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Business Insider Article Announces Travel Agents are Back
This blog post is a repost of a recent Business Insider Article on how Travel Agents (in my case, I am a travel designer, as I plan out all the details from pre-travel planning throughout the trip and post-travel follow-up) are making a comeback with Gen Z and Millennials leading the way. It turns out…
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My Lindblad Expedition Recap
It was an amazing adventure and one that is quite hard to put into words. For those of you who are not familiar with the Galápagos, they are an archipelago off the coast of Ecuador and made famous by Charles Darwin for his studies on Natural Selection. The entire region is protected as a Marine…
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Beyond Safari in South Africa: food, wine, art and fashion and beautiful scenery!
African Adventures Part 4 When people think of South African travel, they often think of the traditional safari: looking for big game and staying in a safari camp. While South Africa offers some of the best safari experiences (stay tuned for future blog post), it also offers some of the most amazing food, wine, art,…
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Happy World Whale Day!
It is World Whale Day and to help celebrate, there are some amazing ways to help you get up close and personal with these mammoth sea mammals! A place that is near and dear to my heart, where you can see these beauties up close is Baja California Mexico. Vivid with life, Baja California is…
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Travel by Rail and take it all in: Southern African Adventures Part 3
There are many cases to be made for rail travel. This time of year, one might be inspired by the popular Christmas movie: The Polar Express. There is also growing interest in the Hogwarts Express (which is actually a train ride you can take in Scotland!) I myself have been feeling rail travel lately and…
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Why do we travel….
…when there is so much pain in the world? As you may have read in my last blog, I have been struggling with this question a lot of late. It is has been hard for me to put out messages and posts to encourage travel with everything going on in the world. It seems a…
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A Heart-felt Message from Heather
Lately, I have found it difficult to keep plugging away at my little travel business. I have been overwhelmed by the sadness and the weight of everything happening in our world due to war(s), natural disaster displacement, and even the gun violence in the U.S. that continues to tear through our communities here at home.…
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Southern African Adventures part 2: The Return of Molatelo Komape
Eighteen years ago, 88 American Peace Corps Volunteers descended into the small rural community of Moletji in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. They came on buses filled with luggage, sporting bicycles and helmets and dressed in the latest outdoor wear. They were greeted by a large group of singing and ululating villagers, they were…
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Southern African Adventures Part 1: Journey to Jo’Burg
Johannesburg has a bad reputation; not totally undeserved mind you. However, when traveling to South Africa or anywhere in Southern Africa, chances are very high you will land in this “City of Gold” or i-Goli. Many people choose to skip their visit to this city in favor of the wilder-side of South Africa. However, if…
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New Requirements for Travel to Europe in 2025
The ETIAS explained………… Not sure if you have heard the news, but starting in May 2025 Americans will need what is called an ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorization System) approval before entering into 30 European countries. So what does this all mean and how will it affect your travels in the future? Here are…
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