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Winter 2025

I’m pleased to welcome you to the Winter 2025 issue of News & Views. To help ring in the new year, we’ve collected stories, photos, and recipes to celebrate and commemorate 2024 – and highlight four new tours to inspire your 2025 travels.

Reminisce with us in “Our Year in Review,” our annual virtual scrapbook, where you can peruse photos and testimonials from guest travels, employee training trips, office events, and company milestones that occurred in 2024 – like the one above of a group of guests in front of Monumento al Encierro in Pamplona, Spain, on our Across Spain and Portugal tour.

Then, dive deeper into our guests’ travel experiences with four-time Odysseys guests Dan and Kim Varano. The retired chefs – who were featured in our Fall 2023 newsletter – return to the spotlight to regale us with highlights (and recipes!) from their recent Ancient Greece tour via their newsletter, Cruisin in the Kitchen.

Back at the office, we welcomed 13 Odysseys Tour Directors from all over the world for a week of meetings and activities. The “TDs” hosted our first-ever employee “tour fair,” attended our annual holiday party, and enjoyed the sights of Boston. See photos from their visit in the blog post linked below – maybe you can spot a familiar face from your own Odysseys travels!

Last, we invite you to explore four new small group tours for 2025: Essential France: Provence to Paris, Italy’s Classic Cities, Jewels of Colombia, and Discovering West Africa.

Come celebrate the past year with us – and dream of opportunities for the next – while you enjoy our News & Views.

Sincerely,


Signature

Bruce A. Epstein
President, Odysseys Unlimited

In This Issue
Our Must Reads For Easier Travels

Guest Feature:
Cruisin’ Through Greece with the Varanos

We first introduced Odysseys guests and retired chefs Dan and Kim Varano in our Fall 2023 Newsletter. Well, the pair are at it again, this time writing about their travels on Ancient Greece. Read about their adventure – and try a few of their newest Greece-inspired recipes – in our blog post.


START COOKING
4 Special Events to See On Tour In 2024

Photo Gallery:
Inside Our 2024 Tour Director Office Visit


At Odysseys Unlimited, our tour directors feel more like family than colleagues. Last month, 13 tour directors visited our Boston office from all around the globe, enjoying a week of in-person activities and events, plus a chance to showcase their home countries via an in-office tour fair.


RELIVE THEIR JOURNEYS
15-Tours With Animal Encounters

Our Year in Review: 2024


This past year was one for the books – and we've compiled our annual “Year in Review” to celebrate it. Walk down memory lane with our collection of guest and employee travel photos, memorable on-tour moments, office events, and more.


THE YEAR THAT WAS
QA with Odysseys guests the Heberts and Ciarfalias

4 New Tours for 2025


A new year means new adventures. We’re excited to welcome you on Italy’s Classic Cities, Essential France: Provence to Paris, West Africa Discovery, and Jewels of Colombia – four new journeys in four diverse, historic, and scenic destinations. Explore them all on our website, pick your favorite, and join us on the road.


FIND YOUR TOUR

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