Workcations: Remote Working Holidays for Rejuvenation What about that pernicious myth that says you can’t work and have fun at the same time? Well, turns out you can. I’ve done it many times, and there are digital nomads and other workcationers who turn it into a productive lifestyle. And travel marketers and travel writers spend…
30 Top Travel Destinations in the World Remember the old saying “the world is your oyster?” Well, it still is! For an adventuresome traveler, the globe offers up a seemingly endless supply of potential destinations. From the Mayan Riviera to the Italian Riviera, and the Canadian Rockies to the the Alps, there’s an adventure waiting…
Why Travel Marketers Must Travel It’s rare that a travel business owner, advisor, or manager won’t travel. What’s more exciting than hopping on a jet or a cruise ship for a trip to places they love and to mingle with their own loyal traveling customers? More than just fun though, travel helps travel marketers stay…
Canadian Travel Expenditures Likely to Decline Significantly What might be brewing as a big problem for travel and tourism businesses picked up momentum this week. President Trump was pumping his unwelcome sign to Canadians and Europeans with new restrictions on those nationals traveling within the US for more than 30 days. They’ll need to register…
How Canadian Companies Can Get Past the US Tariffs If you’re a business owner in Ontario and Quebec, the new tariffs from President Trump are a big problem. Update: Now that President Trump has announced the global tariffs, and that Canada will be spared if it meets the requirements of the USMCA deal. What was…
Travelers Changing Vacation Preferences President Trump’s tariffs are only beginning to send negative ripples through the Canadian economy. It’s still early but it looks like Canadians will increasingly alter their travel plans away from the US. Today, as Ontario Premier Doug Ford visited the US White House with the Canadian trade minister, Trump reiterated his…
The Lead Gen Problem You’ll Love to Solve Have you ever had guests you couldn’t get rid of? It’s like they’re taking advantage of your goodwill and time. That’s how it is for many travel agents who must suffer through travel shoppers who are poorly qualified leads for one reason or another. It’s hard to…
How to Attract Travel Better Advisors Being more proactive about recruiting quality, experienced, and successful travel agents might be the one of the productive efforts you make to succeed. Like all online companies, you need marketing techniques that attract competent, new and seasoned travel advisors. And the better ones of course, are business-builders, not order…
One Solution You Must Have In any business, it’s not always a company’s product, brand or UVP that’s generating weak lead generation and sales results. All too often, it’s due to low reach to the market – your target audience. If they found you, and under ideal circumstances, your weak brand wouldn’t necessarily ruin the…
Empower with More Powerful Staff Whether you own or manage a travel agency, SaaS software company, or real estate brokerage, today’s period of uncertainty and change may require business reorganization. Growing your company, improving your unique value proposition, broadening your market reach, and communicating more strongly with audiences, partners and key influencers are a big…
Empowering Travel Agencies The 2025 travel market is suddenly looking a little more challenging with the introduction of the Trump tariffs. International travelers are adjusting their trip decisions based on worsening economic outlooks, rising US dollar, and rising costs due to inflation. And Canadian and US travelers are are hanging their travel plans given costs…
Successful Owners Know: SEO is Still Your Best Business Asset With all the never-ending challenges pressing you as a small business owner (taxes, high interest rates, inflation, regulations, wage demands, customer stress, reputation, customer acquisition, and trade tariffs), you might find it tough to get bold, adventurous and focused about your marketing. Yet marketing is…
Travel Insurance: Find Cheap Insurance for Your Trip A trip, especially involving a family can be fraught with financial and safety risks, not to mention inconveniences that could leave you in a bad situation far from home. While your travel credit cards might cover some flight, hotel, and other booking cancellations, that coverage has its…
Local Travel Agents Near Me Travel shoppers have a lot of options when they travel. They can use AI travel planners, use a big travel marketplace, an agent in the destination country, or a local travel agent. Given travel agents in your town or city have an extensive set of tools, experience, and travel and destination…
Explore Costa Rica’s Volcanoes Costa Rica is a land of stunning natural beauty, lush rainforests, and thrilling adventure opportunities. Aside from the many enjoyable resorts and beaches, ecological purity, unique wildlife, welcoming people, and luxury wellness resorts, your exciting Costa Rica vacation might include an exciting and unique day tour of one of its 4…
Your Journey to Costa Rica: Immersing in Nature, Luxury, and Renewal Hundreds of millions of tourists know about the nature paradise called Costa Rica, yet only a fraction actually make the journey to it. This politically stable, democratic country is spectacular, genuine, and a playground for your senses and well-being. The people are welcoming and…
The Best Places in Costa Rica to Visit If you’ve been captivated by the many images or friend’s accounts of Costa Rica, you’re probably looking ahead to a fantastic travel adventure here. You’ll be waking up to the sounds of tropical forest birds while you sip fresh Costa Rican coffee anticipating a full day of…
Connect with Financially Strong Costa Rica Travelers You might be selling trips to all over the world and doing okay. And you might have your favorite destinations to serve. However, what if expanding to new destinations and reaching new types of travelers is wiser? Because when you tap into a better-quality prospect pool, you might…
Visit Mexico: Amazing Hotels for Your Next Trip Are you unsure of what the perfect travel experience is for you? How about escaping the cold while experiencing Mexican culture, its ancient Mayan history, authentic cuisine, and getting your much needed quiet time de-stressing, relaxing on a beautiful white sand beach? Mexico is a unique vacation…
Why Aren’t You Starting Your Travel Startup? There are always more reasons not to take action than there are to leap forward to your dream travel startup. I guess it keeps us feeling safe in our comfort zone, so we don’t have to face the challenge. But that’s likely not what it is. Any entrepreneur…
15 Caribbean Luxury Villa Resorts You Must Know About The Caribbean islands have long been synonymous with effortless indulgence—a place where the rhythmic murmur of the waves and the golden embrace of a warming tropical sun set the stage for a lifestyle of refined tranquility. Beyond these island’s postcard-perfect beauty lies an exclusive world tailored…
A Lucrative Caribbean Luxury Travel Market Enterprising travel business owners are waking up to a healthy, promising business opportunity in the Caribbean market. Interest in the region as a destination continues to grow due to the strength of the US dollar and as wealthy Americans experience financial growth in 2025. The U.S. luxury travel market…
Travel Credit Cards: Growing Value to Loyal Travel Customers & Travel Companies Let’s take a look at some of the very best travel credit cards in the USA for travelers. For many decades, travelers have enjoyed earning free loyalty club points made at various participating businesses. The loyal points programs have since evolved with new…
How to Fulfill Traveler’s Quest for Meaningful Travel Do travelers need purpose in travel? Why would they need meaning, if travel is only an escape? It could be people want travel to add to their life fulfillment, not to be an escape but rather something that helps them feel their life is good and worthy….
2025, The Year to Save Money on Travel! It’s 2025 and travelers have a lot of travel options on their travel menu including transportation, hotels, itineraries and tours to choose from. It’s time to find the perfect travel experience for your family or group. With the rise in the US dollar and the political strife…
Finding your Ideal, Most Satisfying Vacation Experience As a hopeful traveler in 2025, are you wondering about the top common vacation destinations you see plastered all over the Google or Bing search results or on the big travel portals? Are they the best you can do? Is there something about these destinations that just doesn’t…
Blogs are Your Most Affordable and Powerful Marketing Tool Expedia, Booking.com, TourRadar, Hotels.com or Travelocity do spend time to improve engagement and interaction with travel customers. They blog. And that translates to more inquiries, brand awareness, bookings and upsells — not to mention improved customer loyalty. Let’s get right to the point that blogging is…
Find the Lowest-Priced Airfares Searching for the cheapest airline flights is smart shopping. You might save hundreds to a thousand dollars on your next booking(s). Finding lower-priced flights really is in your hands. Given the innovation of AI search tools and intense competition among airlines, OTA’s, travel agencies and other travel marketplaces, the very cheapest…
Banff National Park: A Young Adventurer’s Playground Hunting for an authentic, fresh, and meaningful escape in 2025? Banff Canada should be on your list of most compelling nature adventure destinations. There’s no better way to celebrate and enjoy your youth or awaken it from hibernation. Banff is ready to give you the vacation of a…
Banff Canada for Romantics Some places on our beautiful earth just seem to prove that romance is best with grand gestures and intimate moments. Here in the Canadian Rockies, love blooms anew, refreshed by the purity of the air and the timeless embrace of protective mountains. Whether you’re celebrating years of love, savoring the giddy…
Travel Marketing KPI Performance Framework Great marketing needs great analytics tools and the right kpis to measure. Given the cost of marketing and challenge of being competitive in advertising, SEO, social media and content marketing, we need to learn fast. Key Performance Indicators are those vital metrics that indicate what aspects of your ads, bogs,…
San Diego – A Place Where Summer Never Ends Imagine a place where summer never truly ends, where the ocean breeze carries the promise of adventure, and where every sunset feels like nature’s own masterpiece. Visualize yourself in the most sunny, southwestern part of US, next to Mexico, a place famous for its American and…
Overcoming Travel Buyer’s Inertia or Hesitation As a travel consumer yourself, you’ve likely experienced hesitation, doubt, inertia or some other emotion that caused you to not click that buy button. Perhaps, your commitment or intent was weak to begin with due to a lack of input. You needed to explore more. And sometimes that commitment…
Getting Faster Results for Small Travel Companies As we enter 2025, small business outlook still remains somewhat subdued. It’s creating inertia and making travel company owners cautious about investing in travel marketing excellence in 2025. However, given President Trump has won and is implementing a very strong Pro-US business agenda, with balanced trade and lower…
Find a Travel Agent Near You! Use Google search to find travel agents, advisors and planners near you. More Travel Marketing Tips for Travel Agencies Get help for your travel business with insights on effective travel content marketing strategy, travel agency branding, as well as how to reach global travel audiences.
Mexico Vacation Packages Every fall and winter, vacationers from Europe, US and Canada dream of a vacation to Mexico. They’ll find a unique travel experience where sunshine, warm climate, beautiful beaches, quaint walkable villages with friendly people and restaurants with traditional Mexican cuisine make a complete getaway. In this post, we discover Mexico’s most sought…
Expand Your Target Audiences to Grow Revenue The 2025 travel market and the 5-year travel market forecast tell the tale of an expanding consumer travel market and growing revenues for travel companies. It’s billions of travel sector dollars up for grabs and a chance to build a solid, sustainable travel business. In fact, companies that…
Top Travel Marketing AI Agents Artificial Intelligence is sweeping the travel management industry, but the real story is how this technology is enhancing the performance of the best creative strategists. While we all like to think our work is marvelous and music to customer’s ears, in reality, we need to improve in many areas. These…
SEO Services for Travel Companies There’s often a lot of doubt and confusion about how SEO is done and delivered, so I’d like to present this series of steps that clarifies how I will work with your travel business. Google’s ranking algorithm looks for many strengths in content quality and relevance, and that clear signals…
Making Impact on Your Visitors is High Priority For a decade now, marketers have been focusing more on the visitor experience and user engagement. Yet the first part of experience and engagement is the impact your content and brand make on visitors. You may have some great product shots, a nice-looking webpage, and a…