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Friday, May 31, 2013

TRAIN AND CRUISE


Did you know that you can take a tour of Southern B. C. by train. In fact you can go across Southern Canada, as far East as Toronto.
You can do a tour of the West coast, by ship, from Seattle to Alaska.
Or you could combine the two and enjoy a rail-ship tour in either direction, starting, or ending, at; Alaska, Banff, Calgary, Jasper, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver, or Whistler.
How can you tell that I just completed a training course for Rocky Mountaineer train tours?

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

XMAS IN HAWAII


Too early to think about Christmas?
Not if you want a cabin aboard the only cruise ship that will be sailing the islands on Christmas Day.
Fly direct from Vancouver, B.C. Dec. 19
Hotel for 2 days.
Sail out of Honolulu Dec. 21, cruise 5 different islands, return to port Dec. 28.
2 nights in a hotel and catch the plane back to Vancouver, Dec. 30.
Total $5818.55 *
Total trip = 11 days, 4 nights in Honolulu, and 7 days aboard NCL `Pride of America’.
For more information, drop me an E.
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** Price cal. May 27, & based on; 1 person, 2 * hotel near beach, Economy seating on plane, and inside (Double Occupancy) cabin.

Monday, May 27, 2013

GOLF & HISTORY


What do golf and history have in common? I mean besides the fact that golf is one of the oldest games/sports in modern history.
Did you know that Marriott has spent the last umpteen years touring England and buying up old; houses, farms, hotels, and government buildings, and restoring them.
People travel to visit; golf courses, historic buildings, and spas.
One could, conceivably, combine these pastimes. Say; if you were to play a round of golf in the morning, spend the afternoon absorbing the history of your accommodations, then spend the next day travelling, you could, from Bournemouth to Leeds, stay in a different Marriott hotel, and play golf on a different course, and absorb some English history, seven times in 2 weeks.
What a concept. What a great summer holiday. What a tour of England.
 For more details contact me. Oh, lets not forget, some time for a spa in the evening. 

Friday, May 24, 2013

DESTINATION SPA


Many people like to travel just to visit spas.
There are many types of spas and there are many locations of spas.
One could travel the world visiting spas. You could challenge yourself, visit a spa in every continent.
Marriott offers a hotel with a spa in nearly every continent; Africa, Asia Australia, Europe, Middle East, and the Americas.
Or you could travel spas, and countries, with a continent. Say: Africa, with 3 countries hosting Marriott hotels with spas; Asia, 13 countries; Australia -
S. Pacific, 2 countries; Central America, 13 countries; Europe, 16 countries; Middle East, 9 countries; North America, 3 countries; and South America, 5 countries.
If you want less flight time and more spa time, just travel one country. Marriott offers 11 hotels with spas in Canada, 32 in China,  9 in Mexico, 9 in Turkey, 6 in the UEA, or 50 in the US of A.
Less travel time, more spa time, just tour one state. You will find  8 Marriott spas in Arizona, 27 in  California, 34 in Florida,  8 in Georgia, 14 in Hawaii, 8 in New York (state), and 7 in Texas.
Touring and spas, not an original concept but truly an endearing one. There are many different types of spas and Marriot hotels offer a spa of every type, somewhere.
Interested, contact me, and tell me which type you would like to visit.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

GOOGLE + SUCKS

Have I ever told you how much I hate goggle.  I have had this blog for years. Long before Guugle was ever heard of. How it became gobble I have no idea. Now that I have joined Centre Holidays they have supplied me with; a website, an E mail, a Twitter, a Face Book page,  and a You Tube account.

Had I known they would all be Gabble accounts I probably wouldn't have joined.
Goog + got into the act and now I can't separate my personal accounts from my company accounts.
I spend more time tying to separate them than I do posting, or reading, and I am really getting sick of it.

I am so pissed off that I am tempted to sell my MAC and get a Winn... NO, No, not that, anything but that.
Wouldn't do me any good anyway.  Gigle controls Windows as much, if not more than, Mac.
And of course trying to get in touch with the clowns that own the stupid software and explain to them the mess they are making is about as sensible as banging your head against the wall.

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I HATE GOOGLE.

I tried to up load a video to my You Tube account. Don't ask me where it went.  Some stupid Youtube account somewhere, but not mine.  When I try to find my you tub account I find a website that says it is mine but it is full of stuff that I never put here.

Why do I bother, you are all in love with google.

If you happen to stumble across my video, about Tuxpan, tell it to go home, it belongs at http://www.youtube.com/user/Bear39224?ob=0&feature=results_main I think.

Monday, May 20, 2013

ACCOMMODATION


When I travel I usually take the cheapest flight available. (This often means I have to leave within 72 hours.)
When I arrive I walk out the `departure’ doors, avoiding all the cabs and tour guides clustered around the `arrivals’ doors.
I then walk off the airport grounds and catch a city bus.  I ask the bus driver to drop me in the area where the cheap hotels are.
One might think that accommodation is not important to me.
It is.
Like any traveler I have my wants and needs.
First is price. After negotiating a price with the desk clerk (Prices are usually negotiable in any hotel, if you are talking to the person who has the power to make these decisions.) I then ask to inspect the room.
If the sink only has one tap (faucet), this room does not have hot water.
If it has two taps, I make sure that both work and determine how long it takes for the water to get hot and how hot the water will get. (I abhor cold showers.)
In one hotel, my friend and I had to show the lady how to ignite a hot water tank.  She had owned the hotel for years, never knew she could offer her guests hot water. A sign, and the room rates, went up the next day.
Another thing that is important to me is a seat on the toilet. Or even a toilet. In the orient I am at a disadvantage because many places don’t have toilets and my knees do not handle my 250+ pounds in a squat position.
Another must for me are an overhead fan, with variable speeds, that runs quietly,
Slow speed will keep mosquitoes away and the low hum will drown out the drunks on the street below.
These minus 1, and 2, star hotels can usually be found in a market area, away from heavy traffic, but close to the people, restaurants, shopping, night life, and the heart of the culture. Sometimes I luck out and it is also close to a beach.
No matter who you are, or where you travel, accommodation plays a major part of the enjoyment of your trip.
Be it a mom and pop Posada, or a five star luxury suite with balcony and catered breakfast, finding the right hotel; at the right price, in the right location, with the right amenities, may not be the center of your trip’s planning but it should d be an integral part.
I can help you with that.
As a travel consultant I can help you choose; the right means of transport, the right accommodation, and the right itinerary.
From home to home, and everything in between, visit my website or send me an E.
Lee

Saturday, May 18, 2013

GOA THIS SUMMER?


Summer is coming.  School will be out.  And we are going…. going to…..  going to go…... Going to goa …
Yes! Goa!
Look on a map, see the Arabian Sea.  The little town on the edge of India.
Look closer, it is not a little town, it is a state,
Not too many years ago it was a country.
4, 5 hundred years ago when all the European countries were out trying to grab their part of the new world, Portugal took a small handful of the Indian Continent.
Now 60 years after it was repatriated to India, Goa is still home to many buildings of Portuguese architectural design. The Portuguese language, though slowly being replaced by English, is still not uncommon. Of course all the languages of India are spoken as are many other languages.
Goa has ever been an international destination. Surrounded by India on three sides it is bordered on the West by one, almost continuous, beach.
Naturally resorts abound, from mom an pop B & Bs to large 5 star luxury developments.
As well as having a; large, modern, international, airport, it is also a port of call for cruise ship lines and home port to ocean, and river, cruises.
As a couple, or a family, for a summer to remember, remember Goa when you are trying to decide where to go(a) this summer.
For more information visit my website or contact me.
Have a great summer.

Friday, May 17, 2013

TYING, OR RE-TYING THE KNOT


Getting hitched, jumping the broom, eloping?
Are you thinking of  `tying the knot’, or, perhaps, `re tying the knot’?
Is June the first thing that comes to mind, a church the second?
How about something a little different, Xmas in the Caribbean!
And why not?
Book now for `re tying specials’ in Grenada.  Book a group requiring 5 rooms or more and the happy couple get their room `upgraded’ free.
An exquisite location featuring contemporary designed rooms and suites…OOohh, you want pictures. Sorry this resort is so new it isn’t open yet.
Just picture you and your spouse being pampered on a warm tropic isle while everyone back home is bundled up like Eskimos (Sorry, Inuits).
For more details, and possibly pictures, visit my website or contact me

Lee

Thursday, May 16, 2013

TRAVEL INSURANCE


Today I passed my B. C. exam.
I am now licensed to sell TRAVEL INSURANCE.
Would YOU like to be my first customer?
How about a nice cruise,  this summer, 7 nights Kiel, Germany to St. Petersburg, Russia, or 14 nights Hamburg, Germany to the Arctic Circle?
Children are more than welcome, in fact if they are under 12 - FREE, (except for the tax)
Sail in Luxury like you’ve never experienced.  
Visit my website my Website or drop me an E.
Bear

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

THE 5 `W’s


Reporters, police officers, fire investigators: anyone who gathers information is aware of the five `W’s.
Who, What, Why, Where, What else?
These are the basic questions these people need to ask to do their jobs.
Have you ever filled out a form on-line to request flight information; Where are you, Where do you want to go, When do you want to travel?
Only 3 of the five. But for a truly enjoyable, carefree trip, there are actually a lot more than five.
There’s; who are you, who are you traveling with, how old are they, where are you going to stay when you get to your destination, what are you going to do when you are not sleeping, the list goes on.
Those simple little forms on the flight web pages are a good starter but they don’t cover the things like layovers, insurance, etc.
If you really want a safe enjoyable trip, talk to a travel consultant and don’t be embarrassed, or put out, because you get asked a multitude of question.
Have you heard of the `Davina’?
Hint: Picture the newest, most luxurious palace on the open seas.

Inspired by the worlds top diva, Sophia Loren, the Davina will reach Florida, from the Mediterranean, this fall and cruise the Caribbean this winter.
Imagine, an 18 day luxury, Atlantic, cruise from Venice to Miami, with a port or two in the `Caribe’.
Now think of how many questions the travel consultant will have to ask you to make sure you get; the cabin of your choice, the diet you require, the right shore excursions, the pre, and post, sail hotels, etc.
Okay, you are getting tired, of reading, but just remember this, for a great vacation, take the time, answer, and ask, a thousand `W’s. 
Five is not enough.

Bear

I just got my travel sales license this week, so,  
For many more questions, and answers, check out my new website, or drop me an `E’