Majestic Colonial Punta Cana

So I spent April 14th to April 21st at the lovely Majestic Colonial Resort in Punta Cana for the Annual Travel Agent Next Door Conference. I stayed in the Colonial Club section which included our own private club where we could sit and relax and grab a quick bite to eat. I also had my first butler suite experience.
Now we started working Saturday night when we arrived and had very little down time until the Friday, the first day I actually saw the Beach, and I left late Saturday. So while I did not see my butler often he was great leaving us notes and treats along the way and taking care of restaurant reservations the one night we did not have a meal with the group. Freddy actually apologized on Saturday when we were leaving as he is used to seeing his clients more and making sure everything is going smoothly. Needless to say if I make it back to the resort, hard to say as my bucket list is so long I will definitely be requesting Freddy and requesting him for my clients as well.
The room was awesome as well. Two large poster beds, a couch and coffee table, A desk and chair, a large balcony, a Jacuzzi tub, a shower built for 2 or more and a large counter with a two sinks. Closet space was ample and the safe worked. A wall screen tv no idea if it worked as we never turned it on once. But yes there is a but and that is the toilet, it was like being in a very small closet with no room to move and yes I have discussed my rather large body size but even the "skinny"people found it to be too close for comfort. They honestly could have reduced the shower size and given more to the toilet section. I did miss seeing the rooms at the Elegance but I did get to see a room at the Mirage. The Mirage had a half bathroom at the front of the the room, desk and chair, couch coffee table and a like a bar table and chairs and then a door to a second room which has the king size bed and a another full bathroom with soaker tub, shower and toilet. I could definitely stay in a room like that.
All 3 of the Majestic Resorts have a club section which is the adult only section which means you must be 18 plus. This does not mean there are no kids at the Majestic they just can not enter your room area or the pool areas that are adult only. The restaurants, shops and shows are open to all.

 The towel swan hearts awaiting our arrival

 custom chocolates one of our gifts

 shirt and hat more gifts marked with colonial Club

 heart shaped water feature there were 2

 Colonial Club

 Food inside the Club

 One of the adult only pools

Bali Beds

There is so much to discuss about this resort as well as what I learned to share with all of you so this as usual will take more than one installment. Stay tuned for the next blog

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Putting on my Big Girl Pants

So I started this blog back in the summer of 2017. I had such great plans for this blog. I was going to help people who loved to travel, learn about everything that is out there to see and do these days all over the world. I was also going to touch on my own personal and work related travel as I am a travel agent. Not only am I a travel agent I am a mother of four young children involved with Scouts, International Order of Rainbow for Girls, Parent Council helping out at the schools etc.. I am busy and life can sometimes get in the way.
I wish that I can say the reason I stopped posting to my blog was that life was so busy that I just could not juggle anymore but that is just not the case. What happened is that I did not have a thick skin. When you put yourself out there in a public forum you need to also prepare yourself for what the world is going to see and say. Some of the comments I received were mean and cruel and rather than just brushing them off and moving on I took them personally. Yes my grammar and spelling is not always 100% yes I re read before I post but sometimes I miss things we are all human. I live in Canada and yes we sometimes say or use words for some things that Americans or Brits etc use other words for apparently this is criminal. I have been a travel agent for 5 years and yes I know that on cruise ship they are decks but let's be honest when you are on board and going up down the elevator are you thinking decks or floors. I honestly forget I am on a ship and refer to them as floors as that is something to that is to each their own. We all have faults and in this day and age of social media we have many people who sit behind the safety of their computers and feel the need to comment on anything and no longer have anything that holds them back from being downright mean and cruel. I am obese believe me I see the pictures. I normally try to take very little pictures of myself and lots of my family. But I have come to realize that my friends and family love me the way I am not because of my weight but because of who I am. So I am trying to include myself in more pictures as one day I will die just like everyone else and I want people to have memories of me the person they know and love no matter what.
This past week I spent in Punta Cana in the company of over 140 fellow travel agents from the travel agent next door and suppliers and I came to realize that there will be mean things said all over and not everyone has to love me or like me. But no matter what I am going to continue to do what I set out to do. So here we go thick skin and big girl pants are on and away we go....
Just one last word I want to thank Flemming Friisdahl for having the courage in launching the Travel Agent Next Door and following his dreams as without them I may not be sitting here today taking this huge step. Thank you Flemming and Penny Martin you are huge acts to follow

photo courtesy of the great Dan Glabraith

Just an fyi I am in the group picture on the right side close to the pool bar about the third row back!!

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