Pack Happy Travel with Ashley

20/05/2024

Is Peru on your bucket list? I can help you with that! 😁🇵🇪

02/05/2024

I'm so thankful today, and everyday for my awesome clients, Pack Happy Travel Family and my industry colleagues. I’m proud to be a part of the Travel Advisor community! Happy Global Travel Advisor Day to my fellow advisors! 💚✈️🌍💙

21/04/2024

Tonight some of the agents from Pack Happy Travel had the privilege of attending Hillcrest Hope Charity Benefit. If you are looking for a way to give back, please consider this awesome Kansas City organization.

26/02/2024

🚨 BREAKING NEWS! 🚨

Walt Disney World Resort hotel rooms and theme park tickets for travel dates from January to October 2025 will be available to book beginning TOMORROW- February 27, 2024! You can choose from over 25 different resorts – from value to moderate and deluxe – and start your vacation with a NEW perk.

Throughout 2025, guests staying at a Disney Resort hotel can enjoy admission to Blizzard Beach or Typhoon Lagoon water park on check-in day – included with their stay. Walt Disney World water parks have something for everyone: big thrills, lazy rivers, wave pools, interactive play areas for younger kids and even water slides the whole family can enjoy together.

If you have been dreaming of a Walt Disney World vacation in 2024 or 2025, let’s make that dream a reality! 🐭🏰🎆

19/02/2024

08/02/2024

Today, Southwest opened flight schedule for dates through November 2, 2024. 💙❤️💛

This is a fantastic time to start planning your Fall and Holiday travel plans and I’d love to help!

05/02/2024

There are still some options for last minute Spring Break trips! If you've been thinking about it, let's chat!

02/02/2024

Today was a day of continuing education with CIE Tours. A deep dive into customized trips to the U.K. was the theme today. All things Ireland 🇮🇪, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, Wales🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, & England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Fun facts:
▪️Ireland is roughly the size of the state of Indiana 🍀
▪️Wales is the size of New Jersey with 3 National parks and 641 castles! 🏰
▪️Scotland has roughly 790 islands and is where golf originated. ⛳️
▪️England is home to more than 35,000 pubs 🍺

If you have been thinking about a trip to ones of these lovely countries, I would love to help you out!

30/01/2024

It’s National Plan for Vacation Day!!!!!!!

What’s on your travel vision board?
Let’s make it a reality-don’t let those vacation days or PTO go to waste!
Whether it’s a river cruise or a 3 week trip to Europe, visiting the Happiest Place on Earth, or an All Inclusive Beach vacation, I am ready to help you plan! ✈️ 🌎

23/01/2024

I often get questions like, are you still a travel agent? Do you still book trips? I DO! This is my passion and my livelihood! And I realized, it's been a while since I have introduced myself.....

My name is Ashley, and I started as a part time Travel Agent in January 2016. I went full time in 2019 and haven't looked back.

I started out with Disney vacations (and still do!) as I grew up going to Disney, but quickly realized that I have an affinity for Europe, Asia, South Pacific and group travel, whether that be social groups or Destination Weddings. When covid hit and the world changed, I pivoted to really learn Mexico and the Caribbean destinations as well. I have sent clients world-wide, for 8 years and couldn't imagine doing anything else. I truly love helping make my clients travel ideas come to life and help facilitate the memories of those experiences for a lifetime. If you have been thinking about traveling, don't hesitate to reach out! I would love to talk with you about your Travel dreams!

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22/01/2024

☀️ Ready to embrace summer vibes? Let's chat about your dreamy sunny getaways! 🏖️ Here are some top picks for All Inclusive warm escapes, perfect for families and adults alike. Share your favorites below! 👇

21/01/2024

Excited for my clients who will be traveling to Ireland, Italy, France, England, Spain, Greece, Mexico, Jamaica, & Dominican Republic over the next couple of months! Where are you dreaming of going? Tell me below!

06/11/2023

Monday: Budapest,Hungary
Early this morning we debarked our beautiful ship and checked into our hotel, and then off to explore the city! From Parliament, to Buda castle, shopping and so many streets in between, this city has my heart. It's such a beautiful city! Tomorrow, we head home.

05/11/2023

Sunday: Mohacs & Pecs, Hungary.
We arrived in Mohacs, Hungary and jumped on a bus to the lovely city of Pecs. It was pouring and chilly, but we made the most of it! This old city is home to St. Peter & Paul's Catherdral, an 800 year old basilica, where they discovered the remains of its first king in thebchambers of the cathedral in 2019!
This charming city is definitely one of my favorite stops on this journey and I hope to go back someday.

We wandered the city square for a bit then hopped a bus for a 90 minute ride through the beautiful Hungarian countryside to Baja, Hungary to board our boat and sail on to Budapest.

05/11/2023

Started our day in Novi Sad, Serbia. Had a wonderful walking tour through the city center and I would love to go back! Then we took a short bus ride to Petrovaradin Fortress with gorgeous views of the Danube and Novi Sad.

Back on the boat for lunch and a short sail to Ilok the most Eastern town of Croatia. From this port we jumped on a bus and drove to Vukovar, named after the river that runs through the town. Quick stop to take pics of the famous water tower. Then off to tour the Eltz Manor House. This house was destroyed during the Croatian war for Independence but has been restored to its former glory. We had a little time to walk around city center before we met our boat at the Vukovar port.

Tonight was our turn for the 7 course meal at the Chef’s Table!
We are now sailing to Hungary our 5th and final country on the cruise itinerary.

04/11/2023

Friday: Belgrade, Serbia.
This city (referred by its citizens as the Windy city) is situated at the merging of the Sava and Danube rivers. In it's history, it has been attacked 110 times and defeated. 44 of these times it was completely destroyed and rebuilt.

We started out by walking to the Kalmegdan Fortress and their lovely park, The Temple of St. Sava and ending the tour at the Nikola Tesla Museum. After a quick break in the afternoon, we went back into the city to do a little shopping and meandering the beautiful streets of old Town Belgrade.

03/11/2023

Thursday, we sailed the scenic Iron Gates up the Danube and saw the statue of Decebalus along the way.

We ended the day with an afternoon stop at Golubac (pronounced Gol-u-bawts) fortress which is located at the widest and deepest point in the Danube. It was reconstructed in 2 years and is now a museum.

02/11/2023

Vidin, Bulgaria - Yesterday we walked right off the ship into town. We walked the river walk, saw the Baba Vida fortress built in the 1st century. The 2nd oldest fortress in Europe and oldest in Bulgaria. Next, we walked through the epigraphic center where they have archeological findings from Ottoman, Roman, Turkish times in Vidin's history. We finished our walking tour going through the Jewish synagogue that is the beginning of the triangle of Religious Tolerance where the Jews, Christians and Islam who lived in harmony for many years, right here in this pretty river town. (Hello history I hadn't heard talked about since middle school!) We finished out our afternoon walking this beautiful city center with a little souvenir shopping. ...And Kittens 🐱😉

01/11/2023

Bulgaria- The land of Roses 🌹.
Yesterday we climbed aboard a bus and drove 2 hours to Abernassi and Viliko Tarnovo (one of the 2 capitals of Bulgaria).

Abernassi- a 15th century medieval village that was originally started by Albanians (hence the name) overlooking Viliko Turnovo. This is where the aristocratic wealth would "Summer" long ago. Now its home to many wealthy and Celebrities of Bulgaria. We were able to see 2 churches built between 1597-1698 with the most amazing frescos. (Frescos- Painting with plaster while it's still wet) and we also got to hear a choir sing traditional songs they would have sung. After that, we ate at a traditional Bulgarian restaurant and got to see a traditional Albanian folk dance.

Veliko Tarnovo- The ancient capital and Sofia (current capital) in Bulgarian History. Tarnovo is located in the Balkan Mountains and is home to Tsarevets Fortress & Ascension Church. Hundreds of years ago the Turks burnt down and destroyed the fortress and Church during the invasion of Tarnovo. The restoration of Tsarevets began in 1930 and was completed in 1981 in honour of the 1300 anniversary of the establishment of the Bulgarian state. Once we walked around the fortress we took a little walk around the stunning ancient city, through the arts district. I finished up my day with 2 of my favorite things: cats and coffee. 🐱☕️

31/10/2023

Yesterday I boarded the beautiful to sail the Lower Danube River from Bucharest to Budapest. The ship, service and food have been amazing!

30/10/2023

Yesterday we took a day tour from Bucharest to Peles Castle, Brasov and Bran Castle. It was so worth the long day! Here's just a few highlights of the day.

29/10/2023

Bucharest- You are a beautiful city with a sordid past, stunning architecture, deep folklore, and stunning scenery. I can't wait to see you again.

When I was a kid- I loved the show and game "Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego. And many times she would take you on adventures through Budapest and Bucharest and other Eastern European countries and cities. I was always intrigued by the "kid level" information/geography lessons via the show and game. And in the back of my mind, always thought it would be cool to see some day. Little did I know, that little girl would become a Travel Agent and get to go to those "places of wonder". I can't wait to share my week going through South East Europe with all of you.

16/09/2023

Have you been dreaming of exploring Europe? If so, we have a great opportunity for you! I am sailing next month on the lower Danube to be able to experience this awesome river cruise line, so I can speak to you all about it first hand! Follow along while I'm there!

Our agency has teamed up with AmaWaterways to offer an incredible early booking discount for the November 11th, 2024 Melodies of the Danube river cruise on the AmaVerde.

Save up to $1250 per person of you deposit on your trip by 9/30/23!!

What does it include?

🌎 Visit 3 countries in 7 nights - Hungary, Austria & Germany
⛴ Luxury accommodations on the AmaVerde
🍽 All onboard dining
🍺 Unlimited wine, beer and soft drinks with lunch & dinner
🚲 A variety of tours in each destination included in your cruise fare
🎻 Daily entertainment (Cultural & Wellness)
💻 Wifi
🚍 Optional pre & post cruise land tours
🍷 Plus - this is a Wine Cruise! A Wine Host will offer wine tastings & discussions onboard as well as visiting locals wineries & vineyards on shore.

Please contact me ASAP if you are interested! This early booking discount is only available on cabins deposited by September 30th, 2023!!

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16/06/2023

Can you guess where my next adventure this Fall is going to be?

Answer in the comment section below!

03/05/2023

In honor of National Travel Advisor Day, I would love it if those of you who have worked with me for a vacation would share a photo or memory from your trip on this post!
Referrals are how I grow my business and they are very much appreciated!! Thank you!!

02/05/2023

It's been a busy couple of months getting my clients to their vacation destinations. If you have been considering travelling but can't decide where, here's a few pictures of places that are popular destinations for my clients, to get the ideas rolling.