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While travel incentives are certainly attractive, they can be costly to dole out. One solution is to join, on a corporate level, a travel club. If a business owner were to join a travel club where premiums and travel vouchers were earned, he would be able to earn incentives for himself and his employees.

While some travel clubs only offer individual memberships, others will offer premier or corporate packages. This is something to look for when comparing clubs and deals. You want the club that will give you the best quality of incentives, as well as ones that are to locations that people would actually want to travel to.

Cruises are by far one of the most popular business incentives. Many business owners shy away from such incentives because they feel that these trips would simply be too expensive.

Fortunately, with a travel club membership, in Coastal Vacations Travel Club, a 4 night, 5 day long cruise voucher for a couple can cost well under $100, for the business or corporation purchasing the travel membership.

In return, that business owner is likely to see a rise in employee loyalty and productivity that more than make up for the cost. It should be noted that these types of incentives are also great to build customer loyalty as well.

What makes Coastal Vacation Travel Club stand out among the pack is it’s 10 year track record, and the fact that it partners with over 30 different licensed and bonded travel providers for the lowest priced vacations anywhere.

Membership in the club includes unlimited cruises on Carnival or Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. Unlimited week long condo stays in over 200 international locations for less than $400 a week, with no vacation ownership or time share presentations to attend. Hundreds of bonus vacations good for 2 nights and 3 days at the most popular travel destinations in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Hawaii, and other major international locations, and one only has to pay the daily room taxes of about $8 per night.

By owning a travel membership like this, a small business or large business can maximize it employee’s performance, while keeping overhead travel and incentive reward costs down. This is especially true, as Coastal Vacations Travel Club is a lifetime membership and the savings continue indefinitely.

Jeff Mills is a former Youth Pastor of 9 years, who is now a full time internet information entrepreneur, author, speaker, sales coach, and also an avid traveler. Jeff has passionately pursued seeking the best discount travel clubs and has discovered Coastal Vacations Travel Club to be the top of the heap. Discover more about it immediately at http://www.travelwithcoastalvacations.com

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AN ELECTRIFYING DRIVE

When someone mentions Alberta Canada, I automatically think of Banff, Lake Louise, and Jasper.

I am not going to argue with you that the above three are not gorgeous, however, if you are looking for Alberta’s best kept secret, take a drive along the David Thompson Explorer’s Trail (Highway 11 on maps). You won’t be sorry, particularly if you are searching for that perfect and peaceful romantic venue.

Who was David Thompson anyways? He just happens to be one of Canada’s most important geographers, and it was he, who between the years 1806-08 traveled up the North Saskatchewan River and discovered the Athabasca Pass through the Continental Divide.

After experiencing the spectacular drive, we understood how appropriate it was to name the highway after this great Canadian. Incidentally, the route extends from Stettler to the Saskatchewan River Crossing at the junction of highway 93, within the boundaries of the Banff National Park.

The most electrifying part of the drive for my wife and myself was the one and a half hours from the town of Rocky Mountain House to our destination, the Aurum Lodge.

The sheer beauty and mystery of Crescent Falls, Bighorn Canyon, Abraham Lake and the surrounding dense forests was comparable to the reading of a brilliant piece of poetry. Our spirits were lifted to heights we could never have imagined!

If you have the time don’t forget to check out The Rocky Mountain Historic Site Of Canada.

A UNIQUE LOCATION IN NATURE AND WILDERNESS

The signature scene, and one I can still clearly visualize, is when we approached the Aurum Lodge nestled along Highway 11 overlooking the stunning beauty of Abraham Lake.

As an artist, my wife could not help herself from uttering every adjective in her English and French vocabularies in describing these majestic views! Adding to our excitement was that we were checking into a lodge whose location and surroundings possessed the perfect ingredients to enhance the aura of romance.

From the moment we walked into the lodge and settled into our spacious room, my wife and I were swept away with the matchless view of the turquoise color of Abraham Lake and the mountain surroundings of Mount Stelfox, Elliot Peak, and Mount. Michener.

Swiss born innkeepers Alan and Madeleine Ernst first made their way to Canada from Singapore in 1989, after having traveled and worked in over 40 countries. In 1999 they decided to make their home in Alberta in a location that is a half hour drive away from the nearest hamlet, Nordegg and adjacent to Banff National Park. In 2000′ their doors were opened to welcome the lodge’s first guests.

What is most unique and desirable about the all-season Aurum Lodge is that it is located in nature and wilderness that is readily accessible, as well as being rich in history and native culture.

The principal philosophy of its owners is that their actions are driven by environmental acceptability as much as profitability. As a result, they have taken into consideration the impact of the lodge on its surroundings, aesthetics, material choice, waste reduction, efficient lay-out, sound control, heat retention, climate control, passive solar, energy use, electricity production, pollution, waste management, transportation, and water supply and management.

Alan, a former Swiss banker and not, as I had imagined, an architect or engineer, did an amazing amount of research, and it was he who designed this eco-sensitive lodge.

Are the rooms romantic? You bet they are, when you consider their privacy, spaciousness, brightness, comfort, ambience, and yes, there is even a room with a Jacuzzi for that special occasion.

For comfort, all of the lodge’s scrupulously cozy clean six rooms come with orthopedic health mattresses, down duvets and pillows (synthetic bedding is available on request), private baths with tub/shower.

There are also two housekeeping cottages as well as a two- bedroom apartment that comes complete with fridge/freezer, stove, microwave, and bathroom with shower. These units are separate from the lodge and have no access to the facilities of the lodge (e.g. common areas or meals and no maid service).

We could not help but feel the spirit of the Rockies carrying through all of the rooms as well as the lodge’s surroundings. By the way, if you are wondering what the name Aurum means, Alan reminded me that it is the Latin term for gold. The lodge’s owners firmly believe that there are values in life, which cannot be measured in monetary terms but are equally precious.
One of the nicest compliments the owners received was from a middle aged couple who came here to unwind and left with the comment that their stay had been special because it was the first time in years, they had a chance to sit, relax and talk, without being disturbed by phones, kids, friends or TV. That just about sums up what the Aurum Lodge is all about!

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Situated at the foot of the southerly Sierra Nevada ski
resort, Granada is one of the most splendid cities of
eastern Andalucia.

On its southern side is 103 kms of fabulous Mediterranean
coastline, with the Costa del Sol and Costa Tropical in
close proximity whilst, in between, lies a fertile plain
producing exotic fruits.

Granada dates back to prehistoric times and was known as
Ilbyr. When the Romans colonized the southern part of
Iberia, they built their own city there, calling it
Illibris. The Arabs, invading the Peninsula in the
eighth century, gave the city its current name of Granada.

Being the last Muslim city of Spain to be reconquered by
the Christians, Granada has an unmistakable Arab flavor,
and Moorish and Christian elements go hand-in-hand.

One of the most brilliant jewels of Granada is the Alhambra,
a series of palaces and gardens built under the Nazari
Dynasty in the fourteenth century. This mighty compound
of buildings, including the summer palace called Generalife
with its beautiful fountains and gardens, stands at the foot
of the Sierra Nevada.

The hill facing the Alhambra is the old Moorish casbah or
medina called the Albaic

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