Today, I thought I’d focus on “buy local.” Of course, when you book your travel with me, you’re automatically buying local. I am an independent and local business owner. When you book your travel with me, you keep money in the local economy, you celebrate the uniqueness of this community, you support local jobs, you […]
This week, we’re focused on milestone birthdays, and celebrations. Happy 50ish! I was going to title the post “turning 50,” but that felt too singular somehow. (Maybe it’s because I just turned 52 – my deck of cards year!) But I’ve heard from at least 5 clients this week who are celebrating a 50th
I often feature travel ‘product’ in my weekly newsletter, but it’s important to note that my focus as your travel advisor is on you; and your travel experience. Let’s focus on a number – and that is: 10,000 hours. Are you familiar with Malcolm Gladwell and his terrific book called Outliers? In it, Gladwell reports that
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I was invited to exhibit at the Ottawa Senior’s Expo yesterday. What a great gathering. Several of my clients (including Ron, Maria, Bonnie, Jean-Louis, Lloyd, Karen, and Frank) made the trip to the Nepean Sportsplex to check out the show, and came by to say “hi.” It was lovely to see them (you), and I
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Are you shopping for your next travel adventure? Are you making travel plans/ lists for 2016 and beyond? If so, we should talk! I can help you fill your bucket list for now – or we can craft a plan for the next 10 years! I can help you with Christmas shopping and beyond!
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On November 3rd, I invited my clients to come learn about Active Europe in 2016 with my friend and colleague Pat Rochon presenting. (Info on event was here click . There’ll also be an event in Toronto on Nov.10th – call me if you’re interested in those details.) I did a twitter chat with Utracks (under the umbrella of
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I was so excited to host this week was with Lindblad Expeditions, Big Five Tours, Natural Habitat, and International Expeditions this past Saturday at Metropolitain Brasserie. The topic was “transformative and sustainable travel.” I was honoured to have my award-winning partners from these global leaders in sustainable travel come and talk to my clients. We
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International Luxury Travel Mart Fairmont Mayakoba – Sept.28-Oct.2, 2015 I was fortunate enough to attend the ILTM Americas – the International Luxury Travel Mart – at the Fairmont Mayakoba in the Mayan Riviera in Mexico. What a great event, bringing me in as an invited “buyer” for ideas for my clients future holidays. Here
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As my client, you would know this already, but, a refresher is always good. (As one of my old actuarial colleagues used to say, it goes without saying, but it goes better having been said. So, thanks www.virtuoso.com for having said it, with credits to the editors of Virtuoso for having penned this basis of this piece.)
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I’m just back from Virtuoso Travel Week in Las Vegas.This is what I was involved in. To say it was exhausting but exhilarating is an understatement. But, despite all that activity, and focused networking (or maybe because of it), the one person I met that impacted me most was Pico Iyer. Perhaps you’ve heard of
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