Making Travel a Business BY KATE RICE Robert Louchheim stays focused on the bottom line Most Travel Agents get into this business because they love travel. Robert Louchheim got into it because he wanted to make a living. Today, his agency, Travel Destinations, Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz., is one of Ensemble Travel Group’s Top 25. His… Read More

Because Air Canada’s customer service agents are on strike the airline announced it would turn over bookings to travel agents to process and pay them a fee when they rebook or write a ticket. Agents will receive a $30 transaction fee for passengers rebooking on US/Canada itineraries and $50 on international itineraries. Agents can also… Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Robert A. Louchheim Travel Destinations, Inc. 480-941-5311 Robbie@TravelDestinationsInc.com LOCAL TRAVEL AGENCY NAMED TO ELITE CIRCLE OF TOP PRODUCERS SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 10, 2011 – Travel Destinations, Inc. has been honored with the “Top 25” award from Ensemble Travel® Group, one of the oldest and most well-known travel agency organizations in North… Read More

I thought we should all laugh, this is a very cute and funny:

The beautiful Island of Mayreau is only 1.5 square miles and the smallest of the inhabited Grenadine islands. The island has no airport, no bank, no taxis, no buses, and only one road that us used to walk from the beach to the village at the top of the hill. The island was settled and… Read More

After a raucous night of dining and dancing, we got to sleep in a bit this morning. I sauntered upstairs for tea about 7:45 and you could have shot a cannon through this place. Slowly, John, Cathy, and Bruce emerged. We decided that we would skimp a bit on breakfast because we knew that culinary… Read More

Greetings from St. Barths, So, before I give you the history of the island we are on today, I’ve got to say one thing – clothing-optional beach! More on that later! Saint Barthelemy, now-a-days called St. Barths was named by Columbus in honor of his brother. (Boy, Chris really got around these islands, didn’t he?)… Read More

Our port today was Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands. Virgin Gorda is the second largest of the British Virgin Islands spanning 9 miles long and 2 miles wide with a population of 1,400. Named by Christopher Columbus, over a century ago it was a center of population and commerce. In the late 1600’s,… Read More

We awoke today to more beautiful sunshine. It seems that we are getting up later and later each day. The room is quite comfortable. I was unsure of not having a balcony as that is what we typically like when cruising, but the room is quite spacious and you don’t really feel claustrophobic. We arrived… Read More

Days are starting to run together…bad sign  Day 2 of our trip started out with beautiful sunny skies and another breakfast on the beach. Early in the afternoon, we boarded the Windsurf and started to meet our fellow passengers. After the mandatory security briefing, we headed up top to watch our sail-away. After motoring… Read More