Your Travel Planning Specialist!

My name is Sue Slater. I have been a travel agent for going on 22 years. I started in 2000 with just a passion for travel and a love of people! I had been planning my friends and family’s travels and vacations for many years. I had a degree in social work, psychology, business and advertising and had been looking for something to do from home. My husband was looking through a travel magazine and said, “I have found the perfect job for you! It was made for you and he was right. Over the last 22 years, I have done many conferences, site visits and traveled all over the world! My late husband, Larry, who had a day job, took all of the training and classes with me and was my partner until he passed in 2022.  Today, I am a knowledgeable and experienced travel professional.  I have certifications in Hawaii, Europe, all of the cruise lines, all of the major all-inclusive resorts, have a certified Sandals card, and have an Elite Cruise Counselor card with CLIA.  I am a destination wedding and honeymoon specialist having sent around one thousand couples on honeymoons and done over 250 destination weddings.  Since 2020, I have acquired special certifications for Switzerland, France, and the Special Needs Group.  I was voted Uplift Cruise Advisor of the year by Cruise World in 2020.  My website was voted Best Website in 2022 by Travel Quest Network.  I have personally been on 38 cruises and have traveled to every Eastern, Western, and southern Caribbean island. I have traveled to Alaska twice and to all of the major islands in Hawaii. I have been to Spain, France, Portugal, Venice, Italy, and 6 Greek and Ireland islands along with Athens. In both 2015 and 2022, I accomplished something on my bucket list, going half way around the Panama Canal. In 2016 I was picked as one of eight travel agents to do a 2-week familiarization trip in Morocco.  I have done all of this being completely blind from a hereditary eye disease and working with a screen reader that converts text to speech and my computer, laptop, and iPhone. I traveled using my other senses and have almost a photographic memory. I write and talk as if I can see all of the destinations I have experienced and am a detail-oriented person. I work with all budgets and tailor the vacation to the budget. I am dedicated, and can be reached from 9 am to 11 pm daily and have been known to be up at 2 am in the morning to call Hawaii or Europe to fix a problem. I treat every client as if they were my only one and make their travel experience seamless! My hobbies are reading, mysteries in particular, music of all kinds, plays and musicals, trivia, and of course travel, travel, travel! I was married for 38 years and have 2 grown kids, a daughter-in-law, and the two apples of my life, Maddie who is 11, and Logan who is 13! I am on planes a minimum of 12 to 14 times a year and call Texas my second home as relatives and family live there. My daughter lives in Oregon with her partner. Some of my favorite experiences were walking around Burano and Murano using a water bus, seeing a 3 year old chasing a pigeon with a net while his parents were calling him back, seeing a man on a bench in Venice with bread crumbs all over his shoulders and arms so the pigeons could feed off of him, and driving along the coast line of Maui while golfers, snorkelers and surfers were visible in the water. I have gone up an arctic mountain in Juno and walked up the last 100 feet of a 600 foot mountain overlooking the whole island of Juno and spent 3 hours touring the original Olympic Village built in 4 BC. Being that I am blind, I have been allowed to touch 100 year old carpets and drapes, feel the carvings on furniture from before the civil war and felt many beautiful sculptures while people were describing them to me! My motto is “Anyone can travel, no matter their limitations with the right do-arounds. I am a perfect example of that! If anyone reading my profile wants a unique travel experience tailor-built for them, then they can contact me at my land-line (314) 726-6893, or on my cell or with a text at (314)541-8400 or through an email at [email protected]. Custom luxury for all, no matter what your budget is.