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 SHEILA
GALLANT-HALLORAN
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Executive Producer, and Luxury Travel Advisor
Contact me to arrange your complimentary consultation. www.lushlife.ca
sheila.gh@visiontravel.ca
613-837-0699
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Hello there! Did you know February is heart month?
What are you doing to make yourself healthy? It's tough, when we're still under stay-at-home orders, of course, with this silly virus thing - but we have to make our health and our heart a priority.
See https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/news/2017/02/heart_month.html
February is Heart Month, a time to bring attention to the importance of cardiovascular health, and what we can to reduce our risk of cardiovascular disease.
Heart disease affects approximately 2.4 million Canadian adults, and is the second leading cause of death in Canada.
We can all reduce our risk of heart disease by making healthy lifestyle choices, including quitting smoking, eating a healthy and balanced diet, getting enough sleep, exercising regularly, and monitoring blood pressure and cholesterol levels. To help Canadians make some of these lifestyle changes, the Government of Canada is supporting innovative programs and partnerships like Run to
Quit, Carrot Rewards, APPLE Schools and Kid Food Nation, in communities across Canada. These initiatives support healthy living and help to
prevent chronic diseases in all ages.
The calendar gives us lots of immediate reminders:
- February 13th is Women's Heart Health Day - see https://cwhhc.ottawaheart.ca/how-get-involved/wear-red-campaign - wear red, and get healthy
- February 14th is Valentine's Day - and we all know the heart significance with romance
- February 15th is Family Day - see https://www.statutoryholidays.com/family-day.php
I have two virtual travel-inspired events in February (thus far) that are focused on being active. On Tuesday, Feb.9th, I have my "Get Fit" Travel Tuesday at 5 pm est, and on Tuesday, Feb.16th, I'm partnering with my western colleagues to have a "Great Canadian Trails" Travel Tuesday at 8:30 pm est. (See more info below.
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Travel Tuesday - Get Fit for Travel in February
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POSTPOONED to FEB.9th
Lush Life Travel hosts a general chat session on "Getting Fit for Travel in February"
With stay-at-home orders, and new restrictions on travel to sun destinations, it's becoming more important than every to keep our travel dreams alive, and focus on future bucket list trips.
Let's focus on how we can get in better shape for future travel in February.
Join us to share your ideas and thoughts on how to get fit in feb. Are you trying a dry February? Walking 10,000 steps a day? Working out at home? Doing a zoom exercise class? Join us to share what you're doing to stay active - and - perhaps bring along a story of your past travels. Did you hike Machu PIcchu? Did you snorkel the Great Barrier Reef? How about travel to see the gorillas in Uganda? Or do a wine tour of Italy? Share with us some exercising you've done in the past for a trip - or
special training (sure, wine tasting counts if it was related to a trip) - or perhaps a goal you are setting for a future trip you want to take. We can encourage and help each other, and maybe inspire some future travel plans too!
Join us for Travel Tuesday at 5 pm est on Tuesday, February 2nd at 5 pm est - for a "Getting Fit for Travel in February" chat.
Email Sheila at sheila@lushlife.ca for questions.
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And the following Travel Tuesday - Tuesday, February 16th, Sheila of Lush Life Travel joins her western colleagues with Vision Travel for a virtual presentation, featuring unique and remote adventure packages from coast to coast.
Learn about Active Adventures from the comfort of your home as we talk about Great Canadian Trails
On Tuesday, Feb.16th at 8:30 pm est (or 6:30 pm mountain time) Sheila of Lush Life Travel joins her western colleagues Tracy and Jodi with Vision Travel for a virtual presentation, featuring unique and remote adventure packages from coast to coast. My western colleagues are running the presentation, and have asked me to share with my clients. (I will be on the call too.) So, we have a later start to Travel Tuesday that week, going off of
Calgary time - we'll have this talk at 6:30 mountain time, or 8:30 eastern time.
Learn about Active Adventures from the comfort of your home as we talk about Great Canadian Trails
Kindly email sheila@lushlife.ca for meeting sign in details. (Please ensure you have registered by email with Sheila by 7:00 pm est for 8:30 pm est start. Anyone registering after that time will likely not be sent meeting sign in details. Please do not wait until last half hour before presentation.)
meeting starts at 6:30 pm MST or 8:30 pm EST (for 1.5 hours)
Northwest Territories - Northern Lights
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One of my western colleagues at Vision Travel has put together a really special group to visit the Northern Lights in Northwest Territories this March.
Actually, she put together this small group with a re-known Canadian wildlife photographer, Dr. Wayne Lynch, around the Equinox with March 18-23, 2021. It quickly sold out.
She's now looking to do a second week of March 24-29, 2021, and is designing the trip to align with the Equinox to see the Northern Lights in Yellowknife (one of the top 3 places in the world to see Northern Lights). The photographer she is working with is a well-known Canadian wildlife specialist too, Dr. Wayne Lynch. http://waynelynch.ca/welcome.html
My colleague is reconfirming the last bits together on the pricing for the second week, but it looks like 6d, 5n for about $3600 Cdn/p for double and about $3900 Cdn for solo (excluding air, meals; including 3 Northern Lights Aurora viewing outings and some other special things). A winter gear package is available.
The trip only goes ahead if advisories lifted – and – if not, trip can be moved to March 2022. Let me know if you'd like the pdf for this trip, and would like to consider doing the trip for the second week of March 24-29, 2021.
We're also building an interest list for 2021. Let me know if you're interested.
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Canada Extends Cruise Ship Bans - but Wait!
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but wait
So, if you want to visit Alaska in 2021, this is the year to try Lindblad Expeditions - one of my favourite travel partners.
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WHAT'S ON YOUR BUCKET LIST?
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Here are the planned group trips. Let me know if you'd like to join me.
ICELAND - July 6, 2021
I’m going to travel with Lindblad Expeditions to Iceland next July on a Wild Iceland Escape. Six nights to escape to the “land of fire and ice” – I want to immerse myself in the land of fjords and volcanoes. And I want to go with the best-of-the-best expedition cruise partners. Wanna join me?
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BORDEAUX & SAN SEBASTIAN - November 7, 2021
I’m going to travel with AMA Waterways to Bordeaux and Spain in November 2021. Want to join me? I just got my partners at AMA to extend my discount (suppose to expire Sept.30.20) to the end of the year. Read More
VIETNAM - December, 2021
I’m going to travel with Silversea Cruises to Vietnam in December 2021. Want to go? We'll travel from Singapore to Hong Kong. Read More
ANTARCTICA - February 22, 2022
I’m going to travel with Quark Expeditions to Antarctica to Cross the Circle.
If you have always dreamed of walking on the seventh continent, you should be planning now. How about you join me in February 2022? I have a really sweet deal for February 22, 2022 on a group I’m hosting onboard Quark’s Ocean Diamond. I’ll spend 11 days Crossing the Circle. Read More
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I invite you to download this Virtuoso Life publication - The Reset Issue.
Dig into the new issue of Virtuoso Life for January-February 2021.
A NEW YEAR IN TRAVEL WHERE TO GO NEXT WHY TOURISM MATTERS HOW TO TRAVEL NOW
The world’s finest travel agencies and advisors are Virtuoso®. Just like Sheila at Lush Life Travel!
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Click to Enjoy Your Digital Copy
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When You Work with Lush Life
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When you work with Sheila at Lush Life Travel, you get access to our in-depth knowledge, honed over 15 years experience in travel (with another 20 years in financial services) . Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers states “ten thousand hours is the magic number of greatness.” We have invested that time (and money) to master our travel skills.
Atop our foundation of financial risk management skills; we have layered the bricks to build a wall of knowledge. We surrounded ourselves with the best in the travel industry. We earned travel industry certifications. We continuously improve our product knowledge, and follow emerging trends. We train. We conduct cruise ship and hotel inspections, and attend Virtuoso Travel Tours. And we travel.
We use that training to help clients like you travel. We’ve been awarded “top producer” status in travel communities (Virtuoso’s Adventure, Voyages, Culinary, and Family). Our success earns us exclusive invites to attend events like International Luxury Travel Mart, and to experience tours, hotels, and cruises first hand. We vet options to help you travel and live your lush life.
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Let's Chat about your Travel Dreams
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I know you're still dreamin' of travel.
Since you might have a bit more time than usual, why don't we schedule a complimentary call to talk about your travel dreams?
Use my online scheduling system to choose a convenient time for your call with LUSH LIFE TRAVEL
I am happy to make myself available for phone calls at selected times throughout the week.
Pick Your Time Here
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Sincerely, 
Sheila Gallant-Halloran
Vision Travel/ Lush Life
sheila.gh@visiontravel.ca
613-837-0699
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