weekly ezine

A couple of months ago, I did a newsletter about “Greece is the Word” – playing off the wonderful movie “Greece,” and promoting travel there. (See https://archive.aweber.com/newsletter/awlist4876745/MTEzNDgyNjg=/greece-is-the-word-travel-ideas-for-your-lush-life.htm). My client, Steve, loved that newsletter as a way of thinking about travel a little differently, and he shared with me that he and his wife Marcia often […]

This week, I was invited to participate in a press conference with the Canadian Travel and Tourism Roundtable in Ottawa on Thursday, Nov.4.21. (Photo from TravelWeek.) It was a great experience to talk to media about the negative impact of the PCR test on families. And – I got to participate alongside Perrin Beatty (the

Well, the news is out. Vaccine passports are here. We’ve seen it internationally for a while. France led the charge with their Passe Sanitaire. And we’ve seen various other countries across Europe and now other areas around the world take it on. And now it’s in Canada. We’ve had various provinces create their own. Here’s

Traveling Alone, Together – This week, I was interviewed as part of a story by CBC Radio‘s Jason Osler about why solo travelers are traveling in groups. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-90-columnists-from-cbc-radio/clip/15873608-traveling-alone-together Jason and I spent over a half an hour, and I wasn’t sure which clips he’d use in his piece, or how he’d frame it (and maybe some

The Re-Opening! There is lots of news this week. It started with me being interviewed by Canadian travel Baxter Media about what it’s like to be a travel advisor right now. https://travelcourier.ca/hows-it-going-really/  The craziness of the workload in ensuring all my travelling clients are entering, transiting, testing, proving their vaccination status, enjoying (the most important part), and

I hope you are celebrating fall and Thanksgiving with family and friends this week. I give thanks that I am. Last week, I was surprised to be named Ottawa’s Best Travel Agency. I give thanks for that. https://www.bestinottawa.com/top-travel-agency-ottawa/ This week, I was interviewed by Travel Courier, a Canadian travel trade publication by Baxter Media about what

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