11/09/2026
What a WEEK! My first Dream Vacations National Conference, and one I’ll never forget! 🚢✨
After an incredible week aboard Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas for IGNITE 2026, I’m feeling inspired, grateful, and excited about what comes next!
Between educational sessions, supplier meetings, cocktail, parties, and dinners, I strengthened relationships, lots of new friends, and came away with new ideas to ignite my business. I especially enjoyed connecting with fellow Dream Vacations franchise owners, exchanging ideas, and learning how they use different tools, technology, and strategies to grow their businesses.
A highlight was spending time with the executive leadership of Dream Vacations and our parent company, World Travel Holdings. From dinners with our CEO and COO and several Vice Presidents, I appreciated how approachable and genuinely invested everyone was in our success. The incredible number of compliments, kind words, and encouragement I received throughout the week meant more than I can express. ❤️
I also had the honor of speaking on 2 panels, sharing what I’ve learned from nearly a decade of building my travel business. Hearing from advisors afterward who told me they learned something they could put into practice was incredibly rewarding.
What stood out most was the sense of community. Being surrounded by people who share their knowledge, celebrate each other’s successes, and genuinely want to see one another succeed is something special.
Walt Disney said, “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” And one of my favorite quotes from Bob Iger is, “The riskiest thing we can do is just maintain the status quo.”
Both capture what I believe about growing a business. Keep learning, try new things, share what you know, and never stop improving.
Of course, we also found time to enjoy Star of the Seas, Perfect Day at CocoCay, St. Thomas, and St. Maarten, making some wonderful memories along the way!
Thank you to everyone who made my first Dream Vacations National Conference such a memorable experience. 💙
