Why Use a Travel Advisor

Vision 2000 Travel@Home – An Eye on the Future with Lynda Sinclair

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Today, I celebrate my first quarter as an independent contractor with the Vision 2000 Travel Group. It’s been a terrific 3 months, filled with scads of fun bookings, terrific amenities for clients coming from Vision’s affiliation with Virtuoso, new friends, new systems, and just settling in to my new home. Vision has welcomed me with open arms, and it’s been just awesome.  I’ve […]

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Bespoke Tailoring of your Travel Needs

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My tagline is “Made-to-measure travel: Please, go away!” Clever? I hope. Catchy? Perhaps. Punny? 🙂 . The idea behind my tagline is to have a phrase that you’ll associate with me. For new clients, I hope the second half of the tag will stand out enough that if you’re thinking of going away, you’ll think to call me so I can help you “please,

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The "Why" I am in Travel (inspired by Simon Sinek's "Start with Why")

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Simple truth:  I love to help families build memories. It’s why I work in travel. I listened to a speech by Simon Sinek at the “Power of Vision 2000” conference in Montreal yesterday. Simon talked about how people do not buy “what” individuals/ companies do so much as buying “why” you do it.  It made me think about how

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Ch-ch-ch-changes: Exciting travel news from Sheila

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Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (turn and face the strain) Ch-ch-changes Who better than Bowie could describe the roller coaster exhilaration of life that I’ve experienced this week? Big highs, sudden drops, and lots of twists and turns… But hang on to your hats, cause this is one coaster I’m going to ride! Here’s a note I sent my clients this weekend. I trust

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10 Tips for First Time Cruisers

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During a recent conversation on twitter with other travellers and travel professionals (Thursdays from 3:30-5:00 pm est – called #tni, or travellers’ night in), the question was posed as to what advice you’d give to first time cruisers.  I suggested several items, as did other experienced cruisers and cruise travel agents.  I thought the tips raised were worth sharing with others. So, here

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Soarin' thru Disney – quashing the planning myths!

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[tweetmeme]It’s true – I LOVE Disney.  My family’s been 17 times. It’s our vacation spot of choice. And I love helping other families plan their vacations so that they go soarin’ thru Disney. And while a ride (or 4) on Soarin’ in Epcot should be on everyone’s must-do list at Disney, I’m not suggesting you

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Only a Spider Trusts the Web… Trust your Travel Advisor Instead

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  The vast majority of my new clients are internet savvy. Many of them are social media junkies. A number of them are very well-travelled folks, and they are quite used to researching their own trips. But something happens….     Life gets busy, the mass of info gets overwhelming, and they just don’t have

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