Deals just for Canadians The loonie? Ugh. Since the heady days of 2011 when our dollar was actually stronger than the US, we’ve seen it take a nosedive to where it’s now settled in the 75¢ area. What’s a poor Canadian traveller to do? Fear not: we’ve collected an array of tempting cruise offers just […]
The summer of 2015 marked the 16th season of Arctic Watch Wilderness Lodge at Cunningham Inlet on Somerset Island, Nunavut. Canada’s twelfth biggest island, Somerset Island has no permanent residents on its 24786 square kilometers (9570 miles sq). A world class beluga whale observation site, Somerset Island is of particular interest to naturalists and photographers. […]
One of the biggest myths in our business is that active travel is for the super-fit 20 something – who is likely male. In fact, the actuality couldn’t be farther from the truth! Sure the Tour de France-style biking tours and hard core trekking in the Himalayas do attract a younger demographic, but for your […]
When you think of a wildlife-themed tour, you instantly think Africa. No surprise,with its legendary animals we all learned about in our first childhood picture books: zebras and lions, giraffes and monkeys. Of course Africa is full-on when it comes to wildlife, but it’s far from the only continent which attracts fans of fauna. Costa […]
Over 50 Vision executives and travel advisors attended the recent annual Virtuoso conference in Las Vegas. “It was a remarkable event of networking, learning and fellowship,” says Stephanie Anevich, the company’s executive vice-president. One of the highlights of the Virtuoso conference is the reveal of the results of the annual Best of the Best survey. […]
A few years ago, volunteering holidays were all the rage: the chance to combine some volunteer activity with your holiday, making you a “voluntourist”. You could, make a difference by, for example, helping out for a few days in an orphanage. Nowadays responsible tour companies have been rethinking the concept of voluntourism and shifting the […]