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Upgrade Your Travel With Covington
06 days
by M. Fletcher
in Richmond Business
When you want to travel in style and comfort, Glen Allen based Covington Travel is there to help you with your planning needs. Whether you are looking to book business travel, plan a meeting, or plan the perfect vacation or even a cruise, the professionals at Covington travel are there to improve your travel experience from the first step out your door until you place your head back on your own pillow at home.
Well, you may have to take care of getting to and from the airport, but Covington Travel can help you with the most reliable flights and the best meeting venue. And, when you want to get away, Covington can help you plan the perfect vacation.
Covington has been upgrading your travel since 1967 when it began as a two person business. Josée Covington established the company in an era when airline and cruise tickets were handwritten. It helps that she’s fluent in five languages and is herself a world-wide travel. Her sons, Paul and Denny now help the agency to remain on top of the cutting edge of travel trends.
Today, Covington is in the top one percent of travel management companies located in the United States. Founded with the goal of upgrading the travel experience, Covington continues to provide exceptional service.
What the Covington team knows is that whether it’s individual travel or a corporation the smallest details are important. President and CEO Josée Covington says “Nothing is as important as the relationships we build with our clients, our suppliers, and our own colleagues. Not even the bottom line.”
With Covington you can upgrade the way you experience travel. After all, just because you’re traveling for business, there’s no reason to be miserable. Covington can make even business travel seem enjoyable.
What Covington understands about business travel is that it’s more than just getting the airline tickets. After all, you can do that online. But it takes professionals like those at Covington to be able to find the best deals, saving you time and money.
So maybe you not only need to travel for business, but you need to book facilities for a meeting was well. Covington can help you create distinctive meetings and events. Their experience with destinations and venues can save you lots of time that you might spend searching for just the right spot. More than that, the professional planners at Covington take care of all the endless hours of planning and details, bringing you a meeting that is flawlessly executed.
Dreaming of vacations can be fun. But sorting through websites and travel guides and brochures to find the best deals, reliable transportation and suitable accommodations can have you worn out before you even get to your destination. Allow Covington to help make your vacation more enjoyable by allowing their travel advisors to handle the details.
In a society where news is 24-hours and people are tethered to their phones and computers, every minute that can be saved by allowing professionals like Covington to take care of your travel, meeting and vacation needs is time you can spend on that next project, meeting with a client, or best of all, relaxing with the family.
That’s what Covington Travel can do for you with their knowledge and expertise as well as their many connections around the globe. They can create custom travel experiences and itineraries to meet your needs and preferences. As a member of Virtuoso, Covington has the added benefit of being able to offer you perks and upgrades that are not available to the general public. Because they deal with multiple clients, carriers and destinations on a day to day basis, Covington has access to deals and bargains that they’re more than happy to pass along to you.
If you’re looking to upgrade your travel experience, Covington Travel can do that for you.
Let’s Get This Baby on the Road
0454 days
by M. Fletcher
in Richmond Business
What’s an active young couple to do when news of a third family member comes along? While lifestyle changes are inevitable, there’s no need to revert to couch potato status. Richmond based Tots on-the go is here to help you make that adjustment while keeping your healthy lifestyle. And no need to think that your traveling days are over. Tots on-the-go provides what you need to get you, and baby, back on the road.
Tots on-the-go is a children’s boutique offering quality strollers and travel gear for the active family. They’ve been around since 2005 and their business keeps expanding. And that’s a good thing for families who are also expanding.
The owners of Tots-on-the go are parents of two young energetic boys. They make it their mission to help other parents and grandparents find products to make their lives easier and in so doing allowing them to focus on the children. They aren’t worried about selling you the most expensive product. They’re concerned about helping you to find the products that will fit your lifestyle. That’s one of the reasons they started offering their programs such as Rentals, Try It Before You Buy it and their 45 Day Return Policy.
Perhaps their most unique program is the rental program. Why rent when you could buy? Tots on-the go provides the following reasons. When you rent you get:
- Quality, like new JPMA certified baby gear
- Thoroughly cleaned and sanitized after every use
- Try it before you buy it
- Ship to your destination
In addition, local deliveries are available in various locations in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. In Virginia those localities include Richmond, Charlottesville, Williamsburg, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Hampton and Virginia Beach.
There are many reasons to consider renting from Tots on-the go.
Heading over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s for Thanksgiving? That compact fuel efficient car might be great for tooling around town. But how are you going to pack the stroller, and the high chair? And, while grandma might delight in holding the little one for hours on end, eventually everyone has to sleep and a Pack-and-Play would be handy. Tots on-the-go can help by either delivering the needed equipment to grandma’s or providing more compact portable equipment to make your travels more efficient and enjoyable.
To take advantage of the rental service, you need to place your order at least 7-10 days prior to your planned arrival at your destinations. You can make reservations by an electronic form on the website, by phone or e-mail.
Because they’re very much family oriented, Tots on-the-go also has a blog that offers travel, fitness and fashion tips for the busy parent. Product reviews and gift ideas are also available. In addition to the blog, you can follow them on Facebook and Twitter.
Locally, the Tots on-the-go showroom is located at 13541 East Boundary, Suite 116, in Midlothian, VA
And is open open 7 days a week by appointment, 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Also check out her blog on Baby Travel Gear Tips
Mondial Assistance Makes It Easier to Hit the Road, and the Skies
0640 days
by M. Fletcher
in Richmond Business
When Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupted spreading a cloud of ash over much of Europe, Richmond’s Mondial Assistance braced for the incoming phone calls. Mondial Assistance is a global travel insurance and travel assistance company and the U.S. headquarters are located here. Thousands of Mondial customers were affected by the travel delays and Mondial expects total claims could total millions of dollars.
“Not since 9/11 have we seen such widespread disruption of air travel,” Daniel Durazo, Mondial’s director of communications said to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Claims were processed on those policies purchased before April 15 when the news broke about the volcano.
Headquartered in Paris, Mondial Assistance has a significant U.S. presence at their Parham Road location. Worldwide, the company has operations in twenty-eight countries and has a staff of more 10,000 people. The company is party of Europe’s leading insurance company, the Allianz group.
Mondial traces the history of their company back to Switzerland in 1950 with the creation of ELVIA Travel Insurance. Twenty-four years later in 1974, SACNAS-Mondial Assistance was founded in France. In 2000 Elvia Travel Insurance and SACNAS-Mondial Assistance merged and, Mondial acquired World Access in the United States and in 2001 Worldcare in Australia. In 2001, Mondial Assistance, France Secours, Elvia and SSC merged to become Mondial Assistance as it is known today.
Mondial Assistance is available to clients around the clock, every day of the year. For travelers who have lost their luggage, stranded in a broken down vehicle or more, the company can offer some reassurance. Mondial claims 250 million beneficiaries, roughly 4% of the world’s population.
In addition to travel insurance, the company also offers automotive services, health and life care, property and other services. Details can be found at the company website. Also at the website, Mondial offers detailed advice to travelers for planning a safe and health journey.
Mondial also seeks to give back to the community and to be socially responsible. The company says “Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is about being a responsible corporate citizen in all aspects of our business, in all corners of the world. It’s about being inclusive, respectful, aware and dedicated to our employees, partners, stakeholders, environment, local communities and societies at large.”
For Earth Day, 2010 the company identified its “greenest” associates. Through a company-wide survey, Mondial asked employees about their use of energy, recycling and support of eco-friendly business. On April 23 Ricky Grubb, of Henrico, and Caroline Alexander, of Richmond were recognized at the Parham Road location for their commitment to the environment
Mondial Assistance is also an official partner of MASSIVEGOOD, a humanitarian aid project launched by the Millennium Foundation on September 23rd 2009 in New York during the United Nations General Assembly.
Jon Ansell, CEO Mondial Assistance USA and a Member of Mondial Assistance’s Executive Committee, says “Mondial Assistance is extremely proud to partner with MASSIVEGOOD and to bring a tangible contribution to such a universal cause. This partnership perfectly demonstrates the mission of Mondial Assistance and the involvement and willingness of our staff members to help people anywhere, anytime.”
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