One of the things we love most about what we do is matching our clients tastes’ with the greatest hotels in the world. And with our preferred status with these industry leading hotel brands it means our clients are instant VIP’s with upgrades and special perks that you only get working with an elite partner. […]
The Belmond Bellini Club Program. Read More »
When you travel this year, you have to pack your patience. Pilot shortages, limited ground crew, other staff shortages, cancelled flights and schedule changes, etc. have added to the normal travel stressors we know from pre-pandemic. Travel is a little bit more complicated now. And that’s before we factor in the bizarre weather challenges, war
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Photographs and memories. Jim Croce is playing through my mind: “Photographs and memories All the love you gave to me Somehow it just can’t be true That’s all I’ve left of you.” My mom passed away two weeks ago. Like my dad 16 years prior, she passed suddenly. Leaving us all to mourn and cherish
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I am a member of the Virtuoso luxury consortium worldwide, which allows me to book hotels (and cruises, and tours, and customized holidays, etc) for clients worldwide and work with feet-on-the-ground experts. But, I am also a member of several dozen preferred hotel programs. And, that means if you’re staying at a premium to luxury
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I hope you can join me on Tuesday, May 31st for Travel Tuesday, where I’ll host my partner, Lesa Bain of Lindblad Expeditions to talk all about Lindblad Expeditions and their terrific history of conservation and sustainability – whether that’s for their travels to Galapagos, Antarctica, the Kimberleys, or Egypt. Lesa will share some overview
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Besides the example of VIP’ing I’ve mentioned above for the Fairmont Waterfront, which is part of the Accor family, I am a member of the Virtuoso luxury consortium worldwide, which allows me to book hotels (and cruises, and tours, and customized holidays, etc) for clients worldwide and work with feet-on-the-ground experts. But, I am also
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My partners at Virtuoso and I have been working on evolving the Wanderlist ‘travel dream’ program. And now I can invite you to create your own! How cool is that? We are happy to offer an exclusive invitation to try Virtuoso Wanderlist®. Wanderlist is a place to collect and share travel ideas with your friends,
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You are aware already that I am a member of the Virtuoso luxury consortium worldwide, which allows me to book hotels (and cruises, and tours, and customized holidays, etc) for clients worldwide and work with feet-on-the-ground experts. But, I am also a member of a couple of dozen preferred hotel programs. And, that means when
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Happy Mother’s Day to the all the women in our lives. Here’s an inspiring poem by Layne Redmond, from “When the Drummers Were Women.” “It is often said that the first sound we hear in the womb is our mother’s heartbeat. Actually, the first sound to vibrate our newly developed hearing apparatus is the pulse
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I thought I’d continue to share some info about the preferred hotel programs that I belong to, as part of Lush Life’s relationship with Vision and Direct Travel. You are aware already that I am a member of the Virtuoso luxury consortium worldwide, which allows me to book hotels (and cruises, and tours, and customized
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