It suddenly occurred to me that I throw around the word “tour” as though everyone knows what I’m talking about, and clearly after discussing it with several new customers over the past week many do not.
To put it simply touring is . . .
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I can’t tell you how excited I am about the new “Choice Touring” option from my friends at Globus.
We’ve been fielding requests for years from customers wanting river cruises in Ireland, Scotland, Italy, Spain etc. and of course there aren’t any in those locations.
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If there is any one thing happening right now in the world of travel that is true no matter where you want to go, it’s this-the demand is huge.
As you can imagine, anywhere people can travel without being vaccinated is in huge demand right now.
But here’s the other side of that coin. . .
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Aloha friends. Can you believe that amazing adventure we had on Oahu last month?
I was counting our steps, and then our miles, as we went along. By the end of day 3 we hit 21 miles and I realized I didn’t need to continue counting, we were meeting our daily step goals and then some. ha ha
We literally walked every square inch of the Waikiki area. We saw . . .
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I read the most interesting post this week. It said if you blow just $27 a day you could have saved $10,000 that year. I couldn’t believe it.
I opened up my phone calculator and did the math. It’s $27.39 to be exact.
How easy is it to blow through $27 a day? My hair stylist and I had a long conversation about it during my recent cut/color.
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If you’ve traveled in 2021 or watched any travel news, you know the airlines have been suffering from a crippling lack of flight crew staff. Canceled flights now number in the thousands, with hundreds of thousands of passengers left standing in the airport with a big change in their travel plans looming before them.
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I usually share my “Travel Trends” advice in January but with 2022 booking like it’s on fire, and 2023 smoldering, I thought I better give you a heads up.
We have been busily booking 2022 vacations/tours/river cruises for months now. In fact, most of our 2022 personally escorted tours sold out more than a year prior to their departure date. Our 2023 personally escorted tours are almost full as well.
The lack of travel in 2020 and 2021 has created a pent-up demand that is exceeding capacity for 2022.
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I have never been on a Globus escorted tour in America. I’ve experienced their tours all over Europe, and have loved them, but I didn’t see how they were going to present my own country to me in a way that was as fascinating, simply because I felt that I had a good overall grasp of America’s historical journey.
I was wrong, and delightfully surprised.
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I saw a terrific post a few days ago that I felt compelled to share on my Facebook page. It showed a person on one side of a precipice that said “where we are”, preparing to jump over a small distance that said “leap of faith” to the other side of the precipice that said “where we want to be”.
I deal with the exact scenario every day with people who have a burning desire to travel, but are intimidated by the current situations and afraid to take that leap of faith.
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As you probably know, Doug and I went to New Mexico a couple of weeks ago to complete the final interview stage for Global Entry. We haven’t done a road trip in years and years other than on a Globus or CIE tour, so an independent, self-drive experience was eagerly anticipated.
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Is there any time more magical than the Christmas season? I know USA Christmas scenes can be stunning, but you just can’t imagine how over the top Europeans are when it comes to Christmas decorations.
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Covid-19 certainly taught us some lessons, didn’t it?
I don’t know about you, but I have such a renewed sense of appreciation for any trip I get to make, and I do mean any trip.
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