On July 26, 2013, my colleague, Maureen Hutchinson, and I hosted a twitter travel chat with Backroads Travel. What a wonderful company with very different vacation options – especially for families. Did you know that you could bike through Yellowstone, and do some glamping (glamourous camping)? That’s the only way that I’d camp – with […]
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If you want to know why use a travel advisor, watch this video. PITA x 2. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVi58Rc-d60&feature=share&list=UU4lUGLkA5gZ-Id5f6IJlraw PITA 1 = saving you the Pain In The A$% PITA 2 = giving you the Pleasure In The Advisor PITA x 2 Sheila Gallant-Halloran sheila.gh@vision2000.ca 613-837-0699
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I participated in a twitter chat yesterday about the benefit of using a travel advisor. I answered all the queries posed by @TWtravelnews on their monthly travel chat on twitter, #twchats. While I was a little tardy posting my responses to the live chat, I thought after the fact that my responses kind of summarized who
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I always interview my clients before beginning work for them. If I don’t know listen to them, how do I know what memories they want to bring away from their vacation? How do I know how best to help them? The questions I ask my clients have morphed over time. I always ask
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If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional, wait until you hire an amateur. It’s true. It amazes me that people hire someone to clean and/or sell their house, hire someone to change their snow tires, and hire someone to invest their money – but when it comes to their most
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I was thrilled to have been invited to participate in my daughter Ciara’s grade 8 technology class project earlier this year. My daughter’s teacher, and the school’s Director of Technology, Mr. Matt Perrault, had a project for the girls. He wanted them to design travel services for a targeted client, and come up with a
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So ….you want to see Mickey, but are feeling overwhelmed? Call me! I’ve been to Walt Disney World 20 times, and am just planning my family’s 21st trip. I’ve cruised onboard the Disney Fantasy. I’ve been to Disneyland. And, I’ve taken an Adventure by Disney trip to Ecuador and Galapagos. Whatever your Disney needs,
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Are you culturious? How about a trip to Tuscany and Cinque Terre? First up – learning to pronounce Cinque Terre as though you are Italian http://www.pronounceitright.com/pronounce/10381/cinque-terre Ok – now that we can say it correctly, let’s go! I will be hosting a Tauck Culturious trip to Tuscany and Cinque Terre with
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I took advantage of a last minute cancellation to get my own booth at the Ottawa Travel show on March 7-8th. The Ottawa Travel show celebrated its 15th year of operation. http://www.travelandvacationshow.ca/ I had participated in the Ottawa Travel show for the past 2 years,
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“Your Relationship WITH the client is worth more than the product or service being sold TO the client.” Sally Hogsworth shared that slide on her facebook wall this week. https://www.facebook.com/HowToFascinate . It resonated with me. It what’s I believe, and how I run my business. My relationship WITH the client is worth more
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