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What’s your travel planning style?

Published January 4th, 2008 in Destinations, Planning & Booking | 8 Comments →

It’s been a long time since I’ve bought a travel organizer, years in fact.

I can still remember wandering the stacks of my local Barnes and Noble trying to find a perfect holiday gift, finally settling on Abroad by Julianne Balmain. I pored over the book’s witty advice, perfect for my friend, with such sayings as, “Go Zen, grasshopper. Pack Light. Lighter. Really.” and “Found paradise? Stay there and enjoy. There’s no law that says you have to keep your original itinerary.”

But, despite many high points and definite gift potential, I have yet to purchase another travel organizer. Personally I tend to prefer less formal approaches to travel planning, forgoing printed materials for internet searches and friend’s recommendations, flight attendant favorites and advice from taxi drivers, as well as any other ‘experts’ that happen to cross my path.

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Thus far, my approach has treated me well. During a recent surfing trip to Liberia, Costa Rica (LIR), my friends and I discovered the most wonderful restaurant through our hotel’s managers, a couple from the Netherlands no less.

We chatted all evening, nibbling on grilled fish on white linen tablecloths by candlelight while listening to the waves crash into the nearby shore… still with sand between our bare toes from the walk over!

What is YOUR travel planning routine, your most helpful or least helpful strategies, tactics and sources? Have you made any New Years Resolutions regarding travel planning? If so, what features could allow Delta to better assist you in planning your next business or leisure trip?

Wishing you all very happy travels in 2008,

Katie
Marketing | delta.com & self-service

Return from World’s End

Published January 2nd, 2008 in Destinations | 4 Comments →

Last week I returned from a 13-day cruise on Celebrity from Buenos Aires to Valparaiso, through Cape Horn and World’s End.

You know, our planet is a truly inspiring experience, and I’m so grateful to have had an opportunity to revel in the awe and splendor of some amazing, breathtaking natural wonders on this journey.

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I’ve been stuffed-up in Atlanta far too long over the last couple years, and this adventure was rather refreshing; there’s too much to see to stay home all the time!

My co-worker and travel buddy, Chris, joined me on this trip, and he’ll be giving you the full writeup soon. In the meantime, I’m going to let the photo album do most of the talking.

Here are the albums from each destination:

I definitely want to go back to Ushuaia. It’s an enchanting, frosty paradise with some amazing sites.

Some of you requested postcards, and I did get a chance to send out a handful. Glad to see our friends over at Jaunted.com got one!

So where to next? Definitely planning on hitting up Cairo this year and would love to do an Antarctica cruise. Stay tuned!

Jacob
Product Manager
delta.com & self-service

P.S. If you happen to be visiting Buenos Aires anytime soon, be sure to stay at the Hilton Buenos Aires. It’s fabulous and central to just about everything in the city. Oh, and they have a rooftop pool that overlooks the city, super cool! Check out the photos in my album of the hotel.

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