Twelve years ago I retired from Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers after twenty years. It's hard to believe as the years have flown by and I have loved retirement. Well retirement sort of. After retirement from RBA, I worked for two years, two days a week at Kings Links Golf Course. I wanted to go to Europe for six weeks and golf courses aren't happy with summer vacations. I gave them a year's notice so it was a nice departure.
Then I started working as an outside cruise consultant for Expedia CruiseShip Centers at Morgan Creek. Nice people but it was cruises only and my friend Jeanie worked at Maritime Travel in the mall next to our complex. A full service travel agency, been in business for over 60 years with 115 offices across Canada. I only book for friends and the people I work with are awesome!
I was told when I retired to get a hobby. I have it, travel! Working at Maritime lets me talk about what I love to do and help book people on their trips of a lifetime!
My next cruise is in 9 days 3 hours and 26 minutes! If anyone is waiting for a good deal, good luck. Travel pricing is just like the grocery store, it keeps going up! I booked an economy flight in January for three of us from Vancouver to Los Angeles for spring break. The flight cost was booked through the cruise line as it's cheaper. $748.00 Canadian per person, before seats and baggage costs! I checked today and the same flight is $1,069.27! The cruise price has gone down, but I got the third passenger free so the price I paid for the cruise was better than today's price. Time to start packing!
