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 | Jim Buckley, CTA
Interests & Specialties
Luxury travel, family and group travel
Expert Bio
After 35 distinguished years as an executive with Coca-Cola, Jim turned his passion for travel into a second career. Already well traveled, Jim founded Buckley's Escorted Tours of Distinction featuring personally-hosted escorted tours based on the concept of extraordinary service. Buckley's worked exclusively through Island Travel until Jim purchased the agency in 2001 in partnership with managing director Carlo Hilliard. Jim's management skills helped him assemble a staff of the finest and most knowledgeable travel professionals to be found. Jim is proud that his team's efforts have made Island Travel the Lowcountry's #1 Travel Agency (recently voted such in the Island Packet's 2006 Readers' Poll!).
Jim and his wife Marty have traveled to every corner of the globe as travel guides and hosts. Jim is a Virtuoso Certified Travel Specialist.
Contact: jim@islandtvl.com
My Recent Trips
During recent years we have been able to travel to destinations designed to help our clients make the best travel decisions possible. Destinations include China, Vietnam, Russia, and many countries in South America, Africa and Europe. Most recently we have visited Dubai; The Seychelles; Bordeaux, Honfluer and Nice, France; Lisbon, Portugal; and southern Spain. For 2007, we'll be escorting the Paul Gauguin in Tahiti in November and several other programs currently under development.
|  | Carlo Hilliard, CTC
Interests & Specialties
Luxury Cruises, Escorted Tours, Independent tours and packages. Carlo is personally familiar with all of the deluxe cruise and tour operators including companies such as Silverseas, Regent Seven Seas, Crystal Cruises, Seabourn Cruises, Tauck Tours and others.
Expert Bio
Our long-time part owner and Managing Partner of Island Travel, Carlo has 25 years of travel counseling experience including 20 of them on Hilton Head. Having traveled the world, Carlo's depth of knowledge and winning personality have made her both a favorite contact for Lowcountry travelers and a mentor to our staff.
carlo@islandtvl.com
My Recent Trips
Mediterranean cruise aboard the yacht Le Ponant with Tauck World Discovery; QE 2 transatlantic sailing with touring in London and environs; Princess Cruise in the Mediterranean with a transatlantic return; Walt Disney World and Carnival Cruise with her granddaughter.
|  | Clem Dietze
Interests & Specialties
Nature, Ecology, Birding and Adventure Touring, Safaris, Expedition and Adventure Cruising, Luxury Cruising, Escorted Tours, Independent Travel including self-drive, rail, and hosted programs.
Expert Bio
Clem began learning the ropes in 1960 with the legendary firm of Thos. Cook in New York. He traveled the entire world as a cruise shore excursion leader and then manager and as a tour escort. Moving on to travel counseling, he then managed several offices for Cook before resigning from the firm in 1974 as Eastern Regional Manager to found his own agency in Baltimore. In 1995 he sold that agency and moved to Hilton Head Island, opening Migrations Travel. In 2002 he sold that agency and now brings his 44 years of travel expertise to Island Travel. Clem is a Virtuoso-Accredited Counselor
clem@islandtvl.com
My Recent Trips
Crystal Serenity cruise; expedition cruise and land tour to Costa Rica & Panama; Independent touring in Belize, Europe, Southeast Asia, and Africa; west coast Mexico aboard the Regent Seven Seas Mariner; exploration of inns in Asheville, NC, and western NC; exploration of coastal cultural activities in Washington, DC and Baltimore and along the Eastern shore of MD and in VA.
|  | Julie Flaherty, CTA
Interests & Specialties
Escorted and Independent Tours. Cruises. Family Travel. Spas and vacation packages including all-inclusive resorts.
Expert Bio
Julie came to Island Travel in 1995 after a 14-year career in worldwide corporate travel with her family's agency in New Jersey. Leisure travel is now her specialty and she excels as a Travel Counselor. Julie's vivaciousness and caring dedication to her clients are invaluable assets to Island Travel.
julie@islandtvl.com
My Recent Trips
Caribbean cruise aboard the Caribbean Princess of Princess Cruises; Celebrity Cruises to Bermuda; London and environs; Crystal Cruises Caribbean (Serenity)
|  | Stephen Quinton, CTA
Interests & Specialties
Independent travel, Central America, cruises (especially small ship), soft adventure travel
Expert Bio
Originally from Illinois and a graduate of the University of Illinois. After a first career as a purchasing agent in the healthcare industry, Steve made the switch to travel. His travel experience includes corporate and government travel, most recently managing the travel office at nearby Parris Island, but Steve prefers leisure travel!
steve@islandtvl.com
My Recent Trips
New England, Italy, London, Costa Rica, Caribbean cruises
|  | Linda Bailey, CTA
Interests & Specialties
Cruises; special event management (boat shows, conventions, and group meetings).
Expert Bio
A former agency owner, Linda returned to the travel industry in January, 2007, after several years of managing vacation properties in the Beaufort islands area. She has recently attained Virtuoso accreditation as well as working on her Captain ranking with Princess Cruises. She is a member of Rotary and a charter member of Sea Island Presbyterian Church. She is an avid boater, having lived aboard for 8 years in the Beaufort area.
My Recent Trips
Prior travel to London, Australia, New Zealand. Cruises to Bermuda on Celebrity; Caribbean on NCL; and ship inspections on Princess Cruises and Carnival.
|  | Vernon Haynes, CTC
Interests & Specialties
Group tours & independent travel are Vern's forte. He has also acted as tour manager/director for numerous trips in the US, Canada and Europe.
Expert Bio
As one of the area's first Certified Travel Counselors, Vern has over 50 years travel industry experience. Over the years, Vern has acted as Director of Travel Services for the Bank of Beaufort; was instrumental in establishing agencies on Parris Island and on Hilton Head; operated his own agency in Beaufort; and most recently was a travel counselor with Accent on Travel, which was purchased by Island Travel in September, 2006. At the time of the filming of the movie Glory in nearby Savannah, GA, Vern was responsible for production travel for movie stars and staff members from all over the country, often with little notice.
My Recent Trips
A refresher visit to London and Paris and a re-discovery tour of Central Europe (including Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany) are recent trips that Vern has taken.
|  | Yvonne Malone, CTA
Interests & Specialties
Caribbean and Alaska Destination Specialist. Enjoy working with groups for family and class reunion cruises. Independent travel to Caribbean, Costa Rica, Hawaii and South America. Also honeymoon planner.
Expert Bio
Started cruising in 1973 which led to a love for cruise travel. Recently was a travel counselor with Beaufort Travel, the original full-service agency in North Beaufort County.
My Recent Trips
Alaska; Caribbean; Panama Canal; Bermuda
|  | Liz Morrison
Interests & Specialties
Cruises including barging and river cruising; escorted tours and independent travel; group travel; specialty walking and hiking tours.
Expert Bio
A graduate of the University of Connecticut, Liz began counseling travelers in Connecticut in the 1970's. She has been on Island Travel's staff for 20 years. A world traveler, Liz's special areas of expertise are Hawaii, Ireland, Scotland, and mainland Europe. Liz also has experience with multigenerational family groups, planning memory-making family adventures for grandparents, children and grandchildren.
liz@islandtvl.com
My Recent Trips
In 2007 I cruised on Oceania from Barcelona to Athens in April; in July I visited Glacier National Park for some hiking and other outdoor activities; and I recently returned from a Celebrity Cruise round-trip Dover through Scandinavia & Russia. In the past I've done an independent tour of Colorado and Utah National Parks including Mesa Verde, Monument Valley, Arches, Bryce Canyon and Zion; Viking River Danube River cruise from Basel to Antwerp and another Viking River cruise on the Danube from Budapest to Nurnberg; and Holland America's Oosterdam to the Western Caribbean. I also love hiking tours and has done many of these including a spectacular heli-hiking trip in The Canadian Rockies which combines helicopter travel to remote sites with gentle hiking in unspoiled areas. Other trips include a Holland America cruise to the Mexican Riviera, a Caribbean cruise on Oceania Cruises Regatta, and a Clipper Cruise Line cruise on the Sea of Cortez which included whale watching, birding, and hiking on deserted islands.
|  | Barbara Loosbrock
Interests & Specialties
Cruises, escorted tours, and independent travel. Rail travel expert. Group & Family travel. Package vacations.
Expert Bio
Barbara is a 49-year veteran travel counselor who started her career with Cartan Tours in Chicago. She moved on to Honolulu and then Madison Travel in New Jersey. Moving to Hilton Head in 1995, Barbara has served both Lowcountry travelers and her many clients from past associations with several agencies. In 2003 she joined the Island Travel team. We are delighted to have her expertise onboard.
bl@islandtvl.com
My Recent Trips
Arizona in depth. Viking River Cruises voyage on the rivers of France followed by a tour of Normandy. Princess Cruises Alaska cruise/tour.
|  | Maureen Smith, CTC
Interests & Specialties
Golf Travel. Active & Adventure Travel. Small Ship Cruising. Escorted and Independent luxury tours and packages. Spa and Wellness Travel.
Expert Bio
Mo is a second-generation travel consultant, having co-owned and managed a large corporate agency in suburban Washington, DC, before moving to Hilton Head in 1986. In 1992 she started Fore'n Shore Golf Holidays, a successful Hilton Head-based golf travel company. Shortly thereafter she owned and operated Travel Smith, Inc, a full service travel agency until joining Island Travel as an Independent Leisure Travel Consultant in 2004.
Mo earned the coveted CTC (Certified Travel Counselor) designation in 1983 and has twice been nominated as the Hilton Head Island Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneur of the Year.
Dedicated to a high level of service and professionalism, Mo has been named to "Travel & Leisure Magazine's A-List: Top 125 Travel agents in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and again in 2007.
mo@islandtvl.com
My Recent Trips
Mo has traveled extensively throughout Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, the USA, and the Caribbean. Her specialties include active & adventure travel, spa & wellness travel, golf travel, and small ship cruising.
Her recent trips include heli-hiking the Canadian Rockies with Tauck World Discovery, Canyon Ranch, Tucson's Life Enhancement Center, hiking the Grand Canyon, a Grand European River cruise on The Swiss Pearl from Basel to Amsterdam, a 12-day Caribbean cruise on Oceania Cruises' Regatta, hiking in Italy's Cinque Terre and Tuscany, Ireland by private car (a six sisters reunion trip), and a Spa Tour of Santa Fe, New Mexico. In March Mo cruised the Baja on a small ship adventure with Clipper Cruises and recently participated in a trip to inspect luxury resorts in Jamaica.
|  | Lincoln "Linc" Tumey
Interests & Specialties
Cruises, escorted groups and individual tours, independent travel. Linc has arranged a number of very successful fund-raising cruises.
Expert Bio
Lincoln E “Linc” Tumey has recently relocated to Sun City from Ft Myers, Florida, after vacationing in the area for 27 years. Linc also entered the travel industry after a career in hospital administration. He served as manager of a full-service agency for seven years and has been an independent travel consultant for the last 5 years. Linc has designed individual tours and arranged escorted tours for many clients from all over the US to Europe, Israel, Australia/New Zealand and Hawaii. For the past three years, Linc has arranged fund-raiser cruises for his church, the most recent netting over $6,000. Each year these cruises have grown in the number of participants and the amount of money raised.
linc@islandtvl.com
My Recent Trips
Europe, Israel, Australia/New Zealand, Hawaii, Germany, Switzerland and Scandinavia. The highlight of his travel to date was a 14-day river cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest in 2005.
|  | John Pagluica
Interests & Specialties
Judi & John enjoy the sun, the beaches, the history of the world and sharing their knowledge of travel. Now living in Hilton Head (formerly from Ridgewood, NJ), John has owned a printing business and enjoys photography, computers and gardening. Judi enjoys walking the beach, listening to music and sports, baking cookies and traveling!
Expert Bio
We are experienced travelers and tour directors, having organized and/or escorted tours to Bermuda, Mexico, Grand Cayman, Italy, Ireland, Scotland, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and Russia. John & Judi are both Virtuoso hosts and have escorted cruises around Italy, on the western coast of Mexico and 2 Seabourn cruises to Panama Canal & Costa Rica and Asia Cities (Bangkok, Singapore, Saigon, and Hong Kong). John has destination specializations for the MGM Grand, Grand Cayman and Cancun, Mexico and in-depth knowledge of villas in Italy, having spent 6 weeks in Italian villas in 2007. They are currently planning an African program for 2010.
My Recent Trips
Holland during tulip time; Washington, DC, in the spring.
|  | Rick & Annelle Weymuth
Interests & Specialties
Rick & Annelle Weymuth LOVE traveling - have passport, will travel! They also enjoy having a good time, reflected in Rick's goofy Christmas Tree hat from Disney World that he is wearing in the picture. Rick and Annelle are on the go both in and outside the US so with cellphones and laptops, their office is really a virtual one. They live both on Hilton Head Island and Maryville (Missouri), where they spent many years.
Expert Bio
Both Rick & Annelle have enjoyed distinguished careers in the academic world, but upon retirement as emeritus professors from Northwest Missouri State University in 2001, they decided to continue guiding tours for the fun of it! They have conducted choir, student and alumni trips all over the world for over 20 years. The travel bug had bitten firmly enough that they decided to continue offering group tours in retirement and are delighted to be part of the travel professionals at Island Travel.
My Recent Trips
Rick and Annelle recently hosted a river cruise entitled "The Danube's Enchanted Valleys & Festivals of Music." In fall of 2007, they will host a group to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. Plans for 2008 include groups on Holland America for a cruise-tour of Alaska, and a fall 2008 tour to Britain and Ireland.
|  | Tom Miller
Interests & Specialties
Cruises and tours throughout the world. Extensive group travel history with blue water fishing and diving in North, Central and South America. Special interest in overseas real estate investment opportunities.
Expert Bio
Tom's travel interests started young, accompanying his executive father throughout Europe and the Caribbean. As a podiatrist in Beaufort County for many years, the opportunity to acquire Beaufort Travel proved too tempting to pass up. He enjoyed operating the business for 13 years with his wife, Jane, and a great group of travel counselors. The changing travel environment and admiration for Jim Buckley's marketing expertise led to Island Travel's acquisition of Beaufort Travel in 2007.
My Recent Trips
Panama; Nicaragua
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You have a doctor, lawyer, banker and accountant. They are your professional helpers and so is your travel counselor.
Vacations are an important part of your life. Planning one requires care and attention to detail. Doing it on your own can be as risky as self-diagnosing an illness. You deserve a great vacation without unpleasant surprises. If you're thinking about cruises, escorted tours, family groups, destination weddings/events or independent travel, Island Travel has the expertise you need.
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