weekly ezine

Wednesday this week brings us Earth Day. And we’re all at home. Can you imagine the 50th anniversary of Earth Day will be celebrated mostly at home and online? Of course, it seems fitting. We’re giving Mother Earth a break. We can’t travel right now – so we have to keep dreamin’. See video. After helping […]

Thought I’d send a little video hello this week. In these uncertain times, let’s focus on the positive. Let’s focus on dreamin’ about travel.  We all want to be in that airplane window seat, looking down at new destinations. It will happen again. Hopefully sooner rather than later. But for now, we dream. Where would

If You Could Only Take One More Trip In these uncertain times, while we are all trying to stay safe in a CoVid-19 world, we dream and plan for getting back to normal. We want to get back to work, back to socializing, and yes, back to travel. The allure of travel remains. Before all

Even in these uncertain times, we still believe in the allure of travel. We need things to dream about – to hope, and yes to plan. Because as wild as these days currently are with CoVid-19, this too shall pass. We will get through this. We’re still talking about travel. As my friends at Virtuoso remind

Travel Agents” “Yeaaa, we good.” Wow. That escalated fast. CoVid-19 or Coronavirus has certainly gotten all of our attention! Early February, things first started with some of my large client groups deferring their bookings for next year. Then, I started to have other individuals or families decide to hold off on confirming travel bookings for later

It’s International Women’s Day today. Congratulations to all the women. May you celebrate the ones in your life – the one who raised you, the one you are (or married), and the one you may have raised. And of course, all the ones in your circle of influences – friends, relatives, neighbours, teachers, and more. Here’s

It’s been a week in travel.  Wow. Coronavirus has really got everyone’s attention. I’m spending 1/2 a day every day dealing with clients’ questions and concerns. So, I thought I’d share info with you now that I’m sharing with everyone who has called me about this this week. Having been in the travel industry through

Adventure, Voyages, Wellness, & Family Travel I was in Toronto this week for a Virtuoso Travel roadshow at the Four Seasons Toronto. It was a great professional conference in Toronto with @virtuosoltd at @fstoronto , and besides being recently honoured by Virtuoso with the designation of “top producer” in my four chosen communities of Adventure,

For the past several weeks, Australia has been struggling with some absolutely horrible fires. Every couple of days, my partners at Southern World Australia would send me email reports entitled  “Bushfires Update”, so I’d know and could action the impact on any properties and client holiday plans – and, of course, the impact on wildlife and

Portugal Portugal remains one of the hottest destinations for 2020. I think it’s been on the top 20 lists for the past 3 years. Have you been yet? Want to go? Here are 22 reasons why everyone wants to go to Portugal, outlining everything from the country’s time-worn charm, to cities like Porto, to wine, to Harry Potter,