I recently had the pleasure of Hosting with Virtuoso Voyages onboard Seabourn Odyssey. This was a special cruise for me in that my first Hosting experience was also on Seabourn Odyssey in October of 2019. This special lady will be leaving the Seabourn family at the end of the Alaska season. I met several guests in my Virtuoso Voyages group that will be on the last sailing. They will be sad to see her [...]
For those of you that are thinking you can’t see enough of what New Zealand has to offer if you do a cruise, I am here to say that is not true. I have been studying to earn my New Zealand Specialist certification and I just completed the cruise portion of the study courses. New Zealand is broken up into 2 islands that measure about 1000 miles long and 280 wide, at the widest [...]
Now that travel is in full swing again, I thought it would be a great time to share some packing and travel tips. When I am preparing document packets for my clients, I always include a 'Know Before You Go' information sheet. The information on my cheat sheet contains tips and tricks from fellow Travel Advisors as well as things I have learned over my years of traveling. I hope you find this information [...]
CLIA's Biggest Cruise Conference Of The Year! The last few days I had the privilege of attending our cruise industries largest global conference Cruise360. To say that I write this with renewed inspiration and hope is putting it mildly. Hearing the Presidents of our cruise partners speak with so much emotion in their voices, was chilling. I can say that I heard the following phrases SEVERAL time, “We started sailing yesterday.” Or [...]
Traveling post-pandemic is going to look different than traveling did pre-covid. Covid changed a lot about how we live our lives and how we will travel again. Now more than ever is the time to work with your trusted Travel Advisor and let us take the stress out of traveling. We have shifted our business to better meet your current needs while you still hold the reins. And we will be involved every step [...]
I am going to try something new for this blog. It will be a totally different look from my normal process. But there is SO MUCH information to share, that I thought this might be the best way to tell my Welcome Back to Cruising story! Lots of amazing offers and perks will be found in the attachments below! As part of the Virtuoso Travel Network, you know you can get amazing perks [...]
I saw a great meme on Facebook the other day, posted and shared by several of my Travel Advisor friends. “Client: I am trying to book a last minute trip after the pandemic. Any good deals? Travel Advisor: Remember back in April when you were trying to find toilet paper? It’s kinda like that.” While I am super happy that the world is opening up and the possibilities for more places [...]
"On September 22, 2020, CLIA (Cruise Lines International Association) and its oceangoing cruise line members announced their adoption of a strong set of health protocols that represent core elements for returning to service in the Americas by the end of the year, pending support and approval of regulators and destinations. Resumption of operations in the Americas, the largest cruise market in the world, is a critical next step now that initial sailing has begun [...]
Merry Christmas When we were kids, we would spend hours listening to Christmas Carols and reading Christmas poems. Oh how I loved this time of year when I was young. The anticipation of Christmas morning and Santa Claus having been to our house. We had an artificial Christmas tree with Christmas ornaments and tinsel that were in my mom's family for years. Fragile bulbs and aluminum tinsel that we used year after year. [...]
November is almost half over...how did that happen? It has been almost a month since I returned from my first Virtuoso Voyages Hosting experience. Where has time gone? I had lots of catching up to do when I returned from Barcelona. Taking care of clients, paperwork and organizing for 2020. WOW 2020! That just seems crazy! But it is a fact and I am on a roll trying to prepare. What better way [...]
