Tour Director Certification

The Trip School, January, 2023

About Me

Delivering better-than-imagined adventures is my baseline.

I am driving a motorcoach of Tour Director skills: event planning, 'give me a microphone,' logistics and apps, problem-solving, creative maneuvers and logistics, and liability radar.

Bringing people together and creating lifetime memories is my proven thing - in business, in travel. Am serious about nurturing connections and having fun. Part storyteller, part performer.

Tour Director Log

Tour Director, Collette Tours
Hawaiian Adventure, 14 & 11-Day Adult Multi-Island Tours.
3 to 4 Island Itinerary, Winter/Spring/Fall, 2023-current.

Tour Director, Cruise and Tours Worldwide
Pacific Northwest & San Juans Tour, April, 2025
Oregon & Northern California Tour, July 2025
Alaska, August 2025

Tour Director, Globus Journeys
Pacific Northwest Tour, 9-Day, (Seattle to San Francisco). Fall 2024

Tour Leader, Onward Travel Services
Post-Cruise Tours of Seattle/Puget Sound (5 hours), from Pier 91, Spring/Summer/Fall, 2024.

Tour Director, Travel Unlimited
Tour Director for Multi-Day Adult Tour, Pacific Northwest, June 2025

Tour Director, Sisterhood Travels (women-only, 30 guests)
20-Day Cruise/Land Tour, New Zealand, 2024
19-Day Tour, Australia & Fiji, 2023.
15-Day Cruise/Land Tour, Hawaii (4 Islands), 2023

Destination Knowledge

Washington, Oregon, California; especially Seattle, Puget Sound and Portland.
Alaska, Hawaii, British Columbia, Colorado.

Travel Experiences

20+ Cruises: Caribbean, Hawaii & Alaska.

Europe, backpacking & luxury.

Africa, overland expedition, 4 months.

Australia and Fiji, overland.

Colorado Rockies.

Personal FAM Trips

Santa Barbara, Orange County, Taos, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Palm Springs, Las Vegas, New York City, Vermont, Vancouver BC, Victoria BC, Maine Coast, Boston, Asheville, Charleston, Denver, Savannah, Nashville, Austin, Key West, New Orleans, Denver.

Tour Director Skillset

Large Scale Event Planning & Production

Possess a corporate & social event planner mindset:  Self-directed, resourceful, hugely creative and obsessed with details. Organized list-maker. Hyper-vigilant around logistics and timelines. Adept at juggling complex agendas and priorities. Socially savvy, client/customer focused.

Leadership, Public Speaker & Tech Savvy

An animated, experienced, and engaged leader, communicator, and public speaker. Excel at being ‘upfront,’ negotiating and solving complex issues and predicaments, with full responsibility for outcomes.  Am a techie, wired up for business.

WOW

Have earned a lifetime achievement award in creating, nurturing, and producing WOW moments – eclectic experiences and lifetime memories, often packed and fraught with emotion, elevated expectations, and timelines.

People Power & Personal Touch

Use humor, storytelling, sparkle, and empathy to engage, empower and entertain people, (and sometimes myself!).  Socially confident, fast on my feet. Congruent in word and deed.

Business & Career

Wedding Officiant/Celebrant & Planner, NW Ceremonies & Celebrations, LLC, Seattle, WA (present, part-time)

More than 3,000 weddings in 20 years.  Multiple ‘Best of Seattle’ awards.

Founder, Event Producer, JuhlHart, LLC, Seattle, WA (3 years)

Created and produced popular technology related shows, selling the company in 3 years.

Owner/Marketing & Events Manager, Marketing & Communications, Bellevue, WA (14 years)

Marketing consultant, trade show producer.  Sold company.

Television News Anchor/Reporter:  Small & Medium markets, 4 years.

College

B.S., Broadcast Journalism & Political Science

Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 1982.

Style, Heart & Soul

Boomer Babe. Professional wanderer. Teachable, fit, spunky, socially confident, compassionate and ready to go. Home baker. Enjoy airports. Unabashed cocker spaniel lover, work in dog rescue.  

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