New York City is one of my favourite cities in the world. It’s exciting, buzzing, there’s always something going on, and I can pretend I’m in an episode of Sex and the City. When I’m there, it’s hard to remember that there’s a world that exists outside NYC.
Some beautiful and exciting sites exist outside New York City | Image by OpalMirror
But – newsflash – it does! And what a world it is. New York State has a lot to offer, and it’s about time NYC stepped aside and let its equally diverse and adventurous sister step into the limelight.
New York State, I’m giving you a big High Five! Show us what you’ve got.
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Here at STA Travel HQ, we’ve been hearing a lot of talk about Japan lately. Not only do we seem to be getting more enquiries about travel there, the Land of the Rising Sun has captured the hearts of a few of us in the office, too.
It’s easy to see why. From sushi to sumo to shopping to loads of amazing things that don’t begin with ‘s’, Japan has a lot to offer. In fact, we think it has so much to offer, that we’re going to give it a big High Five.
Head to the bright lights of Japan | Image by kevin dooley
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Woops! Apologies for the late Deal Reel; it got frozen solid and I had to chuck a bottle of antifreeze over it at the weekend to thaw out. It’s a little bit stiff but… hurrah, it works! Let’s give it a spin and see what exclusive worldwide offers we have this week…
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Our new brochures are whirling through the printing presses right now, which is all pretty exciting for our team of Product Managers, who scour the land in search of the best tours around the world.
I caught up with Anna Borthwick, whose job it is to unearth the tour products for the Americas. Can you imagine having Anna’s job? Hunting the North and South America for the most exciting adventures to deliver to you, our STA Travel customers.
I have a sinister side, so I set Anna a challenge. Out of all of the brand new small group tours that we sell in North America, could she extract her favourite seven.
She winced.
I glared.
She winced some more.
“But they’re all my favourites!” she decried. I glared some more, while a wry grin seeped across my face. “OK,” she sighed. “I’ll do it, but only if you post it on the STA Travel Blog so that people can read about my selection.”
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Have you ever woken up in the early hours of the morning, and wished that an STA Travel Expert was there to answer your burning questions? Well, now you can. Almost.
This is Ask the Experts. Granted, it’s not the most imaginative name for a feature. But I reckon you get the gist. You do the Ask part. We’ll do the Expert part.
We’ve lined up three of our finest travel experts from around the nation, to preside over your travel questions. In no particular order (unless you know your A-Zs) we have Heather from our Nottingham branch; Kim from STA Travel Dundee; and Mark from our branch in Belfast.
If you have a question that you would like to put to one of our resident experts, drop an email to social [at] statravel [dot] co [dot] uk, with the words ‘Ask the Experts’ in the subject line.
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