⌚ 💼 We Have One Life to Live! ✈ 😎

One thing this pandemic has taught us, is that we have one life to live and that this is not a practice run for the future, this is it!! So, let’s focus on what is truly important to us, and DREAM of where in the world we want to go

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Where? ✈ When? ⌚ How? 💼 Should We? 😎

I hope you had a fun-filled 4th of July! Our family enjoyed spending the day on the lake, participating in the largest boat parade on Lake Norman (over 4,000 boats), grilling out and watching the neighbors set off fireworks from their driveway. My grandson and I also visited “Field of

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😎 Discover ITALY – from Home! 🍷

Before I review our upcoming Italian Adventure below, I have to recap the excitement from the European River Cruising adventure we had with 44 of our travel friends last Thursday with AmaWaterways!  🧳🌍 WOW! What a night!! We had fun learning about the many advantages of traveling with AmaWaterways —

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😎 European River Cruising – from Home! 🍷

WOW!  What a night!  Last Thursday I hosted more than 40 friends for the 1st of 3 Virtual Travel and Wine Tasting Events and it was a hit!  Below you’ll see how much fun we had and hear the details for our next tour this Thursday. We boarded our safari

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Are You Ready?

Are you ready to jump aboard our Safari Cruiser and explore Africa?  It is quite an adventure, that’s for sure!  Especially when you are meandering through Kruger National Park, looking left and right, keeping your eyes peeled for…WAIT!!!  Look what’s ahead of us in the distance. Woah! A lion…the prize

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Join Us! FREE Ultimate Adventure Tour of South Africa!

Let’s go!  Join me and 40 other travel friends for an online virtual tour using ZOOM video conferencing to South Africa on June 18th at 8 PM EDT.  Please RSVP (Click Here) so I can send you the ZOOM Video Link. Get ready to go on a 25-minute awe-inspiring journey. 

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Memorial Day: The Ultimate Sacrifice

Memorial Day always brings a tear to my eye as I often reflect on the visible impact Arlington National Cemetery has had on thousands of the middle school children that I’ve been blessed to take on tour to our Nation’s Capital. It is a special place – solemn and heart-breaking,

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A Tasty Challenge!

Are you up for a challenge…a tasty challenge! I know many of us have been cooking at home more often than normal and you may be running out of ideas. One thing about traveling is that you have the opportunity to taste a variety of flavors and foods from countries

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It’s National Travel Advisor Day!

Today is National Travel Advisor Day and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all my clients, friends, family, travel buddies and my host agency, Gifted Travel Network, for the support I have received over the years. You have helped me grow my business to what it is

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#1 in 2020 – Washington, D.C.

Earlier this year the New York Times ranked Washington, D.C. as the #1 place to travel in 2020. For me, it’s in my top 5. Here’s why! I lived and worked there for a few years during the 80’s, have taken my family on vacation there a number of times

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7 Things I am Grateful For!

I “get it”!  This was not the Easter or Passover holiday that we are used to.  Families were unable to go to services in their spring finest and, instead, attended virtual religious services online.  The Easter Bunny still found most families with young children, but the baskets were possibly not

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COMMUNITY IMMUNITY!

Immunity is defined as “resistance to or protection against a specified disease; power to resist infection”.  When the body is exposed to a disease or toxin that it has never seen before, the immune system kicks in and produces antibodies to help combat the illness and protect the system from

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MOVE FORWARD AS AN INSPIRATION TO OTHERS!

Everyone is facing a temporary “new normal” right now and the biggest issue may be feeling like you have lost control of your life and the freedoms we typically take for granted. That is totally understandable!  What is important right now is to recognize what you can and can’t control. Let the “Can’ts”

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IT’S MOVIE NIGHT!

“Stay home and hunker down” are not words that I, as a travel professional AND world traveler, ever thought I would give as advice. However, with the current COVID-19 situation and the need to be responsible, I totally understand that we all must socially distance ourselves and our family to

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Let’s Focus Forward!

The last few weeks have been a blur as I’ve spent a majority of my time helping my clients rearrange their travel impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. This morning was the first chance I’ve had to catch my breath, reflect, and think about the future. Everything I think leads me

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NOW IS THE BEST TIME!

February is a Great Month to Plan Travel! I’m not a huge resolution-maker, but I have learned from some extremely smart mentors to sit down each year to reflect on the past and plan for the future. Here are just a couple of suggestions for YOU to think over before

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YOU ONLY HAVE 18 SUMMERS!

“One day…we’re going to take the kids to Europe”; “We really want to travel to Asia…maybe Thailand or Vietnam, but we’re waiting until the kids are older”; “We really want to go out West and see the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone, but our summers are just too busy”. Do any

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768 MILLION REASONS

Today, January 28, 2020, is National Plan for Vacation Day! Celebrated on the last Tuesday of January, National Plan for Vacation Day is a day to encourage Americans to plan and use their time off. American workers let 768 million vacation days go unused in 2019, of which 236 million

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Falling in Love with Fallas

“Create experiences that leave you in awe, for these will be the highlight of your life”. ~Ryan Blair
I love experiencing a new culture and learning more about their traditions and customs. It’s enriching, exciting and quite interesting.

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Travel Agent or Travel Expert?

Ordinary? If WOW is what you’re looking for then it needs to be EXTRAORDINARY!
You need a Travel Expert, not a Travel Agent!
Quite often I hear from prospective clients some variation of “I talked with so and so who went on a trip with you and it sounded amazing. She said it was their best trip ever.”

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