About Royal Travel Center
Since 1981 Royal Travel Center has been providing the best possible professional care and services for the assurance of our clients' travel and vacation expectations. Our policy is never to compromise our standards of quality, care, service and value.
We are destination and cruise specialists. Our accreditations and degrees include:
BRIT AGENT
AUSSIE SPECIALIST
TASMANIA SPECIALIST
OUTBACK SPECIALIST
SCOTSMASTER
HOLLAND TRAVEL PROFESSIONAL
SWITZERLAND NETWORK SPECIALIST
AUSTRIAN CERTIFIED TRAVEL SPECIALIST
IRELAND SHAMROCK CLUB
MASTER CRUISE COUNSELOR
KIWI SPECIALIST
FIJI SPECIALIST
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We can customize itineraries for you and or your group for whatever your interests to include:
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Antiques
Shopping
Spa
History
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Gardens
The Arts
Theatre
Adventure
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Golf
Stately Homes
Food & Wine
Theme Cruises
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Sports teams (recently Atlanta Old Whites Rugby Scotland Tour)
Clan Reunions (recently Clan MacFarlane's 25th Reunion in Scotland)
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Tasmanian Wombat
Beaut!
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Vive le Cognac
Mais Oui !
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Kings College Cambridge, England - Spot on!
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Recent Trips
April/May 2007
France: Champagne, Lorraine, Alsace
London/ Queen Mary 2 Southampton/ New York
- 4 nights in unforgettable chateaux. A gourmand's delight. One day private tour of Verdun and WWI battlefields.
- 6 nights barging "Lorraine" Strasbourg to Nancy.
- 2 nights Paris at fantastic Le Grand Intercontinental with Opera view
- Eurostar to London
- Fourth journey on lovely QM2. (New Brooklyn port excellent. A pre-booked sedan whisked us to Penn Station in 30 minutes. If time is not of the essence, why fly?)
July 2007
Royal Caribbean Empress of the Seas Norfolk to Bermuda
- A last chance to experience a great ship before leaving the fleet. Great everything.
Royal Caribbean Liberty of the Seas Western Caribbean from Miami
- She's the largest afloat. Great cruise. Great food. Great staff. Go!
September 2007
Australia
- As an Aussie Specialist, attended Tourism Australia's Corroboree in Hunter Valley New South Wales. Home of great Semillon and Shiraz wines. Loved the wine and food pairings.
- Followed by Alice Springs, Kings Canyon and Ayers Rock.
- Introduced to Hot Air Ballooning (when they say don't wear white. Don't. It's not called the Red Centre for nothing) and Camels (as in riding. Mine was Jack. Actually sweet).
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About Mary Lou Yeager
My passion for travel was ingrained forever when I turned the first page of my fourth grade geography book. National Geographic was a door to the world and Rand McNally was the source for the plotting of idyllic cross country journeys hopefully in the future.
As a Navy captain's wife, those long ago dreams of far away places became realities. Living in Spain and the Philippines offered the opportunities of travel. A brand new world deliciously opened.
Now, just what if I could help people to discover and enjoy that world? What IF I became a travel agent.
And so it was. In 1977 I entered the industry. In 1981 I established Royal Travel Center in Williamsburg, Virginia. In 2006 I closed the store front and went home based. Soon there after, I made the fortuitous decision to affiliate with McCabe World Travel.
What do I enjoy most? Custom planning. In particular the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, the rest of Europe, Australia, South Pacific and all types of cruising. All right. If you get right down to it, probably anywhere.
I love finding that special cruise for that special celebration. Recently I sent fifty passengers on Royal Caribbean's Empress of the Seas to Bermuda for their best family reunion to date. Great fun were the two South America Celebrity cruises where I created tours in Buenos Aires and in Chile with Santiago and the Wine Country.
The numbers of Scotland, England, and Ireland tours I have designed for individuals and groups with all interests are countless. In 1985 I planned Voyage of the Godspeed for the Jamestown – Yorktown Foundation. One hundred of Virginia's leading citizens spent a week in London for the event.
Members of the Atlanta Old White Rugby Club still thank me for the planning of their Scotland tour.
I believe that training and learning never stop. There is no substitute for personal destination knowledge. My motto is “When you want something special, you see a specialist. Your vacation is no different.”
Mary Lou holds certified specialist designations from the tourist boards of Austria, Holland, Scotland, Ireland, England Australia, and Fiji. Further she has achieved Cruise Lines International Association's rank of Master Cruise Counsellor.
She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Georgia with a specialization in Radio-Television and a minor in French.
Interests:
Theatre, History, Shopping, Food, Wine, Barging, River Cruises
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