The History About Us & Our Travel Company!

About Bill Parise:

For over 20 years I have established myself as a skilled professional in customer service, sales, retail marketing, Management, and have succesfully carried these skills and experiences into the travel industry.

Starting my travel career as a travel counsellor back in 2001 in a retail vacation agency, in less than 5 years with the company I became the Manager of the Winnipeg retail office, and within that time was offered a position of Corporate and Cruise Business Developement Manager within the same organization, and was relocated to Vancouver, B.C.!

I took advantage of these wonderful opportunities given to me in Winnipeg and Vancouver and Maria and I decided to return back to our home city to exercise our newly established travel knowledge and skills! I always carried the Entreprenuerial spirit, so there was no question that I was ready to take the next step with Maria, and we started our own travel and vacation business here Winnipeg!

We have the honor of affiliating with Travel Professionals International, and with this affiliation we feel we have the best of both worlds. With our partnership with TPI, we not only have complete access to the industries best reservations systems, vast database of travel sources, but we also have fully established preferred partnerships with some of the top airlines, hotels, vacation, tour, and cruise companies! We offer all our services and excellent travel product within a very flexibility environment that is meant to work around your schedule not ours.

Current Designations and Certifications:

  Accredited Cruise Counsellor (CLIA) Designation - (ACC)
  Certified Sandals Resorts Sales Specialist - (CSS)

About Maria Parise:

As a seasoned professional in the travel and vacation industry, I bring over 10 years of travel related experience working in the capacity of an agent/counsellor for several major retail vacation, corporate, and wholesale travel companies throughout Winnipeg and Vancouver, British Columbia!

My passion for travel is truly contagious, and my well rounded skills and knowledge provides me the ability to fully understand your travel needs. I strongly believe that achieving the best overall travel and vacation experience for my clients is the very reason I became an independent agent of our own travel company!

Current Designations and Certifications:

  Certified Sandals Resorts Sales Specialist - (CSS)
  Destination Certification: Disney Sales Specialist

Did You Know We Had Our Own Destination Wedding In Cuba? Yes we did!

Yup! With the both of us being in the travel business, and having the opportunity to assist and arrange a variety of Destination Weddings over the span of our careers, the obvious choice was for us to do our very own destination wedding ceremony, and we chose to have our special celebration take place at an All-Inclusive Resort in Varadero, Cuba.

Maria and I married in March of 2004 at Melia Las Antillas (formerly known as the Beaches Resort by Sandals) located in Varadero, Cuba. We not only experienced the convenience and peace-of-mind of a destination wedding, but we and our 42 guests also brought back incredible memories that can only be expressed as being "Priceless" for each and every one of us!

This is a picture of us during our wedding ceremony at the Resort in Varadero. Prior to exchanging our vows, we had a local Cuban band play, which was fanstastic, and in this picture we're about to have some champagne and cut into the mouth-watering wedding rum cake! If your dream is to have a destination wedding, we would love to assist you with all your arrangements. Our experience and knowledge can be invaluable to you, and when it comes to the details and planning, we have been through it all and know what needs to get done!

Would You Like To View Our Cuba Wedding Video slideshow? Click Here!

Whether you decide to get married on an exotic Island, a fairytale wedding in Disneyland, or a special cruise ship ceremony, we will be happy to guide you ever step of the way. To find out more on what we can do for you and your possible wedding at destination, we encourage you to Contact Us to assist you in all your destination wedding plans! Or if you need more information, please visit our Destination Weddings page.