March 2023

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View this email in your browser Greetings Friends, I hope you are doing well as we enter March and the days get longer.  For being the shortest month of the year, my family had a busy February. Anyone following along over the past few years - unfortunately, we couldn't go ice skating on our pond this year.  The weather fluctuated from too cold to too warm.  We're going to try and get to an indoor rink this weekend. Even though the weather has been sporadic, we've still managed to make the most of the snow when it arrived this winter.  So far, Sarah and subsequently Sandy have had seven snow days during this school year, including three in February.  Peter tends to get a little sad that he still has to go to daycare.  We've gotten in the habit on snow days of stopping at Dunkin Donuts before dropping him off at school. The kids attended two birthday parties at an indoor "Urban Air" trampoline/rock climbing activity park.  I went to the second party and jumped in a ball pit for the first time in...twenty...thirty years.  The kids had a great time, and I enjoyed myself as well. Besides that, Valentine's Day, a zoo visit, swim lessons, soccer, and gymnastics.  It was another quick month in our house! February saw more planning in some of our favorite destinations - Mexico, Jamaica, and Europe.  I love it! Something that I wanted to mention as we continue to navigate the travel landscape together is pricing as it relates to when I send my quotes.  As most of you know, when I send quotes out, I note that pricing is not guaranteed until a deposit is placed.  A situation I've noticed over the past few months is that pricing for many options is increasing quickly.  If you don't continue moving through the process and decide to place a deposit down on the booking, when you revisit the pricing after a few weeks or months, it will likely have changed.  Unfortunately, this has negatively impacted more clients lately than I'd ever experienced.  I feel horrible when this occurs.  I recommend booking early and knowing that pricing will change the longer you wait. Even though it's only March, we aren't too early to plan travel for next fall/winter.  Life moves quickly :)  As always, I'm here to help.  Have a wonderful weekend, Brian Contact Today See previous monthly emails here.