Vision 2000 has a terrific ad in today’s “Globe & Mail”. It’s wonderful to be part of a team that with great national advertising, but what more would you expect from Canada’s largest independent travel agency? Vision 2000 has its eye on the future! There are some awesome cruise and sun values (a sail sale?). The […]
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Walt Disney World in Orlando has several grocery stores in the vicinity. Check out these links for information on where to buy groceries in person (should you want to rent a car, or catch a cab); as well as spots where you can order groceries online in advance, and have them delivered right to your
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to one and all! Since we couldn’t travel to Newfoundland this Christmas, we kept a little Newfoundland tradition alive here in Ottawa. My family of 4 got dressed up in as silly a fashion as we dared, and drove out to see my Aunt Sadie and Uncle Ray (who
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My turn to guest blog, again – this time on the terrific travel site, Got Saga. Thank you, Patricia @PatriciaVance, @gotsaga and @gotsagalatino for the invitation to write about how I’d show off my hometown to visitors! http://www.gotsaga.com/detailsaga/5-places-that-you-may-not-want-to-miss-in-corner-brook-newfoundland/4299
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Norad is tracking Santa’s progress around the world. Keep an eye where he is “live” at http://www.noradsanta.org/en/index.html. Wherever you are in the world, I hope Santa finds you, and you have a magical Christmas!
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We’ve just passed winter solstice, and it seems the crazy weather is emerging world-wide yet again – wind storms are hitting eastern Canada, heavy rains in California, and whitemares in London http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3309273/200000-people-stranded-over-weekend-as-flights-grounded-at-airports.html?OTC-RSS&ATTR=News but yet the Christmas spirit is alive and well. Particularly in Vancouver, where an AC flash mob got folks in the holiday spirit. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-28ef_r4mqo]
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Hi – my turn to guest blog this week. I wrote a guest blog on Heather Burke’s “Smart Spaces” blog. Heather asked me “to guest post … on the topic of why entrepreneurs should take the time to go away and just relax .” What do you think? (Check out Heather for all of your
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I was just addressing some basic info questions about Disney for a client, and sending her a list of links to some earlier blog posts. Then I thought, why not put them in one easy spot for others? So, here’s a list of my Disney “Greatest Hits” – for your Christmas shopping pleasure! 🙂 http://sheila0gh.wordpress.com/2010/08/21/an-intro-to-the-wonderful-world-of-disney-what-is-wdw/
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Today, I celebrate my first quarter as an independent contractor with the Vision 2000 Travel Group. It’s been a terrific 3 months, filled with scads of fun bookings, terrific amenities for clients coming from Vision’s affiliation with Virtuoso, new friends, new systems, and just settling in to my new home. Vision has welcomed me with open arms, and it’s been just awesome. I’ve
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I don’t buy into patriotic bursts of pride. But the “Ode to Newfoundland” is the one anthem that brings a tear to my eye. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SpUmZtaRBQ] Newfoundlanders love their home. And no one made us prouder to call Newfoundland home than recently retired premier of Newfoundland, Danny Williams. Read Rex Murphy’s tribute to Danny Williams. http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/11/25/rex-murphy-williams-a-modern-day-joe-smallwood/
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