A German word for which there is no English translation. It is basically the opposite of homesickness (Heimweh): when you feel that you have to leave your familiar surroundings to discover new places. It is the need for distance, the wish to experience something far away from home, the urge to escape from your everyday life by travelling.
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Answer: A travel agent takes all of the headaches out of planning a trip and handles virtually all aspects of your travel, at absolutely no cost to you. The combined experience of the team and the feedback from our thousands of travelers provides an invaluable resource to the traveler planning an important trip.
Answer: Yes, we work within any and all realistic budgets, and an honest sharing of ideas and goals helps us immensely when making recommendations and suggested edits to travel plans.
Answer: No, there is no fee for our vacation planning services as the travel vendors involved recognize our value and compensate us from the gross amount paid (what you would have paid even without our assistance). For those complicated international itineraries that require custom crafting and significant involvement of our international on-location partners, we do request an intent-to-travel deposit to begin the process. This deposit is applied to the reservations that are made on your behalf.
Answer: Travel insurance is available and recommended to protect your travel investment. Many trips, such as tours and cruises, involve non-refundable funds paid months in advance. Travel insurance protects you from losing this investment.
Here are just a few of the amazing places that we have been. One of these might be the perfect destination for you!
Malmo in Sweden is contemporary, edgy, home to Scandinavia's tallest building and offers seriously good cuisine. You should take a look.
River cruising on the Vltava in Prague is one of the favorite attractions and range from a one-hour sightseeing cruise right up to an evening dinner cruise.
Small island. Big vistas. And don't be fooled, only 10% of the country is glacier covered, it has a surprisingly mild climate and countless geothermal hot-spots and springs.