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Experiences Close to Home (Houston Area) October – December 2024
Hello again! This is Donna and Jason here! I will occasionally send out some opportunities closer to home you might enjoy. As I say you don’t have to necessarily Travel far to have a great time and learn something new. I have a few experiences coming up to share! 2. If you have never been to a Candlelight Event at the Lone Star Flight Museum at Ellington Field, they have great shows set in the setting of the hangers at the museum. We went to a Flamenco Concert that reminded us of our time in Barcelona, Spain. In October for Halloween they will be having: Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of…
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Viator Deals
If you are new to the Pursuing Travel with the Millers Travel Deals and News Newsletter welcome! You either signed up on our webpage or at the Back to School Bash at Bondy! Viator is one of the travel platforms that has helped us travel the world more easily. We have used them to book private and shared guided tours, walking tours, hop-on hop off busses, Ghost Tours, haunted houses, airport transportation and more in many of the 60+ countries we have been to. There prices are reasonable and it’s a good group we have found that will work with tour operators and help you if needed. They offer tours…
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Travel Deals – Mid August 2024
If you are starting to think about Winter trips or trips for 2025 deals are starting to roll in. For now we have deals in Europe and deals if your family is looking to have a Universal Vacation in Orlando, Florida. Check them out and contact Donna Miller to book your trip or help with any other trip you might be looking into! Email: donnamiller.etfamilytravel@gmail.com 2. If you want to visit the United Kingdom Gate 1 guided tours is offering a deal: 3. If you would like to travel in luxury and visit France Viking River Cruises is offering a deal. You must be a previous guest for this one.…
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Cruise and Guided Tour Deals for the End of July!
I am going to start posting different deals that are ongoing through ET Family Travel and different vendors to try to help you all find deals so you can get out and travel in a more affordable way. Don’t forget to subscribe to blog posts so you do not miss a deal! Here are the deals for that are good mostly until the end of this month: Gate 1 Guided Tours – Gate 1 is a company that offers guided bus tours, hiking tours and river cruises around the world. They operate in nearly every continent in the world. Deal: Save $200 on Escorted Tours and River Cruises. Save $100…
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Show Empathy and Help Others in Need
When I travel I meet a lot of different people. Some are traveling overseas for the first time, some might be going on a cruise for the first time or they are heading to the United States for a long awaited trip. I usually talk to people on my travels and I have made some great friends still to this day. When I can I try to help others when traveling and during my professional life as well. Travel Experiences There has been many times when I have been on trips and I’ve seen people who are struggling or need advice. During travel you will almost always get busy dealing…
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Have a Plan Before You Go
I’ve heard many stories of people going on a trip with no plan and just winging it when they get there. That can be an exciting trip and I’ve done a last minute trip before where I planned the flights and everything a few days before we left. It worked out that time pretty well but much of the time traveling with no plan or research can lead to a mess in the end. Travel Experiences For us when we travel we are usually doing our research on the destination, purchasing flights, hotels and tours a few months ahead of the trip. We always start by of course where we…
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When Things Go Wrong Work as a Team
In both Software Engineering and Travel things definitely can go wrong. On a large scale people have seen when a combination of IT and Travel issues with Major Airlines and other services have had computer issues that have brought people’s travel to a standstill and caused great stress. Travel Experiences In my travels my wife and I have had plenty of issues that have left us stranded and scrambling to find a way to our destination or back home. In 2017 we went to New Mexico and Hurricane Harvey caused major flooding in Houston. We ended up stranded in New Mexico for a week. In 2021 while in Phoenix the…
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Lessons from Traveling and Software Development
I have found over all my travels and my software development experience that there are many lessons that can be learned from travel that can be put into practice as technical professionals to make us and our companies better. If you are not familiar with me, my name is Jason Miller and I have near 15 years of Software Development Experience working at both small and large (Fortune 500) companies and I’ve worked in a variety of types of development. I have coded Energy Measurement, Invoicing and Accounting, and custom HR software. Most recently I have been developing Workday software using Workday Extend. Before I became a developer I first…
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A 2023 Year in Review
2023 was like any other year a year of a mixed bag. For us personally we had some great travel and added a variety of new countries and experiences to what we have done. For the World its still a very challenging time. Since 2020 there have been many world wide issues and disasters that have occurred so it makes travel more complicated for sure. There have been multiple Earthquakes, strong storms, wildfires and other natural disasters that have devastated areas of our world. There have been manmade disasters in the War in Ukraine and the new Israeli-Palestinian conflict amongst other conflicts such as unrest and war in African countries…
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Vaccinations for International Travel
When traveling internationally you check into things like what flights to take, what is the weather like in the country when you are going, what kind of currency do they have and many other things. One thing people might forget is preparing for possible diseases and health issues you might encounter when traveling. When heading to a sunny tropical beach thinking about have I got the recommended shots is probably the last thing you are thinking about but it is something to consider. While most likely you will be just fine, but I always like to prepare just in case because getting sick while abroad is no fun and you…
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Experiences Close to Home (Houston Area) October – December 2024
