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 […]
Exactly 25 years after Crystal Cruises set its course as a leader in luxury cruising with the launch of the first of three ships, the world’s most awarded luxury cruise line is charting a new, much more vast, route. Aboard the line’s annual President’s Cruise on Crystal Serenity and Chairman’s Cruise on Crystal Symphony respectively, […]
1) Brazil (Rio De Janeiro – Carnival) The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro is a world famous festival held before Lent every year and considered the biggest carnival in the world with two million people per day on the streets. Explore the city by day and revel in with the locals at street parties by […]