weekly ezine

Is Vietnam on your bucket list? I’m taking a group with Silversea in December 2021. Want to join me? We’re travelling from Singapore to Hong Kong, December 10-21, 2021. Want an amazing way to see 5 ports in 3 countries. The names may seem familiar but nothing can prepare you for the epic beauty of […]

Did you know that new research shows that trip planning can in fact lift our spirits? 97% of people feel that having a trip planned actually makes them happier! While 71 percent report having more energy when they have a trip planned for within the next six months Article Why not lift your spirits – Plan

Is Antarctica on your bucket list? If you have always dreamed of walking on the seventh continent, you should be planning now. How about you join me in February 2022? And I have a really sweet deal for February 22, 2022 on a group I’m hosting onboard Quark’s Ocean Diamond. I’ll spend 11 days Crossing the

She will be missed. On Tuesday, my friend and colleague, Lynda Sinclair, passed away. She’d fought a valiant fight with cancer for 3 years. We all knew how ill she was. But the loss was still a shock when it came. After 3 hard years, it still was a surprise. I’d been organizing some pictures

Want to know an embarrassing secret about me? I’m a pretty driven individual. I think I always have been. In school, I got top marks (and have the scholarships to prove it.) In sports, I pushed to excel (and have a trophy for a 747 batting average). And in work, i distinguished myself becoming the

Iceland is on my bucket list. How about you?   I’m tired of just dreaming about travel. How about you?   I’m starting to plan some trips. Are you ready to do that too?   I’m going to travel with Lindblad Expeditions to Iceland next July on a wild Iceland Escape. Six nights to escape

This weekend, I missed my brother’s wedding in Newfoundland. It’s been so weird and sad for us to not have been able to be there to share in his happy day. The Newfoundland government still is not allowing anyone outside the 4 province Atlantic bubble to enter the island – even if you self-quarantine for

Have you met someone who had inspired you, and you felt a little gobsmacked? I met @simonsinek at a #virtuosotravel week opening session, after he’d been the keynote speaker at our opening session. I’d read Simon’s book, Start With Why, and it really resonated with me. People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do

This week, I was registered to do my 10th consecutive Virtuoso Travel Week in Vegas. Every second week of August, me and 5,000+ of my nearest and dearest friends would converge on the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas (and later spill over into the Aria and Vdara as well) for an exhausting but exhilarating week

In a world gone mad with CoVid, it’s a welcome respite to learn about self-disinfecting ships. And Lindblad Expeditions leads the way. Obviously, it got a lot of attention when Lindblad announced it – and it happened just prior to the global pandemic breaking out. Talk about good timing! Lindblad’s Premium Purity going fleetwide seems