Swimming With The Dolphins in Jamaica (December 2009)
 

 
I'm Diane Garvin and I enjoy my career as a travel consultant with Travel Professionals International booking individual leisure trips for anyone worldwide.  My niche is organizing active veggie group tours around the world. 
 
There are five things in life that keep me quite happy.  Firstly, I love exploring this wonderful world we live in.  Secondly, I can hardly wait to go for my walk or hike every day.  Thirdly, I’m proud of myself for eating healthy.  Fourthly, I have a penchant for full-bodied red wine and a fondness for foreign beer.  Lastly, but certainly not least, I enjoy spending time with family & friends. 
 

Education, inside and outside of the classroom, has been important to me over the years.  Formally, I have obtained three degrees: BA & MA (Psychology) and B.Ed (teaching degree).  Outside the classroom, to appease my insatiable wanderlust, I have traversed 19 different countries and 3 continents.  Nonetheless, with 195 countries and 7 continents in the world, I have a lot of catching up to do!

 

Presently, I live in southern Ontario and am also a part-time elementary school teacher.   The children keep me well grounded when I'm not off investigating the world. 

 
As a travel consultant, I take pleasure in qualifying clients for their vacations to make sure they go to a place that is a good fit for them.  As mentioned previously, I also enjoy organizing active veggie tours and handling all the details involved with such an undertaking.  

 

Though I'm not a bona-fide vegetarian myself, I have an appetite for vegetarian cuisine and absolutely enjoy immersing myself, on these tours, in the whole 'vegetarian experience'.    As mentioned on my home page, you do not need to be an authentic vegetarian.   You simply need to desire eating vegetarian while on tours.

 

Please allow me to help you find and book a great vacation.  I accompany each and every active veggie tour I organize and hope to meet you on the next one!