The day has finally come when I get the chance to share with you what I have been doing on the background for the last year and I am so excited about this.
Through life, I have understood that we must learn how to see the "glass half full" and the challenging times we are currently going through, come across as a perfect example that we cannot give up on our dreams and must take advantage of the circumstances and adapt to them, turning them in our favour. Let me take you through my journey.
Since the very first time my mum took me on a plane at the age of 2, I dream about travelling.
I dream about travelling as much as I can and all my extra income goes on the side to the travel piggy bank for the next trip. My social networks are mined with travel posts and I use my spare time to google holidays. Totally addicted, I know.
I have always pursued a career in travel and when the time came, I enrolled a Tourism degree course back in Portugal, at the beautiful city of Coimbra, home of one of the oldest Universities in Europe and in the world.
I was then very fortunate to have worked on the industry for 15 years, both in Portugal and in the UK and the idea of launching my own business in travel had been on the back of my head for the last 2 years.
When I lost my job, precisely one year ago today, on the shadow of the current pandemic, I knew this was my chance. Thoughts had crossed my mind everyday as to I should be mad in trying to launch a travel business during this pandemic, when travel has been the most affected sector, but I tried to look it from a different angle.
Travel lovers are deprived from travelling in this moment, which means that, as soon as travel becomes a possibility again, people will want to book all those disrupted and cancelled holidays they could not have and add checks to their travel bucket list, more than ever. Also, travel has become more flexible than ever, with all the amended change, cancellation and low deposit policies in place.
On the other hand, I finally had the time to make it happen and I am beyond excited to have found the best mentor and company to help me turn my real passion into an income, whilst I organise mine and yours holidays.
And so DREAM GETAWAYS is born and me as an Independent Travel Agent alongside it!
My commitment is to make your dream holiday Real.
No matter if its a Flight, Airport transfer, Hotel, Day tour to that paradise island, the All Inclusive holiday to the Caribbean, the dream Honeymoon or even Wedding in Greece, the Orient Express rail journey, the Round the World Cruise, the Hen Do in Ibiza, the Disney World experience, that Spa Weekend break or the city break in Prague.
I can book all sorts of holidays worldwide and all my product is legally protected by the competent organisms.
And now what? That is the scary part.
Being an foreigner means my circle of friends is back in Portugal, so I have to start almost from scratch, but the biggest failure would be not trying at all. And here I am trying to prove that my passion and commitment in compounding small steps, will make it a dream came true.
Your support is key here!
All I ask you is to spread the word with your friends, relatives and people you know like travelling, to check my website and ask me for a quote. I assure you that I will deliver my best service and might end up designing your dream holiday and saving you some time and money.
I look forward to send you all on that well deserved Dream Getaway.
With love,
Lina
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