Getting Back to Business & JOY, one hotel visit at a time

I did something today I haven’t done in an over a year: I woke up early and drove to my first real, in-person, elite travel business meeting… AT A LOCAL MAUI HOTEL. And then, I took a full-on (masks on) guided tour of said hotel! Took photos, and sent them to clients who will soon be staying at this beautiful Maui resort for birthdays, anniversaries and family vacations. Things that we used to take for granted.

Based on the onslaught of texts, calls and emails I am getting recently from clients, many of us are ready to enjoy life again, after a really really really wild and unexpected pandemic. It threw us all for a loop. It’s time to get back to having fun, in a safe, healthy and conscious way. It struck me when I saw guests sitting by the serenity pool at the Wailea Beach Resort and kids going down the water slides that JOY is our birthright.

Fresh from a year-long forced sabbatical, I know I sure took a lot for granted the past decade pre-covid when the luxury travel business was BOOMING. One of my clients said my photos got her so excited she could cry. And then, I nearly cried tears of relief because I’ve truly not realized just how much I’ve missed communicating with people about future travel plans. I LOVE visiting hotels, researching options, meeting the on-site teams and matchmaking clients to the right hotels…