April, 2022
Hi Friend,
Bob and I are just back from an amazing 15-day birding adventure in Chile, with ten of the nicest birders you've ever met! We traveled from Santiago to Valparaiso, had an amazing pelagic experience, flew to Arica and spent time in the highlands of Putre. It was simply incredible and we saw over 200 bird species. Look for a blog from Bob with more information on our bird sightings, memorable experiences, and our wonderful guides next month.
I also wanted to share some exciting news... I've been invited and accepted to participate in GTM West, the travel industry's premier networking event happening next month in Tucson, AZ! It's limited to only 100 Travel Advisors and there is a stringent application process - and they picked me! I'm so grateful to have the opportunity to meet with suppliers and make valuable connections.
We’re busy planning fun cruises and adventures for our clients. And I think it’s fair to say, everyone wants to plan travel this year!
We’re booking more trips to Europe, Hawaii, and both Central and South America. France, Norway, Croatia, Spain and Portugal are very popular - and so fun to plan too! One trip to France is for 3 weeks, and it looks amazing. We have requests for Asia and things are opening up so, hopefully, travel to Asia will get easier soon.
We’re in the final planning stage of our small group adventure to Belize, which will be limited to just 14 people. Let me know if you’d like to hear more about our plans for this fun 9-day adventure planned for December 2022!
As we’ve noted in past newsletters, our exclusive Luxury Wine Cruise in February 2023 is waitlisted, so let us know if you know anyone who would like to be added. I’m guessing we may get a couple more cabins in July or August.
Alyssa wrote another amazing blog post for our website!
Take a look...
Other than some short weekend trips, and my in-laws visiting, we are settled in for the month of April. Clients are ready to travel and I’m geared up to design, plan, and book some wonderful trips. Then I'm off to Tucson in early May for GTM West!
In case you have not heard, Hawaii is dropping its pre-travel testing requirements for everyone as of March 26.
Travelers will no longer be required to upload their vaccine card to the Safe Travels app either as of March 26. In addition, the Governor of Hawaii announced that the mask mandate will be lifted as of March 25.
In fact, a LOT of countries are opening up - and operating like it's 2019: England, Iceland, Maldives, Mexico, and Costa Rica are just a few. So where do you want to go?!
Look for our next newsletter early next month. And remember, you can unsubscribe anytime and we promise not to take it personally.
In the meantime, please reach out if we can help you with anything at all. You know we love to help!
Always choose adventure,
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