Kymm
Townsend

Born and raised in Albuquerque New Mexico.

Right out of high school I went to work for Thrifty Car Rental and had the privilege to rent cars to many celebrities such as Superman Christopher Reeve, Linda Ronstadt, Val Kilmer just to name a few. I wanted to stay in the travel industry so I went to air and travel trade school in Phoenix Arizona.

From there I went to work for American Airline Vacations selling air and hotel packages all over the world, which my specialty was the Caribbean Islands Mexico and Hawaii.

Some of my favorite familiarization trips was to San Juan Puerto Rico and Maui.

Traveling with my 3 sons, Vincent 33 Brandon 20 and Jeremy 18 are some of my best memories.

Most of my family travel has been done on escorted motor coach tours.

Yellowstone with Trafalgar Tours stands out the most waking up to the Tetons with watching moose in the distance and bald eagles flying above.

Insight Vacations did not disappoint for my memories to Sedona, Brice Canyon and the Grand Canyon.

I believe the Grand Canyon has spiritual healing everywhere you look is magical I could not take my eyes off the canyon as I was afraid I would miss a beautiful memory slip by me.

Insight Vacations took me to San Francisco where we escaped from Alcatraz and walked over the Golden Gate Bridge. Driving down the coast visiting wineries of Napa as we drove down the coast.

Maybe I was a hippy in another life as we visited Haight-Ashbury I pictured myself hanging out with Janice Joplin and Jimi Hendrix.

The best thing about traveling escorted is you don’t have to worry about driving, your tour guide is with you the whole trip teaching you about all the history and sights along the way. You don’t have to wait in long lines for excursions or museums as most the time you have a separate access or VIP entrance. Many tour companies offer you to experience a dinner with a local family or restaurant to take the local flavors.

Being a Tauck Academy certified agent I was able to experience some trips of a lifetime.

Tauck Tours is one of the best tour companies in the world offering exclusive one of a kind itineraries top tour directors and the best hotels in each destination. I have had the honor of traveling on some of Taucks best itineraries such as Canadian Rockies, Best of Australia Alaska, Paris, London The Best of Hawaii and Costa Rica. Most of my Tauck tours have been on their Bridges product which main focus if for multi-generational family travel.

Traveled to Galapagos with National Geographic on the Ship Endeavor, swimming with marine iguanas seals and turtles was at the top of my bucket list. I cannot believe how much I learned having a naturalist with you the whole time educating you on the animals, food and the destination.

Experienced some amazing river cruises with AMA Waterways Uniworld and Viking. I would have to say I could not pick a favorite between the Danube and the Rhine as they both have such beauty and history all their own. The best about river cruising is docking right up to most city centers experiencing each town a few steps away. A floating resort most ships no holding over 190 passengers.

As for the big ships I have experienced sailing on Azamara Quest and the sister ship the Pursuit.

Both are small ship all-inclusive except for your shore excursions. Not much entertainment however the shore excursions with longer overnight stays on most itineraries will keep you busy.

My favorite adventure is group travel.

I have escorted a few groups including a 15 day river cruise with Viking on for their Grand European.

Last December I was able to set up my sons destination wedding in Cancun at the beautiful Hyatt Zilara.

My other group was a fitness trip with my gym which included Yoga on the beach water aerobics and city walks.

Travel makes memories, experiencing new foods cultures relig