Hello Travel Addicts!
I’m so glad that you’ve found my new website. I’m very excited about it and look forward to your feedback. My business is growing, and I’m excited about that too!
I’m not a travel agent or tour operator. I call myself a “Travel Addict” because I’m passionate about travel and love putting trips together. Working with a tour operator, whose business it is to package trips, we’ll organize guides where needed, transportation to and from airports and trains, etc.
I’ve been traveling overseas since 1971, and lived in London from 1979 to 1981. After successfully organizing a trip in 2002 to Provence, Paris & Italy with friends, in 2005 I organized another trip to Provence & Paris, renting a house in Uzes. Since then I’ve returned several times to Provence & Paris (in case you haven’t noticed it’s my favorite trip – I love France). I’ve also brought groups to Tanzania on safari, the Greek Islands, Egypt & Jordan, Tuscany, Rome, and China.
My goal has been to travel to places that I’d love to go to, and I look for people who “play well with others” and are flexible who want to join these travel adventures. I love showing people different parts of the world and new cultures.
Travel and Music
I’ve also begun combining travel with my favorite music (folk, blues). In January 2011 we organized a cruise around the Hawaiian Islands with three musicians – “Beaucoup Blue,” “Don White” and “Johnsmith.” There were 72 of us in that group on the Norwegian Pride of America. It was a wonderful trip and I’ve gotten great feedback from people in the group.
I’m planning a cruise to ALASKA on Princess Lines in June 2013, “Songs at Sea,” with my favorite folk musician, Don White which I’m really looking forward to. I’ll have more details of this great trip by the spring of 2012. In August 2012 I’m working with Don who is a well-known Boston folk musician/comedian, and our Irish tour guide to spend nine days in Ireland listening to some great music with Don and some local Irish musicians, as well as enjoying music in the pubs. This trip filled really fast and he may consider repeating the Ireland trip in August of 2013.
Why should you travel with us instead of a travel agent?
My groups are typically small, usually 10 to 12 people (maximum 16). I do my best to create congenial groups. My trips usually allow for some spontaneity at times to make some changes in our plans. While I can’t compete with the prices of some of the big companies, I do my best to make my trips affordable and a good value for the money.
Groups consist of mostly singles and some couples, all age 45+. Many of my fellow travelers are married women whose husbands are not eager to travel outside of the US. The rest of the groups consist of a few single men and many single women who have always wanted to travel but their friends don’t have the money, or don’t want to go on the trip they’d love to take. I usually arrange for people to share rooms so that they don’t have to pay a single supplement, unless they choose. New friendships develop among the travelers on my trips, and I often get ideas of new places to discover from my new travel buddies. Consequently, many have traveled with me numerous times. I hope you will be joining me soon!
Scheduled trips
Provence & Paris: August 31 – September 15, 2012
Songs at Sea: Join us on a musical, fun-filled, 7-day cruise from Alaska to Vancouver on Princess Lines in June 2013
Musical Tour of Ireland: August 14 – 23, 2012
Looking forward to hearing from you soon!!