Time to Fly Away!

You deserve a trip.

1. Yeah you do! 18 months with those darlings of yours, juggling work from home, home schooling, home cleaning, home all day every day…whew! Even with the kids back in school, there is still a lot of stress. You worry about your kids, your job, your sweetheart, your waistline (COVID-15 is a real thing, its like the freshman 15 without the freshman metabolism to get it off), so much stress…
2. Trips are now more affordable! Why? The last 2 years have sucked in the travel industry. Airlines were canceling flights willy nilly (speaking of SW and others). Hotels were running on empty, stocks are down, things hit the bottom. But now they are looking up. Deep discounts on lower cost brands like Frontier and Spirit and even the big boys like United and British Air are coming across my email everyday. Again, you ask why? They need “butts in seats” so a full plane of $300 a head beats an empty one at $700 a head. Larger hotel chains and airlines are striking deals with travel companies so they can get people out and about again. The hotels are eating some of the costs so they can have people at their resorts and can keep their staff. The sales folks need to worry about end of year numbers (and of course shareholder value and stock value) for the bigger, publicly held companies especially. Many would rather book $1 million in travel with $10k in profit and have higher numbers rather than $30k in travel and $10k in profit. It seems silly now, but nothing is better than repeat customers.
3. Are you vaccinated… no? Go get vaccinated. Most countries do not want you if you are not. It is safe comparably. You do not want to get your family ill. Even as a vaccinated person I can still get COVID, but I will lessen my chances significantly, and lessen how ill I become. Think of it like a flu shot or maybe the MMR shot everyone has had. Heaven forbid you go to luxury vacation spot X and get ill. A 14 days stay, hospital, etc., etc. Get insurance for that, but getting vaccinated is the best insurance.
4. Use all of those sick days you have accrued while working from home. Use the PTO days. Use the vacation days. Some companies practice “use it or lose it” with the sick time so… get a 6 day runny nose in December and come to Miami with me. (Or head to Christmas in Costa Rica or where ever you want to go!)
5. It will be fun. You will meet people outside your bubble. You will be Zoom and Skype free. People in person, food at cafes, coffee outside looking at the ocean or a mountain or a hot waiter… Fresh air! Live your best life through travel!
6. The kids need a break too. Disneyworld is expensive so maybe let’s do that next year… (if you want to do it this year let us know, we have you covered!) However, a family trip to the mountains, camping somewhere warmer, skiing somewhere cooler, making good memories and relaxing together is a good thing. My friend and client, Angela took the kiddies to Disney World this past week. They LOOOOVED it! Now the kids are with her sister and she and hubby are off to Mexico for quality parent time. She says all she wants is a few nights of good rest, a tan, and maybe catch up on some casual reading. Her son Roger said he wants a little brother. Angie, those kids aren’t stupid.
7. You have me to help, my travel bestie and business partner Ytteb and I will help you plan a trip that is right for you. Or if you just want to pack and go, we have some prepackaged trips we are putting together under the LASTA club so you can just come with!