What’s on your wanderlist? My partners at VIrtuoso have been working on Wanderlist. And now I can invite you to create your own. We are happy to offer an exclusive invitation to try Virtuoso Wanderlist®. Wanderlist is a place to collect and share travel ideas with your friends, family, and advisor. It’s fun, easy, and […]
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Oh, Canada! What a year 2020 has turned out to be. Imagine if someone had told you in January that we’d be living through this wild ride. You’d never have believed them. Now, we approach a Canada Day without festivities on Parliament Hill, or fireworks. And we all are trying to find a way to
Happy Father’s Day! I hope you’re celebrating and/or remembering all the inspirational men and fathers in your life – the father you have and/or had, as well as the uncles and brothers and grandfathers along the way. My father and my father-in-law are no longer with us, but they taught us all lessons to last
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“Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world, you change things slightly; you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life – and travel – leaves marks on you.” ~ Anthony Bourdain It’s hard to believe it’s been two years since we lost Bourdain. I so loved his outlook and
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This week, we’re in the midst of the largest civil rights movement in the world, all in the time of a pandemic. It feels like Mother Earth is yelling at us. Peaceful protests around the world. #BlackoutTuesday on social media. Three lunar eclipses in one month (read here). It can sometimes feel like an extraordinary
To say the last 3.5 months have been a wild ride in the world of travel is the understatement of a lifetime. As the head of my luxury travel consortium, Matthew Upchurch, summarized recently – the travel industry was hit first, was hit the hardest, and will take the longest time to recover. Matthew is
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I’ve been quoted in another well-known travel magazine this week. This time, the cover article of Travelage West, with an article about “What COVID-19 Can Teach the Travel Industry About Sustainability and Climate Change.” As the article starts (See TravelAge ): Groups of bears, bobcats and coyotes shoot the breeze near cabins in a seldom silent Yosemite
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Hope you’re hanging in there! We are living in wild days! But I hope we all come through better, and stronger. Last week, my newsletter noted that we should all re-imagine a “new better” for the future of travel. I’m trying to live up to the words. And I’m trying to ensure that every conversation I have
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Today we celebrate Mother’s Day. Happy Mother’s Day to all! To all the strong women we know, say thank you. Thank you, Mom! And to my mother, my mother in law, my grandmothers – and my daughters: thank you for your kindnesses, your inspiration, your laughter, and your generosity. Mother Earth – we thank you, too! We
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As the CoVid19 days persist, we find we’re looking for anything to celebrate. And this week gives us Cinco de Mayo. Yay! As noted https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/cinco-de-mayo Cinco de Mayo, or the fifth of May, is a holiday that celebrates the date of the Mexican army’s May 5, 1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during
