We LOVE to travel! Our love for exploring led us to become travel agents so that we can help others explore the world, too. We specialize in all things travel-related.
Together, we have been to 49 countries. Our all-time favorite trip, so far, was a safari in Africa. (Ask Debra to show you the absolutely incredible picture that she took of a leopard in a tree.)
We especially love going on cruises. Between the two of us, we have been on 26 cruises with a number of different cruise lines, including Oceania, Celebrity, Royal Caribbean, Carnival, Norwegian, MSC and others. We have been on so many of the Norwegian Cruise Line ships that we have reached Platinum Plus elite status with NCL.
Our favorite cruises have been the Baltic capitals, the Panama Canal, a 21-day cruise from Chile in South America all the way to San Francisco, California, and a 45-day cruise from Australia/New Zealand through Asia, ending in Hong Kong. (Be sure to ask us about eating our way through the night market in Bangkok.)
We have a number of exciting cruises on the horizon, including a Canada-New England sailing from Quebec to Boston in October of 2020. We are hoping to see the fall colors!
Then we have a bucket list experience scheduled for January of 2021: ANTARCTICA! Debra absolutely LOVES penguins and she is eager to see them in their natural habitat.
We also have an AWESOME 33-day itinerary coming up with NCL in February-March of 2021: Sydney to Tahiti (with stops in exotic places like New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Samoa and Fiji), back-to-back with a cruise from Tahiti to Honolulu. We have put together a large group for these two sailings, so we have discounted group pricing and extra benefits. Be sure to contact us if you are interested in joining the group for one or both of these sailings.
We are also branching out to river cruises, with fantastic sailings coming up on the Mekong Delta with AmaWaterways as well as a 15-day Grand European Tour from Amsterdam to Budapest with Viking Cruises. (We have been upgraded to a Penthouse Suite for that cruise. Woo hoo!)
In November of 2021, we will be departing from Dubai on a cruise to various ports in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. (The Taj Mahal has been on our list to visit for quite some time!)
Our phenomenal 81-day cruise from February-May 2020 on the Norwegian Spirit from Rome to Dubai to Cape Town to Singapore to Hong Kong to Tokyo, with lots of very interesting stops like Jordan, Oman, Israel, Egypt, Madagascar, Mauritius, Phuket, Malaysia, Reunion, the Seychelles and many others was disrupted due to the coronavirus outbreak. (It’s not every day that you can say you got stuck at sea for 17 days on a cruise ship off the coast of Africa!) So, we are looking forward to making up some of the lost ports on a 19-day adventure from Dubai to Cape Town on the NCL Jade.
Oh, and if you haven't been to Iceland yet, you may want to consider adding it to your list. (We love Iceland so much that anytime we fly or cruise to Europe, we try to route through Iceland!)
We also LOVE to scuba dive. In addition to traditional dives in locations such as Hawaii, Mexico and the Caribbean, our scuba adventures have taken us to:
*Dubai, where we dove in the giant aquarium at The Atlantis.
* Scotland, where we dove the historic Scapa Flow.
*Maui, where we hunted for lobster at night alongside moray eels. (Catching a lobster with your bare hands and then cooking it for dinner an hour later is AWESOME!)
*The Big Island, Hawaii, where we sat on the bottom of the ocean holding a flashlight at night and waited for the giant manta rays to come in to feed. It was both exhilarating and magical at the same time. (When the first one swoops over your head in the darkness, it is absolutely shocking to see how big they are!)
*Key West, where we explored a sunken American spy vessel that had been used to surveil Russia and Cuba during the Cold War.
*New Zealand, where we spontaneously joined a wine tasting picnic with a group of senior citizens at the dock after our dive.
*The Great Barrier Reef in Australia, where a huge Maori Wrasse named Wally followed us around like a puppy dog.
*Cambodia, where the locals provided us with a delicious sampling of the local cuisine for lunch in between dives.
*Bali, where the colors of everything are bright and stunningly beautiful.
*Italy, where we found unexploded World War II ordnance.
*Fiji, where we encountered aggressive bull sharks.
*The Bahamas, where we watched the feeding of a group 25-30 Caribbean reef sharks.
*Malta, where we dove at The Azure Window, which was the backdrop for a wedding scene on "The Game of Thrones".
*Iceland, the one place in the world where you can touch two techtonic plates underwater.
*Greece, where the waters are every shade of blue.
*Cuba, where we stumbled upon an American attack vessel that was sunk during the Bay of Pigs.
*Oregon, with fresh water high altitude lakes and opportunities to help the environment through swift water river clean ups.
In addition to our personal travels, we regularly attend travel conferences, seminars and webinars in order to keep up-to-date in regard to what's happening in the travel industry.
We both retired from careers in law enforcement. If you are active or retired LEO, please let us know. We love to take care of our brothers and sisters in blue.
Both of our families have a long tradition of service to our country, dating back to the Revolutionary War. We support our troops, both active and retired.