Arizona Travel Agent
by Tim Larison
Before I was a travel agent, I worked 22 years in the telecommunications industry as a software engineer. In my previous career I often came across co-workers who would never take a vacation. One person I knew got this feedback on his year end performance review: “You’ve got to start taking time off. You have two months of vacation saved up!”
We did, however, have one instance in which our bag was damaged; fortunately the bag was still usable.
On Wednesday Disney Cruise Line released prices and dates for their 2008 Panama Canal and Mexican Riviera cruises. With thousands of people wanting reservations on these cruises, Disney’s call center was sure to be overwhelmed when they opened that morning.
We’ve taken our sons Andrew and Josh all over the World on our vacations – from the glaciers of Alaska to the canals of Venice. These trips have not only been great fun, but educational, too! Here are Andrew and Josh sampling bananas right from the plant on a December 2006 visit to the Caribbean – they’ll never eat a banana again without thinking of how this fruit is harvested in St Lucia.
by Tim Larison
Recently I was planning an international trip for a client of mine and she said “this is one place I want to see before I die.” She was in her 30’s in fine health, yet had a sense that we all have only so much time to pursue our dreams in this life.
by Anne Larison
If you are planning a trip outside the US anytime after December 31, 2006, new identification requirements will be in effect. Starting December 31, a passport will be required for travel by sea or air to Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean, Bermuda, and Central and South America. By December 31, 2007, a passport will be needed for all international travel, including land crossings such as the Tijuana border.
by Anne Larison
We are often asked by clients who are considering a trip about the weather during a particular month or how does the weather in this location compare to that one. The following web site provides helpful information related to average temperature, average number of days with precipitation, and other helpful statistics:
by Tim Larison
According to a recent poll of travel agents by American Express, many of the family friendly U.S. and international destinations continue to hold strong for families this summer.
by Tim Larison
If you travel with medications, it’s a good idea to carry them in their original prescription containers. Recently customs officers at the Palm Beach airport in Florida detained radio host Rush Limbaugh after they discovered medication in his luggage without his name on the bottle. (Apparently, Limbaugh’s doctor prescribed the pills in the doctor’s name for Limbaugh “for privacy purposes.”)
by Tim Larison
Imagine that you’ve been planning a magical Disney cruise for your family for 18 months. Then 6 days before your cruise you are rushed to the hospital for an unexpected surgery, and you are unable to go on the cruise!