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SECRET AGENT: Screaming holiday travel deals
We’ve got more in the way of holiday offerings from hotels and resorts throughout the US. With the economy tanking, you can bet we’ll see even more deep discounts - perhaps not as much for airfare, but certainly at hotels and resorts. I asked a few of my travel agent friends if any of their [...]
Continue reading...Secret Agent: Hello, holiday deals
Posted by Sally Walker Davies on Mon, Nov 10, 2008
Holiday deals. When it comes to travel, those two words almost never go together - but this may be the holiday season when deals will be a-coming. I asked some agent friends if they’re seeing any deals being offered yet; just hard back from Amarjit Keshav of Give Me A Break! Travel, who just returned from a trip [...]
Continue reading...SECRET AGENTS: Home-based travel agencies
Posted by Sally Walker Davies on Mon, Oct 6, 2008
More than ever, all kind of professionals are home-based workers. That includes yours truly, who spends much time in her attic nook writing articles! And the trend of home-based travel agents is a big one; after all, much of an agent’s work is either online or on the phone, so it makes sense that agents can work [...]
Continue reading...SECRET AGENT: Finding Fall Foliage
Posted by Sally Walker Davies on Mon, Sep 15, 2008
Photo: Tennessee Department of Tourism This week in Secret Agent, we’re actually going to ask a Yankee (gasp!) about where the bet fall foliage can be found. Jeff Folger blogs about foliage for Yankee.com - the Web site for Yankee Magazine. He’s a professional photographer, and many of his photos from previous years are on the Web [...]
Continue reading...SECRET AGENTS: Cruise News
Posted by Sally Walker Davies on Tue, Sep 9, 2008
The fall cruise season is well underway – and I’m always being asked two things about cruises – neither of which has anything to do with the destinations themselves. First, people want to know about tipping; from the skycap at the airport to the bartender on board, tipping on a cruise can be confusing. And then there’s [...]
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Posted by Sally Walker Davies on Thu, Dec 4, 2008
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