This week, I attended a trade presentation with my Business Development Managers from Viking Cruises, as well as Royal Irish (& Scottish) Tours. It’s a trend to have non-competing travel partners double-up for cross country presentations of what’s new to travel advisors like myself. My BDMs from Viking, Jordana Botting, and Royal Irish […]
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In 2023, we’re all for chasing the thrill that comes with discovering a new place or revisiting a favorite destination in an unexpected way. My colleagues at Virtuoso asked some of my friends and travel advisors and industry pros to share about the locales that have them packing their bags. So, I thought
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Have an Awe Venture What kind of world explorer will you be? Whether you choose to navigate icebergs by Zodiac in the Arctic, discover a whole new side of Puerto Rico, or spot koalas on Kangaroo Island, these epic adventures are tailor-made for the voyager within. While you’re rediscovering awe this year, Sheila and
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I hope you had a wonderful Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa/ Festivus – and whatever you celebrate, the changing of the calendar from 2022 to 2023 finds you healthy and happy. And the best resolution for 2023 is to travel! The top destinations lists for 2023 have started. Multiple travel sites and publications are releasing their top
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Paris in Springtime. Sounds inspiring, right? And inspired. Want to get in the mood? Check out these links. Paris in Spring – the movie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_in_Spring and https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026849/ Springtime in Paris – the song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2uGSatj9lk Springtime in Paris – collection of music https://youtu.be/lRHC_iJEeBs Paris in spring – city tour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkzZWjYFv-A Top 10
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My daughter sent me the date count. March 13, 2020-December 8, 2022 was 1000 days. We’ve survived and endured 1000 days of CoVid. I was remembering the head space I was in this time last year. My eldest daughter had just come down with CoVid – this was just prior to Omnicron changing how everyone
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COME AND SAY G’DAY As an certified Aussie specialist travel advisor, I love sending clients downunder for a bucket list trip. Australia is amazing. It is also huge – you will not see it all. I like to share a map of Australia overlaid on a map of Canada – just to give the visual
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Last week, I shared some unique holiday ideas that you might not have considered. (Read here https://lushlife.ca/unique-holidays-you-might-not-have-considered/ ) This week, I’m headed to Europe to do an AMA Waterways river cruise on the Rhine. The Christmas markets are just opening, and I’ll be happy to be one of the first people to enjoy the
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I have clients taking bigger trips now, after 2+ years of not travelling. And some are asking for new or different ideas that they hadn’t considered previously. And while that usually involves a detailed conversation with the clients, finding out where they’ve been before, what they’ve liked, who they are travelling with, etc. etc., I
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I have an Adele song running through my mind today, “I Drink Wine.” And given I’ve booked several clients on wine-themed vacations this week, I figured it was a good topic for this week’s newsletter. Did you know you could take a Grand France wine-themed river cruise next April? How about a walking holiday through
