Ellen here. Giving Marilyn a week off from blogging and excited to share about our CTP Retreat to one of the most beautiful places on earth! Yep, I said it……
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I’d been in Croatia and Slovenia for 2+ weeks, leading an amazing journey for a merry band of WOWees onboard a lovely chartered cruise ship along the Adriatic coast and…
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Last week I wrote about a bunch of reasons why some people should NOT travel. International travel, in particular, requires fortitude, patience, flexibility and open-mindedness. Plus, an innate curiosity…
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Vietnamese coffee… balloons over Bagan… and slow internet… oh my! Please excuse the recycling of a previous blog post, but as you may recall, I am busily escorting some very…
Read MoreIt’s not often that I am asked, “What was your biggest travel disaster?” So I didn’t have a ready answer when I got that question recently. I suppose it’s a…
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(No) cool wind in my hair… I was in the desert but this was not a highway – rather a dusty road with a rutted surface like a washboard. But…
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I’m two days shy of my sixtieth birthday. Conventional thinking would suggest that I’m past my prime and that I’m on the downhill slide. Not so. I’m happier, healthier, more fulfilled…
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I admit it. I have an enviable job (if you can call it a “job”)! My employees, too. (I keep telling them they should do it for free ….
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Last week, I made many of you cry. My “Good-bye” story received more comments and “click throughs” than anything else I’ve ever posted. I wondered aloud to my staff, “Maybe…
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Fair warning: The following is my sales pitch for two stellar WOW! Travel Club experiences for next year. One is a legal visit to the “forbidden” island of Cuba in…
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NOTE: I’m in the process of (finally) writing my long-promised book! As such, I’ve been doing a lot of digging into old memories. This story was published six years ago…
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I love my job. Every single day I get to travel all over the world. Some days literally, but most days I travel in my imagination. Not sure which...Read More
By the time you read this, I’ll be in Cuba … on my 6th visit there since 2010. “Six times? Do you love it that much?” someone asked me yesterday….
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Where do I begin?? I’ve just returned from my 4th visit to Vietnam. I loved it the first time . . . and I love it still. Here’s 10 reasons…
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I came home on Tuesday and was greeted with a question. “What is the worst thing that ever happened on one of your travel programs, and how did you…
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