by Mary Charleson | Jan 8, 2021 | Travel industry news, When a pandemic strikes
The other night I was channel surfing movies, and a segment caught my eye showing people on planes, in airports, dining and dancing and generally living a carefree life. But the thing that startled me was my internal reaction. “Where’s the social distancing? How about...
by Mary Charleson | Sep 12, 2020 | USA
Had I known last September 2019, when I drove the Bear Tooth Mountain Highway from Billings Montana, on my way to Yellowstone National Park days before it would close for the season due to snow at high elevations, that America would be ravaged by a pandemic when it...
by Mary Charleson | Aug 5, 2020 | Europe, When a pandemic strikes
Our Ibizia rental car had come to a stop, somewhere close to the Czech Republic and Austria border, on a country road in the middle of seemingly nowhere. There was nothing on the horizon in our 360 view except fields of dead flowers, somewhat symbolic of our cell...
by Mary Charleson | Jun 18, 2020 | Travel industry news, When a pandemic strikes
By Co-contributors: Mary Charleson and Barbara Cameron Mary Charleson, the author, has been a marketing consultant, speaker and writer at www.fiveminutemarketing.com for the last 20 years. Since launching www.carryonequeen.com in 2018, a travel content site for female...
by Mary Charleson | May 25, 2020 | Canada, Travel industry news, When a pandemic strikes
If you’re an avid skier like me, you’re likely wondering what the next ski season will look like at Whistler. But, beyond the usual speculation about snowfall, the 2020/21 season is susceptible to where the current pandemic will leave us. It has been clear, for the...