Tour Operators
Trafalgar, Costsaver Bring Back ‘Travel Talk’ Events
Trafalgar and Costsaver invite travel agents and their clients to get inspired by a world of destinations with 40 “Travel Talk” events kick-starting this week across Canada and taking place all summer. New for this year, to make the series more accessible to all, the sister brands are introducing “Travel Talk” webinars that can be enjoyed from the convenience of participants’ offices or homes. For the 10th consecutive year, attendees have the opportunity to meet like-minded travellers, enjoy light snacks and refreshments, and have their questions answered by one of...
Experience Nepal Without the Crowds
Having operated small group treks in Nepal for more than 40 years, adventure travel specialist World Expeditions advises that there are plenty of ways to take in the majesty of Mount Everest and its surrounding mountainscapes without the crowds. The most obvious way to escape the crowds is to avoid ascending beyond Everest base camp, where climbers form long lines to reach the summit. This is good news for trekkers because these are mountaineering expeditions, not trekking expeditions. World Expeditions does not offer mountaineering expeditions to summit Everest. According to World...
Air Transat Looks Ahead To Winter
Air Transat has unveiled with its winter 2019-2020 program for Sun destinations in South and Central America, Mexico, Florida, the Caribbean and Europe. In Ontario, the addition of new Airbus A321neoLRs to its fleet will allow the carrier greater flexibility to offer a broader choice of destinations to travellers. Transat will offer 36 destinations in the South and Europe from Toronto. The most scenic beaches in the South will be accessible to passengers flying out of Ottawa, London and Hamilton as well. Toronto-area travellers have a choice of between 25 favourite Sun destinations...
At Home, With Family In Nepal
Rajani Shrestha is standing in the kitchen on the top floor of her house – or, our home, as she puts it – in Panauti, Nepal pinching and shaping a white substance made of rice flour, demonstrating how to make a Newari delicacy called yomari, writes assistant editor, Ann Ruppenstein in this week's Travel Courier. Shrestha is one of 20 women in the historical village who have opened up their homes to travellers, most of whom visit the medieval town on G Adventures itineraries, as part of a community homestay project. After hiking from the eastern edge of the Kathmandu Valley and...
Globus, Cosmos Launch 2020 North American Itineraries
Globus and Cosmos have unveiled their 2020 North American itineraries – some centred on special events – packed with convenience and attention to detail for US and Canada vacations. And effective immediately, all North American tours for 2020 are open for sale. They include new Globus tour Quebec in Depth with the Gaspé Peninsula. Starting in Montreal, but concentrating on historic villages, marine wildlife and farm-to-table dining, a highlight for many will be a whale-watching cruise. Globus has also brought back its Historic Cities of Eastern Canada tour and now with an...
G Adventures’ Change Makers Challenge Back for 2020
Following the success of the inaugural Change Makers Summit in Peru this May, G Adventures announces it is carrying the incentive forward to a new location in 2020. The Change Makers Challenge incentivizes agents to focus on “changing people’s lives through travel” and invites them to rediscover why they love selling travel in the process. The 2020 Change Makers Challenge is now live and runs until Jan. 31, 2020. It culminates in the Change Makers Summit which will be hosted in a mystery location in April 2020. There, more than 150 change makers from Canada, the UK &...
redtag.ca Adds Uplift Pay Option
redtag.ca is making booking and planning a vacation easier with the adoption of Uplift’s innovative payment plan technology, allowing travellers to book travel and split their payment over a 12-month period. “We chose to partner with Uplift to not only to make travel more accessible for our clients, but to provide a new and easy to use, seamless payment option to Canadian travellers,” says Frank DeMarinis, CEO, redtag.ca. “Now, our customers can book their bucket list vacation without worrying about paying for all of it at once. They can enjoy their trip and make fixed monthly...
A Little Mystery From Intrepid
Adventure tour operator Intrepid Travel has officially opened applications for its one-off Uncharted Expedition that will see 12 travellers take on a 3,500-km trip across three borders and four countries into the unknown. The 18-day trip travels a route from Tehran to Istanbul that the world’s largest adventure company has not traversed before. “We have seen an appetite from travellers to be completely surprised. They put their faith in Intrepid delivering the best travel experience, as everything is an unknown on these trips, aside from adventure,” Intrepid Travel...