Once in a Lifetime Travel

11/05/2026

Your wedding resort has two jobs: host your celebration and be somewhere your guests will enjoy staying. 🌴

Before choosing, think about:

✨ Whether children will be coming
✨ Where everyone will be flying from
✨ The range of guest budgets
✨ Accessibility and mobility needs
✨ The atmosphere you want

A beautiful ceremony photo is a lovely beginning. Finding the right fit takes a little more conversation.

Thinking about your options? Send me a message.

11/03/2026

Imagine arriving a few days before your wedding and having time to actually enjoy being together. 🌴

A swim with your favourite people. Dinner with family. A quiet morning with your partner before the celebrations begin.

That is part of the appeal of a destination wedding: the memories can stretch beyond the wedding day itself.

Would you picture a small celebration with your closest people, or a bigger group making a holiday of it? 🤍

11/02/2026

Anniversary trip, vow renewal, or honeymoon—whatever the occasion, make it extra special with moments like this. 🥂🍓 Let us help you plan a romantic getaway you’ll cherish forever.

11/01/2026

Before you start saving wedding resorts, have these three conversations. 💍

🤍 Who would you love to have there?
🤍 What travel budget might feel comfortable for your guests?
🤍 What time of year would work for you?

You do not need perfect answers. Even a rough idea helps narrow the possibilities.

The beautiful ceremony matters. So does choosing a trip that works for the people you hope will share it.

Save this for your first wedding planning conversation.

10/30/2026

Dreaming of Japan? Start with somewhere extraordinary to stay. 🇯🇵✨

The right hotel can be a memorable part of the journey. Our blog, “10 Best Hotels in Japan for a Luxury Stay,” offers a little inspiration for your next adventure.

Pour yourself a coffee and start dreaming:
https://www.onceinalifetimetravel.ca/blog/10-best-hotels-in-japan-for-a-luxury-stay/4074

Is Japan on your travel wish list? Let us know in the comments, or send us a message to start planning. ✈️

If you have a luxury tour to Japan on the cards, lucky you.

10/30/2026

🎄 If your idea of the perfect holiday includes twinkling lights, mulled w**e, hand-crafted ornaments, and storybook villages... this is your Avalon cruise.

You're a Christmas Market Traveler if:

✅ You'd rather collect memories than more stuff
✅ You think a European Christmas market belongs on everyone's bucket list
✅ You want to experience the magic without constantly packing and unpacking

🎁 Your Match:

Christmastime on the Romantic Rhine (Northbound)

Sail from Basel to Frankfurt aboard an Avalon Suite Ship® while visiting some of Europe's most beloved Christmas market destinations, including:

🎄 Strasbourg, France
🎄 Heidelberg, Germany
🎄 Rüdesheim, Germany
🎄 Cologne, Germany
🎄 Germany's Black Forest region

✨ Why I love this one:

Most people think they need to choose one Christmas market city. This itinerary lets you experience multiple iconic Christmas markets while unpacking only once.

🎅 Would this be your dream way to celebrate the holiday season?

Drop a 🎄 in the comments if European Christmas markets are on your travel bucket list!

10/28/2026

The weather in Newfoundland is getting colder… which makes this a perfectly reasonable time to think about somewhere warmer. ☀️🌴

If a winter escape has been on your mind, I’d love to help you turn “we should go somewhere” into something on the calendar.

A week on the beach, a family adventure, or a little time away for just the two of you. Whatever you’re imagining, let’s find a trip that fits your wish list and your budget.

💬 Send me a message with where you’d love to go, when you’re hoping to travel, and who’s coming along. We’ll start there!

Once in a Lifetime Travel ✈️

10/20/2026

Meet Chris Neary

Chief Heavy Lifter, Setup Extraordinaire & Occasional Golf Trip Host

Every great travel agency needs someone who can lift the heavy things, set up the displays, load the vehicles and figure out how to make everything fit. At Once in a Lifetime Travel, that someone is Chris.

Chris is our unofficial Head of Logistics, Chief Problem Solver and all around behind the scenes guy. From hauling supplies to setting up events, he's usually the one called when something needs to be moved, assembled or fixed.

But Chris isn't always doing the heavy lifting. Occasionally, he gets the much better assignment of hosting custom golf trips, where his responsibilities involve considerably less setup and considerably more time on the fairway.

Specialties: Heavy lifting, event setup, last minute problem solving and finding an excellent excuse to go golfing.

Official title: Other Duties as Assigned (Usually by Jennifer).

10/19/2026

MEET THE TEAM | DAWN HENSTRIDGE-BRAKE

Travel Advisor

For almost 25 years, Dawn has worked as a neonatal intensive care nurse, helping families through some of life's most emotional and challenging moments.

That experience has given her a deep appreciation for something we can all relate to: just how precious time together really is.

When she's not at the hospital, you'll often find Dawn researching destinations, planning her next adventure or dreaming about new places to explore with family and friends.

Her love of travel and attention to detail led her to become a Travel Advisor with Once in a Lifetime Travel. She enjoys getting to know her clients, understanding what matters most to them and creating vacations that feel truly personal.

For Dawn, the best part of travel isn't simply reaching a destination. It's the opportunity to reconnect, celebrate and make memories with the people you love.

Her approach? Less time worrying about the details and more time enjoying the experience.

🌎 Specialties: Bespoke Vacations | Personalized Getaways | Family & Friends Travel

📞 709-764-0768 [email protected]

If you've been dreaming about a getaway, Dawn would love to help make it happen!

10/19/2026

MEET THE TEAM | KIM NUGENT

Travel Advisor

Kim loves planning vacations almost as much as she loves taking them!

Her travels have taken her from the beautiful beaches of the Caribbean and Hawaii to Europe, Ireland, the UK and destinations across North America.

She's cruised the Caribbean, sailed the Danube, backpacked through Europe and the Greek Islands, and enjoyed some unforgettable adventures along the way, including ziplining in Jamaica, hot-air ballooning in British Columbia and flying over a volcano in Hawaii.

And here's a fun fact: Kim was married on beautiful Grace Bay Beach in Turks and Caicos!

Kim especially enjoys planning cruises, European adventures, romantic getaways, honeymoons, anniversary celebrations and those bucket-list trips people have dreamed about for years.

She's also a Princess Cruises Academy Commodore, bringing additional expertise to clients exploring cruise vacations.

Her favourite part of the job? Getting to know her clients and putting all the little details together to create a vacation that feels just right.

🌎 Travel Specialties: Ocean & River Cruises | European Travel | Honeymoons & Anniversaries | Bucket-List Vacations

If you love to travel but don't love planning it, Kim would be delighted to help!

709-685-8967
[email protected]