E-TRAVEL TIPS AND INFORMATION
October 2017
Dear Travel Friends,
THE LATEST LUXURY AND ADVENTURE TRAVEL TRENDS
Trends are shaping new travel product offerings and the choice of products offered is driving new travel trends:
Luxury and adventure travel suppliers are customizing classic European itineraries to feature interesting sites and places, not commonly known to every traveler.
Expedition cruise companies are also expanding their itineraries
beyond the adventurous to more classic destinations, still with a similar sense of adventure, but with fewer participants.
Traveler confidence in how political and safety issues are managed by suppliers, greatly influences the development of future luxury and adventure itinerary trends.
The demographics of luxury and adventure travel were dominated by retirees with disposable income. That trend has changed to younger more affluent travelers who are still working, have businesses and obligations and must have continuous and secure WiFi access, to stay in contact while away from home.
The complexity of arranging luxury and adventure travel by a travel agency provides huge value, especially to the younger traveler. The trend is they want guidance and a professional to take care of arrangements for them, because their time is too valuable to do it themselves.
Travel agents are increasingly perceived as the only brokers who know the industry, know available products, can offer value and know how to match clients with the right product.
As seasoned travelers who understand these travel trends, complete our luxury and adventure Travel Planer, or contact us to assist, guide you and plan your next luxury or adventure trip, with no added planning or research fees.
THE BEACHES OF NORMANDY
The Beaches of Normandy shore excursion was a highlight of our recent AMA Waterways Paris-Normandy-Paris river cruise - Gillian and Bob.
Every year, over a million visitors pay homage to the 9,387 cross marked graves of American soldiers who lost their lives on D-Day, in the ensuing Battle of Normandy and in the subsequent liberation of Europe. On the memorial "Walls of the Missing" are inscribed another 1,557 names.
The Normandy American Cemetery, Memorial, Museum and Visitor Center is an amazingly beautifully and extremely poignant war cemetery, overlooking Omaha Beach.
We gathered at the Memorial at noon, on a beautiful sunny day, to participate in a tearful, heart wrenching and unforgettable ceremony honoring the fallen. A wreath was laid by two Veterans to the sound of the Star Spangled Banner, giving all present pause to reflect on how much these brave souls gave, for our freedom.
The Statue "Les Braves" on Omaha Beach is a striking steel sculpture in memory of the soldiers who landed there.
We visited the Gold Beach sector and the remains of the floating prefabricated Mulberry Harbor. This amazing feat of engineering was fabricated in secrecy in Britain, floated into position immediately after D-Day and was operational within 12 days, with the capacity to move 7,000 tons of vehicles and supplies per day from ship to shore.
German military defense fortifications and bunkers starkly illustrated life in an artillery battery.
See our pictures of the Beaches of Normandy. Visit our Photo Gallery.
For more information contact us or complete our Travel Planner.
YOUR OCTOBER TRAVEL QUOTE
"The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon and for each day to have a new and different sun" - Chris McCandless
(1968 -1992). After graduation in 1986, Chris left home on a solo adventure, challenging himself to travel through the US with as little money, as few belongings as possible, no agenda and only the will to travel. Read more about this interesting, adventurous and short young life.
Travel Travel, your travel connection ...
5140 N. Union Blvd., Suite 200
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
719 593-1591
www.travelx2.com tvltvl@travelx2.com
For travel assistance call us or contact us. Our professional consultants are at your service and ready to help you with your travel needs.
October 2017
Dear Travel Friends,
THE LATEST LUXURY AND ADVENTURE TRAVEL TRENDS
Trends are shaping new travel product offerings and the choice of products offered is driving new travel trends:
Luxury and adventure travel suppliers are customizing classic European itineraries to feature interesting sites and places, not commonly known to every traveler.
Expedition cruise companies are also expanding their itineraries
beyond the adventurous to more classic destinations, still with a similar sense of adventure, but with fewer participants.
Traveler confidence in how political and safety issues are managed by suppliers, greatly influences the development of future luxury and adventure itinerary trends.
The demographics of luxury and adventure travel were dominated by retirees with disposable income. That trend has changed to younger more affluent travelers who are still working, have businesses and obligations and must have continuous and secure WiFi access, to stay in contact while away from home.
The complexity of arranging luxury and adventure travel by a travel agency provides huge value, especially to the younger traveler. The trend is they want guidance and a professional to take care of arrangements for them, because their time is too valuable to do it themselves.
Travel agents are increasingly perceived as the only brokers who know the industry, know available products, can offer value and know how to match clients with the right product.
As seasoned travelers who understand these travel trends, complete our luxury and adventure Travel Planer, or contact us to assist, guide you and plan your next luxury or adventure trip, with no added planning or research fees.
THE BEACHES OF NORMANDY
The Beaches of Normandy shore excursion was a highlight of our recent AMA Waterways Paris-Normandy-Paris river cruise - Gillian and Bob.
Every year, over a million visitors pay homage to the 9,387 cross marked graves of American soldiers who lost their lives on D-Day, in the ensuing Battle of Normandy and in the subsequent liberation of Europe. On the memorial "Walls of the Missing" are inscribed another 1,557 names.
The Normandy American Cemetery, Memorial, Museum and Visitor Center is an amazingly beautifully and extremely poignant war cemetery, overlooking Omaha Beach.
We gathered at the Memorial at noon, on a beautiful sunny day, to participate in a tearful, heart wrenching and unforgettable ceremony honoring the fallen. A wreath was laid by two Veterans to the sound of the Star Spangled Banner, giving all present pause to reflect on how much these brave souls gave, for our freedom.
The Statue "Les Braves" on Omaha Beach is a striking steel sculpture in memory of the soldiers who landed there.
We visited the Gold Beach sector and the remains of the floating prefabricated Mulberry Harbor. This amazing feat of engineering was fabricated in secrecy in Britain, floated into position immediately after D-Day and was operational within 12 days, with the capacity to move 7,000 tons of vehicles and supplies per day from ship to shore.
German military defense fortifications and bunkers starkly illustrated life in an artillery battery.
See our pictures of the Beaches of Normandy. Visit our Photo Gallery.
For more information contact us or complete our Travel Planner.
YOUR OCTOBER TRAVEL QUOTE
"The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon and for each day to have a new and different sun" - Chris McCandless
(1968 -1992). After graduation in 1986, Chris left home on a solo adventure, challenging himself to travel through the US with as little money, as few belongings as possible, no agenda and only the will to travel. Read more about this interesting, adventurous and short young life.
Travel Travel, your travel connection ...
5140 N. Union Blvd., Suite 200
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
719 593-1591
www.travelx2.com tvltvl@travelx2.com
For travel assistance call us or contact us. Our professional consultants are at your service and ready to help you with your travel needs.