Category Archives: Basic Travel Information

Cue the Crickets……

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Champagne Vacations

Chirp… Chirp… Chirp….. Yes it has been pretty quiet around here.  My witty think-tank seems to have dried up. Now I could say something like my daughter would say “No one else has been blogging very much either lately”… but then … Continue reading →

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Nothing Rhymes with Kusadasi or Ephesus… bummer!

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Champagne Vacations

Okay everyone… grab your calendars and write down on November 8th “Suzanne walks around Ephesus”… (you don’t really have to do that.. but that is what I will be doing on November 8th…) Another shout out to my high school … Continue reading →

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“But just as the river is always at the door, so is the world always outside” OR Hey, I couldn’t find any good river quotes online so this is what you get)

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Champagne Vacations

Wow!  If you live anywhere in the USA today you are probably feeling this record heat!  It is days like these that I find my mind wandering to where I would much rather be… for some reason sitting on a … Continue reading →

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It’s a Small World After All……

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Champagne Vacations

Now tell me that you aren’t singing already…. cute song but that isn’t the focus of this blog…. It’s a small world can mean many things…. like when you bump into someone and you start talking and you realize that … Continue reading →

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The pain of air travel…. they get you coming and going!!

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Champagne Vacations

Just because I am a travel agent and do “this” for a living doesn’t mean that I am not subject to the whims of the airlines just like everyone else…  yesterday I FINALLY bit the bullet and ran my airline … Continue reading →

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Champagne Vacations offers Essential Travel Tips on Facebook

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Champagne Vacations

  Thinking of taking a River Cruise?  How about an Escorted (or Guided) Vacation this year?     We all love to travel… some stay closer to home and some fly for hours to get to a new and exciting destination to … Continue reading →

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A new generation of guided vacations… “themed”

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Champagne Vacations

Guided vacations have taken on a whole new identity of late… what used to be termed “escorted tour” is now “guided vacation”… giving the impression that instead of telling you where to go, when to go and how to go … Continue reading →

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