My first travel to Europe in 1974 confirmed my love of travel and seeing new places, and so it begins. I started working for Sofitel Hotels, then on to a major car rental company and in 1978 I started with my first travel agency in Minneapolis. It was the largest Corporate Agency in the mid west and I continued in the Corporate Travel reservations side of travel in California. When I married I downsized to a small "mom and pop" agency in San Ramon, it rekindled my love of Europe and leisure travel. I became a fully independent consultant in 1990 and worked through two agencies at the time. The Gulf War brought on a whole new "appreciation of the travel agency business" and I began to see who was in it for the long haul. I continued to be an independent contractor and worked from home through the same agency in San Ramon for 25+ years...Read more