Tag: Travel Tips

London & England news for 2025

Happy Thursday Hidden Gem Travel community – and Happy Halloween! 🎃 This newsletter is a treat, not a trick 🙂 I have some news about London! I attended an event hosted by Hyatt Hotels last week and won 4 nights in London! I was there less than a year ago in December, but you can never visit too many times. I’ll be

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Sleeping in Style in New Zealand!

Happy Thursday Hidden Gem Travel community! As I look at the beautiful fall leaves outside of my office window, I can’t believe that I was in New Zealand peering at spring flowers and Cherry Blossom trees just last month. While owning and operating a small business isn’t easy, the travel perks are incredible even if most trips are business trip,

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Let’s get you to Paris and beyond!

Happy Thursday Hidden Gem Travel community!  Have you been watching the Olympics and enjoying seeing Paris decked out for the occasion?  I know I have and am so glad that I spent a week there in 2023.  A trip to Paris (and around France) is such a special travel experience!  I’ll be heading back next spring to cover even more

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Is there a surprise in your mailbox?

Happy Thursday Hidden Gem Travel community! I was excited to receive the latest Virtuoso Magazine in my mailbox recently – the cover pops in shades of green and is very cleverly designed (scroll down to see)!  If you’re a client (or soon to be) and would like a copy of this award-winning travel magazine, send me an email so I can put

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Where to take a ‘learncation’ at any age

Happy Thursday Hidden Gem Travel community! When driving around town, I can’t help but be astounded by the beauty of the spring flowering trees and plants. I must be more aware this year after my recent month in the land of tulips, Holland. So when I went to New York City last week as a guest of the Korean Tourism

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FAQ – what is it exactly that you do?

Happy Thursday Hidden Gem Travel community! If you’ve seen my social media posts (Facebook and Instagram), you’ll know that I’m in Europe doing a deep dive in the Netherlands and Belgium visiting hotels, river cruise ships, top experiences, and much more to best inform my clients. The most popular time to visit this area is the spring – April/May –

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Trip of a Lifetime and Celebrating 200

Happy Thursday Hidden Gem Travel community!  Believe it or not, this newsletter is number 200!!  I enjoy writing each issue and put in consistent effort as I think they are a valuable source of travel information and inspiration.  I hope you do as well.   All my newsletters are posted on the ‘blog’ section of the website in case you ever want to

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Do you need a visa to travel to Europe next year?

Happy Thursday Hidden Gem Travel community! I don’t know about you, but I look forward to fall days after a long, hot summer. Living in the Northeast means changing of the leaves and wardrobe both of which I welcome. Fall is also an ideal time to travel to many destinations (cooler temps and fewer crowds than summer), and Hidden Gem

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Gift in your inbox (or mailbox) 

Happy Thursday Hidden Gem Travel community! Are you clinging to the last remnants of summer or embracing the fall season already? I’m just back from some much needed down time over the holiday weekend. I’ll share where I was and why it’s an ideal place to rest, relax, and rejuvenate in an upcoming newsletter (teaser – easy and quick to

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Summer Travel Tips – 2023 Edition

Happy Thursday Hidden Gem Travel community! May has been a very busy month, and I find myself surprised at how quickly it flew by – do you feel the same? Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial beginning of summer is here, and vacation is on everyone’s minds. This month, I was in Europe on a whirlwind 3 country/1 principality trip

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Hi, I'm Susan Wilson

I’m the founder of Hidden Gem Travel Consulting. As your personal travel advisor, I craft custom worldwide itineraries that astound and inspire you.

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