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#VastChat #17 with Travel 42 – Oct.18.13

On Oct.18.13, my colleague, Maureen Hutchinson, and I hosted Travel 42 on our twitter chat.  Travel 42 is a terrific resource available only to travel advisors – it allows us to have impartial and up-to-date ratings on hotels and destinations – and no suppliers or paid reviewers participate. See transcript here http://storify.com/sheila_gh/vastchat-18-travel-42-oct-18-13 And contact me […]

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Backroads – Biking Through California Wine Country

Got 6 days to spare, and want to do something different? How about a biking trip through California Wine Country? httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpelNB3spkI My partner, Backroads Travel, is a fantastic Virtuoso Active and Specialty Travel provider. They have some amazing itineraries that we partner together to ensure my clients are treated royally. Here’s one such trip, with

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Testimonial from Disney Client, Tyler Moule

I love getting these kind of emails from clients.  I love making family vacations just magical. Call me to book your Disney memories. ================================ Hi Sheila, I just wanted to send an email thanking you and Bill for your efforts with respect to mine and Maddy’s trip to Disney. Everything went off without a hitch

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#VastChat #9 with Ashish Sanghrajka of Big Five Tours – Aug.25.13

My colleague, Maureen Hutchinson, and I host a weekly chat on twitter with our favourite VAST (which stands for Virtuoso Active and Specialty Travel) partners. It takes place every Friday at 11 am est.  (Just follow the hashtag #VastChat to join in the fun.) On Friday, Aug.23rd, we were fortunate to have Ashish Sanghrajka, the

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#VastChat #7 with Lesa Bain of Lindblad Expeditions – Aug.2.13

My colleague, Maureen Hutchinson, and I host a weekly chat on twitter with our favourite VAST (which stands for Virtuoso Active and Specialty Travel) partners. It takes place every Friday at 11 am est.  (Just follow the hashtag #VastChat to join in the fun.) On Friday, Aug.2nd, we were fortunate to have Lesa Bain, the

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#VastChat #6 – Tweet Chat w Backroads Travel – Jul.26.13

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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