The Flagg Agency

Your first look at our new magazine Compass

As a regular reader of our blog, we invite you to sample our new magazine, Compass. We have included a photo showing your exclusive first look. This professionally designed magazine is full-sized compared to our previous quarterly magazine. Compass is 48 pages and filled with articles we think will be of interest to the discerning traveler. If you would like to receive this first issue with our compliments, we encourage you to head over to our website. This link will take you to a simple sign-up form. We promise to never sell, rent or give away any information you provide to us to a third party.

There will always be people who enjoy booking travel themselves. There are several do-it your self ways to do it, but when you come to a travel agent seeking advice be sure and ask the right questions. Just as there are good and bad cruise experiences, there are good and bad travel agents. We hope this column will give you some ideas on how to pick a travel agent.

Laura had been watching our daughter and I get away twice this school year. She used the time to herself, yet she was still working and working hard.  She holds a full time job as a structural engineer in addition to being mom to “The Chad” and co-owner of The Flagg Agency. With spring break coming up for our daughter, I came to the realization that mom needs a break too. I know most of you reading know this, I am just a little slow on the uptake. Mom though is one to think of others first in her life. Whether it is for her family or her work, she gives and gives of herself selflessly.

We just wanted to pass on some of the latest info about ground transportation in Chile in light of the earthquake. We know at this time of the year Chile is a popular cruising beginning and ending point for cruises around the horn of South America. At Cruise Holidays, our international Concierge Desk has many contacts in Chile. Their sources have advised that the area around Santiago is experiencing fuel shortages, thus affecting the availability and price of taxis. Travelers may find themselves in Santiago at the airport or Valparaiso at the pier without ground transportation.