Sheila Gallant-Halloran

Destination Weddings: Get Hitched without a Hitch

Weddings & Honeymoons /

Last Thursday, I attended the Caribbean Travel Organization’s “Rhyme and Rum” event in Toronto as part of the Caribbean week celebration. One of the presentations was by Cindy Johnson of Platinum Events.  Cindy shared her experiences in planning destination weddings, and talked about the splendid partnerships between travel agents and event planners in making destination weddings happen.  […]

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Travel – Organized: Guest blog by Smart Space's Heather Burke

Guest Bloggers, Travel Tips & Advice /

Monday’s child is “fair of face.” And that will never be more true than around this blog. On Monday, it’ll be “Guest Bloggers’ Day,” with some of my friends and business colleagues classing up this joint!  This week, I’m fortunate to have Heather Burke write a guest blog for me. Heather’s company is Smart Space: a professional organizing service

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Little CTO (Caribbean Tourism Organization), You're Really Lookin' Fine…

Destinations, Other Items /

Last night, I attended the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s (or CTO’s) “Rum and Rhythm” event in Toronto, organized by the fabulous Lynda Sinclair.  It was a night of rum, music, food, and fun!  And even though I only had my crappy cellphone camera with me, I did my best to capture some snaps. For some reason, the initials “CTO”

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Be a Bespoke Traveller over a Travel Mooch (another quiz!)

Other Items, Top Posts /

Yesterday’s quiz was a good one – had numbers to back it up, and seemed to really get to the heart of what was important to people in their vacation planning. (Check out yesterday’s post if you missed it. http://sheila0gh.wordpress.com/2010/10/27/quiz-what-is-your-explorer-quotient/) Today I have another that is a little easier – 10 questions, instead of 3

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Finding $ for your dream vacay: Guest blogger, Jacquie Bushell

Guest Bloggers, Travel Tips & Advice /

Today, I have a special guest blogger, Jacquie Bushell, AMP, of My Ottawa Mortgage. Jacquie is a residential mortgage specialist, with particular expertise in arranging mortgages for self-employed professionals. Jacquie is sharing her knowledge with this guest blog: “Finding $ for your dream vacay.”  Thanks, Jacquie!  (Please contact Jacquie for all your mortgage needs. Her contact details are at the

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