Dear Travelers:

Welcome 2013 and greetings to the new subscribers to our monthly newsletter.  A recent query asked me, "is travel a necessity or a luxury?"   For a woman's well being, I vote travel is a necessity and am looking forward to traveling together in 2013.  Let the fun continue as we travel together and create another batch of memories to cherish.  No other women's travel company offers you the level of luxe with solid value.  Our choice of accommodations sets us apart, our guides are among the best, and our itineraries are unmatched.  

 

Dingle to Dublin

 

 

Ireland is beautiful and you will enjoy your time touring amidst the panoramic landscapes, cozy pubs, country gardens, historical castles, and more.  Our handcrafted itinerary began a few years ago when I visited Ireland in 2010 to research this trip, visiting hotels, meeting friendly folks and editing the highlights for your best adventure.  Ireland is a memorable land and offers the traveler a spectacular setting.  If you have been thinking about traveling to Ireland, the Euro is a bit better now for you and Aer Lingus continues to offer excellent flights.  Our trip is sprinkled with three stunning hotels so you aren't spending your time packing and unpacking several times like some tours. As always we will tour comfortably sleep and dine well and leave with memories that are colorful and unique to each  traveler.  Peek at Gregan's Castle Hotel in Ballyvaughan to see where we stay in that region.  No other women's travel company offers you the level of luxe with solid value that is standard with Serendipity Traveler.  

 

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In This Issue
Dingle to Dublin
California Dreaming
Travel To...Wellness
Wyoming
Turkey
Upcoming Destinations

California Dreaming

 

Closer to home, the stunning California coast awaits you.  There is nothing quite like San Francisco, Napa, Carmel, and Big Sur.  The places we have chosen to highlight for you on our California Dreaming trip are favorites the world over.  In another chapter of life, we lived on the California coast specifically in Carmel and fell in love with the spirit of Big Sur where the coast is beyond magnificent.  We are offering you a fall trip to this spectacular region of America.  For easterners, the west coast is distinctively different and the California culture is too.  Fall is a perfect time to visit as the weather is  warm and dry and the summer fog is gone.  We begin in San Francisco, visit Napa and then travel to Carmel, Monterey and Big Sur.  Taste the California style and spirit.  Experience the sea and sip wine while overlooking the hills.  Walk along the coast and savour the living that is California. 

 

 

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Travel To  Wellness

 

How sweet to open an email and see Serendipity Traveler's Yoga, Adventure and Pure Bliss trip to Dominica featured as one of the editor's Top 25 Travel for Wellness choices in 2013.   Anne Dimon, the editor of Travel To Wellnes, is a fan of the trips we offer each year that are focused toward a woman's well being.  Our annual trip to the island of Dominica begins today when everyone flies into San Juan, Puerto Rico for an overnight and then continues on the short flight to Dominica on Thursday.  We arrive at our lodge late afternoon and the first of daily spa appointments is already booked.  We begin unwinding, rejuvenating and discovering.  If you missed Dominica this season, plan to reserve for 2014.  This trip is indeed one of a kind on an island that is pure and unspoiled.  

 

 

Wyoming

 


In the midst of winter, it's a good idea to reserve now for your summertime travels.  Summer and the wildflowers are beginning to bloom and most of the snow on the mountains will be gone, hopefully.  If you enjoy the wild outdoors and natural beauty, The Grand Tetons will not disappoint you.  Wide open spaces, bisons roaming, eagles flying, and pronghorns moving with the back drop of blue skies and The Tetons.  We walk the trails, take scenic photographic safari's and dine around on this trip.  Jenny Lake, The Snake River and waterfalls all provide us a spectacular setting in which to savour the moment. Consider a Digital Detox and reconnect with nature at her best under the starry skies and wide open spaces.  We perch comfortably at one of the lodges at Teton Village.  Imagine yourself amidst this splendor.

 

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Turkey

 

 

Turkey is a mosaic that combines ancient and modern unlike anyplace else.  Arrive in Istanbul, one of the world's "hottest" cities, full of distinctive architecture, bustling markets, Ottoman restaurants, and fascinating neighborhoods straddling two continents.  We  will fly to the fairytale landscapes of Cappadocia which is a landscape unlike many others.  You will walk the ancient ruined city of Ephesus and other historic sites as we meander along the Aegean coast to end in Bodrum, one of the world's

Mediteranean ports.  Turkey offers you hospitality that is genuine with people who are friendly and excited to be hosts to visitors.  There is a refreshing exchange between visitor and local.  Language is still catching up and our local guide is a wonderful conduit for us to discover and experience the riches of this land known as the cradle of civilization.  Reservations for Turkey must be in earlier than some of our trips and we look forward to sharing Turkey with you this fall.  Please plan to reserve soon.

 

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An old Irish Blessing for 2013

 
  

May love and laughter light your days,

and warm your heart and home.

May good and faithful friends be yours,

wherever you may roam.

May peace and plenty bless your world

with joy that long endures.

May all life's passing seasons

bring the best to you and yours.



 


Life is Short Travel Well!

Peggy
Serendipity Traveler
 Upcoming Destination