UPDATED Dec 3, 2022: I have added a few more tips that I have discovered over the years! Originally published Dec 20, 2018: I just returned from a really great trip to Tahiti last week and it was a fantastic experience. I cannot wait to go back and take my husband with me. The trip that I just returned from was a work trip so it was jam packed with hotel inspections (15 total over 7 nights), hotel hopping (6 different overnight hotel stays), island hopping (4 different island

I knew there would be more to write about and so my saga with the rain and train troubles continues. If you didn't read part 1, then do that now. We were supposed to leave Kyoto on Friday July 6th to visit our family in Oita, Japan. It was going to be about 5 hours of travel and three different train rides to get there. We were going to meet up with my dad and grandma (who is 96!) who had made a special trip to Japan to meet with us so they could introduce us to family. Well,

This is just one reason why you book your trips with a Travel Agent like me. I use vetted and trusted suppliers who know the destinations you are going to and have support teams in the destination as well. Of course, being my own travel agent, I didn't need to call my travel agency but I could have if I was really in a bind. Our office has a 24/7 emergency/urgent phone line for all clients who travel with us. I just wanted to share a story to show what hiccups can happen whil

You would think that in this day and age, Travel Agents wouldn't exist anymore and some people predicted that our profession would soon be obsolete. However, that is far from the truth. We just changed the way we do business. With the rise of the Internet, it meant we had to change ... or go out of business. Many agents did away with their storefront presence as it was too costly to maintain and instead went to work from home. So, perhaps it looked like we disappeared but our

After touring Secrets, we were off to the Hyatt Ziva Los Cabos. This is a family friendly resort but it has an adults only section. I had a group stay at this property last month and they loved it! It was a corporate reward trip for their top sales people and one of them needed to bring their 2 year old. This was a great choice for them and they were very happy with the whole trip. This resort was probably one of my top picks on this trip and most of the other agents I was wi

After touring the Grand Fiesta Americana, we headed to Secrets which is an Adults Only resort. It was nice and quiet resort that is sprawled out next to the golf course. It is set back from the beach a bit but there are some rooms that are closer to the beach. Make sure you get the Preferred Club rooms if you want close beach access, butler service and more. We started out viewing a room that was a “Junior Suite Ocean View” and it was set up with two double beds. As you can