Travel Tips & Advice

VastChat #10 – Tweet Chat w Un-Cruise: Unrushed. Uncrowded. Unbelievable. Aug.30.13

Cruising, Travel Tips & Advice / Sheila Gallant-Halloran

On Aug.30.13, my colleague Maureen Hutchinson, and I hosted a tweet chat with Un-Cruise. Un-cruise is an unbelieveable Virtuoso Active and Specialty Travel (VAST) partner. See their website here. http://www.un-cruise.com/ Choose to un-cruise. Unrushed. Uncrowded. Unbelievable. Here’s the transcript. And – let me know if you’d like to learn even more. http://storify.com/sheila_gh/vastchat-10-w-un-cruise-aug-30-13

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Testimonial from Disney Client, Tyler Moule

Disney, Testimonials, Travel Tips & Advice, Why Use a Travel Advisor / Sheila Gallant-Halloran

I love getting these kind of emails from clients. I love making family vacations just magical. Call me to book your Disney memories. ================================ Hi Sheila, I just wanted to send an email thanking you and Bill for your efforts with respect to mine and Maddy’s trip to Disney. Everything went off without a hitch

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#VastChat #8 Aug.9.13 – a Catch up on Twitter Chats #VastChat

Travel Tips & Advice / Sheila Gallant-Halloran

This week, @moe_adventure and I had a catch up on #VastChat. Most of our suppliers were already en route to Vegas for @Virtuoso #Vast globe-trotting. Maureen and I were to hop a plane a little later in the afternoon to join them there, so we decided to go ahead with an abbreviated form of #VastChat.

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#VastChat #4 -The World is VAST – GO EXPLORE!

Partners, Top Posts, Travel Tips & Advice / Sheila Gallant-Halloran

On July 12th, my colleague, Maureen Hutchinson, and I were thrilled to have Trisha Foresman of Virtuoso join us on our weekly twitter chat, #VastChat. Trisha very kindly participated in our tweet chat, and answered our questions with fantastic information and insight. VAST= Virtuoso Active and Specialty Travel. The world is indeed VAST! Go explore!

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6 Tips to Survive Disney Summer Heat

Disney, Travel Tips & Advice / Sheila Gallant-Halloran

We escaped to Walt Disney World as soon as my girls finished school. We’re about two weeks earlier finishing than other schools in our area, but of course, schools in different parts of the country/ continent finish at different times – the parks were busier than I’d thought they might be just yet. But, what

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Happy New Year! Live Lushly!

Travel Tips & Advice / Sheila Gallant-Halloran

Happy New Year! Live Lushly! #constantcontact http://conta.cc/UBih4b Resolve to Live Lushly in 2013! Happy New Year! “Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year!” Ralph Waldo Emerson Resolve to live lushly in 2013! Sincerely, Sheila Gallant-Halloran Lush Life /Vision 2000 Travel sheila.gh@vision2000.ca 613-837-0699

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Post Halloween Treats – Mind Candy for Vacay

Cruising, Hotels, Travel Tips & Advice, Why Use a Travel Advisor / Sheila Gallant-Halloran

Greetings! Are you in a post-Halloween candy haze? I wanted to share a few post-Halloween treats with you – in the form of some mind candy to help plan your next vacay! – – Are you thinking about your next vacation? I can help orchestrate that dream. And make it a reality! – – I’ve

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6 Luxury Travel Trends You Should Know

Travel Tips & Advice / Sheila Gallant-Halloran

Virtuoso Travel Week is over, but my head is still spinning with all of the information I took away, and the powerful contacts I made. See more info here http://www.forbes.com/sites/anniefitzsimmons/2012/08/21/6-luxury-travel-trends-to-know-now/ As reported by Annie FirzSimmons in this Forbes’ article, “the love of a career in selling luxury travel and relationships was flourishing in Las Vegas. Our

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Traveling Abroad with Children

Travel Tips & Advice / Sheila Gallant-Halloran

If you are traveling abroad, or even to the states, with children, and both parents are not travelling with the family unit, make sure you have completed a consent letter. Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada has a form to generate a consent letter. You can print off the form, and fill out as

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Mishaps When Travelling? Some Tips.

Travel Tips & Advice / Sheila Gallant-Halloran

We all work hard to enjoy our vacations. Unfortunately, things sometimes go wrong. It goes without saying (although it goes better having been said!), you should be working with a travel advisor to book your holiday. You get PITA x 2 – working with a travel advisor saves you the “Pain In The A$%” (PITA

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