A trip with Backroads (one of my Virtuoso Active and Speciality Travel, or VAST) partners is a special thing. For one thing, Backroads is the #1 active travel company in the world. They’ve been arranging active trips for 35 years. For another, look at the list of amazing destinations around the world they see. […]
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Adventure travel is on the rise. But there are all kinds of itineraries, and all kinds of style of travel. Which one is right for you? Well, perhaps some distinctions might help. Hard (or extreme) adventure trips generally require some technical expertise, specific skill, and perhaps specific equipment. Hard adventure trips usually require the traveler
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On October 28th, my colleagues Pat Rochon, Janet Lavern, Denise Gushue and I hosted a travel talk on “walking and wine”tours at the Foolish Chicken in Ottawa. It was our second such show. And it was great. Folks got to sample wine while we chatted about terrific “walking and wine” tours throughout France, Italy, Spain,
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Many know Butterfield and Robinson (B&R) as a cycling and walking company, but it is much more than that. Butterfield and Robinson are a VAST supplier. VAST = Virtuoso Active and Specialty Travel. But B&R’s real skill is making the ordinary extra-ordinary. As outlined on a recent VAST webinar for Virtuoso agents such as myself, B&R noted
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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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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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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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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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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! #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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