Planes, Trains, & Automobiles

#VastChat #16 with The Blue Train, South Africa – Oct.11.13

On October 11, 2013, my colleague, Maureen Hutchinson, and I hosted a twitter chat with The Blue Train in South Africa.  What a terrific luxury rail experience. If you want to learn more, read the transcript here. http://storify.com/sheila_gh/vastchat-16-oct-11-13-the-blue-train-south-africa And, of course, contact me with any questions. Sheila Gallant-Halloran [email protected] 613-837-0699

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VastChat #11 – Butterfield & Robinson – Sept.6.13

On September 6th, my colleague, Maureen Hutchinson, and I hosted a twitter chat with Butterfield & Robinson. It was a great opportunity to learn more about this fantastic active travel partner. Here’s the transcript. http://storify.com/sheila_gh/vastchat-11-butterfield-and-robinson-sept-6-13 If you’d like to learn more about cycling holidays, and great adventures with a five star company, please give me

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#VastChat #6 – Tweet Chat w Backroads Travel – Jul.26.13

On July 26, 2013, my colleague, Maureen Hutchinson, and I hosted a twitter travel chat with Backroads Travel. What a wonderful company with very different vacation options – especially for families. Did you know that you could bike through Yellowstone, and do some glamping (glamourous camping)? That’s the only way that I’d camp – with

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#VastChat #1 – Best Tips from Rocky Mountaineer Twitter Chat – May.31.13

  My colleague, Maureen Hutchinson, and I hosted our first twitter chat with a VAST partner on Friday. (VAST= Virtuoso Active & Specialty Travel.)  We were fortunate enough to have Cynthia Landry, the sales manager for Eastern Canadian, join us on the chat. There were some terrific Q&A’s about riding the Rocky Mountaineer train, especially

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Want to Ride the Rocky Mountaineer?

The Rocky Mountaineer is a fantastic train ride through Canada’s Rockies.  It has won top awards for the experience, including: *Six-time winner of World’s Leading Travel Experience by Train by the World Travel Awards * Named One of the world’s “Best Life-Changing Trips” by Travel + Leisure * Named one of the World’s Greatest Trips by National Geographic

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Client Vanessa Jalbert 's Guest Blog- Amtrack Auto Train – "Rock-a-Bye-Baby"

Today, I’m fortunate to have my client, Vanessa Jalbert, share her family’s experiences with the Amtrack Auto Train. Vanessa’s family, and friends, just completed a two week vacation that I’d helped them with. They’d gone from sailing onboard a Disney cruise (the Dream – with it’s AquaDuck), to visiting both Legoland and Walt Disney World. A very busy vacation, for

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