Every Quarter Dream Vacations holds a Vacation Sweepstakes. Unfortunately, not everyone can win the BIG prize. But we consider everyone who enters this contest through our website a winner. So, we created our own giveaway called “You’re A Winner in
Aloha, Please see the latest update from the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority regarding the devastating wildfires affecting areas on Maui. Please share this information as broadly as possible. We will continue to keep you informed. Mālama pono,John Monahan Maui Wildfires UpdateAugust
Celebrity Cruise Lines Celebrity Cruise Lines has announced that as of July 11, 2023, they will be increasing their daily gratuities amounts to $18.00 per person per day. This new gratuity rate of $18.00 will be charged for inside, Oceanview,
World Travel Trivia. Test Your Travel Knowledge! Try our fun “World Travel Trivia” quiz to see how many questions you can get. Click the Plus sign on the right of the question to get the answer. Q. How long is
Remove Those Annoying Labels You’ve traveled and brought home some goodie to display, but they have those annoying labels that seem impossible to get off. Get your hair dryer and aim the heat towards the label for just 30-60 seconds.
Best Cruise Lines for Families and Children Even as a cruise consumer, I am a Disney fanatic but as a Travel Agent, I realize that not everyone who wants to cruise is partial to Disney for a family vacation. There
Our pre-cruise adventure (of sorts) We live in Virginia, we are cruising out of Bayonne, NJ tomorrow on the Royal Caribbean Anthem of the Seas. What normally should have been a 4-4.5 hr. drive took us 7 hrs. Had we
Are Low Air Fares Really a Thing of the Past? As travel returns to post 2020 travel numbers, there are still many questions travelers have about travelling right now. Airfares are high, and that is due to the cost of
One Of The Most Basic Hotel Amenities Is Disappearing The days of returning to a wrinkle-free duvet are likely gone. Forget fresh towels, and accept that your trash might never get taken out during your stay. One Of The Most
M Malama Loko Ia The Hawaiian word malama means “to care for.” In Hawaii, we malama aina (“care for the land”) by protecting and preserving our landscapes and natural resources, such as our streams, mountains, forests and even our state parks and
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I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship. ~ Louisa May Alcott
Alaska Reopens To Cruising in 2021! The first cruise ship in nearly two years has been welcomed back to Alaska Alaska Reopens To Cruising in 2021! Royal Caribbean’s Serenade of the Seas visited Ketchikan, Alaska after a cease of operations
The New 2021 Guidelines for Travel Around The World. A travel agent will be able to tell you all the rules required for each and every country around the world before you depart on your trip. The New 2021 Guidelines
Booking with a Travel Agent is more useful than ever! Booking with a Travel Agent is more useful than ever! Dreaming about travel? Looking for a great deal on airfares? Know who to call if something goes wrong? Dreaming about
As the title says, are you wishing you were Home for the Holidays or Traveling for the Holidays? We sure wish we were doing one or the other, that is sure. You can’t control the past, but you can control
USA: Alaska’s spectacular Fall Foliage is world renown and is the most popular with leaf peepers. If a year was tucked inside of a clock, then autumn would be the magic hour. Victoria Erickson But don’t visit too late because the change
Bermuda: Since Norwegians newest ship the Breakaway entered into service in May 2013, she has been making waves as a great destination ship for guest to enjoy, besides for her cruise itinerary to Bermuda every week. We travel for romance, we travel
USA: Recently the Norwegian Pride of America came out of dry dock after a $30million renovation and upgrade. As part of that upgrade, they added 32 newly created ocean view balcony suites plus created studio staterooms for solo cruise travelers. Kahuna Nui
USA: Botanical Gardens are very popular to people who travel, so they can see what types of plants and trees that thrive in the worlds different climates. To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in
Over the past two plus years there has been a baby boom happening in the cruise industry.
Here are a few way to try to prevent bringing bedbugs home from your travel. Bedbugs are not choosey, they will effect a 5 star property just as fast as a 2 star hotel, resort or even a cruise. Here
August 2007 I started my very own travel agency as an Independent Contractor with Cruises, Inc. August 2007 I started my very own travel agency as an Independent Contractor with Cruises, Inc. Like in my business he is also my
Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends. Maya Angelou
Airplane travel is nature’s way of making you look like your passport photo. Al Gore
WSA: Carnival Cruise Lines has announced a first-of-its-kind experience in the cruise industry If a year was tucked inside of a clock, then autumn would be the magic hour. Victoria Erickson Carnival is offering cruisers the opportunity to experience & enjoy an exclusive onboard
USA: A Fun and Fantastic announcement from Carnival… You’re off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So… get on your way! – Dr. Seuss From the whimsical and always wonderful world of Dr. Seuss comes
As This New Year begins I want to send everyone good wishes to everyone. May this year be filled with love & laughter, health & happiness plus peace & prosperity.
Travel News: Here are the changes coming to Amtrak refund policy that has just been announced. I like trains. I like their rhythm, and I like the freedom of being suspended between two places, all anxieties of purpose taken care
One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more. Thomas Jefferson
USA: I received this awesome greeting from JetBlue Airways and just had to share it! Merry Christmas! Then the captain came on, and said with such might, “Happy holidays to all, and to all a good flight! Captain JetBlue T’was
On this Thanksgiving, I just wanted you to know that I have truly enjoyed working with each and every one of you and feel honored to be your chosen Travel Agent. What I love about Thanksgiving is that it’s purely about
This is going to be a BIG issue. Do you want to hear people around you talk about ALL their private life? What is you opinion? Let me know here or on twitter @cruztravellady using #FonsOnPhones
Are you a veteran? Looking for a job or a change of career? Become a Cruise, Inc. agent! It is an in-home business that let’s you soar. Many retired military people have joined us because of the opportunity to be their own
Bermuda: As the last day dwindles down my the minute, Terry & Taylor Sailor enjoy their last few hours onboard the beautiful Norwegian Breakaway! We travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost Ray Bradbury
You define a good flight by negatives: you didn’t get hijacked, you didn’t crash, you didn’t throw up, you weren’t late, you weren’t nauseated by the food. So you are grateful. Paul Theroux
Train travel is great. It’s relaxing, easy, affordable & a wonderful alternative to plane travel. The journey has its own lyrics. A duet of balanced motion. The rails and wheels in tune. Richard L. Ratliff This is Taylor Sailor’s second
Royal Carribean: In November 2014 Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines will have two ships departing from the Tampa Cruise Terminal. It isn’t that life ashore is distasteful to me. But life at sea is better. Sir Francis Drake It’s newest ship
Bermuda: Princess Cruise Lines has announced that their ship Sapphire Princess will be sailing from China in Summer 2014. A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Bermuda: Taylor Sailor is getting himself ready for his next sea voyage. There is a kind of magicness about going far away and then coming back all changed. Kate Douglas Wiggin As Terry’s beary unique cruise specialist, Taylor Sailor will
Mexico: American Airlines familiar logo may soon be seen more frequently in the Caribbean. Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always
Bermuda: Celebrity Cruise Lines has introduced a new ‘Cruise Lingo’ app available now for smartphones and it is free to download. If you’re trying to persuade people to do something, or buy something, it seems to me you should use
For the 4th year in a row Princess Cruise Lines have asked their cruisers ‘What is the 1 thing that would make your vacation more relaxing?‘ There is a wide gap between what men and women chose as their one item,
Disney: Last Chance! Free Dining Plan Offer at the Walt Disney World Resort What could be more important than a little something to eat? Winnie the Pooh Time is running out! Get a FREE* Disney Dining Plan when you purchase
NCL’s newest ship will be arriving soon. The Norwegian Getaway.
Belize: That is right, Norwegians in Belize! We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment Hilaire Belloc Norwegian Cruise Lines recently completed the purchase of 75 acres of island property on Harvest Cay, off the southern side of the
St Martin: Port officials on St. Martin are courting Seabourn and its smaller fleet of ships to home port in St. Martin year round. But for all the excitement, St. Martin and St. Maarten still foster a stress-free vibe –
For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.
Bermuda: Since Norwegians newest ship the Breakaway entered into service in May 2013, she has been making waves as a great destination ship for guest to enjoy, besides for her cruise itinerary to Bermuda every week. Twenty years from now you will
The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes “sight-seeing.” ~Daniel J. Boorstin
Caribbean: Every once in a while you meet someone you just connect with, or travel to someplace that captures your heart. Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before Dalai Lama Many of us wizened travelers look for this
What you’ve done becomes the judge of what you’re going to do – especially in other people’s minds. When you’re traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don’t have your past to hold against you. No
I think that travel comes from some deep urge to see the world, like the urge that brings up a worm in an Irish bog to see the moon when it is full. ~Lord Dunsany
Here it is mid-summer and half of the USA is sweltering in an extreme heat wave. You are in a quandary, you haven’t booked your vacation yet and the heat is really getting to you. So what about visiting Alaska?
Europe: As I type this, I am on my fourth flight to Europe. Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation. Leo Tolstoy Though there
Cruise: The Girlfriend Group, a Washington DC Metropolitan Women’s online Networking Group celebrated its 5th annual Girlfriend Party on Saturday, July 20th, 2013. The travel impulse is mental and physical curiosity. It’s a passion. And I can’t understand people who don’t want