People ask me every day “what is your favorite destination”?

That’s a tricky question. I compare it to “who’s your favorite child”? You’re not supposed to have a favorite, are you?

I can honestly say after 15+ years of taking groups around the world, I do have my favorites. Tours, not children.

Greece is #1. I’ve been there once, loved it, and am going back in 2023. My 2009 tour was three nights in Athens followed by a 7-night cruise. My 2023 tour is different. It includes Classical Greece (Corinth, Naplia, Delphi, Mycenae, Olympia, Patras, and Thermopylae) and of course several days in Athens. The cruise portion includes my favorites from the 7-night cruise (Mykonos, Santorini, Crete, Patmos and Ephesus).

#2 is Paris, Normandy and Chateaux Country and I am literally counting the days until my repeat of that amazing adventure in April 2024 (yes, I’ve been on this one before, too). I may be one of the worlds biggest fans of France. I’ve spent weeks there and found the people to be gracious and kind, and the country to be beautiful beyond my imagination. Don’t prejudge, try it for yourself.

Now it starts getting sticky.

How do you compare Italy to Ireland? Scotland to Switzerland? Germany to England? Belgium to Spain? Luxembourg to Portugal? Morocco to anywhere else on earth???

Austria. Oh how I love Austria, and Hungary, and Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. The Netherlands? Incredible.

Africa? I’ll be there for the first time in February and expect to be amazed and astounded.

Hawaii, always a favorite. The Caribbean Islands? All so very different. Mexico, my heart is there.

Most of those places listed above I’ve been to 3+ times now (and some 30+). I’ve been in business since 2005, and I’ve been busy. Busy traveling the world, seeking new places, going where no man has gone before. Wait, that last bit is the Starship Enterprise.

What’s left on my bucket list? Funny you should ask; I just updated it. If COVID taught me anything, it’s not to take travel for granted. The next 8 years will be full of first-time adventures for me.

I haven’t been to Egypt, it’s on the list. As are Northern and Southern Italy, the Moselle River, the Douro River, Croatia, the Danube from Budapest to Bucharest including Dracula’s Castle (I have to wait for things to settle down with the Ukraine first on that one). The Holy Land and Petra, of course. The Galapagos are on the list, as are the Norwegian Fjords (including Iceland) and Antarctica.

What’s on your list? My agents and I are constantly looking at tours, finding the best itineraries and pricing and making those offers available to you as members of our private, personally escorted groups. That’s our calling card, it’s what we do best.

But that’s not all. If there’s a destination or experience you want to have, let us know. Just because we aren’t going doesn’t mean we can’t make it happen for you.

If you have a travel dream, write it down. Complete that bucket list. Prioritize it. Budget for it. But most of all, act on it. No one knows what tomorrow may bring. Let’s get some destinations under your belt, so you can say “been there done that” about a wide range of wonderful places.

Been There, Loved It, Where to Next?