MY TRAVEL EXPERIENCES

40 COUNTRIES and counting!

Trips coming up: 2024 and 2025/2026

Currently ranking in the top 10 FCI Travel agents in South Africa - we will be going to the Maldives for our annual global event held towards the end of the year
A short stop from Maldives ~ hopefully there will be time to visit INDIA. A country I always wanted to see!
Locally - we are looking forward to a family trip to experience the Ruby Sevens tournament in Cape Town at the end of this year.
3 Different trips to Mauritius planned - it really helps to view hotels first-hand. Seeing newly refurbished resorts & experience the best hotels the island has to offer. This really helps to make the best recommendations to clients.
Caribbean cruise aboard ROYAL CARIBBEAN's latest UTOPIA of the SEAS ship cruising from Miami around the Bahamas and the private island (Coco Cay).
Plus a short visit to Cancun, Mexico and Disneyworld, Florida!

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ICONS trip - held in 2023 in Europe (sailing from Budapest to Vienna aboard the Uniworld SS Beatrice on a luxury river cruise) I represented my country as one of the top 50 INDEPENDENT CONSULTANTS worldwide in the FCTG travel group (top 10 in South Africa) for 2022/2023. This was so exciting to be a part of this amazing experience rewarding the top achievers based on our results from the last financial year.

I also list my other Travel Experience and share some highlights.

Recent Travel experience:

NCL Maiden voyage 2023: NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE VIVA premium class ship sailing from Rome (Italy) to Lisbon (Portugal), stops included Cannes (France) and Ibiza (Spain)
2023 travels took me to short stopovers in Amsterdam (Netherlands) and Doha (Qatar)
MSC WORLD EUROPA - cruise from Marseille (France) via Italy (Genoa, Naples - Pompeii), Barcelona (Spain) and Valetta (Malta)
FRANCE RUGBY WORLD CUP trip 2023 - what an amazing experience supporting the Springboks in Marseille & Paris
2023: what is a trip to FRANCE without visiting the most romantic city in the world - PARIS! My third visit to Paris did not disappoint.

Past Travel experience:

Mauritius: World Leisure trip February 2023 - I once again visited the Veranda resorts, viewing latest upgrades and changes as well as the Sun resorts and a few others (total of 14 hotels)
Beachcomber family trip - October 2022, was great to experience Mauritius with my own family
Zanzibar May 2019 - joined the Magical Zanzibar marketing trip visited Seacliff, Dream of Zanzibar, Sandies Baobab and Mapenzi Beach Club
Royal Caribbean cruise trip (Phuket, Thailand and Malaysia) / Hong Kong Disneyland and Sentosa Island, Singapore - December 2018
Beachcomber Mauritius - November 2018, visited all 8 properties on an educational trip
Greece Topdeck trip - Mykonos to Santorini September 2018 (also visited islands of Naxos, Paris, Ios and Ano Koufonisi)
Croatia sailing top supporters trip with TOPDECK - May 2018, island hopping from Split to Dubrovnik via Hvar and Korcula
FCA Seychelles the Moorings trip in conjunction with Ethiopian Airlines - May 2018, visiting Mahe, La Digue and the island of Praslin
Educational trip : visited 10 hotels - (Sun &all the Veranda properties) in Mauritius - March 2017
TOPDECK incentive trip - sailed around Turkey on wooden gullet - September 2017

Other highlights for me was:

Namibia - sand & sea explored by Land Rover: Sossusvlei, Etosha, Swakopmund and Lüderitz
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – the Sundowner Dune Safari is a must!
Turkey ON THE GO group tour (Kusadasi, Ephesus, Istanbul & Anzac Coast)
Educational trip to Mauritius (Beachcomber hotels)
Britain, Scotland (including Edinburgh, Loch Ness) & Wales
Backpacked through France & Italy (including visits to Rome, Pompeii, Venice, Monaco & Capri) EURAIL trip
Overland trip through Africa (from Nairobi, Kenya to South Africa) via Rwanda, Uganda, Malawi, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Zambia

I have extensive knowledge of our home country, South Africa, having travelled to all the nine provinces, including neighbouring countries Swaziland and Mozambique.