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Visits home, to Newfoundland, are always over much too soon. The outstanding scenery, welcoming people, terrific fresh seafood (and more), foot-stomping Irish & folk music, and relaxing and slow pace of life gets in your soul. Have you visited the best province in Canada? If yes, it’s time to return. If not, what are you […]

In last week’s newsletter, I shared about Virtuoso Travel Week 2023 – see https://lushlife.ca/virtuoso-travel-week-2023/ , and the week prior, had talked about Globetrotting https://lushlife.ca/globetrotting-and-beginning-virtuoso-travel-week/ And I’m still working through all the wonderful connections and business ideas I’d gathered. I was interviewd by PaxNews, a Canadian travel trade magazine. Here’s the article: “What happens in Vegas

In last week’s newsletter, I let you know about my first day in Vegas for Virtuoso Travel Week – Globetrotting! I’d spent the day Saturday visiting community travel supplier partners in their elaborately designed and thought out travel show booths – and they were organized in pavilions for Adventure Travel, Cruise Travel, and Wellness Travel

First day in Vegas for Virtuoso Travel Week – Globetrotting! Visiting community partners for Adventure, Cruise, and Wellness with each giving a 10 minute presentation about what’s new with their products and luxury travel offerings. And shopping for my clients so they can travel the world better. And, of course, going between the Bellagio, Vdara,

I’d mentioned in last week’s newsletter that I was just back from a Greece Intensive cruise with Azamara. We escorted a group of 20 clients on a great 7 night cruise around the Greek islands, including a day in Ephesus, Turkey for a Virtuoso Voyages special excursion. And boy – it was hot!  But we

This week, I travelled to Toronto to attend the Canadian Travel Market Place at the Delta Toronto Airport and Convention Centre. What a jam-packed day to fly in to Travel Market Report conference for the day. It was terrific to see travel colleagues, catch up with travel supplier partners, learn what was new and emerging

It was great to attend the #Ottawa showing of “Into Nature’s Wild” at the Canadian Museums of History with my partners from Collette CEO Dan Sullivan, and my National Accounts Bdm Ron Lonsdale, with Kateryna Havrylova , Danielle Roberta Martins and partners from Brand USA . What a great film to be shown on the

You’re invited! Consider this 15-day private jet journey through Nepal, Bhutan, India, and Sri Lanka with Remote Lands, Inc. With tiger safaris in India, explorations with private guides, and circle talks and meditations led by Asian philosophy and religion expert Shantum Seth, travelers will enjoy meaningful deep dives into each culture as they bond with

Want to take a holiday, but worried about not keeping up your fitness routine? I’ve got you covered. Having just returned from another AMA Waterways cruise (my second in 3 months – the Rhine was in December, and the Rhone in March), I can share more about their wellness program onboard. I’ve attached the schedule

Spring Forward! Did you remember to put your clocks ahead last night? If not, you might have been surprised this morning (or this afternoon) when you saw the time on your i-phone didn’t match the regular clocks in your home. I still have quite a old-style clocks to adjust. There’s something about the clocks going