Amenities

An idea for your travels – Rooftop Bars!

By Carol Rowland / January 15, 2025 / Comments Off on An idea for your travels – Rooftop Bars!

A cruise that visits so many fantastic cities and towns offers the chance to revel in a new destination and explore in one of my favorite ways… Rooftop Bars are the perfect recess I admit it – I am a sucker for rooftop bars. I find the atmosphere so freeing, particularly when I’ve been traveling,…

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Japanese Ryokans – Sleeping in true cultural immersion

By Carol Rowland / October 23, 2024 / Comments Off on Japanese Ryokans – Sleeping in true cultural immersion

This month we’ve had a number of clients traveling in Japan, which is one of my favorite counties since I did a Japan-intensive 2 week cruise in 2019. I’m very big into cultural immersion and including traditional experiences to enhance a trip, so that inspires this week’s article about a special accommodation choice when visiting…

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More Ways to Get Extras – Amenity Programs

By Carol Rowland / June 13, 2018 / Comments Off on More Ways to Get Extras – Amenity Programs

Continuing from last week, I wanted to share more about the wonderful benefits available through some of the other programs I can tap into on your behalf… Other Amenity Programs Offered by Travel Agents Last week I described the Distinctive Voyages program that I’m going to be hosting for in August, and I wanted to…

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Hooked on Luxury Travel

By Carol Rowland / November 8, 2017 / Comments Off on Hooked on Luxury Travel

I just returned from my trip to Santa Barbara for the Luxury Travel Summit. It’s an intensive session with presentations on trends, small group briefings, working lunches, and one on one meetings with our preferred travel suppliers. It’s a great time to learn about updates and new innovations, and also get together with my travel…

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