什么以及他们想要什么。他总是在第一天晚上烹制美味的欢迎餐并介绍潜水简报,让我们有机会进行社交活动;结识新潜水员并重新点燃我们的潜水友谊。他倾听我们的心声,与我们一起欢笑,并将我们培养成最好的潜水员。
他所取得的成就简直令人惊叹,他创建了一个“潜水家庭”,我们大多数人都会去旅行,而我们通常不会或不能去旅行,仅仅是因为他有其他人去。比利拿起电话,亲自给每个学生打电话,邀请我们参加他的旅行,他告诉我们还有谁要去。这创造了一种激励。这次旅行我本来不打算去群岛,但由于要去的人,我在最后一刻改变了主意。我们在潜水、吃饭、大笑、谈论水肺潜水的过程中度过了一段美好的时光。
我和坦帕/圣皮特地区的几家潜水店/团体一起潜水,但没有人能够做到比利和他的学生所做的那样。我从来没有见过一个人像比利那样努力工作来经营他的商店并在他的旅行中与他的潜水员一起工作。我们都非常感谢比利所做的一切以及他为我们带来的一切。