Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Ravi Handa, Brazil Guiding Master

Meet BT Brazil guide Ravi Handa, Brazil Guiding Master and one of the funniest people you'll ever meet. I'm booking my trip just to hang out with him ...

Sunday, November 28, 2010

ACTA Quiz Raises Questions

A recent quiz taken by ACTA members goes a long way to show just how confusing air travel taxes really can be.

While I was in school, industry accounting was by far my most challenging course and clearly I am not alone in thinking, that along with most tax related issues, this is a total dogs breakfast of rules.

Now, add in the HST that is now applicable in Ontario and British Columbia and all the rules are changing once again ...

Tax quiz raises questions - Association of Canadian Travel Agencies

Time to crack open the books again and get updating!

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Tropical Paradise Anyone?

Damn you Lonely Planet!

I have been trying for 7 weeks now to get back into the groove of being home and to stop day dreaming about sandy beaches and hot sun (which is already incredibly hard given that I work for an adventure travel company), and then you send me this! 

Let the day dreaming commence ....


Psssss: There is a destination on this list that Beach Travellers visits and it is now stupid hard to concentrate on work knowing this ...

Ya, I'm a tease ....

Check out the brand-spankin' new Beach Travellers Costa Rica teaser. It's only a minute long, and it'll give you a head-rush.. Just imagine what 2 weeks there would be like.

Monday, November 22, 2010

Beach Travellers is going to BANFF!

This year Beach Travellers has decided to team up with Campus Vacations and is brining you something a little different.

We are embracing the winter and hitting up the slopes of Banff, Alberta for the epic weekend that is Snow Jam 2011


January 14 - 16 - BOOK IT NOW! This is not to be missed!!

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Beach Travellers Jeffrey "Heffe" Harrop Guide Profile

Who are these Beach Travellers, who ply the globe in search of big waves, soft beaches and party vibes? Well, Jeff is one of them:

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Beach Travellers | BTTV Season 2 Episode 4 | Brazilian Favela

FAVELA: A tree commonly found on the side of hills in sub-tropical regions OR a Brazilian shanty town. Check out the video below and see how Beach Travellers drives you into the REAL Brazil ...

Friday, November 5, 2010

Asian man boards Vancouver-bound flight disguised as elderly Caucasian

I travelled through HKG 4 times this summer. I have NO idea how something like this would ever happen.

Like all airports, there are various security checks, scans and to get anywhere close to the gates you need a boarding pass, which they check with your passport.

Asian man boards Vancouver-bound flight disguised as elderly Caucasian

Before and after pictures from the Canadian Border Services Agency of a man who was caught trying to enter Canada on an Air Canada flight from Hong Kong which he boarded disguised as an old man. In what the agency is describing as an "unbelievable case of concealment," the man apparently stripped off a plastic mask in the airplane's washroom and emerged as a young man, who then tried to claim refugee status.

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Learn to Surf with Beach Travellers

AKAW!!

Ready to take on the pounding surf, rip a barrel and warm waters of Costa Rica?

Then what are you waiting for?!

Beach Travellers gives you 13 days of sun and surf along with:

Exclusive accommodations
Private transportation
Daily surf lessons with experienced coaches
Various lesson styles (theory, in-water, and free sessions)
Surfboard rentals
Introductory Spanish lessons
Membership to the Surfrider Foundation
3 different surf beaches along Costa Rica's pristine northwest Coast.

Beach Travellers Presents: Argentina & The Biggest Waterfall on Earth