June 22, 2025 • 19 mins
Ever wondered if using a travel agent costs extra? Carolyn Strahan of Strahan Travel Adventures shatters this common misconception while revealing insider tips that could transform your vacation experience. With four cruises already booked between now and next year, Carolyn doesn't just sell travel – she lives it.
For cruise enthusiasts and novices alike, Carolyn offers practical wisdom gained from firsthand experience. She recommends four-day voyages for first-timers and shares surprising remedies for seasickness (who knew green apples could help?). Her expertise extends to matching travelers with their perfect cruise line: MSC for families seeking water slides and entertainment, Virgin for adults wanting child-free luxury, or specialized options for mature travelers through Celestial and Viking cruises.
Disney vacations represent another cornerstone of Carolyn's expertise. Having witnessed her own grandchildren experience the magic of Disney, she understands the importance of timing these special trips when children are old enough to create lasting memories. Whether you need a comprehensive package or just park tickets, her personalized approach ensures your Disney adventure exceeds expectations.
Perhaps most valuable is Carolyn's passionate advocacy for travel insurance. Drawing a compelling parallel to home and auto coverage, she explains how this often-overlooked protection can save travelers from financial disaster during medical emergencies abroad. Her simple wisdom resonates: "You don't buy insurance because something will happen; you buy insurance in case something happens."
Ready to plan your next adventure with expert guidance that doesn't add to your travel budget? Connect with Carolyn at 859-866-5320 or visit strahantraveladventures.com to discover how a local travel professional can transform your vacation experience.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the Good Neighbor Podcast, the place
where local businesses andneighbors come together.
Here's your host, mike Murphy.
Thank you, charlie.
Yes, I am Mike Murphy, host ofthe Good Neighbor Podcast.
We talk to local businessowners so that you, the
residents of Northern Kentucky,can get to know them as people,
(00:23):
northern Kentucky can get toknow them as people and you get
to see their face, hear theirvoice, learn a little bit more
about them, so that they aremore than just a logo on a
business card that you mightpick up at a chamber event or
maybe, you know, see their logoin an ad.
We want you to know them aspeople.
So the person that I have withme today that we're going to
(00:44):
visit with is Carolyn Strahanwith Strahan Travel Adventures.
Carolyn is a local travel agentand she's got some specialties
that she likes to help peoplewith when they travel.
So she's one of those peoplethat when you're interfacing
with her, it's because you'reabout to have a whole lot of fun
(01:04):
.
And so, without further ado,carolyn, welcome to the show and
tell people all about StrahanTravel Adventures.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Thank you.
My name is Carolyn and I ownStrahan Travel Adventures.
I decided to become a travelagent because I like to travel
and I thought what better way totravel more would be to be my
own travel agent.
I thought travel agents used itwould cost more to have a
(01:39):
travel agent and then I foundout that that's not true.
So I like to book cruisesbecause I like to go there on
them.
I like to do universal anddisney as well for my niches.
I do book other things, butthose are the things I like to
specialize in so cruising anddisney, two big categories Of
(02:08):
the two, I would say.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
you know, if you had to pick one, what's your
favorite?
Are you a cruise person or areyou a Disney person at heart?
Speaker 2 (02:18):
I am actually a cruise person at heart.
I have four booked between nowand next year oh geez, going to
Dominican Republic and San Juan.
Aruba, bonaire, carousel andNew England and Canada are the
four that I have going on rightnow.
Well, holy moly, you're gonemore than your home England and
(02:41):
Canada, or?
Before that I have going onright now.
Well, holy moly, you're gonemore than your home.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
I tried to be Well, good for you.
I mean that's, I mean if, ifyou got to live one way, that's
one way to live.
And I, I, I'm right there withyou I, I would love to be able
to see the world from the deckof a ship.
And I know that some peoplemaybe say cruising is not for me
(03:19):
, because one thing I've heardis I get claustrophobic.
So how do you feel about that?
Have you ever feltclaustrophobic on a cruise ship?
Speaker 2 (03:23):
I have not.
I have had inside stateroomsand I've had balcony staterooms
and I've never feltclaustrophobic because what I'm
really doing in my room issleeping.
So I go in there and sleep, getup, take a shower and then I
leave for the day and I go tobreakfast and go see the shows
(03:47):
that they have to offer, or goto the casino or go see a
comedian or an illusionist or,if I want to, I can just sit on
the deck and read a book andhave the ocean air, you know,
just to be able to smell thatand just relax that way yeah, no
that talk about the ultimatestress relief.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
I think that would be , yeah, very, very relaxing.
I've never been on a cruisebefore and it's not because I
feel like you know, I would feelclaustrophobic, it's just, um,
I've.
I've never really had theopportunity to do it and for the
most part I mean I grew up inthe airline industry so I could
(04:26):
travel free most of my youngeryears.
So I would just fly all overthe country and take in
different experiences.
That way, cruising is somethingthat's always interested me.
I'll do a cruise someday, butfor somebody who is like me and
they've never cruised before day, but for somebody who is like
(04:48):
me and they've never cruisedbefore, would you say is there a
recommendation?
Maybe a particular cruise lineor a type of cruise, or maybe
the number of days?
What would you say to somebodywho's never done it but is
interested in doing it?
Speaker 2 (04:56):
I would say to try like a four day cruise, because
it gets you out there for acouple of days.
You kind of get your seabearings around you and you know
whether you are going to likeit or not.
Um, what I like about cruisingis that you get to go to
multiple places and see, oh, Ireally liked bonair, I went to
(05:20):
go visit and then I could fly tobon air and spend a week there.
Or, um, oh, I didn'tparticularly care for nasa
bahamas, so I don't need to goback there to visit um, so
that's what I like aboutcruising is that you can do that
.
But I think a four-day cruiseis long enough to see if you're
(05:43):
gonna get seasick.
Um, and to see if you're gonnaget seasick and to see if you're
gonna like it.
Some people don't like cruising,and that's okay for them.
You know it's not everybodyenjoys the same thing.
Everybody else does.
Some people do not like Disney.
I love Disney, but and I wantto take my grandkids to get
Disney because I know that theywill enjoy it, but not Disney
isn't for everybody yeah, so.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Well, on the cruise thing, uh, seasick you mentioned
, you know you, you can find outif you're going to get seasick.
And if you, if you're on one ofthese four day cruises and you
know, not even fully into dayone, you realize that you're not
enjoying it because you'reseasick, is there a way to
(06:26):
combat that, to overcome it?
Speaker 2 (06:28):
There is.
You can get the little patchesthat go behind your ear and get
those from your doctor.
I've seen them on Amazon aswell.
So I would suggest, if you'reprone to motion sickness, that
you would go ahead and takethose with you and put them on
(06:49):
24 hours before you even get onthe ship.
But if you don't, you canalways bring Dramamine with you
to help combat that.
If you eat like green fruit,apples and pears, that helps.
So if you go to the buffet youknow, see where they have their
whole fruits at and if they havea green apple or a pear, to
(07:11):
grab those and take those toyour state realm.
That way you have themthroughout the cruise.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
I have never heard that before.
I had no idea that was even athing.
Green fruit, huh, or greengreen fruit, green foods, what
is it?
Just?
Speaker 2 (07:25):
it's green Green fruit is what I've heard, like
apples, green apples, or pears,are green.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
That's what I've heard.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
I don't get Just the chemical within the fruit.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
I think so.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
Okay, wow, interesting.
So there's a tidbit for thelisteners that they've probably
never heard.
I know, I've never heard it.
So if you are cruising withchildren, is there a favored
cruise line that's kid-friendly?
Speaker 2 (07:59):
MSC has some beautiful ships and they have
lots of entertainment for thechildren.
They have water slides and ziplines and golf.
Some have golf, littleminiature golf, basketball,
stuff, so depending on how oldthe children are, but I think
(08:22):
MSC is one of the better shipsfor children.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
So are there also cruises, specialty cruises for
maybe retirees say, you know, 55and above, if you're kind of
older, if you've got a littlehigher budget, where I would say
what's the more effluent cruiseline, if there is such a thing?
Speaker 2 (08:50):
There is.
There is.
Virgin is strictly all adults.
There is no kids on it.
So if you have the luxury andthe money to go on a little bit
more expensive cruise, I woulddo that.
If you don't want the kidsaround, I would say Celestial.
(09:10):
How do you say that?
Speaker 1 (09:13):
Celestial.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
I believe, celestial.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
Yeah, and Viking is another cruise line that's
adults and caters to them.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
All right, before we get off the cruise topic, what
is the?
What's your all time favoritecruise you've ever been on?
Speaker 2 (09:36):
That would be MSC's.
I'm very partial to them.
Like I said, they're.
They're a newer shippingcompany or a newer cruise
company, but they have beautifulships and they just have a new
one that came out in Aprilcalled World America.
So I'm going to be going onthat in August, but I just think
(09:59):
they have a variety foreverybody, no matter what age
you are.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
So, before we move on to the Disney and Universal
niche, I want to ask you isthere, I mean, are you married
with children, and what is yourfamily life look like?
Speaker 2 (10:21):
I am married to my husband, royce, of almost 31
years, and we have five childrenand we raised our niece, so
that is actually our sixth childand together we have six
grandchildren right now andnumber seven on the way.
Six grandchildren right now andnumber seven on the way.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
Wow, that's a lot Good for you.
That's a lot of love to to besurrounded by yes, they're my
pride and joys.
So, um, I know, when you thinkkids, uh, you think Disney.
When you think Disney, youthink kids, even if it's adult
(11:03):
kids like me, I mean, I'm a kidat heart.
I'll always like Disney parks.
I'll always like Disney.
Have you ever taken the wholebrood to do a Disney visit?
Have you been that brave?
Speaker 2 (11:18):
I have not been that brave, yet we did.
My daughter and her husbandwent to Disney and I met them
down there for a couple days.
So I was down there with fourof the grandkids and they had an
absolute ball and absolutelyloved it and they still talk
about it to this day.
And they're 9, 6, 4, and a new1-year-old.
(11:43):
But obviously the 1-year-oldwas tiny when she went there, so
she doesn't remember it.
But the nine-year-old and thesix-year-old and the
four-year-old it was like whenare we going back to Disney?
Speaker 1 (11:55):
Yeah, I can imagine.
So Once you get that appetitewet for Disney, you want to keep
it going Absolutely.
I mean, it is you know, youknow it's, it's kind of a
magical place and so when yousee it through those young eyes
for the first time, I got tobelieve.
I think you know, when I wentmaybe I was seven, eight ish or
(12:17):
whatever, and I still remember,I can still remember that
feeling of walking into the park.
So I'm 62 right now and if Ican still remember something
that vividly from age seven,that just tells you what an
impression it made on me.
So what do they say?
(12:38):
The happiest place on earth.
Is that what they call it?
Speaker 2 (12:41):
Exactly the happiest place on earth.
Is that what they call it?
Exactly the happiest place on?
Speaker 1 (12:43):
earth.
Okay, so when you're with thegrandkids, are you?
Are you Grammy?
Are you Nana?
What do they call you?
Speaker 2 (12:53):
They call me Gigi.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Oh, gigi, okay, Yep.
Well, yeah, we have a Gigi inour family too.
That's pretty cool.
And then your husband what ishe?
Is he a papa?
Is he poppy?
Who's he?
He's a papa, papa, okay, yeah,I'm a papa as well, yeah, so,
(13:15):
yeah, we look forward to seeingDisney with our grandkids
someday, and, yeah, it's apretty special thing, and I kind
of just want to wait till bothof my grandkids are kind of old
enough to be able to reallyappreciate the experience.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
Yeah, because when they're really young, they're
not going to remember it.
But, five, six is really goodage for them to start to enjoy
it.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
So, on the Disney topic, disney Universal theme
parks down in Florida, what isyour, I guess, what's the hot
experience right now?
I mean, when you sell a package, do you sell packages?
How do you help peopleexperience Disney, for instance?
Speaker 2 (14:05):
I do both.
I sell packages, and then ifthey already have hotels lined
up and they just want thetickets for the amusement park,
I can do that as well.
Speaker 1 (14:21):
So when somebody reaches out to you and they say,
look, we're about to have thisDisney experience and it's me
and so-and-so and three kids andwhatever, we're going to be
here this long and we don't havea rental car, if they just kind
of lay that at your feet andyou put an experience together
(14:45):
for them, are they paying morefor that than they would if they
had done all that on their own?
Speaker 2 (14:53):
No, because what people don't realize is that
commission is built intoeverything that they do.
So if they get a hotel room,commission is already built into
that hotel room.
If they do a cruise, commissionis already built into that
cruise.
And also with that to buy tripinsurance trip insurance covers
(15:16):
um, anything from like you'rewalking out the door to go get
on a plane and you twist yourankle and break it, and now
you're not being able to go onyour trip insurance.
Instead of being all out of allthat money for your trip, you
get reimbursed for that.
Or if you're not being able togo on your trip insurance,
instead of being all out of allthat money for your trip, you
get reimbursed for that.
Or if you're on um, you're atwherever you go on vacation
(15:39):
let's say aruba and all of asudden you get sick and you have
to be hospitalized.
Trip insurance covers that.
So I I highly recommend tripinsurance, no matter what,
because you never know whensomething's going to happen.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
So the cost of trip insurance is worth the
possibility that something likethat could happen.
So yeah, I guess that's onething that I know.
Sometimes people say well, whatare the odds?
You know, I don't need tripinsurance, Chances are nothing's
(16:18):
going to happen, so I don'twant to go to that expense.
But have you seen times wherepeople were darn glad they had?
Speaker 2 (16:25):
it.
For example, I was on a cruisein November and we had a medical
emergency at one of the portsand we got delayed leaving the
port because we had to wait foran ambulance to come and take
someone off the ship to takethem to a hospital.
Oh okay, and that tripinsurance covers all that, and
(16:49):
that trip insurance covers allthat.
So if your stay at the hospitalis $50,000 and you don't have
trip insurance and you're in adifferent country, most likely
your health insurance is notgoing to cover that and you're
going to have that expense ontop of everything else.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
Okay, well, you have my attention, yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:12):
So it's kind of like you have a car insurance on your
car.
You don't ever think you'regonna get in a car accident, but
if someone rear ends you ort-bones you, which is no fault
of your own, you still have yourinsurance that covers that.
Or your house insurance coversa flood.
You know you don't ever expectthat to happen, but it covers it
(17:33):
.
Speaker 1 (17:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
You don't buy insurance for oh, something's
going to happen.
You buy insurance in casesomething happens.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
Okay, well, that's a good explanation, so thank you
for that.
I'm sure that alone was worthlistening to this conversation,
because if you're going toinvest money and time and
emotion into a trip, the lastthing you want is for it is your
dream trip to turn into anightmare for a reason that were
(18:04):
not, you know, through no faultof your own, and one way to
make sure that doesn't happen isthe trip insurance.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
So yes, definitely.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
Well, you've convinced me, no fault of your
own, and one way to make surethat doesn't happen is the trip
insurance.
So, yes, definitely, okay, well, you've convinced me.
You've convinced me, hopefully,many others too that have been
listening to us today.
So we've been talking for abouta half hour now.
It goes by quick.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
It does.
Speaker 1 (18:31):
It's been nice getting to know you and just to
hear about your business, uh,Strahan Travel Adventures.
If people want to reach you,what's the best way to reach you
?
Speaker 2 (18:40):
The best way to reach me is my phone number
859-866-5320.
They can go to my website,which is
strandtraveladventurescom, orthey can look me up on facebook
at strand travel adventures well, very good.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Well, thanks for spending time with us today and
I'm looking forward to hearingabout some of your upcoming
adventures in another edition ofthe good neighbor podcast.
So I I'll say to you happytravels, safe travels, and to
the listeners out there,everyone out there, until next
(19:19):
time, please be good to yourneighbors.
Bye everybody.
Speaker 2 (19:24):
Thanks for listening to the Good Neighbor Podcast
Union.
To nominate your favorite localbusinesses to be featured on
the show, go to gnpunioncom.
That's gnpunioncom, or call usat 859-651-8330.
This is the Good Neighbor Podcast, the place
where local businesses andneighbors come together.
Here's your host, mike Murphy.
Thank you, charlie.
Yes, I am Mike Murphy, host ofthe Good Neighbor Podcast.
We talk to local businessowners so that you, the
residents of Northern Kentucky,can get to know them as people,
(00:23):
northern Kentucky can get toknow them as people and you get
to see their face, hear theirvoice, learn a little bit more
about them, so that they aremore than just a logo on a
business card that you mightpick up at a chamber event or
maybe, you know, see their logoin an ad.
We want you to know them aspeople.
So the person that I have withme today that we're going to
(00:44):
visit with is Carolyn Strahanwith Strahan Travel Adventures.
Carolyn is a local travel agentand she's got some specialties
that she likes to help peoplewith when they travel.
So she's one of those peoplethat when you're interfacing
with her, it's because you'reabout to have a whole lot of fun
(01:04):
.
And so, without further ado,carolyn, welcome to the show and
tell people all about StrahanTravel Adventures.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Thank you.
My name is Carolyn and I ownStrahan Travel Adventures.
I decided to become a travelagent because I like to travel
and I thought what better way totravel more would be to be my
own travel agent.
I thought travel agents used itwould cost more to have a
(01:39):
travel agent and then I foundout that that's not true.
So I like to book cruisesbecause I like to go there on
them.
I like to do universal anddisney as well for my niches.
I do book other things, butthose are the things I like to
specialize in so cruising anddisney, two big categories Of
(02:08):
the two, I would say.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
you know, if you had to pick one, what's your
favorite?
Are you a cruise person or areyou a Disney person at heart?
Speaker 2 (02:18):
I am actually a cruise person at heart.
I have four booked between nowand next year oh geez, going to
Dominican Republic and San Juan.
Aruba, bonaire, carousel andNew England and Canada are the
four that I have going on rightnow.
Well, holy moly, you're gonemore than your home England and
(02:41):
Canada, or?
Before that I have going onright now.
Well, holy moly, you're gonemore than your home.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
I tried to be Well, good for you.
I mean that's, I mean if, ifyou got to live one way, that's
one way to live.
And I, I, I'm right there withyou I, I would love to be able
to see the world from the deckof a ship.
And I know that some peoplemaybe say cruising is not for me
(03:19):
, because one thing I've heardis I get claustrophobic.
So how do you feel about that?
Have you ever feltclaustrophobic on a cruise ship?
Speaker 2 (03:23):
I have not.
I have had inside stateroomsand I've had balcony staterooms
and I've never feltclaustrophobic because what I'm
really doing in my room issleeping.
So I go in there and sleep, getup, take a shower and then I
leave for the day and I go tobreakfast and go see the shows
(03:47):
that they have to offer, or goto the casino or go see a
comedian or an illusionist or,if I want to, I can just sit on
the deck and read a book andhave the ocean air, you know,
just to be able to smell thatand just relax that way yeah, no
that talk about the ultimatestress relief.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
I think that would be , yeah, very, very relaxing.
I've never been on a cruisebefore and it's not because I
feel like you know, I would feelclaustrophobic, it's just, um,
I've.
I've never really had theopportunity to do it and for the
most part I mean I grew up inthe airline industry so I could
(04:26):
travel free most of my youngeryears.
So I would just fly all overthe country and take in
different experiences.
That way, cruising is somethingthat's always interested me.
I'll do a cruise someday, butfor somebody who is like me and
they've never cruised before day, but for somebody who is like
(04:48):
me and they've never cruisedbefore, would you say is there a
recommendation?
Maybe a particular cruise lineor a type of cruise, or maybe
the number of days?
What would you say to somebodywho's never done it but is
interested in doing it?
Speaker 2 (04:56):
I would say to try like a four day cruise, because
it gets you out there for acouple of days.
You kind of get your seabearings around you and you know
whether you are going to likeit or not.
Um, what I like about cruisingis that you get to go to
multiple places and see, oh, Ireally liked bonair, I went to
(05:20):
go visit and then I could fly tobon air and spend a week there.
Or, um, oh, I didn'tparticularly care for nasa
bahamas, so I don't need to goback there to visit um, so
that's what I like aboutcruising is that you can do that
.
But I think a four-day cruiseis long enough to see if you're
(05:43):
gonna get seasick.
Um, and to see if you're gonnaget seasick and to see if you're
gonna like it.
Some people don't like cruising,and that's okay for them.
You know it's not everybodyenjoys the same thing.
Everybody else does.
Some people do not like Disney.
I love Disney, but and I wantto take my grandkids to get
Disney because I know that theywill enjoy it, but not Disney
isn't for everybody yeah, so.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Well, on the cruise thing, uh, seasick you mentioned
, you know you, you can find outif you're going to get seasick.
And if you, if you're on one ofthese four day cruises and you
know, not even fully into dayone, you realize that you're not
enjoying it because you'reseasick, is there a way to
(06:26):
combat that, to overcome it?
Speaker 2 (06:28):
There is.
You can get the little patchesthat go behind your ear and get
those from your doctor.
I've seen them on Amazon aswell.
So I would suggest, if you'reprone to motion sickness, that
you would go ahead and takethose with you and put them on
(06:49):
24 hours before you even get onthe ship.
But if you don't, you canalways bring Dramamine with you
to help combat that.
If you eat like green fruit,apples and pears, that helps.
So if you go to the buffet youknow, see where they have their
whole fruits at and if they havea green apple or a pear, to
(07:11):
grab those and take those toyour state realm.
That way you have themthroughout the cruise.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
I have never heard that before.
I had no idea that was even athing.
Green fruit, huh, or greengreen fruit, green foods, what
is it?
Just?
Speaker 2 (07:25):
it's green Green fruit is what I've heard, like
apples, green apples, or pears,are green.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
That's what I've heard.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
I don't get Just the chemical within the fruit.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
I think so.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
Okay, wow, interesting.
So there's a tidbit for thelisteners that they've probably
never heard.
I know, I've never heard it.
So if you are cruising withchildren, is there a favored
cruise line that's kid-friendly?
Speaker 2 (07:59):
MSC has some beautiful ships and they have
lots of entertainment for thechildren.
They have water slides and ziplines and golf.
Some have golf, littleminiature golf, basketball,
stuff, so depending on how oldthe children are, but I think
(08:22):
MSC is one of the better shipsfor children.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
So are there also cruises, specialty cruises for
maybe retirees say, you know, 55and above, if you're kind of
older, if you've got a littlehigher budget, where I would say
what's the more effluent cruiseline, if there is such a thing?
Speaker 2 (08:50):
There is.
There is.
Virgin is strictly all adults.
There is no kids on it.
So if you have the luxury andthe money to go on a little bit
more expensive cruise, I woulddo that.
If you don't want the kidsaround, I would say Celestial.
(09:10):
How do you say that?
Speaker 1 (09:13):
Celestial.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
I believe, celestial.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
Yeah, and Viking is another cruise line that's
adults and caters to them.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
All right, before we get off the cruise topic, what
is the?
What's your all time favoritecruise you've ever been on?
Speaker 2 (09:36):
That would be MSC's.
I'm very partial to them.
Like I said, they're.
They're a newer shippingcompany or a newer cruise
company, but they have beautifulships and they just have a new
one that came out in Aprilcalled World America.
So I'm going to be going onthat in August, but I just think
(09:59):
they have a variety foreverybody, no matter what age
you are.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
So, before we move on to the Disney and Universal
niche, I want to ask you isthere, I mean, are you married
with children, and what is yourfamily life look like?
Speaker 2 (10:21):
I am married to my husband, royce, of almost 31
years, and we have five childrenand we raised our niece, so
that is actually our sixth childand together we have six
grandchildren right now andnumber seven on the way.
Six grandchildren right now andnumber seven on the way.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
Wow, that's a lot Good for you.
That's a lot of love to to besurrounded by yes, they're my
pride and joys.
So, um, I know, when you thinkkids, uh, you think Disney.
When you think Disney, youthink kids, even if it's adult
(11:03):
kids like me, I mean, I'm a kidat heart.
I'll always like Disney parks.
I'll always like Disney.
Have you ever taken the wholebrood to do a Disney visit?
Have you been that brave?
Speaker 2 (11:18):
I have not been that brave, yet we did.
My daughter and her husbandwent to Disney and I met them
down there for a couple days.
So I was down there with fourof the grandkids and they had an
absolute ball and absolutelyloved it and they still talk
about it to this day.
And they're 9, 6, 4, and a new1-year-old.
(11:43):
But obviously the 1-year-oldwas tiny when she went there, so
she doesn't remember it.
But the nine-year-old and thesix-year-old and the
four-year-old it was like whenare we going back to Disney?
Speaker 1 (11:55):
Yeah, I can imagine.
So Once you get that appetitewet for Disney, you want to keep
it going Absolutely.
I mean, it is you know, youknow it's, it's kind of a
magical place and so when yousee it through those young eyes
for the first time, I got tobelieve.
I think you know, when I wentmaybe I was seven, eight ish or
(12:17):
whatever, and I still remember,I can still remember that
feeling of walking into the park.
So I'm 62 right now and if Ican still remember something
that vividly from age seven,that just tells you what an
impression it made on me.
So what do they say?
(12:38):
The happiest place on earth.
Is that what they call it?
Speaker 2 (12:41):
Exactly the happiest place on earth.
Is that what they call it?
Exactly the happiest place on?
Speaker 1 (12:43):
earth.
Okay, so when you're with thegrandkids, are you?
Are you Grammy?
Are you Nana?
What do they call you?
Speaker 2 (12:53):
They call me Gigi.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Oh, gigi, okay, Yep.
Well, yeah, we have a Gigi inour family too.
That's pretty cool.
And then your husband what ishe?
Is he a papa?
Is he poppy?
Who's he?
He's a papa, papa, okay, yeah,I'm a papa as well, yeah, so,
(13:15):
yeah, we look forward to seeingDisney with our grandkids
someday, and, yeah, it's apretty special thing, and I kind
of just want to wait till bothof my grandkids are kind of old
enough to be able to reallyappreciate the experience.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
Yeah, because when they're really young, they're
not going to remember it.
But, five, six is really goodage for them to start to enjoy
it.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
So, on the Disney topic, disney Universal theme
parks down in Florida, what isyour, I guess, what's the hot
experience right now?
I mean, when you sell a package, do you sell packages?
How do you help peopleexperience Disney, for instance?
Speaker 2 (14:05):
I do both.
I sell packages, and then ifthey already have hotels lined
up and they just want thetickets for the amusement park,
I can do that as well.
Speaker 1 (14:21):
So when somebody reaches out to you and they say,
look, we're about to have thisDisney experience and it's me
and so-and-so and three kids andwhatever, we're going to be
here this long and we don't havea rental car, if they just kind
of lay that at your feet andyou put an experience together
(14:45):
for them, are they paying morefor that than they would if they
had done all that on their own?
Speaker 2 (14:53):
No, because what people don't realize is that
commission is built intoeverything that they do.
So if they get a hotel room,commission is already built into
that hotel room.
If they do a cruise, commissionis already built into that
cruise.
And also with that to buy tripinsurance trip insurance covers
(15:16):
um, anything from like you'rewalking out the door to go get
on a plane and you twist yourankle and break it, and now
you're not being able to go onyour trip insurance.
Instead of being all out of allthat money for your trip, you
get reimbursed for that.
Or if you're not being able togo on your trip insurance,
instead of being all out of allthat money for your trip, you
get reimbursed for that.
Or if you're on um, you're atwherever you go on vacation
(15:39):
let's say aruba and all of asudden you get sick and you have
to be hospitalized.
Trip insurance covers that.
So I I highly recommend tripinsurance, no matter what,
because you never know whensomething's going to happen.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
So the cost of trip insurance is worth the
possibility that something likethat could happen.
So yeah, I guess that's onething that I know.
Sometimes people say well, whatare the odds?
You know, I don't need tripinsurance, Chances are nothing's
(16:18):
going to happen, so I don'twant to go to that expense.
But have you seen times wherepeople were darn glad they had?
Speaker 2 (16:25):
it.
For example, I was on a cruisein November and we had a medical
emergency at one of the portsand we got delayed leaving the
port because we had to wait foran ambulance to come and take
someone off the ship to takethem to a hospital.
Oh okay, and that tripinsurance covers all that, and
(16:49):
that trip insurance covers allthat.
So if your stay at the hospitalis $50,000 and you don't have
trip insurance and you're in adifferent country, most likely
your health insurance is notgoing to cover that and you're
going to have that expense ontop of everything else.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
Okay, well, you have my attention, yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:12):
So it's kind of like you have a car insurance on your
car.
You don't ever think you'regonna get in a car accident, but
if someone rear ends you ort-bones you, which is no fault
of your own, you still have yourinsurance that covers that.
Or your house insurance coversa flood.
You know you don't ever expectthat to happen, but it covers it
(17:33):
.
Speaker 1 (17:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
You don't buy insurance for oh, something's
going to happen.
You buy insurance in casesomething happens.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
Okay, well, that's a good explanation, so thank you
for that.
I'm sure that alone was worthlistening to this conversation,
because if you're going toinvest money and time and
emotion into a trip, the lastthing you want is for it is your
dream trip to turn into anightmare for a reason that were
(18:04):
not, you know, through no faultof your own, and one way to
make sure that doesn't happen isthe trip insurance.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
So yes, definitely.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
Well, you've convinced me, no fault of your
own, and one way to make surethat doesn't happen is the trip
insurance.
So, yes, definitely, okay, well, you've convinced me.
You've convinced me, hopefully,many others too that have been
listening to us today.
So we've been talking for abouta half hour now.
It goes by quick.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
It does.
Speaker 1 (18:31):
It's been nice getting to know you and just to
hear about your business, uh,Strahan Travel Adventures.
If people want to reach you,what's the best way to reach you
?
Speaker 2 (18:40):
The best way to reach me is my phone number
859-866-5320.
They can go to my website,which is
strandtraveladventurescom, orthey can look me up on facebook
at strand travel adventures well, very good.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Well, thanks for spending time with us today and
I'm looking forward to hearingabout some of your upcoming
adventures in another edition ofthe good neighbor podcast.
So I I'll say to you happytravels, safe travels, and to
the listeners out there,everyone out there, until next
(19:19):
time, please be good to yourneighbors.
Bye everybody.
Speaker 2 (19:24):
Thanks for listening to the Good Neighbor Podcast
Union.
To nominate your favorite localbusinesses to be featured on
the show, go to gnpunioncom.
That's gnpunioncom, or call usat 859-651-8330.
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