5 Year Anniversary as a Travel Agent!

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It’s been 5 years since I started my business with CruisesInc. as my host agency. I have met many new people, and helped many clients have wonderful travel adventures. A lot of my clients are my family and friends as well. The new people I’ve met along the way, I include as my friends now also.

I have also made some great memories along the way! My first cruise ever was with my oldest daughter, her husband, 2 of my granddaughters, my sister, my niece and her friend, and my oldest daughter’s friends and family.

We had a blast! We were on the Carnival Dream going from New Orleans to the Western Caribbean. We had stops in Cozumel, Grand Cayman and Jamaica. We went in November. It was a little cold and rainy in New Orleans, and Cozumel just started out rainy. But the rain cleared and it was sunshine and fun the rest of the way. This picture was our first elegant night. The food is to die for, you can order as much as you want. The guys tended to have 2 entree’s and appetizers. My favorite dessert was the Chocolate Melting Cake!

Cayman Islands are beautiful and British owned. That means you are going to drive on the wrong side of the street! Or your driver is. The waters are truly turquoise blue and it was warm. We had reservations to go swim with the Stingrays, but the water was too rough there, so we were allowed to choose another excursion. We went to the Tiki Beach. It was a private beach. The water was nice and warm, they had a nice restaurant and bar there. The food was great. My club sandwich was wonderful, the bread was orange. In Cayman dollars, lunch would have been $20.00 but in USD it was $25.00.

The next year my daughter and I went on a FAM trip, (this is a trip for travel agents with a discounted rate), to Punta Cana at Club Med.

The accommodations and food were fantanstic. had a host that would be with the group all the time. He took us on tours of property, explained everything to us. Club Med properties are all-inclusive, all staff there have to speak 3 different languages, as a lot of Europeans come there for their vacations. Everyone was very friendly, the others guests would greet you with “Hola”,” Bon Jour” it was so much fun.

You also have entertainment every night. There is also the Circque de Soleil activities that you can try for free. There are also children’s activities.

We were in the Zen area, which was for adults only, private pool, with bar. You can just walk out to the pool & bar, or if we took a right on the side of our room, we were just a few feet from the beautiful beach.

This is Creactive where all of the trapeze were. They had instructors there to help you “fly on the trapeze”. All of this is included in your stay. It was mostly kids that had gymnastic backgrounds and dance that were brave enough to try this. There were some adults though as well.

This Club Med property is absolutely gorgeous. They have the dining buffet areas for breakfast and dinner. They also have private restaurants where you can go order off of their menu. We usually stuck to the buffet so we could try many different things. You get to experience more cultural foods that way also.