Heidi on Holiday-Travelmation LLC

04/05/2025

I’ve been quoting A LOT of cruises lately! I can quote you any brand, and there are great deals going on right now.

If you have a loyalty number, I can book your rewards that you have earned. Got Casino credits with a ship? I can look up what your deals are right now!

Cruise ships already build in travel agent commission. So let me do the work for you, and you won’t have to pay anything extra for my service! I would LOVE to help your family get cruising! ❤️🛳️💙

04/01/2025

If anyone is still looking for an April Getaway. I have a great deal for you. Send me a message for details!

03/29/2025

Proud of you Boilers! Forever grateful for these memories made! 🤍🤍🤍🤍

03/28/2025

I was given this sign on my way to work! I’d love to help you find yours too. Summer will be here soon! 🏝️

03/25/2025

Training Tuesday with a new cruise line! Celestyal are a Greek line that has been in operation for 10 years. They go and spend more time in ports of Greece. So if you have been dreaming of checking out the Greek islands in an all-includedve way, this is for you! 🥰

03/20/2025

Big announcement from Disney! They are offering free dining deals to anyone who is a Disney Visa holder! I’d love to help you book your next family memory to see the Mouse and get a Dole Whip dessert! 🥰

03/18/2025

Travel Tip Tuesday! You can also use a passport, but I don’t want to risk losing mine during domestic travel.

03/14/2025

I am so excited to announce I am trying out Celebrity Cruise Lines in April with other Travelmation agents! I can’t wait to share what I learn on this trip! ❤️

03/12/2025

JUST BOOKED!

Playa Resorts- Wyndham Alltra Cancun

This lucky couple will be relaxing to the sounds of crashing waves. An all-inclusive retreat in May is on the books!

If you are ready to plan your escape, just let me know! ❤️🦋❤️

03/11/2025

March Madness continues in Alaska! If you plan on taking a trip there, Turning Heads Kennel is an awesome place to visit. Their dogs, and musher Travis Beals, are currently in 9th place in the Greatest Race on Earth. I got to meet him, and I’ve been cheering for him loud as a couch musher! Go dogs go!!
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Iditarod Update March 11 at 7:15 am Alaska Time

The race is heating up! 🔥🐾

Matt Hall and Jessie Holmes are both through Kaltag. Matt, though currently in the lead, will need to rest soon. He’ll stop likely at tripod or old woman cabin and Jessie will resume the lead. Right now is when both strategy and dogmanship really start to matter.

If I had to pick the winner today, I’d favor Matt. Even though Holmes has the advantage at the moment of being ahead by 3-4 hours (one rest), I think Hall has a few things going in his favor. The first is Matt Hall has broken up his runs a bit more consistently throughout the race vs. Holmes. The second is experience. Matt Hall has been running dogs his entire life and he’s been in positions like this before. Jessie, historically, has often had to “recharge” his team at some point along the trail with a long rest and then been able to push hard at the end. All his top finishes are almost exclusively executed like this. A long continuous push like this? That’s new territory. (And no, I don’t consider the 8 hour mandatory part of that recharge.)

Still, it’s a dog race and it will certainly have to play out. Hall will have to put pressure on Holmes and Holmes will have to falter…. But that seems like something like Matt will almost certainly do. The biggest factors really are how much gas is left in the tank for both teams. Hall has run on consistently less rest than his competition the entire race. Is it going to catch up to him at some point?

I still favor Matt…but this could go either way.

Paige Drobny is currently in Kaltag. She’ll either split the run to Unalakleet in half and stop there, or rest short of UNK and go straight to Shaktoolik. What she does will say a lot about the state of her team.

Basically the decision for Drobny (or for any team that stops in Kaltag later on) is to decide whether to get to Shaktoolik in 2 runs or in 3 runs. It’s 124 miles of trail so 2 equal runs are about 62 miles each vs. 3 runs is closer to 41 miles.

The trail to Unalakleet, specifically right out of Kaltag, is incredibly bumpy (tussocks) but, honestly, I have a hard time believing it’s worse than the frozen ice trench that defined the trail from Eagle Island to Kaltag. This question will play out time and time again (only if you rest in Kaltag, if you stop before and blow Kaltag, you’ve decided on different strategy).

Long runs, long rest. Short runs, short rest. Executing the longer runs allows you to make up time by essentially cutting out 1 hour of rest but you have to have the team and the trail for it. The run from Unalakleet to Shaktoolik can be….unpleasant. It’s a long run up over the blueberry hills outside of Unalakleet before dropping down onto the sea ice where there is no hiding from the wind. Windstorms frequent the area and so does poor visibility. You need good leaders and a strong team if Mother Nature kicks up.

There’s a pretty wide gap between Drobny and the chase pack. She could conceivably rest more than both Hall/Holmes and pick up the pieces in the event a storm moves in and somehow takes them both out of contention. Or she could keep chasing. If will be interesting to see what she decides to do.

Behind Drobny things have been shaking up too. I haven’t gotten to nerd out enough about how long other teams have rested / ran on the trail to get a good reading on how I think things will shake out — but I do think a lot of teams overplayed their hands on the trail from Shageluk through Eagle Island. That won’t be seen today but will be seen tomorrow and along the coast.

The good news for these teams is that (supposedly) there should be some reprieve in better trail. That is, assuming, weather does not run afoul.

Travis is currently sitting at the back of the chase pack in 9th position. He stopped in the sunshine on the way to Eagle Island yesterday and took a leisurely 6 hours and 45 minutes of rest, made his way to Eagle Island, and took another 4 hours. His dogs are reportedly “on fire” and he’s in a good mood. He is consistently fast — and now he’s well rested. Travis and team are primed to make a big push along the coast and pick off some of the teams with less rest ahead of him. It’s a lot more fun racing up the coast with a well rested team, picking off the teams ahead of you than racing with one eye of your shoulder wondering who is going to come up from behind…

📸 of Travis Beals near Grayling by Iditarod photographer David Poyzer https://iditarod.com/photo/march-9th-2025-grayling-dave-poyzer/?nggpage=2

👉🏻 Have family or friends visiting Alaska this summer? Please consider sending them to our kennel for a dogsled ride. We offer dog sled tours May-September in Seward, Alaska and offer snowy dog sled rides on Godwin Glacier and a wheeled dog sled ride out of our kennel. Visit www.TurningHeadsKennel.com to learn more ! 🐾

03/08/2025

🏐Volleyball weekend with my girl in Kentucky. Just caught some great volleyball action and a beautiful sunset over Kentucky Kingdom!

Did you know I can book hotel rooms for travel sports? Plus I know some great places to eat and check out during down times. 🦋

03/06/2025

I have my first clients traveling to Sandals Ochi this month for some golf, time in the sun, and to enjoy precious time with family. Before you click the Sandals link, please consider letting me book your dream vacation. I can get great deals, take care of all the arrangements, and be your go to for any questions or concerns.

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03/04/2025

Happy Get Out There Day! In February, I went to Sedona, Arizona for the first time. I loved it, and can’t wait to go back. Where was your last new place to visit? Where would you love to go? Let’s all March 4th and Get Out There!! ❤️🦋❤️

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03/03/2025

March is such a fun time to visit Alaska! ❤️

02/28/2025

Booking your dream cruise just got easier. Only pay 50% of your required deposit on select Disney sailings between 6/16/25 and 5/31/26. 🚢✨ Book by March 14, 2025. Contact me for more information.

02/26/2025

I love using ALG vacations to plan multi- destination stops. Why visit just one city when you can explore multiple destinations in one seamless trip? Whether it’s Europe, the Caribbean, Asia, or beyond, I specialize in stress-free, multi-city adventures—like this perfect London & Paris getaway!

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Stay in Theatreland, just minutes from Covent Garden. Enjoy modern dining, afternoon tea, and exclusive family perks while being close to top sights like the London Eye and Trafalgar Square.

✈️ Easy intercity flights—handled for you!
You can also take the Chunnel train that goes from London to Paris through the English Channel. I did this in college, and it was so fun and easy.

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A luxurious neoclassical hotel, steps from the Champs-Élysées and Eiffel Tower—Parisian elegance at its finest!

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02/25/2025

Travel Tip Tuesday: When you have high school and college friends that live or travel to cool places, absolutely plan a visit! They know the best places to eat, hike, and experiance. The true gift is realizing that the best of friends can catch up like there has been no time that has even passed. I have been blessed with some of the best friendships. ❤️

I now have some great new tips if you want to visit Sedona. I’d love to help you plan your next trip! 🦋