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Carlanne McCrystal

Member since: Jun 17, 2007
Last activity: Jun 21, 2009

TopDawg Travel

Seattle, Washington 98121

206-728-6064

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What Carlanne does

TopDawg Travel is a highly personalized, boutique travel firm offering travel consulting & personal concierge travel services for the discriminating traveler. Designing a personalized travel itinerary is the first step to true relaxation & enjoyment in today's hectic & stress-filled world. TopDawg Travel has the expertise, the knowledge & the empathy to bring together your desires & your dreams to create the critical components of the perfect vacation.

What Carlanne does best

Carlanne is a Certified Travel Associate (CTA) and destination specialist in the warm, tropical areas (like Hawaii, Aruba, Mexico: Mexican Riviera, Riviera Maya and Cancun, Island of the Caribbean, South Pacific and Mediterranean). Niches include honeymoons and destination weddings, groups and cruises. She is also certified by many countries, hotels & resorts and cruise lines because of her studies and travels. Carlanne also writes for www.examiner.com as the National Romance Travel Examiner (http://www.examiner.com/x-4622-Romance-Travel-Examiner )

What does Carlanne need?

I am looking for newly engaged couples who want a destination wedding or the honeymoon of their dreams, multi-generational families looking for a family reunion vacation, religious groups who want to travel to their spiritual roots, affinity groups such as golfers, arts & crafts (jewelry making, quilters, soft doll sculpturers), or sports related hobbies and interests, and small businesses who want to reward employees for increases in sales or customer service satisfaction.

Education

Carlanne believes education is ongoing and a requirement to be a professional travel consultant.  We live in an ever-changing world and staying up-to-date on all facets of the travel business is critical to her clients satisfaction in their travel experience.  Education is for life, and, travel is the experience.  She is a Certified Travel Associate (The Travel Institute) as well as many industry certifications from suppliers of travel (such as Disney, Marriott Hotels and Resorts, Wynn Hotel & Resort, Ramada Hotels, Princess Cruise Lines, Cunard, NCL, RCCL,and Ourigger Hotels/Resorts, among others). Carlanne attends industry seminars, tradeshows and classes in her continual pursuit to bring the best of travel to her customers. Education is never-ending with TopDawg Travel!

Experience

Carlanne lived in Hawaii for about 28 years and knows all the islands very well, besides having completed the Destination Specialist program offered by the state/islands.  She has arranged honeymoons, "babymoons", cruises, individual travel (such as unaccompanied children going for summer vacations with their non-custodial parent), dream vacations, spa vacations, and long weekend vacations.


Carlanne's location

Seattle, Washington 98121