Travel Services of Yorkville

Travel Consultant   

 

(630) 553-7200  Phone   info@travelservicesofyorkville.com 

 

Shelly is an Outside Travel Agent for West Michigan. She began her travel career in 1994 at the completion of a certified travel agent program in West Chester, IL. 

 

She has worked for a large tour operator company which offered Hyatt Resort Vacation Packages. While employed there, she had the opportunity to expand her destination knowledge, especially for Hawaii, Caribbean, Mexico,  and several domestic states.  

 

Also, in her travel career, she worked as a travel agent in retail leisure travel.

 

While working as an agent, she had the opportunity to expand her knowledge about the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, and toured several of their ships.

 

One of the most exciting experiences she had, was she met Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Atlantic Airlines, when he was in Chicago launching his first non-stop flight service from Chicago to London. Then to top things off, Sir Richard gave all the travel agents at his event a round trip ticket to London, which she utilized a couple months later for a  London Trip. 

 

Other destinations she has traveled to via Cruises and Vacation Packages are: Hawaii; Caribbean – San Juan Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, Puerto Plata, and Jamaica; Mexico – Riviera Maya, Puerto Vallarta, Cozumel – swam with the dolphins, and Cancun.

 

In the Continental US she has been to over 24 states, and some of her favorites are Florida –  Disney World, Sea World, Ft. Lauderdale,  Miami South Beach,  Naples, Marco Island, and the Keys; Colorado Ski Resorts; Las Vegas ; Massachusetts - Cape Cod was highlighted with whale watching. 

 

Shelly also enjoys the outdoors, has taken jeep rides in the Mountains of Arizona, and easy hikes in the desert.

 

While living in the Chicago area, she enjoyed many train rides to downtown, walking around the city, parks, Navy Pier, and riding on the boat tours.  In her native state of  Michigan she takes advantage of multitude of outdoor activities and festivals.Her favorite activities are walking the Light House piers and beaches, bicycling, fishing, boating, and camping.

 

She has worked at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island one summer when in college, and enjoyed the opportunity to live on the island with no cars, and to meet visitors from all over the world. 

 

She has traveled extensively Michigan and would be a great resource for vacationing in the natural wonderland state. 

 

Not only does Shelly have a passion for travel, she has a passion to assist people to incorporate physical activity in their every day living. She personally has lost over 100 lbs., and continues to live a healthy life style to maintain her weight loss.

 

Going through her healthy lifestyle journey, she realized how important being physically active is to the quality of life. To help others achieve their fitness goals, she became an ACE Certified Personal Trainer in 2008.

 

Being a young baby boomer herself, she teaches low impact workout sessions part-time to primarily baby boomers indoors, and teaches outdoor classes to anyone who loves the benefits of exercising with nature as their gym. 

 

Shelly enjoys assisting individuals with special occasion trips such as honeymoons, anniversary, and retirement celebrations. She  is specializing in adventure tours for people of all ages,and working with active senior groups in planning light adventure tours, which will help to assist the travelers to live healthy lifestyles.

 

Her next Michigan trip will be at the Straights of Mackinaw on Labor Day Weekend to participate in the annual Mackinac Bridge Walk. It's a tradition she and her husband started in 2006. Next year Shelly wants take a River Boat Cruise in Europe.