Trains are on my mind. I did a Rocky Mountaineer trip a couple of years ago. I LOVED it. The views were spectacular, and made me so proud to be Canadian. Of course, the food and service onboard the train was phenomenal too. And the gold leaf service with the dome-window car was absolutely outstanding. […]
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Would you like to visit the floe edge? My partners, Arctic Kingdom, have terrific trips to the floe edge this season. As my partner Natasha at Arctic Kingdom says, “the floe edge is where the land-fast ice actually reaches the open water in the Arctic ocean in the spring time (when it’s starting to melt
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On a recent webinar with my Virtuoso partners, Arctic Kingdom, they gave a terrific little overview of the major differences between the Arctic and Antarctica (other than being at opposite poles, of course.) This is kinda a nifty chart to give a quick snapshot. Arctic Antarctica Indigenous people and culture Virtually uninhabited Large land mammals
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Aqua Expeditions is a terrific VAST (Virtuoso Active & Specialty Travel) partner of mine that offers fantastic and luxurious river cruises through the Mekong and Amazon. And – besides the fantastic up-close-to-nature experiences onboard beautiful river ships, they also do up food right! Aqua’s Mekong river cruise has Chef David Thompson, a Michelin star chef,
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I love helping wonderful causes, and being part of a community. I was honoured to be a member of the #Motherlove community. And being part of #motherlove in Ottawa (a movement started by Catherine Landry with “Ladies Who Lunch”) was inspirational. We helped raise money, as well as get sports equipment and art supplies, sent
We lost a musical legend this week. On Thursday, the Purple One,Prince, died. He was only 57. Over the weekend, there has been an outpouring of emotion. More will certainly follow. Some people knew him. Some didn’t. All loved him – he taught us that, “dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this
I love getting testimonials from clients. Here’s a recent one a client made on facebook when the Virtuoso survey had an issue. Thanks Sheri! (Virtuoso is fixing their issue.) Let me know if I can help you get away. Sheila Gallant-Halloran sheila.gh@visiontravel.ca 613-837-0699
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This week, we’re going to consider river cruising! River cruising is extremely popular. Viking River Cruises certainly raised the profile of river cruising across the board, with their wonderful infiltration of advertising on Masterpiece Theatre and Downton Abbey. Everyone wants to river cruise! River cruising can seem expensive to those who ocean cruise (or those
Lush Life’s Testimonial of Week Virtuoso Testimonial from Client I love getting testimonials from clients. Here’s a recent one that I really value from a client and friend who knows both sides of the travel business. (Thank you, Eileen, for the trust!) Perfect trip – thank you Sheila By: J
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