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 [...]
Gregory Hall, one of our seasoned Tour Managers, a citizen of France, who speaks fluent English, French and German, grew up in West Berlin, Germany, and now lives in Michigan. He spends much of his time guiding tours through Europe – and wants to take you on a virtual tour of some [...]
Our Tour Managers are the backbone of the company. Take a second and learn about their passion for travel right from the source.
From China to Australia to the Canadian Rockies and beyond, they are with our travelers every step of the way, handling all the details.
Wanda Leas, one of our seasoned Tour Managers, has been a Tour Manager for over 25 years. She leads tours to New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, and throughout the USA, has traveled to 28 countries and lived in 25 of them. She wants to take you on a virtual trip through some of her [...]
Jeffrey Scott, a Collette Vacations’ tour manager, shares this story which illustrates how travel can connect people who live thousands of miles away.
During the Passion Play season, one of our best partner restaurants in Oberammergau is the Zur Tini, which is owned by the Barnickel family. Andre and Monika’s son, Markus, who’s about 25 years [...]
I had the pleasure of meeting this all-star cast at our Tour Manager Symposium in Florida last week.
These folks log plenty of frequent-flier miles escorting Collette customers to some of the most fascinating places on Earth.
During the week, I spent time with many of them conducting video interviews and snapping a few photos (including this [...]
The majestic Canadian Rockies in the fall…
Few things can compare to the exhilarating landscapes found in the National Parks of the Canadian Rockies; Jasper, Banff, Yoho and Kootenay. Some of the parks are more celebrated than others but all are equally awe-inspiring.
On this, my latest trip into the Rockies, I acted as Tour Manager for [...]
We hear from happy customers all the time at Collette Vacations.
In fact, every letter or email that comes in eventually makes its way to me so I read a lot of testimonials. Many of these customer letters mention the tour manager…how professional and knowledgeable he or she is about the destination and how they seem to [...]
I should have known better. After all, I work for the country’s oldest tour operator. But there I was, on a road trip with the family, 400 miles from home and having a hard time finding a hotel. Me, a “travel professional.”
Up and down Route 95 on the East Coast there are hundreds of hotels, [...]
This post is by guest blogger Allison Villasenor, Collette’s senior project manager, who recently returned from Smithsonian Journeys Travel Adventures Classical Turkey, a tour she rode with 36 other passengers. Allison has been with Collette since 2003 and this was her first time to Turkey…but hopefully not her last.
As I boarded the plane for Istanbul [...]
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