When I was at Virtuoso’s Travel Mart in Vegas in August, I met some terrific folks from Meadowood Napa Valley. Tamra Waslewski, the Director of Leisure Sales, and I hit it off immediately. She’s a great gal, and a terrific ambassador for her property. I’ve had some clients visit Napa recently, who’d stayed at Auberge […]
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Yesterday, I attended my re-certification for the Beaches and Sandals brand to maintain my “Certified Sandals/ Beaches Specialist.” While the Sandals (couples) brand is terrific, my client base has a large preponderance of families, so they tend to be more in the Beaches stage of life. And, of course, Beaches resorts are for everyone. Beaches have more quality
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When I was in Vegas in August (attending the world’s largest luxury travel show at Virtuoso’s Travel Mart), I met the Director of Sales for North America for the Hotel St-Barth Isle de France. Christy Connolly kindly introduced me to the hotel during our 4 minute “speed dating” session, and I was so intrigued, I
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Besides my affiliation with Vision Travel Group, and being a proud member of Virtuoso, I am also thrilled of Vision’s additional partnership with the Four Seasons chain. In addition to membership in Virtuoso, Vision Travel Group is a preferred partner with Four Seasons. There are only a handful of preferred partners in Canada, and we’re in august company
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Terrific news for those of us who love Mickey Mouse – especially those of us whom are Four Seasons Preferred Partners (ahem, like me!) When you book Four Seasons through Lush Life Travel and Vision Travel, you will enjoy exclusive Four Seasons Preferred Partner benefits. I will be pleased to give you more details., and
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I just returned from Virtuoso’s luxury travel show at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. The Bellagio hosted the “best of the best” travel advisors, hoteliers, suppliers, and onsite destination specialists in a one week trade show that really has blown my mind. While I’m still processing all the information I absorbed, and trying to organize
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I always recommend staying onsite at a Disney hotel. There are so many terrific perks you get staying at an official Disney onsite hotel: a. you get a free shuttle to and from the airport to your hotel (and have your bags delivered) b. you’re surrounded by Disney magic 24 hrs c. you can use
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I often will recommend to my clients that they stay at a Disney monorail hotel. The benefits of the location, and the convenience of access to Magic Kingdom, just can’t be beat. Last month, we visited WDW for the 19th time, and we again stayed at a WDW monorail hotel. We stayed at the Grand
Concierge at Disney's Grand Floridian – Pampering to Die For! Read More »
My family was lucky enough to return to the Grand Floridian for our 5th visit recently (and our #19 visit to Disney in total). I returned to my happy place! Let’s be clear…. I LOVE the Grand Floridian. I love the Victorian elegance. I love the white buildings, and pastel shading. I love the service,
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For visit #19 to WDW last week, my family spent 3 nights at the Caribbean Beach moderate resort, and 3 nights at the Grand Floridian deluxe resort. I’d stayed at the Grand Floridian 4 times previously, so I knew I loved it, and knew what to expect. However, this was my first time staying at the Caribbean Beach
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