Upcoming Partnerships

So right now I am dealing with the last 4 weeks before the kids get back to school. Once we are back into routine I hope to be entering into some partnerships with some local businesses.
One of these will be hopefully be to promote long weekend getaways to such places as Boston, NY city, Chicago, Nashville, Pennsylvania, Waterloo Premium Outlet malls, Washington, Quebec City, Toronto and more. These will be bus tours that include hotel, transportation and some site seeing as well as breakfast. I am hoping to be able to offer 2 per year in the Spring and Fall starting with the Spring of 2019. If you have any recommendations or ideas on what you would like to see and do please send me a message. I am always seeking potential clients and clients alike input.

 NYC (photo courtesy of travelpulse.com)

I am also looking to partner up with a local winery and offer tours to Prince Edward County and Niagara Falls with experts. Again hopefully twice a year with a group in the spring and fall. I also hope to be able to offer groups visiting France, Italy, Spain and more  vineyards in the world. There are also River cruises that have wine experiences available as well. Again always looking for input as to what kind of group tours you may want to see

Avalon waterways (photo courtesy of avalonwaterways.com)

My next partnership that I hoping to firm up is with a yoga instructor and I am hoping to be able to offer yoga retreats. I am hoping to have Costa Rica, St Lucia and Italy as some of the offerings. I may even have a Thailand offer and again these will be once or twice a year depending on my yoga instructors availability and if I can get more than one who may be interested in doing just this type of adventure.

Costa Rica

In the past I was unsuccessful at getting a scrapbook cruise set up. I was a passionate scrapbooker and have let my hobby lapse the last couple of years and would really like to jump back in. This time however I would want to partner with a store or a scrapbook consultant who has a following that would be really into something like this. The problem is it is just to hard for me to be the travel agent and the group co-ordinator. So if this you again drop me a line and we will see what we can come up with and try and make this an annual or every two year deal!!! Maybe then I will get my vacations and the kids albums done. After all my oldest just turned 14 and my youngest is 9.

Scrapbook stickers

Where you can find me:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/stephaniethetravelagentnextdoor

Website: http://www.exclusivetoyoutravel.ca

Email: slough@exclusivetoyoutravel.ca

TICO 500212282

55 York Street, Suite 803

Toronto, On M5J 1R7

Please keep in mind that while my head office is in Toronto. I am a home based travel agent and I live in South Dundas and I can service clients anywhere in Canada. But, I meet with clients in the SD&G area

Golf Groups - What's next

In February 2019 I have arranged for a Getaway at a 5 Star Resort. The Hard Rock Casino and Resort will host a group that can play as much golf as they would like for the week at minimal cost as well as enjoy the spa, water sports and the casino and some really great food.
So now are you wondering what will be next. I would like to have a winter vacation and a summer/fall vacation every year revolving around golf. I will openly tell you that no I do not golf myself but 3 of my 4 children have taken it up. They golf in the summer on Monday nights in the youth program. So I would like to keep them active in the things they like and learning more about them so I figured I would help the local golf club patrons combine their passion for golf with their travel needs.
Also keep in mind that many of these options that I am going to present will have options for your partner if they happen to be a non golfer like myself.
So option # 1 is a River Cruise Melodies of the Danube with Golf Program with AMA Waterways.
It is a 7 night cruise with an option 2 night pre cruise and 3 night post.
Day 1 arrive in Budapest
Day 2 Hidden Budapest Tour
Day 3 Embark in Budapest
Day 4 Budapest - Golf or a tour
Day 5 Bratislava - Golf or a tour
Day 6 Vienna - Tour
Day 7 Weissenkirchen - Golf or a tour
Day 8 Linz - Tour
Day 9 Passau - Golf or a tour
Day 10 Vilshofen - Disembark
Day 11 Prague - Tour
Day 12 Pargue - Golf or a tour
Day 13 Prague - Departure
These river cruises run from May to October and offer so much to see and do.
Option # 2 is Ocean cruises with Azamara Club Cruises and Perry Golf. The options for 2019 to 2020 are as follows:
January 2019 - New Zealand
February 2020 - South Africa
March 2019 - Southeast Asia
April 2019 - Charleston & Bermuda
May 2019 - Iberian Peninsula
May 2020 - Spain & French Riviera
June 2019 & 2020 - Baltic Sea
July 2019 & 2020 - British Isles & The Open
August 2020 - Ireland
September 2019 & 2020 - Iberian Peninsula
October 2019 - Med Islands
November 2019 & 2020 - Arabian Gulf
November 2020 - South America
These cruises offer golf from 3 to 5 times depending on the length of the cruise and as always there are many excursions for the non golfer to choose from. These cruises cover gangway to gangway. Which means your golf clubs get delivered to the course and brought back to the ship (you do none of the heavy lifting), starting times, caddies/carts and who you are playing with are pre-arranged, social events are organized, Perry golf staff are both on board and at the golf courses. Boxed lunch is provided at the course, open bar is provided after golf and all gratuities are taken care of. All cruise have between 3 and 5 golf excursions depending on the length of cruise.
Option # 3 is group travel. I have several suppliers that have options that include golfing in Morocco, Ireland, Scotland etc.. they can be done almost anywhere in the world where golf is played.
Option # 4 includes includes attending some of the great golfing events such as the Masters Tournament, US Open, British Open and PGA Championship.
So again if you are a golfer and also enjoy travel keep in mind these tours will be offered over the next few years. Better yet take a moment and let me know which one's appeal to you more and then I can plan easier what comes next



Where you can find me:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/stephaniethetravelagentnextdoor

Website: http://www.exclusivetoyoutravel.ca

Email: slough@exclusivetoyoutravel.ca

TICO 500212282

55 York Street, Suite 803

Toronto, On M5J 1R7

Please keep in mind that while my head office is in Toronto. I am a home based travel agent and I live in South Dundas and I can service clients anywhere in Canada. But, I meet with clients in the SD&G area

Golf Group Getaways

I know my last blog was about cruising and I will get back to that shortly as I want to discuss some of the middle and higher end cruise lines with you. But right now I want to introduce you to my latest adventure.I have secured group space for an ultimate Winter Vacation. A trip that I am hoping will become an annual occurrence.
I have dubbed this a golf getaway but if you do not want to golf you do not have to, it is just an added perk. Spend a week in Punta Cana the Dominican Republic having an awesome time at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Hard Rock has a program where you receive resort credit based on the room you book You may use this credit to play golf on their signature gold course, spend the day at heir spa or enjoy water sports and excursions. You have only to pay the taxes. So if you like to golf and your partner does not there is no reason why you can not have fun on this trip.
This space is booked from February 9th to February 16th 2019. Flights from Montreal with Air Transat are included. Prices start at $2451.00 CAD per person depending on which room category you chose as well as the occupancy.

Her are some of the pictures I took when I was visiting the resort for a Gala back in April.

There is so much to do at this Resort and to see. The shopping the dining and the playing is spectacular.

Book by August 10th 2018 and get a $25 CAD per person discount

Where you can find me:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/stephaniethetravelagentnextdoor

Website: http://www.exclusivetoyoutravel.ca

Email: slough@exclusivetoyoutravel.ca

TICO 500212282

55 York Street, Suite 803

Toronto, On M5J 1R7

Please keep in mind that while my head office is in Toronto I am a home based travel agent and I live in South Dundas and can service clients anywhere in Canada but I meet with clients in the SDG area