The Touring Club has a new home! Last week our new office at 222 Craven Street in New Bern opened. It was a very busy first week! And a very cold one. 
The office is in a drafty 19th century building that was originally New Bern’s city hall. As just about everywhere else in the northern hemisphere, New Bern has been suffering through an arctic chill that won’t go away. This morning, according to Google’s weatherman, it’s 15 degrees as I write this, at a little after 8:00 a.m. There’s ice on the pond outside my window. In our eight winters in North Carolina I’ve never experienced weather like this!
The move to an office was primarily inspired by my decision to focus more on selling travel and less on creating and leading tours. Although TTC will continue to offer day trips, short breaks and accompanied cruises, for now I’m not planning tours that require me to be someplace far from home months from now. Instead The Touring Club has expanded from being a cruise-only agency to a full-service travel company with an emphasis on helping people plan perfect travel that is affordable.
Now that the move is finished, I’ll try to get back to writing this blog more regularly. It’s always been my intention to use Practical-Tourist to share ideas that involve less expenditure and more authentic experiences. And that’s the sort of travel arrangements I plan to help clients of The Touring Club make when they come to TTC’s new office.
Libbie
