Two family travel experts talk booking insights and trends What are the biggest trends you are noticing for family travel? CC: One of the biggest trends we're seeing in family travel is the shift toward early, intentional booking. Families who know what works for them are planning well in advance to secure...
Surrounded by snow capped mountains and peaks up to 11,289 ft. in elevation, the view from the chairlift at Lee Canyon is absolutely postcard-worthy. The scenery could easily be mistaken for a ski resort in the likes of B.C. or Europe, but astonishingly I’m less than an hour away from the bright...
TRAVELSAVERS Canada recognizes agencies and preferred partners at Travel Market conference A number of Canadian travel agencies and preferred suppliers were recognized by TRAVELSAVERS Canada at the recent Travel Market conference in Orlando. “Tonight is all about celebrating everybody in this room,”...
After featuring such high caliber travel advisors in our special Travel Agent Appreciation edition of Travel Courier and Canadian Travel Press, it’s always a challenge for our selection committee to narrow down which one of the nominees should take home the annual Travel Agent & Beyond Award. The...
As this year's crop of Baxter Student Ambassadors and tourism students from across the country gear up to join the travel industry, Travel Courier caught up with travel pros to hear their words of wisdom for new grads, insights they wish they knew when they first graduated and some of the coolest...
Ann Ruppenstein. CELEBRATING TRAVEL ADVISORS TODAY AND EVERY DAY One of my favourite Baxter Media publications that I get to work on is the annual Travel Agent Appreciation edition because we get to highlight remarkable travel advisors from across the country. This is the ninth year that we’ve been...
From a downturn in U.S. bookings to a surge in trips to Africa, travel advisors reveal what’s trending and where clients are going U.S. travel slows but bucket list travel remains hot I’ve had one cancellation for an Alaska cruise but then five new bookings on the same day for Alaska sailings....
Tell us a little about yourself and how long you've been in the industry?Twenty-six years ago, I took the leap at Compu College School of Business in downtown Victoria, B.C. and obtained my Travel & Tourism diploma (ironically this location is now the passport office). I was hired...
Tell us a little about yourself and how long you've been in the industry? Hi, I’m Carmen and made a stretch more than a decade ago to move from an accounting and notary public career to a proud travel agency owner of Klondike Travel & Yukon Tours in Whitehorse, Yukon, in Canada's...
Tell us a little about yourself and how long you've been in the industry? I consider myself a well-travelled agent with coming up to 30 years of experience in an industry that has seen many changes and twists. I live in Guelph, Ontario with my 13-year-old Standard Poodle Jake and three...
