This summer, my 15 year old daughter and I were lucky enough to visit Colombia with my travel partner, Cox and Kings. We visited Bogota, Medellin, and Cartagena. What a wonderful country. We were so surprised by the transformation of Medellin. All I’d really known of Medellin before our visit was the history of Pablo […]
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My daughter, Ciara, and I are enjoying our stay at the Sofitel Bogota VIctoria Regia. What a beautiful little hotel u Bogota.http://www.sofitel.com/es/hotel-0561-sofitel-bogota-victoria-regia/index.shtml As it says on the hotel website, “The name refers to a Colombian elegant water lily floating in the Amazon and is known for the strength of its leaves. The hotel reflects its
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I just returned from sailing on Tauck’s MS Savor – the inaugural sailing. It was wonderful. I have a couple of little video clips of my cabin (a category 6 on deck 2, #213). And here are some other videos to show you a little of the ship. It is beautiful! I didn’t get a
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One of the biggest honours I had over the past year was serving as captain for my two daugthers’ school team of 140 strong members for the CIBC Annual “Run for the Cure.” The “Run for the Cure” is an annual run, and fundraiser, for breast cancer research. Both Ciara (in grade 9) and Ceili (in
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Lately, I’ve been getting a lot of requests for air only bookings from people. If you use an advisor to book any travel services, you should remember my “play” on the acronym PITA (pain in the a@$). I make a joke out of it. I say using a travel advisor gives you pain avoidance
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On a recent Seabourn cruise, I acted as Virtuoso Voyageur Club host with my colleague, Ms. Alex Yates. We had an amazing experience. The most unexpected pleasure came when we had the opportunity to visit Dominica for the first time. What a treat! I was really taken by this little piece of
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A recent article in the “Washingtonian” touted that Travel Agents are Back in High Demand. http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/travel/travel-agents-come-full-circle-are-back-in-high-demand/ Great article. And I applaud the author for turning away from her do-it-yourself mentality of usually booking holidays online by herself! But – there’s a little more to be uncovered. It’s not that travel “agents” are
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Last August, I traveled to Vegas for Virtuoso’s Travel Week, and met 4000 fellow travel advisors and suppliers from around the world. I had the pleasure of dining at the Shangri-La table during the hotelier dinner during the week. I enjoyed learning more about the fabulous Shangri-La hotels around the world,
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I’ve done some previous blogs about apps – particularly this one on visiting Disney that a client of mine had written for me: https://lushlife.ca/2011/04/guest-blog-by-gemma-riley-laurin-using-apps-at-disney/ But I’ve come across others that might be helpful to you. After we’ve collaborated, and planned your trip; and got everything reserved and set for you (and you have your
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For anyone traveling in the near future, I’d like to introduce you to my client, Shahin Abdullah, who runs her own travel clinic in in the east end of Ottawa (Orleans), Ontario called Destinations Travel Clinic. My 13 year old daughter, Ciara, is going to Ecuador on a Me-to-We trip with her grade 8
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