Dear World, We Will Be Back

Mar 29, 2020 Behind the Scenes, Morocco, The CTP Team

It’s Saturday morning. March 28, 2020. I’m sitting. As I’ve mostly been doing for almost two weeks. I returned from Morocco a week ago Tuesday to a new reality. I’m…

Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine – Egypt – October 14-25, 2022

Mar 15, 2021 FAC Be transported to a land that time forgot. This adventure will include experiences that most have only dreamt of – lands of legends, relics, and indescribable beauty. We’ll visit the...

Travel With a Purpose – the Only Way to Go

Jul 13, 2020 Blog, Philanthropy, Purpose, Reflections

July 12, 2020 I recognized something profound when I traveled throughout Asia and India as a newly-minted college graduate who, previously, had barely ventured outside the Midwest. It’s something that…

It’s “Celebrating Howard” Day!

Apr 15, 2020 Behind the Scenes, Blog, Office Birthdays, Uncategorized

April 15, 2020 Like most “non-essential” businesses, we’ve closed our physical office and are working remotely during this time of COVID-19. It’s been a month, and I’m missing my morning…

Best Places to Travel in 2020 – a partial list

Dec 1, 2019 Blog, Ethiopia

  There’s a lot of special places on our planet. Here’s a smattering of our favorites (in no particular order) … Magdalena Bay – In the first few months of…

‘Tis the Season for Gratitude

Nov 24, 2019 Blog, WOW

. . Tis the season for counting: calories and blessings. I won’t even try to count calories, and as for blessings, there are simply too many of those to count,…

How I Cruised with 4,634 other Passengers and Survived to Tell the Tale

Nov 10, 2019 Blog

~ posted by Marilyn Murphy, Nov 10, 2019 You might know that I’m not a fan of the mega-ships that populate our oceans nowadays. So why did I choose to…

Infinite Moments … those Unexpected, Unforgettable, “Forever-Seared-into-Memory” Moments

Oct 26, 2019 Blog, Connection, India, Memories, Reflections Some time ago I was re-telling a memory from my early days of travel. Somebody recorded that story, and played it back for me last week. It stirred my heart...

10 Favorite WOW! Photos

Oct 13, 2019 Blog, Uncategorized

Soooo many pics… how does one decide? From THOUSANDS of photos, taken on dozens of journeys to hundreds of destinations, we picked 10 of our favorites (well, favorite THIS week,…

Happy, happy birthday, Gabriel!

Sep 28, 2019 Blog, Office Birthdays, The CTP Team

Summer of ’69:  Summer of love. Summer of Woodstock. And . . . most importantly, it’s the Summer of Gabriel! Our beloved VP, Gabriel Haigazian, turned 50 this summer. And…

Kenya – Exceeded Even My Expectations! (Part 1)

Sep 23, 2019 Africa, Blog, Philanthropy

September 22, 2019 I’ve just returned from a stupendous experience in Kenya. I knew it would be an extraordinary journey because, after all, I’d planned it! But I wasn’t prepared…

“I don’t do groups”

Sep 13, 2019 Blog, Group Travel

“I don’t do groups!” Sept 13, 2019  |  Ellen Gruetzmacher Back before fire, I traveled around Europe armed with only my Eurail Pass, backpack, passport, and a wad of travelers…