We all are excited the holiday season is here.  It's a special time of the year for families and friends to gather and  for gift giving.  If you are traveling this season we wish you safe travels!  If you are looking for a unique gift, something that everyone would love then our Prestige Travel Gift Certificate is the answer! 

It's simple to order. Just download the Gift Certificate Order Form and fax back to 813-968-3897 or call our Agent Support Team at 800-940-8801.

All these tools and resources can be found in our Agent Only Internet Portal, www.hometravelagent.com or you may call our Agent Support Team at 800-940-8801 for more information.

 

We are continually adding new services and programs to our Agent Program because of our commitment to help and support our Prestige Agents.  We want you all to have a successful and profitable travel business for the New Year!  We are always interested in hearing from you so please give us your feedback and comments by emailing me directly at annette@ptstravel.com.

 

I want to thank you all for your involvement with Prestige Agent Network.  We value all your efforts and dedication! 

This holiday season, celebrate with your loved ones and be merry!  And for 2016, remember to Dream, Discover, Connect! 

 

By: Lena Cleary, Director of Air, Cars, Hotels & Tours

 

Left to Right:  Kathy, Carolyn, Pam,

Jacqueline, Debbie and Eddie

 

Royal Caribbean Cruises held a "Hometown Hero" contest in October.  Royal Caribbean wanted to recognize that there are heroes all around us.  People who inspire us, motivate us, and challenge the world to be a better place. 

Travel Agents across the country were asked to help celebrate the heroes in their life.  Agents had to write a brief essay explaining what makes one of their clients a hometown hero in order to enter the contest.

The prize was an all-expenses paid trip for the travel agent and his/her nominee for Hometown Hero with up to 3 guests each to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.

On October 20th, Vicki Freed, Royal Caribbean's Senior Vice President, Sales, Trade Support and Service announced the winner of the Hometown Hero contest was Blair Israel.  The travel agent that submitted the entry was our very own Prestige Agent, David Pachtman!

Blair Israel started "The Blair Share Project" to help homeless and recovering drug addicts in her community.  Blair collects, washes and irons business suits to enable these men to get back into the workforce.

David, Blair, and their guests stayed at the Warwick New York Hotel and David and Blair each received a $1000 AMEX gift card.  At the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade they were in the Grand Stand Seats right in front of Macy's.  Awesome VIP seats!

We are so happy that David Pachtman recognized Blair Israel and that she was chosen as Royal Caribbean's Hometown Hero!  And thank you, Blair, for what you do for your community!

Congratulations to both David Pachtman and Blair Israel!

   

I would like to wish everyone a wonderful holiday season! Merry Christmas and I hope to meet you at the next FAM! 

 

We flew into Paris and traveled by car to Normandy first visiting the beautiful, fairytale like city of Rouen with its cobblestoned streets and half-timbered houses.  We then drove to the awe inspiring Mont Saint Michel.  This 12th century abbey was built on a rocky islet about ½ mile from the coast and rises out of the bay above a small, tightly wound, walled medieval city.  By day it is busy with tourists but when the sun goes down and day-trippers move on it is quiet and peaceful and shared with only a handful of others who are  also lucky enough to have a room on the rock for the night.

 

We continued our travels in Normandy, visiting the D-day landing beaches, the city of Bayeux with its centuries old tapestry and wrapped up our visit to Normandy with a fabulous dinner in an outdoor café on the water's edge in the lovely port town of Honfleur, which is the birthplace of Impressionism and a favorite subject of artists such as Claude Monet and Gustave Corbet.

 

We then took an overnight ferry from Le Havre to Portsmouth, England.  On the ferry we had a comfortable but sparse cabin with twin beds and a full bathroom.  We departed France at 10:30pm and arrived in England at 5:45am.  We put away our Euros and stocked up on British pounds, validated our British Rail pass and headed for Bath.  Our British Rail pass allowed up to 8 days of travel within 30 days without reservations throughout England, Wales and Scotland. 

 

Bath was founded in the first century by the Romans. Over the following centuries it grew to become an elegant Georgian city and its natural thermal hot springs were thought to have curative powers.  The city squares are enlivened with street entertainers and the city offers free walking tours that fill you in on the history and take you from the magnificent Bath Abbey and the Roman Baths to the elegant Royal Crescent.  The following day we visited the 15th century Hampton Court Palace, a former castle of King Henry VIII.  Walking within the halls of the palace you can feel the history of the palace and its former inhabitants.

 

Tired and ready for a restful day we embarked on a 7 night cruise from London with Cruise and Maritime Voyages aboard the Magellan for the Scandinavian Castles and Fairytales cruise.  The cruise took us to Amsterdam, with its beautiful canals and windmills and to Hamburg, where we took a boat ride on the River Elbe.  The river had a sailing school and was filled with dozens of beautiful sailboats. From here we cruised to Helsingborg, Sweden with its wonderful architecture and then on to Copenhagen. Tivoli Gardens was closed but we enjoyed a guided walk through the city and took a canal tour to get a wonderful perspective of the lovely city followed by a little relaxation in a café under a heat lamp on the edge of the canal.  Our last port was the beautiful and charming city of Aalborg.  The food on board was delicious and the shows were very entertaining.  The ports we visited were all beautiful and interesting and the cruise provided the rest we needed following our intensive and packed sightseeing tour.