Travel Tips & Advice

Bespoke Tailoring of your Travel Needs

My tagline is “Made-to-measure travel: Please, go away!” Clever? I hope. Catchy? Perhaps. Punny? 🙂 . The idea behind my tagline is to have a phrase that you’ll associate with me. For new clients, I hope the second half of the tag will stand out enough that if you’re thinking of going away, you’ll think to call me so I can help you “please, […]

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Travelling or On the Go? Pack it Light. Wear it Right. Guest Blog by Dr. Lindsay Clement

It’s “Guest Blog Monday,” and today I’m fortunate enough to have Dr. Lindsay Clement do a guest blog. Lindsay holds her doctor of chiropractic (as well as specialist certificates in being a Graston Technique provider), and she is a member of my business networking group. She is a very passionate advocate on good health, injury prevention, and rehabilitation. When I heard

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Travel – Organized: Guest blog by Smart Space's Heather Burke

Monday’s child is “fair of face.” And that will never be more true than around this blog. On Monday, it’ll be “Guest Bloggers’ Day,” with some of my friends and business colleagues classing up this joint!  This week, I’m fortunate to have Heather Burke write a guest blog for me. Heather’s company is Smart Space: a professional organizing service

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Finding $ for your dream vacay: Guest blogger, Jacquie Bushell

Today, I have a special guest blogger, Jacquie Bushell, AMP, of My Ottawa Mortgage. Jacquie is a residential mortgage specialist, with particular expertise in arranging mortgages for self-employed professionals. Jacquie is sharing her knowledge with this guest blog: “Finding $ for your dream vacay.”  Thanks, Jacquie!  (Please contact Jacquie for all your mortgage needs. Her contact details are at the

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The Dilemma: Taking the Kids out of School to Travel

Unless you’re a school teacher, and have few scheduling choices, most parents wrestle with the dilemma: do I take my kids out of school to travel during non-peak (and often more value-laden) times? Ask any two people, and you’ll likely get three, hotly debated, and firmly entrenched, views. Like having a baby for the first

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Disney's "Guest Assistance Card" (GAC)

I was recently reminded by a colleague that not everyone is aware of Disney’s “Guest Assistance Card” or GAC. So, I thought if other travel professionals don’t know about the GAC, then surely there are clients out there in the same boat – and worse still, clients who may not be visiting Disney because of their family’s special requirements, and

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Rhod Gilbert, bringing the funny with "Lost Luggage"

Unfortunately, lost luggage is something that happens in air travel.  Airlines have pretty sophisticated systems for tracking down the missing pieces, and usually the pieces can be located, and rerouted to you in short order. But anyone who has had the misfortune of having something go astray knows how frustrating it can be. (Obviously, I

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10 Tips for First Time Cruisers

During a recent conversation on twitter with other travellers and travel professionals (Thursdays from 3:30-5:00 pm est – called #tni, or travellers’ night in), the question was posed as to what advice you’d give to first time cruisers.  I suggested several items, as did other experienced cruisers and cruise travel agents.  I thought the tips raised were worth sharing with others. So, here

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An Intro to the Wonderful World of Disney – what is WDW?

How many of you grew up watching the “Wonderful World of Disney” on TV? I know when I was a kid, watching Tinkerbell fly over the castle, and wave her wand, made me want to be instantly transported from my parents’ living room in Corner Brook, Newfoundland to Orlando. Maybe that’s why my I’m so fanatical

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