Be a Traveler, Not a Tourist
When I attended the Puerto Vallarta familiarization trip in early October, I not only had the chance to inspect a lot of hotels and experience tourist activities, it was also a completion of a program I had started some months before with a myriad of online classes, all of which had quizes and tests to complete [...]
On Monday of this visit to Puerto Vallarta, we were scheduled to see several hotels. These site inspections usually cover several different levels of accommodations as well as the commons areas, restaurants and activities. As travel agents, this is one of the top reasons we come on these “familiarization” trips. These walk-throughs give us the [...]
Taking up with the dip in the pool on my first night in PV, I began talking with some ladies who were in a good-sized group of people. We discussed why they come to the Crown Paradise Hotel every year. One, it is affordable and all inclusive. Refreshing fruit-flavored drinks were flowing freely at the [...]
My fellow travel agent and I arrived at the hotel and were greeted with cold washcloths and a fruity (non-alcoholic) drink. The desk person could not seem to locate our records (they use paper records here – how quaint). He left with my passport in hand and then returned to pull my paperwork out of [...]
Deal of the Day: Las Ventanas al Paraiso spa packages offer endless romance I have already written of my infatuation with Las Ventanas al Paraiso since visiting Los Cabos in May. However, when I see the offers they have for spa and romance experiences through 2010, I have to re-visit their hotel here (I can [...]
