Tag Archives: Tour Manager

Where the pros go

If you are anything like me, curiosity gets the best of you when you see a cover story that gathers the major players from an industry near and dear to me and you … travel (I make this presumption because you are reading a blog about travel). Working at Collette Vacations, I had the opportunity [...]

Longtime Collette pro speaks on Travel TalkRADIO

When it comes to dream jobs, this 20-year Collette veteran must rank up there with the best of them…at least from this travel lover’s viewpoint where his responsibilities appear pretty swell to me. Manuel Paulo, Vice President of Worldwide Contracting for Collette Vacations, has 33 years of experience in the tourism industry where he began [...]

Oberammergau: Where Passion Lives

I can’t believe my luck. I am about to explore a quaint village where Mount Kofel and the Bavarian Alps embrace me like an old friend and I hand myself over to the village that softly beckons. The welcoming facades of houses are brilliantly painted with frescoes. The scenes range from Biblical to storybook. I [...]

Reality Tour, South America: All in the Family

I don’t envy the tour manager’s job. He or she handles so many behind-the-scenes details many of which entail a steady stream of communicating with step-on guides, restaurant managers, hotel reservations staff, and goodness knows who else. They seem to take pride in the fact that you will never again have to touch your overweight [...]