445 – Luxury Under a Dark Sky at Clear Sky Resorts

Show 445

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Exploring nature and spending time in environments that is conducive to such activities is growing in popularity among all age groups.

Combining exploring the Grand Canyon, and native cultures, and adding in luxury accommodations where you can spend your nights gazing at dark skies is a winning combination. Imagine sleeping in a geodesic dome with a sky panel where you can view the Milky Way, other vast galaxies, shooting stars, and all that a beautiful dark sky offers. In the evening you will see amazing sunsets. Then, during the day, you can explore the Grand Canyon.

Clear Sky Resorts is where you can do all this in a four-star environment. Clear Sky resort is about 25 minutes south of the entrance to the south rim of the Grand Canyon and about 25 minutes north of Williams, Arizona, which is on Route 66. The location of Clear Sky Resorts also offers a variety of daytime activities. This includes daytime hikes of varying degrees of difficulty and the opportunity to explore the south rim of the Grand Canyon. And Williams, Arizona, is full of Route 66 memorabilia.

Clear Sky Resorts works with travel agents, and they offer fam trips. You can go to their website and get their contact information or email them at information@clearskyresorts.com. They will be happy to set you up with an account and provide you with commissions for your bookings.

"We have geodomes and we call them skydomes because every dome has a view of the sky through a skylight and while you are laying in bed you can look up and see stars. There is a huge panoramic window and … you can even see the hue of the Milky Way."

"It is a dark sky area. You have a very large structure that also has a homey feel, we have air conditioning and a four-star bathroom. So, we try to make it almost like you are in a four-star hotel, … but with star gazing just out your door or even from your bed through the skylight. You can open up an electronic shade in the ceiling and you can leave it open if you want to see the stars or shut it if … you don't want to get woken up early by the sun but it is a fun way to wake up."

"The resort has a lot of activities. We have star gazing tours five days a week but we have a lot of amazing activities. We have romantic get-a-ways. We have one room that has a bed that hangs from the ceiling, you take a spiral staircase up and you can literally see the stars about six feet above you is the skylight."

"We're fortunate to have a Native American flute-making artist here who will come in the evenings. He is a Grammy award-winning flute artist and it's almost magical to see stars while you are hearing this flute."

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Show 444

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Unlocking the hidden treasures in our cities is easy when you have a kind person showing you around; showing you the culture, exploring the food, and letting you in on the history. Finding these treasures is a real joy whether you are a first-time visitor or even if you've been to the city a few times in the past. There is nothing like visiting local small businesses where you will get the best cup of coffee or the best pizza in the city.

Touring neighborhoods and learning about the culture and the history of the neighborhood is a fantastic educational experience. Plus doing this in a small group of ten to fifteen people with an experienced guide gives you the opportunity to make friends, learn about the city and make plans for your stay as a result of all that you've learned on the tour.

Now, imagine giving your clients this opportunity to really enjoy the new cities you send them to. That is what we are talking about in today's show. David Naczycz from WeVenture Tours is our guest and we will learn all about the services that WeVenture offers to you and your clients. WeVenture has been around for many years and has recently rebranded itself and they offer the experience you expect to give to your clients.

Please join us and take in today's show and have your own learning experience and an opportunity to offer your clients an excellent travel product.

"We try to offer a little something for everybody families, young adults, seniors. We've got tours about music, food, about nightlife, history, sightseeing, and about all kinds things."

"You're with the guide in that small group and it's just a different experience, it's a more intimate experience, you really get to know the guide, the guide gets to know you. You form more of a relationship between human beings."

"Each tour has a focus and that focus might be history, it might be food and cuisine, it might be music, it might be nature. Each tour has a focus but we also have a philosophy that we want to be telling whole stories and what we find is that you'll get a little bit of everything. …We'll give you all sorts of background so you will get a complete experience of a place. … And, because you have that personal relationship with the guide, often what happens is you start talking about whatever it is that you as a guest is interested in."

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