About Us - Palm Desert Staff
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Marilyn Vik - Manager Marilyn has been in the travel industry for over 30 years, and has been the manager of Sunshine Travel and Cruise for over 20 years. She specializes in cruises, Hawaii, Mexico, Scandinavia, Corporate Travel, and Domestic and International travel. She especially enjoys cruises and feels it's a wonderful way to travel. Her favorite destinations are Hawaii, Tahiti, London and all of Europe. Visiting Japan was a travel highlight. marilyn@travelbysunshine.com |
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Jennifer Wilson - Travel Consultant Her first career involved traveling and ever since she's loved helping people plan their vacations. She's been a travel consultant for 15 years. As a native Australian, she has a tremendous knowledge of that country and the South Pacific. She has also lived and traveled in Europe for many years. She has been on cruises with Crystal, Regent, and the Holland America Line. She specializes in Australia, New Zealand, South Pacific, cruises, Hawaii, Europe, and Canada. jennifer@travelbysunshine.com |
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Annette (Ann) Lee - Travel Consultant Annette was born and raised in Hawaii has extensive knowledge of the Hawaiian Islands. She left the Islands to pursue higher education on the mainland. She has extensive travel planning and destination knowledge and has been in the travel business for over 30 years. Ann specializes in Hawaii, Europe, Asia, Mexico and cruises. ann@travelbysunshine.com |
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Kay Everley - CTA ( Certified Travel Agent ) With 18 years of travel industry experience, Kay offers both domestic and international trip planning guidance. She can help you make informed decisions on vacations ranging from weekend getaways, to around-the-world cruises to African safaris (she's a safari expert)! She specializes in all types of cruising (premium and deluxe), and All-inclusive Caribbean resort packages. kay@travelbysunshine.com |
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Helenka Frost - Travel Consultant (Independent) Helenka was reared in Prague and Vienna, and earned a Ph.D. from UCLA in Slavic Linguistics. For over 20 years she has traveled extensively on every continent. She specializes in luxury cruises and independent travel and has personally guided select groups throughout Europe and Asia. helenka@travelbysunshine.com |
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Richard Olson - Travel Consultant (Independent) Richard became a travel agent 12 years ago after having taken over 50 cruises! Before that he was a teacher and traveled all over the world. His experience has given him firsthand knowledge of every continent except Antarctica. He is an expert group organizer and escorts group travel vacations annually. He is a specialist in premium and deluxe cruises from Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Silversea Cruises, Oceania Cruises, and the Holland America line. rolson2934@aol.com |
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Jan Demarbiex, CTC - Certified Travel Consultant Jan was born and raised in Ottawa, Canada and has been in the travel industry for over 40 years. She has escorted a trip around the world and has personally traveled to China, Borneo, Papua New Guinea, Myanmar, most of South America, Africa, Costa Rica, Europe, Galapagos, many countries in Asia, Australia/New Zealand and India. She has sailed on more than 30 ships. jan@travelbysunshine.com |
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Fran Kaufman - Travel Consultant (Independent) For 23 years Fran's been making "dream" vacations happen for her clients. She loves to help travelers find the right resort, cruise or exotic destination. From family trips to groups to honeymoons, she can create custom travel experiences based upon her extensive travel background and destination training. She is a Certified Cruise Counselor and specializes in Hawaii, Mexico, Caribbean, Italy, Israel, and Australia. fran@travelbysunshine.com |
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Sandra Harris - Travel Consultant During her 29 years in the travel industry Sandra's been lucky enough to travel the world by land and sea. She enjoys helping people with their travel plans. She pecializes in individual and family travel, and soft adventure travel. Experience with Mexico, Australia, Alaska and Alaska cruise tours, Canada, Europe, Israel, and land tours to Costa Rica, and the USA. Has worked extensively with Crystal Cruises, Holland America Line, Regent Seven Seas, and Oceania cruises. sandra@travelbysunshine.com |
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Barbara Volk - Travel Consultant 26 years experience. Specializing in resort vacations, cruises, international and domestic airline ticket reservations, and all aspects of travel. barbara@travelbysunshine.com |
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Pat Hutchinson - Travel Consultant 30 years experience as co-owner of Bon Voyage Travel notably specializing in international and domestic corporate and leisure travel retaining the same loyal and satisfied clients for many years. Expertise ranges from cruises to luxury resorts with personal travel to Israel, Egypt, Scandinavia & Russia, Ireland, Mexico, Central and South America including the Galapagos. pat@travelbysunshine.com |
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Rand Hutchinson - Travel Consultant 32 years of selling all aspects of travel. Owned and operated Bon Voyage Travel from1976 to 2004. Proficient in luxury resort vacations for golf, honeymoon and family getaways. Personally traveled to Egypt, Switzerland, Italy, Australia, Hawaii, Mexico, Columbia, and much of the Caribbean. Specialist for individual and group travel planning as a PADI certified scuba diver. rand4bvt@att.net |
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Melody Winston - Travel Consultant 7 years of experience, specializing in cruise and tour departures in and around the western region including Alaska, Mexico, Hawaii, Copper Canyon and overseas. She also owns and operates a one-day bus tour company with destinations including the Rose Parade, Reagan Presidential Library, and the Jay Leno show; just to name a few. pstoursandmore@roadrunner.com |
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Frances McCurdy - Travel Consultant |
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Blanche Mayem - Travel Consultant (Independent) 24 years experience. Expert in Hong Kong, Asia and cruise planning. |
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Diane Perlman - Travel Consultant |
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