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 Award
Winning Agency
Pictured Left to right: Kari
Hempel (Gullivers Travel), Mitch
Lange (Island Cruise and
Travel), Janelle Throne (Gullivers
Travel)
Star Awards!! For 2009, the
Star Awards were held at
Beaches Turks and Caicos.
This is an annual
celebration for our Best of
the Best Travel Agents
across the USA and
Canada. It's our way to not
only thank our Travel
Partners for their
dedication to our company,
but also to recognize them
in an elaborate awards
ceremony for their amazing
numbers for that particular
year.
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Entry posted by Heather
McDonald-Lennan, Sandals
BDM for Northern Illinois
and Iowa.
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August 16,
2009 Testimonial Sandals Whitehouse Jamaica
Hello Mitch!
Adria and I got in late last night from Jamaica and
we are already wanting to go back! We honestly had
the most memorable time-from laying out at the pool
and trying ALL the frozen drinks, to meeting new
friends from all over the US and to our last night
when we took advantage of the Candle light dinner.
The trip there was great, we upgraded for just $300
to first class and the bus to the resort was
wonderful-stopped at a rest stop (tourist trap) and
bought some artifacts. The trip back not so much,
but it was fine. All in all, it was PERFECT!!
But, thank you once again and we can not wait to
book another trip!
Sincerely,
Kevin and Adria Sullivan
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Sandals Grande Ocho
Rios Honeymoon - November
Hi Mitch,
I just wanted to let you know that we
couldn’t have asked for a better honeymoon,
Sandal Grande Ochos was beautiful and the
staff was outstanding. We were automatically
upgraded to a honeymoon suite at check in
and the room was beautiful.
Now that we are back we are looking into an
all-inclusive resort for families. My
daughter graduates high school this coming
May and my son graduates eight grade so we
want to take them to and all-inclusive
resort sometime next year. Can you help us
with this? If so, are dates are flexible.
Thank you for all your help
Carolyn and Voltaire Villaverde
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Sandals Grande Ocho
Rios Honeymoon - October 2009
Thanks Mitch - we will send a pic. We
had a great time and a memorable 20th.
Lt. Col Gary L. Maddux Jr.
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Royal Plantation September 24, 2009
Mitch, hi, just wanted to tell you what a
wonderful time we had at the Sandals Royal
Plantation and to give you our sincere
thanks for getting it changed from - i know we would not have liked
it after being here once before - my sister
and her husband send their thanks also as
they would not have know how great this
place is if you hadn't gotten it changed! We
really love this place and my husband and i
have already rebooked for next year and you
should be getting this information as it was
to be rebooked thru you and i have sent him
your name and email this evening.
Hope you have a good day and thank you again for being a great travel
agent! Deborah Wilson
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Sandals Antigua -
October 2009
Mitch,
Thank you once again for your dedication to
true excellence! I read through what you
sent and it all sounds great, thank you once
again.
-Will Toner
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Testimonial: Sandals Antigua Wedding
- March 16
Hey Mitch - Just wanted to tell you that
this place is awesome! We are having a
fabulous time! Our wedding was on Wednesday
and it was a dream come true. Everyone
here has been just great to us! We will
definitely be back. We love it here.
Thank you so much for everything!
Rebecca & James Prewitt
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Sandals Regency St Lucia
October 4, 2009
Good morning Mitch,
I wanted to take a sec this morning to say thank you
for your help in helping us find the perfect
honeymoon spot for what we were looking for. We had
an AMAZING time and cannot wait to get back to
another Sandals! Hopefully as soon as February (all
new vacation days from work). It was quite
honestly the best week of my life and Shawn feels
the same way! The people were so friendly, the
food was great, and the drinks were even better ;)
Our next trip we were thinking of Jamaica and have
heard great things about Dunn's River. Are there any
other suggestions for Jamaica? Thanks so much for
your help again! I am recommending Sandals to anyone
who will listen :) Have a great day!
Amy & Shawn
PS - I attached two pictures from our trip - it was
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Wedding Gazebo Sandals Antigua
Review:
Whitehouse Resort -
On the day of the wedding I had my hair and make up done at 9am in the
red lane spa. (It is best to have a hair trial before the wedding) We
were married at 11am. A professional photographer took photo's and
recorded the ceremony. We then had canapés in the gardens - with a
beautiful wedding cake until approx 1.30pm. We ate lunch at one of the
restaurants in a private location on the seafront. Our guests stayed
until 6pm and my husband at I watched the sunset before having a
candlelit dinner at Jasmines. The following morning we had a honeymoon
breakfast in bed and were able to view our photo's in the afternoon.
Review: The
Resorts made for love have also earned the
highest accolades from the bridal experts:
Modern Bride Magazine proclaimed Sandals "The
Best All-Inclusive Resort Chain," and the
readers of Brides Magazine voted Sandals
"World's Number One All-inclusive Honeymoon
Destination."
Review :Royal Bahamian
Visited Feb. 4 of us. for a holiday and
wedding. The food was fantastic - never had a
bad meal, in fact in Baccarat one of the best
meals we've ever had. The entertainment girls
were great especially enjoyed the 70s night !
The free wedding was really good and they went to
a lot of trouble, we got married on the pier &
it was lovely, we did not go for any of the
optional extras but didn't need to as the basic
package offered everything we wanted.
Facts: Destination Weddings are now 20% of
all Weddings and Rising Rapidly. BOOK ASAP!
June is the most popular month for weddings,
followed by August, July, September, and
October.
Caribbean Map
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Caribbean Princess
Heidi & Jamie Waltz Wedding June 19,2007 Aboard
Caribbean Princess
Broadcast
Free Live from Wedding Chapel Web Cam
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Mitch,
Thank you so much for helping
Jamie and I organize and plan such a wonderful
cruise. We couldn’t have done it without you. We are
so glad we decided to get married onboard the
Caribbean Princess. It was truly a wonderful
experience. The wedding ceremony was perfect. Our
friend Shannon and his girlfriend surprising us
before the wedding was awesome. The highlight of the
trip was the catamaran to St. John. It was amazing!!
Everyone kept telling me what a great time they had.
Overall, we had a wonderful trip and will be
planning another cruise soon.
See more pictures>>.
Sincerely,
Heidi & Jamie Waltz
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GOLANSKI
WEDDING - GRAND PRINCESS |
Hi Mitch!
Thank you so much for everything! You really made
my wedding planning easy and worry free. The
wedding ceremony and cruise were AMAZING!
Everything was more beautiful than I could have
imagined! Our families really enjoyed the ship and
its many amenities. They all said the wedding
cruise was a WONDERFUL idea and they were very
thankful that the whole family was able to get
together and share in our special day.
Attached are a couple of my favorite wedding
pictures.
Kim Golanski
Picture Attachments: Kim & Andre
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Wedding Chapel and Wedding Cake |
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Mr. & Mrs. Mora -
Tahiti Honeymoon Cruise 2006
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Food: The best ever for sure. Amazing
quality and lot's of it for sure.
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Service: The best I have ever had. Better
than any 5 star hotel.
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Ship: Nice ship but has very limited
amenities (no hot tub, unheated tiny pool,
no pizza/snack bar, etc)
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Itinerary: Bora Bora and Moorea were the
best for sure. I wish we had spent a night
or two on each of these.
Overall, it was a great experience and thanks
for all your help.
Ramy Mora
Hi Mitch
It
was WONDERFUL! I have had you on my
to-do list to get you those
pictures, but things have still been
a bit hectic getting back to the
real world. I will send you some
when I get the time. For now, I
will just tell you that I have some
amazing pictures. It will be hard
to pick which ones to send you! )
The
ship was great - absolutely amazing
crew. Every little thing was taken
care of and all with such kindness.
Not such great service at the
Intercontinental, but the place was
so beautiful that we could ignore
the service for the most part. I
would recommend the cruise to
anyone, and if we go again, the
Sheraton seemed to be the better bet
for an over the water
bungalow. Moorea was definitely my
favorite island so I am very glad
that is where we did our
post-cruise package. It all worked
out so well I know it was meant to
be. Thanks for all your help and
hard work to make it happen. If
anyone asks, I always refer them to
you for a great trip. -Jen
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WOW WEDDING FACTS: Average Land Based Weddings &
Receptions cost $ 26,000.00 and Last 5 Hours
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Destination Wedding Cruises or Resort Weddings Are
the Best Bargains on Earth ( Free Resort Weddings
and Group Discounts for all Family & Friends and
last 3 to 7 days with free food, entertainment and
activities.
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Destination Weddings are now 20% of all Weddings
and Rising Rapidly. BOOK ASAP! See Below !
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Bachlorette
Cruise January 2007
Royal Caribbean's Sovereign of
the Seas
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COOK
/ REYNOLDS WEDDING - EXPLORER OF THE SEAS -
( All the Way From Scotland ) |
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Congratulations To Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Jensen
Newlyweds Spending their Honeymoon in
Tahiti, Moorea & Bora Bora
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It Doesn't Get Any More Romantic Than
This!
The Most Beautiful Islands on Earth |
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Our
Most Courageous Honeymooners
On the Grand Princess June
30, 2002
Mr. & Mrs. David Kandall in Grand Cayman
Ultimate Wall Dive over 1,000
Feet Down |
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Getting Ready to Dive
by the Grand Princess
Life & Color at 1,000' in Total Darkness
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3 Person Submarine
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We had a blast, we have
stayed at 2 Sandals in
Jamacia and thought that
was our favorite however
we loved loved our stay
in the Bahamas. The
butlers were great and
your staff was very
professional. Thanks ...
- Darius B.
- Trinity, NC
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Mitch: "Thank
you for all of your help. I'm glad my web surfing
led me to you."
Regards,
Tammy O'Reilly- ( O'Reilly Family
Reunion Cruise - Explorer of the Seas - Bermuda -
July 29, 2007 )
Hi Mitch: Just got back from the cruise
yesterday. What a fantastic time. With the
exception of hitting a tropical storm on the way
there and the way back everything was better
then we expected. Our dinner seating was right
by the window (thank you so much)!! I will look
for you in the future for another cruise. Once
again thank you for everything. I have great
memories already.
Fondly,
Tammy O'Reilly
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Mitch,
I wanted to say
thank you recommending Aventra Palace.
We had an awesome time. We will be going
back in the future.
Thanks,
Josephine - 2006
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Mitch,
Hey this is Breanna Peterson(Ankrum), I got
a carnival newsletter in the mail the other
day and got to thinking, I never properly
thanked you for helping my husband and I out
with our cruise/wedding last August. We
greatly appreciated it, sorry it took so
long getting back to you. We had a wonderful
time on our cruise. I just wanted to thank
you again and we hope to do business with
you again in the future.
Brett & Breanna Peterson
April 6, 2002
Mitch,
Just wanted to drop you a note to tell you I
had a fantastic time on my Royal Caribbean
cruise. The Explorer of the Seas is a
magnificent ship. I thoroughly enjoyed
the cruise. I will be saving up for my
next cruise and will definitely call you to
make arrangements. Vickie Evans
Hey Mitch,
How have you been?!! I was looking
through some photos the other day and
came across some wedding day pics and
starting thinking of you! I know I
sent you some pictures but I just wanted
to let you know ( if I didn't already)
that you did an amazing job putting all
that together, which of course, we both
know--was not easy! I can't
believe it is approaching a year and 1/2
!!! Crazy how time just goes by! Any
how, I hope all is well and things are
good. Hope to hear from you and
once again THANKS FOR EVERYTHING!!! i
Marlene DiStasio ( and Mike)
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October 29, 2004
Yonkers-Woods Wedding - Carnival's
Fascination - 55 People
Thank you, Mitch! Everything was wonderful.
I will be sure to recommend you to anyone in
need in the future.
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What is a Certified Sandals
Specialist ?
Today's
travelers have a higher expectation of their travel agents.
In response, Travel Agents are growing more specialized and
focused on reliable and desirable destinations such as
Sandals and Beaches Resorts. A Certified Sandals Specialist
specializes in Selling Sandals and Beaches Resorts. These
Travel Agents, and their respective agencies, not only
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partner, but also from the travel industry as Sandals
"experts." The Certified Sandals Specialist Travel Agent has
undergone a required and extensive training through our
education program. A "CSS", as commonly known in the travel
industry, has committed to selling the Sandals and Beaches
products and has acquired up to 12 hours of product
knowledge through a special Ultra Sandals Training Workshop.
The Certified Sandals Specialist Travel Agent is not only
knowledgeable on all aspects of the Sandals and Beaches
products, but has also been to some, if not all, of the
Sandals and Beaches properties. Their insight plays an
important role in assisting you make the right choice when
selecting one of our Sandals or Beaches properties.
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