Our role as a travel company is to ensure that we’re giving back to the communities that we visit more than what is being taken away in our travels there. Our mission is to enrich the lives of children worldwide – one project at a time. Through the efforts of the Collette Foundation – an employee-run, [...]
Do you have a glass of red wine with dinner because you heard it promotes good health? Or maybe you just like the taste of a smooth merlot?
Whatever the reason, travelers today continue to search out tours that include a wine component in the itinerary. There are many places to learn about wine making and its subtle [...]
As reported last October 31st - at Collette, Halloween is a big deal.
The games were in full swing once again last Friday for a bit of friendly decorating competition between departments – from Air, Accounting, Marketing, the Call Center/Inside Sales, Inventory, Tour Managers, Product, etc, etc. It’s a day of fun and candy with children from local schools visiting each department [...]
Our travelers tells us that one of the things they like most on their escorted tour is unique modes of transportation. I’m not talking replacing an aircraft to get to Europe. Rather, finding new and fun ways to incorporate the culture of the destination into the way travelers experience it.
Popular “rides” include:
A rickshaw through Beijing’s ancient [...]
All aboard!
Train travel offers a combination of romance and mechanical marvel. Rail lines trace history while whisking travelers through scenery far removed from the highway. Collette passengers love our itineraries that include train journeys. That’s why we have quite a selection to choose from; programs like:
Canada’s Winter Wonderland (there’s still time to experience this tour [...]
Traveling Well readers know that Halloween is a big deal at Collette.
Check out these pumpkins carved in honor of the 7 Wonders of the World. Amazing work.
Come back next week. All our departments are hard at work decorating and getting ready for the kids from local schools who visit each year – bags in hand.
My wife and I just returnedf from a wonderful vacation with Collette Vacations to San Francisco and Lake Tahoe where Derrick Moscarelli was our Tour Manager.
When we left San Francisco on our way to Lake Tahoe I discovered I had lost my money clip with some of my spending money. I asked Derrick if he could [...]
I had two dates with destiny in Australia. The first was that I was rapidly approaching my 30th birthday and I had promised myself that I would travel to all inhabitable continents by 30. You’ll learn about the second shortly.
Being busy professionals, Amanda and I knew that we wanted to go to Australia and New Zealand for [...]
Collette Vacations new “Exotics” brochure highlights tours to Australia, Africa, Asia, South & Central America and Antarctica and debuts 5 new tours for 2012.
Inside the pages of the Exotics brochure are 28 tours to some of the world’s most sought out destinations including Namibia, Israel, Thailand, China, Peru, Panama, Costa Rica and the South Pacific.
New tours featured [...]
Eliza Myers, writer and editor for Group Travel Leader, was on a Collette tour with group leaders from across the U.S., as they explored the Canadian Rockies by train. Here is an excerpt of a write-up on her adventure.
I woke up in an unfamiliar room thoroughly confused. I had gone to sleep in Vancouver, and it [...]
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