I’m excited to tell you that soon I’ll be heading to Virtuoso Travel Week, the world’s largest luxury travel show, held each August in Las Vegas. At this event, I’ll be meeting face-to-face with the top active and adventure travel providers, so that I can custom design your next fabulous journey. Do you have a particular […]
Virtuoso Active & Specialty Travel (VAST) – Shopping Has Never Been More Fun! Read More »
I am just back from a fabulous tour of Colombia with my Virtuoso partners, Cox and Kings. What a wonderful experience for my 14 year old daughter and I. Here is a snippet from our tour documents that outlines the highlights of our tour, and some of my snaps that show some of what we
Checking out Colombia with Cox & Kings (+ Metropolitan Touring) Read More »
A trip with Backroads (one of my Virtuoso Active and Speciality Travel, or VAST) partners is a special thing. For one thing, Backroads is the #1 active travel company in the world. They’ve been arranging active trips for 35 years. For another, look at the list of amazing destinations around the world they see.
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Adventure travel is on the rise. But there are all kinds of itineraries, and all kinds of style of travel. Which one is right for you? Well, perhaps some distinctions might help. Hard (or extreme) adventure trips generally require some technical expertise, specific skill, and perhaps specific equipment. Hard adventure trips usually require the traveler
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Want to reconnect with your kids, and do something out of your comfort zone. How about building memories of doing things together as a family that you just have to push yourself to do? I have some group space blocked until February 25th as an exclusive departure to Costa Rica. The trip is June 28, 2014 –
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There is a lot of interest in Canada’s north these days. Adventure travel is on the rise. Vision 2000 has blocked some group space with Adventure Canada. What would you choose? An Arctic Safari – or – an Arctic cruise? Call me for more details! Sheila Gallant-Halloran [email protected] 613-837-0699
Tough Choice: Arctic Safari or Arctic Cruise with Adventure Canada Read More »
On October 28th, my colleagues Pat Rochon, Janet Lavern, Denise Gushue and I hosted a travel talk on “walking and wine”tours at the Foolish Chicken in Ottawa. It was our second such show. And it was great. Folks got to sample wine while we chatted about terrific “walking and wine” tours throughout France, Italy, Spain,
Walking and Wine Tours – Active Holidays Can't Be Beat Read More »
On September 6th, my colleague, Maureen Hutchinson, and I hosted a twitter chat with Butterfield & Robinson. It was a great opportunity to learn more about this fantastic active travel partner. Here’s the transcript. http://storify.com/sheila_gh/vastchat-11-butterfield-and-robinson-sept-6-13 If you’d like to learn more about cycling holidays, and great adventures with a five star company, please give me
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This week, @moe_adventure and I had a catch up on #VastChat. Most of our suppliers were already en route to Vegas for @Virtuoso #Vast globe-trotting. Maureen and I were to hop a plane a little later in the afternoon to join them there, so we decided to go ahead with an abbreviated form of #VastChat.
#VastChat #8 Aug.9.13 – a Catch up on Twitter Chats #VastChat Read More »
On July 26, 2013, my colleague, Maureen Hutchinson, and I hosted a twitter travel chat with Backroads Travel. What a wonderful company with very different vacation options – especially for families. Did you know that you could bike through Yellowstone, and do some glamping (glamourous camping)? That’s the only way that I’d camp – with
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