Should You Travel With Tauck? No, I recommend against giving them your business. This is the final chapter of the debacle because none of the agencies I’ve contacted for help are interested in doing more than shuffling messages between me and Tauck. That is not really helpful. To read about the beginning of the mess, please click here. Part II outlines the remediation I have pursued. Click here for that story. An Abbreviated…
Tauck — A travel company acting badly, Part II This is a follow-up to an earlier blog about travel company Tauck. You may want to read it first, so you know what’s going on: read Part I. Complaints I have filed several complaints about Tauck. The BBB is not useful as they just bounce letters back and forth between the two parties involved in the dispute. It may take a bit of time for…
“I’m sorry but she’s gone.” The woman who said it was holding a single piece of paper. She turned it toward me. “I have just certified the time of death at 10:18.” It was Saturday January 29, 2022. Shala, the Siamese cat sitting guard, hissed at the woman. I had known my dear friend Kathryn Lance (KL to all who knew her) did not have long to live. She hadn’t eaten in over a…
The ALL-NEW video book trailer for The Skye Van Bloem Trilogy is now available to view on YouTube. Many thanks to the incredible Dr. Daisy for her videography. Please give the short video a look and a thumbs-up! Thank you, friends and readers.
Why are some travel companies, like Tauck, ruining travel during the pandemic? Here is my story. Please feel free to copy it or repost it. Stories, a small wooden black and red train with a cotton ball smokestack, and a crystal heart on a blue velvet ribbon. These are all my daughter has left of her father, aside from the flag that draped his coffin. Eric was a US Air Force F-15 fighter pilot and…
I haven’t written about COVID, other than to encourage people to get vaccinated and wear masks. What could I say that hasn’t already been said? That I was sad or lonely or full of despair? Boring. I feel your eyes glazing over now. So, I didn’t write about that, but I did write. I published two books in 2020, and I tried to keep busy. I was lucky, after all. I had a house, a…
Greetings, friends and readers! My holiday newsletter is now available. It’s the last one of 2021, so if you did not receive it, email me or sign up on my website at the bottom of the page. The newsletter is completely free and I blind-copy everyone on my list. Your email address will never be sold or traded for any reason. I don’t do that, ever! And, you will only get one email from me,…
The March 12-13, 2022 Festival Of Books in Tucson, Arizona is a GO!! I will be in the Children’s Indie Pavilion on Saturday March 12 from 2:30 p.m. – 4:30p.m (subject to change). If you are one of the first 10 people to buy the entire “Skye Van Bloem Trilogy” at the special festival price of $30, you will receive a FREE beautiful, zippered, forest-green, canvas bag with a full-color picture of the protagonist and…
Like most Americans, I want to see fairness in our country—in the courts, in hiring, in job pay, in access to affordable housing, in higher education . . . I could go on and on. Injustice is a difficult thing to watch without becoming disillusioned, bitter, and angry. I’m seeing a lot of unfairness with the vaccine rollout. Let’s start with communities of color and underprivileged neighborhoods. Have they been given access to the vaccine?…
Everyone likes receiving free stuff, especially when it’s an autographed book! How to Win Sign up for Carol’s newsletter Expect the March/April newsletter on the first day of spring (March 20) Read it and look for the hidden contest question Find the hidden hint to help you answer the simple question Email skyevanbloem@gmail.com with your answer before April 1. A winner will be chosen from the entries. Carol contacts the winner, who picks which book…