December 2015

Sustainable Tourism Leaders – Virtuoso Hotelier Partners

Lush Hotel Inspiration -Sustainable Tourism Sustainable Tourism Leadership Nominees Travel & Leisure Virtuoso has awarded the Sustainable Tourism Leadership nominated these hotels in 2015. See http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/virtuoso-names-2015-best-of-the-best-award-nominees-300101991.html Let me know if you’d like to learn more! Sustainable Tourism Leadership Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel, Peru Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur, California, USA The Brando, French Polynesia The Peninsula Tokyo, Japan UXUA […]

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Warm Holiday Wishes

Travel Tips & Advice / Sheila Gallant-Halloran

Lush Travel – Warm Holiday Wishes All the best of the season to you and yours Check this out. From my house to your’s, all the best of the season!

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Travel for a Cause/ Give Back

Travel Tips & Advice / Sheila Gallant-Halloran

I’d written about fostering an orphan elephant recently – see blog. I was able to work with my partners at Big Five Tours to foster an orphan elephant. While it was fantastic to be part of that client gift with my friend Ashish Sanghrajka (President of Big Five Tours), the whole experience really resonated with me.

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Bike the Portuguese Way

Travel Tips & Advice / Sheila Gallant-Halloran

Bike the Portuguese Way May 18th, 2016 My colleague, Pat Rochon, is doing a Utracks trip with his 74 year old dad. It is self-directed, but you can still travel with Pat and his dad on the trip. See details here http://www.utracks.com/utca/index.php?section=trips&id=3764000 or read the flyer for the additional bits and pieces included. Priced from 1899

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Testimonial of Week – Connected at All Times

Testimonials / Sheila Gallant-Halloran

Lush Life’s Testimonial of Week Virtuoso Testimonial from Client I love getting testimonials from clients. Here’s one I received this week from a client at Virtuoso.com. (Thanks, Caroline!) Connected at all times By: Caroline MDP Reviewed on: 08 Dec 2015 Using the professional services of Sheila Gallant Halloran of

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Testimonial – Expert Advice Created a Memorable Vacation

Testimonials / Sheila Gallant-Halloran

I love getting testimonials from valued clients like yourself! It’s so important to my business to have clients who not only enjoyed working with me, and their travel experience; but they’ve taken the time to give a testimonial that I can share. Virtuoso is my luxury travel network. They contact clients directly after a trip,

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Foster an Orphan Elephant

Kids, Top Posts / Sheila Gallant-Halloran

If you’re thinking about travel with kids that will make a difference to the world you live in, look at his picture of Prince Harry at Kensington Royal shared on Instagram. Prince Harry has done a lot of work rescuing orphaned elephants and rhinos – see LA Times article. Good on him for using his celebrity to draw

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Give the Gift of Travel

Uncategorized / Sheila Gallant-Halloran

We’re in the swing of things with our Christmas preps in our house! How about you? (Or are you just finishing up Hannukah?) It’s a little odd this year, as there’s no snow just yet – at least in Ottawa. But, we’re still watching Christmas movies, and decorating the Chrstimas tree. My daughters’ school gets them

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Leveraging my 10,000+ Hours for You

Why Use a Travel Advisor / Sheila Gallant-Halloran

I often feature travel ‘product’ in my weekly newsletter, but it’s important to note that my focus as your travel advisor is on you; and your travel experience. Let’s focus on a number – and that is: 10,000 hours. Are you familiar with Malcolm Gladwell and his terrific book called Outliers? In it, Gladwell reports that

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252 Days of Vacation

Kids / Sheila Gallant-Halloran

I’m thinking about a recent blog my partners at Big Five Tours wrote about family vacations. They wrote that you really only have 252 days to really holiday with your family. The idea is that you only have your children for 18 summers. If you assume 2 weeks of vacation a

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