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This week, I was surprised by an honour. I was named “Best in Ottawa” as the “Top Travel Agency in Ottawa.” See https://www.bestinottawa.com/top-travel-agency-ottawa/#1_Lush_Life_Travel The award/ selection process noted: As an affiliate of Vision Travel Solutions, Lush Life Travel has its own offices in Ottawa instead of Toronto. It’s headed by Sheila Gallant-Halloran whose passion for an […]

Are you humming now? Is there a little John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John (and Frankie Valli) running through your brain? You’re welcome for the ‘ear worm’ – even if I’m talking about Greece, the country, not Grease, the movie! But there’s a taste of the movie in the video below. But, let’s ‘move on’ to

We’re in a ‘Have Vax, Can Travel’ world. We’d started out as ‘have vax, will travel’  – but increasingly, the vax is required to travel. I was interviewed by a top Canadian travel magazine this week. (I’ll let you know when it appears in print.) And one of the questions was: What’s your stance on

Kia Ora! Is New Zealand on your bucket list? Here are some basic facts about NZ geography and population to whet your appetite. Did you know? *New Zealand is made up of two main islands: the North Island and the South Island, plus Stewart Island and the Chatham Islands. *With an area of approximately 270,500

The Rocky Mountaineer is running, and Canadians are going! And – after this week, Americans are starting to travel onboard too! Do you dream of taking an iconic trip through the Canadian Rockies in a dome window trail – sipping wine as you see the mountains ahead of you, rivers and streams to your left

Jan Sortland, owner of Norwegian Adventures – authentic, customized journeys in Scandinavia will join Lush Life Travel for a client presentation on Tuesday, August 31st at 5 pm edt. Sheila is excited to welcome Jan live from Oslo, Norway. Jan be chatting with Sheila all about travel to Norway, and the sorts of trips he

I love leveraging the power of my relationships to help you travel better. As an affiliate of Vision Travel, a Direct Travel company; as well as a member of the Virtuoso luxury travel consortium, I can VIP you. You likely know that as a member of Virtuoso, I have access to the best hotels around

This virus has taught you that your BUCKET LIST has become your TO DO list. And I will help you turn your TO DO list into your TA DA list. Nothing motivated you more to travel these past 18 months than being told you couldn’t, right? You took travel for granted, didn’t you? Time to

Flying again! I’m just back off the plane from spending two weeks in Newfoundland. Newfoundland opened to fully vaccinated Canadians on July 2nd, and we were on the plane soon after my youngest daughter’s 2nd vaccine. We had a wonderful trip, and a fantastic family reunion. I wanted to share with you my experience on