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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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Got your vaccine? Thinking of travel?
Vaxication is now a word. See https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/vaxication-meaning
'Vaxication': All I Ever Wanted
What big post-pandemic trip are you planning? Are you thinking 2022 or 2023? Join me on Tuesday for Travel Tuesday's focus on Japan.
But for 2021 - perhaps you can think about travelling around Canada.
Did you know that it is Tourism Week in Canada?
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Canada Tourism Week- Can You Pledge to Help?
1 in 10 jobs worldwide are in travel & tourism, & Ottawa local tourism has been devastated by CoVid. You can help your community recover.
Besides pledging to travel in and around Canada this summer, you can also help locally.
I attended Friday's virtual Ottawa Board of Trade and Ottawa Business Journal breakfast meeting with Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson and the Ottawa Business Journal's Michael Curran. Michael Crockatt of Ottawa Tourism made a great comment. He said:
"If every household invited 2 guests to stay for a long weekend, that simple act would inject more than half-a-billion dollars into our visitor economy, support the equivalent of 1500 full time jobs, and really help kickstart tourism in Ottawa again."
Imagine how much further help you could provide as an Ottawa resident if you stayed overnight in a local Ottawa hotel?
Or, if your home is in St. John's, Toronto, Vancouver, Chicago, or Pittsburgh, the impact you could have is the same..
This is Canada Tourism Week. (And American Memorial weekend.)
Wherever you live, pledge to travel domestically.
Spend local. Help save your community's tourism!
Can you pledge to help?
Next Travel Tuesday - Tuesday, June 1st 5 pm edt
Japan with Remote Lands - June 1st 5 pm edt
Lush Life & Remote Lands
I will be joined by Melisa Novick of Remote Lands, a Virtuoso travel partner that I work with to build customized trips for clients.
Melissa has agreed to kindly give an overview about visiting Japan, and insights into trips she and I can put together for you.
Join us Tuesday at 5 pm.
Coming UP - Travel Tuesdays
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Make sure you mark your calendars (and you can even sign up here) for future Travel Tuesdays. They take place every Tuesday at 5 pm (that's edt now that we're in daylight hours).
JUNE 8 - Lush Life & Visit Finland - FINLAND- Sheila welcomes the Finland tourism board, Heli Mende from Helsinki, on a presentation about Finland. Come learn about Finland - from Lapland to Lakeland, to the coast and archipelago. There's so much to see and do. Register Finland
JUNE 15 - Lush Life & Big Five Tours - MOROCCO- Sheila of Lush Life will be joined by Ashish Sanghrajka of Big Five Tours & Expeditions, a Virtuoso sustainability travel partner that Sheila works with to build customized trips for clients.
Ashish has kindly agreed to kindly give an overview about visiting Morocco, and insights into trips he and Sheila can put together for you to visit this country. Register Morocco
JUNE 22 - Lush Life & Visit ICELAND - Sheila is joined by Oddný Arnarsdóttir of Visit Iceland. Sheila is happy to host her travel partner, Visit Iceland, to give an overview on everything there is to see and do in Iceland. Register Iceland
JUNE 29 - Lush Life & TRAVEL TRIVIA - join Sheila for a fun travel trivia game. Come join us for a friendly competition about travel trivia. See how much you know, and compete against other players.Sheila will create another game to play on kahoot, Register June Travel Trivia
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Natural wonders and great golf greens keep Anne Toal and Paul Brisson on the go.
After a canceled flight on their honeymoon in Greece 32 years ago, Anne Toal and Paul Brisson of Ontario, Canada, were stranded in Corfu and missed boarding their cruise in Athens. They scrambled to change plans and meet up with it in Crete. Their ship eventually came in, Anne explains, but it reinforced with these practical- minded travelers –
they both spent their careers as actuaries – the need to avert misadventure by planning with an experienced and reputable travel advisor. Both now 61 and retired, they explore prodigiously, with nary a hiccup, thanks to Virtuoso advisor Sheila Gallant-Halloran.
(And thanks to Anne for sharing the below link with me for this newsletter - 20 Good News Stories You May have Missed!)
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The #MyOttawa Guide
Find out which local businesses and activities were voted as the top choices of Ottawa locals!
COVID-19 Vaccination in Canada
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Virtuoso's "Best of the Best" - Hotel Catalog
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The world’s best places to stay.
Intimate retreats, sustainable safari camps, gorgeous beach resorts … and so much more. There’s a world of dream stays to discover within Virtuoso’s curated collection of more than 1,400 hotels, resorts, lodges, villas, camps, and private islands. Ready to go? Your next getaway starts here.
And remember - book through me, and as a Virtuoso travel advisor, I can negotiate special perks on your behalf!
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Lush Life Travel Presentations
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Watch some prior Travel Tuesday presentations. You can find over 30 virtual travel presentations, grouped in categories.
Australia, New Zealand, & South Pacific - watch here
Adventure travel supplier friends - like Big Five Tours, Lindblad Expeditions, Micato Safaris, G Adventures
Cruising supplier friends - like Silversea, Oceania, Uniworld River Cruises, AMA Waterways, and Avalon Waterways
Tour partners - like Air Canada Vacations, CIE Tours, and more
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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.
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.
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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 MoreThe "Race for Space" Has Begun
As the cruise world begins its long-awaited return, travelers anxious to just "go" are now finding out the “race for space.”
If you want to hit the seas, make sure you work with a travel advisor like me. I can help you navigate through the new rules and regulations, and know how to best source and manage the limited space.
I just booked a client in the last cabin on a Dec.22, 2021 Caribbean Holiday onboard Cunard’s Queen Mary II. She’s going to be doing a 12 night journey, roundtrip out of New York City - and I got her a solo ocean view cabin! The entire ship is now on waitlist.
What holiday are you looking forward to, post-pandemic?
Let's chat. But don’t wait too long. The “race for space” is real.
sheila@lushlife.ca
Repost @cunardline Nautical stripes are always in season. @jamesastyle found quite the backdrop for this photoshoot.
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I invite you to download this Virtuoso Life publication - A Place in the Sun Issue.
Dig into the new issue of Virtuoso Life for March-April 2021.
IT"S TIME TO FIND YOUR PLACE IN THE SUN!
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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Missing Vienna
I am remembering a special day I spent at Hotel Sacher Wien . What a wonderful birthday treat to have a coffee and some Sacher
Torte.
I can't wait to return to Vienna.
Have you been?
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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Learn about Australia
Want to learn about Australia?
Peter Askin of Southern World joined me for a special presentation about travel around Australia.
Give it a watch.
And let me know if you'd like to go. We can schedule a complimentary consultation call. sheila@lushlife.ca
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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