Hello, my name is Audrey, and I'm a fan-girl. It's true. I even dabble in fan-fiction from time to time. I love books, movies, television shows, and history. Finding a combination of two or more of those equates to a fantastic trip in my book, and if it also gives me the chance to stand More
Last week we focused on Kiribati, a small island in the Pacific. Our final destination, Dominica takes us to the Caribbean. © Discover Dominica Dominica was founded in 1493 by Christopher Columbus, who named it after the Latin for Sunday – the day of the week the country was discovered. It is located More
Hello again. We’re taking a break from our regularly scheduled programming to talk about what it really means to be a travel agent. When I talk to people about what I do (marketing and business development for a company that supports travel agents) I often get the same response –Do people use travel agents anymore? More
Last week we looked at Bhutan (in the Himalayas). This week is Kiribati’s turn. ©Kiribati Tourism Board Kiribati (pronounced Kir-ĭ-bahss) is a group of 33 coral atolls separated into groups –the Gilbert Islands, the Phoenix Islands and the Line Islands. If you’re planning on sending your clients there, I would suggest doing so soon, More
If you work in the travel industry you’ve heard it before: it’s extremely hard for small travel agencies to compete with the travel giants like Expedia and Orbitz. Honestly it’s a cold war the home-based agent will never win. But the smaller agencies do have several advantages, two of which are knowledge and access to More
I know you’ve heard the whispers among the ranks. Somewhere out there are free trips for travel agents; on new ships, to tropical destinations. In fact anywhere a travel agent wants to go, they can go for free. Those trips actually have a name in the industry: Familiarization trips (FAMs) and Inaugurals. And it’s true More
The Renaissance – Setting Popular Travel in Motion The Renaissance spanned roughly through the 14th to 17th centuries and it was a re-birth of the ancient classical era after the Dark Ages. The renaissance first started in the Italian city of Florence through the works of artists and writers spurred by political and cultural changes More
