The Travel Concierge

10/22/2024

10/22/2024

09/23/2024

The Louvre is HUGE! I can’t even capture it all in this video.

09/23/2024

This hits different than Kings Island at night 🤣

09/22/2024

Dinner with a view, Notre Dame, Seine River, Saint Chapelle (wish we could have gone inside!), Hotel de Ville, Arc de Triomphe, and Champs Elysees were fun to explore. St. Germaine, Luxembourg Gardens, and the French Institute were beautiful. I loved grabbing coffee and wine at a cafe and people watching! And The Louvre…people told me it was huge, but I had no idea the magnitude of this place! My video doesn’t even capture it all. Au revoir, Paris! 🍷🥖🇫🇷

09/19/2024

Zurich was a big city with high end shopping. We ate our dinners there after our long days of excursions and had really good Swiss and Italian food. We had drinks and watched a futbol match at Zurich’s oldest pub, Oliver Twist. I’m not a big soccer fan, but the energy there was contagious! Then we hit the FIFA museum before catching our next train. The chocolate truffles at Laderach did not disappoint!

09/19/2024

Second leg of the trip we stationed ourselves in Zurich, which is a great jumping off point to explore several places in Switzerland. This day we first visited Rhine Falls by the German-Swiss border. The Falls are part of the Upper Rhine River and it’s a fierce and widespread waterfall! Next, we visited the medieval town of Stein am Rhein. It looked straight out of the pages of a storybook! Check out the giant wine press. We had some amazing gelato here!

09/16/2024

Visited the NDSM area in Noord (North) Amsterdam via the free ferry. This area is an old shipping yard with bars, restaurants, and cafes. It’s an artists paradise! Pllek is an especially cool restaurant made of shipping containers and it has its own beach with cool hangout areas, DJ’s, and events. Afterwards we went up in the A’dam Lookout where we had drinks with a great view and watched people swing over the city from the rooftop.

09/16/2024

Visited rural Netherlands to see the windmills, find out the importance of wooden shoes and see how they were made, went to a cheese tasting, walked by the North Sea, and visited a fishing village. It was so quiet and quaint, a complete change of pace from the hustle of the city! We visited Zaanse Schans, Edam, Volendam, and Marken. I’ve never seen so many cows!

09/16/2024

Amsterdam is so diverse! We loved this melting pot of people, the canals, the stroopwafels, and all the bikes! There are more bikes than people in this city. Fun fact, they recover 15,000 bikes every year from the canals, which are either thrown in out of rage, or drunkenly ridden in! We visited the Anne Frank house, the Royal Palace, a secret Catholic Church built into a house when it was illegal to practice Catholicism, visited the Jordaan area, walked the city trying not to get hit by bikes, tried Dutch food (Bitterballen, hutspot), visited the racy Red Light District (😳), and cruised in the canals.

06/19/2024

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03/19/2024

Looking for adult only all-inclusive? The Valentin Imperial Riviera Maya is a luxury 5-star resort with a gorgeous beach and serene atmosphere. With the architectural design of a Mexican hacienda, the property is beautiful with lush tropical gardens, and boasts one of the largest pools in the area. There are seven a la carte restaurants, 11 bars, 24-hour room service, daily activities, nightly entertainment, and a spectacular, secluded 1-kilometer-long white-sand beach. This resort is a travel-agent favorite! See the videos in my post below of an ocean front room. Yes, there are palm trees in front of the water, but it's because these particular palms are becoming extinct, and they are preserving them. 🌴 💚

03/19/2024

Check out this special room at the Valentin Imperial, a luxury, adult-only resort in Riviera Maya. Wait for the tub!

03/19/2024

Looking for a great family resort in Mexico? I highly recommend the Iberostar Selection Paraiso Maya, where you are surrounded by Mayan culture. This property is enormous, as it houses five resorts. The Maya is the highest level aside from the Grand, which is adult only. The amenities at Maya make it worth the extra cost. The Lindo is also comparable, with Beach and Del Mar being the most moderately priced of these five. Kids will love the wave pool, lazy river, giant slides, Star Camp (day camp with cooking, art, trampolines, games, etc.), and wild animals everywhere you look! Adults will love the swim up bar, lounging hammocks, beautiful walk to the beach through the mangroves, Snake Bar, and endless margaritas. The resort is sprawling, and there are golf carts driving around to take you where you need to go. Definitely hit up the Discotheque if you get the opportunity. It's Star Wars themed, and so much fun!

10/22/2023

Shout out to this lady right here! Lori has been my mentor over the past year and several months and I could not have been successful in this business without her. She has given me all the insight and knowledge and help, far beyond what I could have asked for. I am so grateful for you, Lori!

This week I learned a lot. Comparing Cancun and Riviera Maya, seeing so many resorts in person, networking with other advisors about their favorite resorts, getting new resources, and taking classes on leveraging AI for my business, taking groups to Europe, specific things to do at each of the islands in Hawaii, and learning about the luxury resorts in the area. I can’t wait to plan your next vacation!