Please, please me

Bro 1 is a talented gardener and a skilled musician and composer (recently musical director/conductor of a community theatre production of South Pacific), Those are his hobbies; his "day job" is in international travel. As a result, whenever he travels, people are very, very eager to please and impress him.

He and Sis-in-law are currently on a well-deserved vacation: a Russian/Scandinavian cruise. What's great about this cruise line, he says, is that it includes almost all shore excursions. (On most cruises, you could easily spend more than the cruise on day trips.) Upon boarding, they were immediately upgraded to a suite. With a butler. Must be nice! Bon Voyage, mon frere.