Wednesday, December 27, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Travel agent opens road to adventure
By Jim Cornelius
Editor
Susan Waymire has set
up shop in Sisters to help
local folks answer the call of
adventure.
The Luxury and Adventure
Specialist Affiliated Agent
for TravelStore has recently
moved to Sisters — but she’s
been here before.
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Susan Waymire specializes in
adventure and expedition travel.
“I’m a Camp Tamarack
Girl for about 10 years,” she
told The Nugget, recalling
her days as a young camper
and camp counselor at the
youth camp west of Sisters. “I
spent my summers in Central
Oregon.”
She recalls piling in the
back of a pickup truck and
rolling down the highway
to town for ice cream at
Sno Cap Drive In.
“That was a big evening,
when it was our camp’s turn.”
The experience of travel
and adventure in the great
outdoors has always been a
guiding force in Waymire’s
life. It led her into a 30-year
career in the travel industry.
“It’s been both a passion
and a career,” she said.
Waymire specializes in
helping clients enjoy expe-
riences of a lifetime. She’s
recently heard from clients
who traveled to Jordan,
where they visited ancient
Petra, sandboarded on the
dunes and rode camels. She’s
sending others off to climb
Mt. Kilimanjaro in Kenya.
Trips to the Amazon, the
Galapagos, Costa Rica, a
freighter cruise through the
Marquesas — they’re all in
Waymire’s portfolio.
And if you simply want
to put together a memorable
Hawaii trip, she can help you
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with that, too.
“Expedition cruising is
really big right now,” she
notes.
Waymire offers “con-
cierge-level” travel services,
and she can help clients cre-
ate elements in their travel
that they’ve never thought of.
“I think outside the box
for them,” she said.
She’s expert in the intrica-
cies of international travel.
“I’m very versed in inter-
national and getting people
where they need to go,” she
said.
TravelStore has alli-
ances with hotels worldwide,
which means she can access
upgrades and perks that
may not be readily available
otherwise.
With the advent of the
Internet and cheap airfare
sites, many people have taken
to booking their travel them-
selves. Waymire has no issues
with that. For a basic flight-
and-a-room, the do-it-your-
self route can work just fine.
But for anything more intri-
cate, or involving multiple
activities, Waymire’s services
save in time, efficiency, in
dreams fulfilled — and, ulti-
mately, in dollars, too.
Her services offer signifi-
cant added value for the cli-
ent, through custom-design-
ing travel packages, ensuring
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“Amazon Sue” piranha fishing in the Amazon. The Sisters travel agent has
a taste for adventure herself.
that flights and accommo-
dations are what the client
thinks they are and problem-
solving when it’s needed.
“Actually, I thank the
Internet,” she told The
Nugget. Clients often find
that the online, do-it-yourself
route just isn’t worth the risks
and the headaches.
“They ultimately come
back to me — and the rea-
son why is that personalized
service.”
Waymire’s client base is
wide and varied — and she’s
looking forward to working
with people in Sisters, who
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seem to have a built-in sense
of adventure and a desire to
experience life to its fullest.
“I wanted to make a local
presence and let people know
they have this option here,”
she said.
Armed with a laptop, she
can sit down with a client just
about anywhere and craft an
adventure of a lifetime.
“I can meet people in their
homes if they have Wi-Fi, or
in a coffee shop,” she said.
To contact Waymire call
541-719-8997; direct on her
cell at 503-828-4705; or email
Susan.W@travelstore.com.
Luxury & Adventure Specialist
541-719-8997
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