Tag: package travel

Tour Escorting Hints

Undoubtedly as this year progresses you will be called on to lead one of your tour groups personally. Or perhaps you will need to train one of your helpers to do the job for you.

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Getting to Know Birmingham

It may surprise that Birmingham was not founded until 1871 during the post-Civil War Reconstruction period. Named for a major industrial city in England, Birmingham rapidly grew as a railroad transportation center with a concentration on the iron and steel industry. The city’s rapid rise earned it the nicknames “Magic City” and “Pittsburgh of the South.”

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Culinary Tourism: Exploring the Meanings of Food

Food offers a window on the world and a mirror on ourselves. I’ve always loved exploring with food. Trying new tastes and ingredients. Learning about the history of a dish and the history of a culture through an ingredient. Meeting the people who grow and prepare food I’m eating.

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Travel Insurance Can Save the Day, or at Least the Dough

Most people buy travel insurance to reimburse themselves for plane fares and other costs if an unforeseen event, such as a medical emergency, forces them to cancel an expensive vacation. But most policies also provide coverage for unfortunate events that happen during your trip. For example, most insurance policies provide a 24 hour hotline that customers can call to rebook flights, make hotel arrangements or find ground transportation.

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Recent Leisure Group Travel Magazine Articles

  • Adventure Travel Companies are Making a Difference
    For a community focused on responsible travel that elevates biodiversity, cultural heritage, natural assets and wildlife, sustainability isn’t a competition—but a goal sustaining us all.
  • Better Together
    Beautiful things happen when people come together in community
  • A Wonderworld Revealed
    I will never forget that first safari of my life and only my second trip to sub-Saharan Africa, all made possible by the Adventure Travel World Summit in 2012.