Education – Victoria's Travel Adventures

Tips for Travel Blogging.

Ahhh September, the start of my favorite course, “Niche Tourism and Travel.” In this course we develop Travel Blogs, build Twitter feeds and Create Facebook Pages. Students usually look at me with bewilderment when we start, so in keeping with past advice, I offer you the following tips on how to start. 1) Make sureContinue reading “Tips for Travel Blogging.”

Snowshoeing in Haliburton and tips to the Graduating Class of 2015

A little birdy recently told me that people wanted me to blog more. “I can’t cope”, I moaned, “I am teaching awesome classes, raising a beautiful family, trying to stay warm and studying an MBA! How can I blog?” He told me it could be worse. All week I have thought about that. It couldContinue reading “Snowshoeing in Haliburton and tips to the Graduating Class of 2015”

Walt Disney World 2014

Hi Everyone, I have been travelling like crazy this month and have finally recovered from my most recent trip to Orlando and am ready to Blog! I will be reviewing; Two Walt Disney World Theme Parks, The Walt Disney World Swan Resort, Southwest Airlines and Transportation in Orlando I should have all the reviews postedContinue reading “Walt Disney World 2014”

Past Grads, Jack Johnson and Commitment

In the past two weeks I have heard from some of my Grads, whose success stories have put wind in my sails. I had the privilege of hearing Malcolm Gladwell speak at the “Art of Marketing” conference in Toronto, and finally got to see Jack Johnson, play some of my favorite music at his concertContinue reading “Past Grads, Jack Johnson and Commitment”

A note to my Grads….

It has been a long two years for my 2014 Grads and we are now in our final week of classes. Many students have great jobs lined up to jump into in the next few weeks and others plan on travelling and exploring the world this summer prior to getting their first job in theContinue reading “A note to my Grads….”

What makes a great travel blog?

As I sat down in front of my computer to start marking student’s travel blogs, I had a stack of Rubrics sitting next to me. There were certain things that students had to do to achieve marks. They needed tags, categories and three well written Blog articles that were approximately 250 words long. What IContinue reading “What makes a great travel blog?”

River Rafting, Eco Tourism, Niche Tourism and Marketing

Today was a good day. I drank water out of a stream, paddled down a river, acted out a Native American legend and got to watch my students learn about Niche Tourism. There is no doubt that learning by doing is the best way to learn. I watched my students see the importance of Tourism on localContinue reading “River Rafting, Eco Tourism, Niche Tourism and Marketing”