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S3 E12 From Marathons to Luxury Escapes: Travel Secrets with Catherine Whitehouse
Join No Wine Left Behind as we chat with Catherine Whitehouse, senior Travel Advisor at Wanderlust Jet Setter. From marathon days to luxury travel expert, Catherine shares her wild journey and top tips for affordable destination weddings, family vacations, and the best spots worldwide (Greece, anyone?). She even sets the record straight on travel safety in popular spots like Mexico and Jamaica.
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Welcome to the no Wine Left Behind podcast, where we truly leave no wine behind. I'm Alex.
Speaker 2:And I'm Celia. We are here in the studio together, sharing ups and downs, frustrations and funny moments of our daily adventures. So grab your favorite glass.
Speaker 1:Join us as we raise our voices. Together, we'll dive into the drama of life as we see it. Excited to introduce Katherine Whitehouse, senior Travel Advisor at Wanderlust Jet Setter, a luxury travel agency that has all the dream destination-worthy things in mind for you, mainly weddings, honeymoons and all the luxe getaways worldwide. Catherine may have joined the industry just two years ago, but her passion for travel goes way back. Her top picks the Caribbean, mexico and pretty much anywhere along the US West Coast. Welcome, catherine.
Speaker 2:Thank you. How are you? I'm great.
Speaker 1:How are?
Speaker 2:you. I'm great. How are you Good?
Speaker 1:good, awesome. So number one question, because now that I just read the intro it reminds me of, like the day old age debate. Do you say Caribbean or Caribbean?
Speaker 2:Yes, I was going to ask her that question.
Speaker 3:I always say Caribbean because when I say Caribbean, I'm thinking like Johnny Depp, pirates of the Caribbean yeah, I hear it as like a movie trailer. So I always say Caribbean. That's what I default to.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I think Caribbean too yeah.
Speaker 1:Glad we're all on the same beach here yes. Yes.
Speaker 2:Totally.
Speaker 1:Catherine, tell us everything about what inspired you to take the first step toward building buns on the run.
Speaker 2:Oh my God, I love the name yeah.
Speaker 3:So I changed that in like 2014,. Maybe, um, maybe 13. I don't know. I went through our running phase and I decided to change it as buns on the run because I was a runner and I was signing up for five Ks and I ran the New York marathon and I would do 10 miler every year. So it just like you know, buns on the run. And then I realized running is terrible. I actually hate it, um, not fun, and it ended up just kind of evolving into like buns on the run, like travel, and when I tell you, I think most people I know call me buns. I'm in their phone as buns and I think half my husband's coworkers didn't know my real name, for like the first year that we dated, I was buns. The people call me buns. I am not offended. I'm like I mean, that's how you know you've made it. You know people start talking about you as your Instagram handle. I feel like you've made it. Yeah, so that's cool. Never change it. I will never change it.
Speaker 2:I love that Good and it's so memorable.
Speaker 1:Like it also makes sense yeah, there's so memorable. Like it also makes sense. Yeah, there's so much to it that's just so fitting yeah, so I love it, so I'm, I'm keeping it. I love it.
Speaker 2:That's awesome, I agree with you on all the running stuff, because I ran for a while and it's it is awful yeah. I don't. I've had thoughts of trying it again. And then I say to myself what are you thinking?
Speaker 3:Like that Running is it being over. So I feel like you feel accomplished, Like when I ran the New York Marathon, I hated my life and like it was great to do and I did it for a charity and all that. But I remember like my girlfriend was like waiting for me. I couldn't find her, Like my phone was like half dead. I'm like trying to figure out how to meet her, Like, and I just remember sitting it was like eight o'clock at night in Times Square on a corner with the Teflon or whatever, and I, when she finally found me, I said I need you to remind me of this exact moment. If I ever sign up for a marathon again, me like basically looking homeless in Times Square, like sweaty and crying I need you to remind me to never do it again. Oh, wow, Like no. So then after that I was like I've peaked, I'm done, I'm not.
Speaker 2:Well, that that was a good way to end it, though Doing yeah went out with the gang. Yeah, that's perfect.
Speaker 1:Exactly Because the New York City Marathon just happened. I know it's funny that we're talking on the anniversary of that day.
Speaker 3:It's a great race. I mean I would never knock it, but I think I would just never. I cross it off and it's done, right yeah.
Speaker 1:Kudos to you. That's a lot. Yeah, it's a lot. So what's the most surprising thing that you learned about yourself through this journey? Transitioning from running buns on the run to travel buns on the run.
Speaker 3:It's a lot more fun and I feel like it's still fitting because I'm for the most part. Most people are like where are you off to now? Or they see my Instagram story and they're like are you here? Are you in Aruba, where are you? And that's like I joke, because my personal trainer will text me every week and be like are you in the country this weekend? I can't remember Like, and half the time I'm like Nope, I'm not. Or like it's. It's just so funny that now that's it Buns is me just not. Is being on a plane somewhere?
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah. So what takes you to all these different destinations? Obviously, your your work, but like why do you go there to check out the hotels? Or like see, what's going on?
Speaker 3:Yeah, I do it's. My travel now is a lot of like mainly work. I mean, it's a lot of fun too. I try to fit that in.
Speaker 3:But when I go to like a new destination or one that I've been to before, I try to set up what we call site inspections. So, like for Aruba, for example, I've been to every single resort there, either staying there or on a business meeting. So I email the resort like a week or two in advance and I say, hey, I'm going to be in Aruba, I'd love to meet you. And they take me around and it's like an hour, half hour and I get to see the resort more from a business perspective. They show me the different room categories, the restaurants, kids clubs, spas, gyms. That way I get a sense of what it's like so that I can sell it Right.
Speaker 3:Okay, so much easier to sell something if you've seen it personally. Right, you know Expedia can only tell you so much, tiktok and Instagram can only tell you so much. So it's nice to actually go, because there are resorts that I've been to where I'm like I would never send someone here, or I know I would never send a family here, or I know this resort is good for this tiered budget, or that's what I like to do. So, like, in a couple of weeks I'm going to the Dominican and I'm going to try to set up a bunch just to see the ones that I sell the most and see okay, why do my clients really like it here? I mean, I like it on paper, I haven't got any complaints about it. But I want to see it for myself and figure out, like, okay, I know exactly who to send it to send this.
Speaker 2:It would be interesting to hear your perspective on the Dominican Republic, because I've never been there. I've gotten a lot of mixed reviews. I've gotten people that love it and will keep going back. I've gotten people that have gotten really sick coming home or gotten really there, and then people that are like, nah, it's okay, one and done type thing. So, I'd be interesting from a travel person's point of view, because these are just people that go on vacation. They're not travel experts or anything like that.
Speaker 3:So yeah, that. So yeah, that's. One of my hot takes is that I get so angry when people go to someplace once and maybe have a bad experience and they just will never do it again. And then that is, and I I hate that, because you might like I went to the Bahamas and I personally didn't like it. Like I went to the Bahamas and I personally didn't like it. It wasn't my favorite, I know people like it, but I went one time and I might go again and I might love it.
Speaker 3:And I hate when people go once and then they tell everyone oh, don't go there, oh I got sick once, or I it rained the whole time, because I'm in the working season and I didn't look whole time, because I'm in the hurricane season and I didn't look. It's like I hate that because give it a second chance. Like, maybe you had a bad travel day, maybe you had a layover getting there, maybe you weren't feeling good when you got there, and now it's just snowballing into a negative experience. But also, on the flip side, you get what you pay for. So if someone's like, oh, I went to the Dominican and I stayed at X resort, and I said, well, how much what you pay for. So if someone's like, oh, I went to the Dominican and I stayed at X resort and I said, well, how much did you pay for it? And they're like oh, it was like $200 a night. That's probably why you were sick, you know? Like, what do you pay for with?
Speaker 2:these things.
Speaker 3:It's hard when people have this champagne taste on a beer budget because it's like I'm trying to only send you to the quality resorts. I'm telling you like, yeah, you might, I could get you to the dominican for 700. I could also get you to the emergency room for that. So it's up to you.
Speaker 2:What, what you want, what's a nine-hour layover in the Emeralds?
Speaker 3:Yeah, I love that, so it drives me crazy. Yeah, one of my pet peeves. Okay, that is so funny.
Speaker 1:So in the intro I had mentioned weddings, honeymoons and then just all around all-encompassing kind of travel. So what is your favorite to book?
Speaker 3:Honeymoons. Really I love honeymoon. I love booking honeymoons Well, destination weddings too. I get super excited because it's not just like a one-off kind of thing. I'm like in with the brides for like a year, you know, going back and forth and helping them get everything situated, with their guests and logistics and everything like that. So it's like more of a relationship, you know, with that Um. But I love booking honeymoons because they're they're just couples are so excited there. They want this to be like this ultra experience, like doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg or a mortgage to go. But they want this like. They want someplace unique. They want some place that's going to give them everything and more. They want a good spa, a beach, or they want this unique Italy experience.
Speaker 3:They want to do a multi and go make limoncello, like they want to do the things that you know. If you're just like, well, I do want to go to Italy next summer, it's like not as passionate, I guess is like the right word. Like they just want to go to Italy next summer, it's like not as passionate, I guess is like the right word. They just they get so excited.
Speaker 3:And then I get excited and I'm like I want to give you this I want to give you everything and more, and I want you to have like the best time ever. I love, I love booking honeymoons, like that's just my, my jam.
Speaker 1:That's so sweet. How do you handle the people who are indecisive or going on the honeymoon honeymoon, who want to have a destination wedding but they don't know what experiences they want to have, or they don't know where they want their friends and family to experience with them? So how do you figure?
Speaker 3:that out. So a lot of the destination weddings that I do personally are Caribbean, and it can be a long conversation. I have some brides who are like I want this resort and this resort, only let's get this contracted. I have some brides who are like I want this resort and this resort, only let's get this contracted. I have some who are like I think I want the Caribbean, or like oh, I love Aruba, I really want to do Aruba.
Speaker 3:And then when I give them the price tag, they're like don't do that it's a lot of back and forth trying to find the perfect spot for them. That's also not going to break the bank for their guests because it is an expense for them for you know their guests to come um. But you know the the dominican, mexico and jamaica are typically the I don't. They're the lowest cost, you know. But you get more for your money with those because you're going to be all inclusive. You know you're going to get a great room block rate. There are a lot of family friendly ones, you know, on the beach. So it is a lot of back and forth.
Speaker 3:You know I can give my recommendations and say this this resort I know is really good with weddings, or this resort has, you know, a preferred club or a kid's club that you might need. And then I get. I go and get their quotes. So the quotes are complimentary, like we don't charge any travel planning fees at all. So we might go back and forth for a while and say how do you feel about the pricing for this, how do you feel about the pricing for this? And then, once we get that locked in it's, I get them in touch with the wedding coordinator, I get them in touch with the vendors, like it's as a first point of contact and then like then we kind of go through the most, but it can be a lot. You know, I've I've had brides where they're like, you know, like I said, they want a Ruba and then they see the price tag and it's not all inclusive and they're like so I always go default to like the Dominican or Mexico, because you're going to get, going to get some quality
Speaker 3:resorts for less. I mean, I have two brides getting married next October in the Dominican at Dreams Flora, and that's where I'm staying next month, and they it's like wildly affordable and it's like a five star resort. Yeah, so it's, you know it's, it's a win win. You get to spend the best day of your life with family and friends. You don't have to take out your wallet once. I mean to me, I love destination weddings. I know people have very strong opinions about destination weddings, but I think I don't know, put me on a plane and get me out of here. I'd rather go there than New Hampshire for your wedding. All right, I agree with you.
Speaker 2:I love to travel, so take me anywhere out of Massachusetts. I live in Massachusetts, so take me anywhere out of Massachusetts, I'll be happy.
Speaker 3:Yeah, exactly, I don't care it might be every single morning, I would love it and I also love to, like I've had. You know what I say to the brides too to not get so like in the weeds with your guests, because they will give you opinions and it's just going to discourage you, right? So if, like I would rather because I I deal with all the bookings like they have to come to me to get the quotes and everything, if your aunt karen is going to email me and give like shit for basically saying I can't spend this much, that's so expensive, I'd rather I'd rather get it than the bride. I don't want her to be discouraged, or the group or like yeah, I don't make the prices.
Speaker 3:My guy, this is, this is what it is, this is what they want. Right, you don't have to go. I'd rather be that. I'm like a bouncer. You can talk shit all you want about this price. It's still their day. I'm the wrong person.
Speaker 2:That's right. Yeah, I love it. I love it. What about? Do you have any? What would be your top three destinations for family?
Speaker 3:vacations For families. I would say leave the kid home and go on a vacation.
Speaker 2:That's not possible, yeah, but if it's not possible to leave the kid home, then we also leave behind certain family members.
Speaker 3:I would say so. I love like beaches resorts. They're part of like Sandals, the family friendly version. I probably sell beaches, turks and Caicos the most for families because it comes with so much. I mean it's Disneyland on steroids but better and you just you get everything and it's I. I have a lot of like multi-generational families that want to travel, like grandparents and grandkids and everything. Yeah, he just starts in Caicos is probably the best, the best one, cause you can get some great rooms you can all like they can accommodate the large groups for dinners and lunches and I mean they really have, and they have a kid's club. So the kid's club is included and you can drop the kids off, have a great time with certified nannies and all that, and then you know like everyone's going to have a great time, right, right Cool.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:We did a family trip last year. It was actually our first like I go with my family on vacation every year, first, like I go with my family on vacation every year. But it was the first time we took, like the rest of the family, like the nieces, the nephews, the grandchildren, the boyfriends, husbands, everybody. There was 17 of us.
Speaker 3:We went on a cruise.
Speaker 2:It was the best, and everyone said it was one of the best trips they've had in a really long time, so it was awesome did you leave out of boston or did you leave out of? Miami, florida. Yeah, yeah, I booked the whole thing. It was a lot. Yeah, it was a lot of work, yeah, um, but it was worth it. We it was fantastic.
Speaker 3:And it went so smoothly.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it went really smooth, Like there was no issue, Like the flight was smooth. I mean, the flight coming home was not the best. She ended up getting stuck in Miami overnight and her flight was canceled. Really yeah, but everything else was fine. The cruise was smooth, the dinners were great. It was really, really, really good.
Speaker 3:So, 2025,.
Speaker 2:We're looking to do something else. We're not sure if we want to do another cruise or if we want to go to Aruba or just one place for five, six days. So I'm kind of mulling that around and trying to figure out where we're going to end up.
Speaker 3:So it's hard with a group to like coordinate all that stuff. Cruises are great for groups too, cause it's just you're all. You're all in one place. You know, I think I personally think you get more bang for your buck going to an all inclusive, like going to one destination. But people love cruises, I mean they. They cause you get to stop at multiple places. For me, Like.
Speaker 3:I, I want to experience culture. I want to experience, like Island, that I can't do that in six hours. Right, right, I won't get back on the boat, so I just need to, like, I need to go there, you know, but cruises are.
Speaker 2:They're a great option. Yeah, that's. I'm considering doing an Island next year, like not sure which one, but that's kind of what I'm leaning towards. It's going to be all inclusive because they're going to be so many of us that, exactly I got to make sure everybody can eat when they want to eat.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I mean, like if you're traveling with young kids, you don't want to have to, like you want all inclusive you want that ease that. If they don't like something, then you can just go back up to the buffet or order something else. Same with picky adults too. Go to Ron Quist. If you don't like it, just order something else. That's the way to go, especially with kids.
Speaker 2:Yeah definitely, Totally totally.
Speaker 1:And then the experiences like you touched on. You had just gotten back from Mexico and you were there for the Day of the Dead.
Speaker 3:Yes.
Speaker 1:That is amazing. How was that it was incredible was that it was the timing or did it? Was that happenstance?
Speaker 3:uh, so we did it on purpose. We went for, specifically, the day of the dead. So my husband's uncle and his husband live in mexico, in san miguel de allende, and they invited us this year for day of the dead and we stayed at their house, which was incredible, incredible. And they, as a travel agent I'm such a bad traveler myself Like I do everything last minute. I don't make decisions for myself Like I just I'm like, oh, okay, I should probably book a flight we leave tomorrow. Like it's, I just don't, I'm so focused on everyone else's plan. But I'm like, oh no, where are we staying? I need to find that out. So, thankfully, they pretty much planned it. Like I told them the flights that we booked, they took us to the most incredible restaurants.
Speaker 3:Um, like, when I tell you like all family owned, everyone there was so friendly, so kind, so generous, so humble, it was like, like why? Why on earth do we live here? I want to go back to Mexico. We went to this family-owned restaurant twice. They had a food truck to start, and they decided it was raining one day. They couldn't sell food. So they were like, okay, we'll just have people come to our house and sell food that way and they became so popular that they turned their house into the restaurant. Oh wow, now they live somewhere else, so we're literally eating in their home. And we had three margaritas we kept joking because they were like this big and two entrees and a dessert with 20% tip. It came to $60.
Speaker 1:Oh my God, oh my.
Speaker 3:God or whatever. It is in pesos, but it was 60 us dollars and the food quality was incredible and we did um, they had a makeup artist come. We did the whole day of the dead. We went and saw the altars, so they have uh, it's more of like a celebration of life, like it's there's no morning. It's just we're celebrating our loved ones that passed on and they leave out food like their favorite food or favorite drinks. We saw like whiskey bottles and tequila bottles on these altars and I mean they take like days to make. Like you know, they're making designs out of beads and straw and all this stuff. And it was. It was incredible. It was the most incredible experience. I felt like when we were in the parade, I almost felt like I was running a marathon, but without the running, because there was so many people like on the sidelines cheering and like taking pictures and like it was just. It was so cool it was. It was absolutely like the most incredible experience. It was awesome.
Speaker 2:It sounds amazing.
Speaker 1:Liver of awesomeness through your stories.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I can only imagine liver of awesomeness through your stories. I took so many pictures and videos. I just I need to like actually sit and like make a reel about it. But it's like this little town, like in four hours outside of Mexico city and I never knew it existed and it was like it was incredible and there's so many expats there. I was shocked, Like so many people from the U? S that have bought property there, that live there or they live there part time, from London, people from Canada that like own property there. That's so fast, Like geez, this might be my retirement plan. I just have to learn it was great, it was awesome.
Speaker 2:So sweet, wow Sounds amazing.
Speaker 1:So what are some of your other personal bucket list destinations?
Speaker 3:There's a lot. So I well, I'm going to Belize in January, super excited about that. That's been on my list for a while. I would say I really want to go to Dubai and Qatar and do like that area. Greece I would love to island hop.
Speaker 2:That's on my list.
Speaker 3:Amsterdam is on it. I think I'm trying to plan it so like I could do like Amsterdam, greece, dubaiai, like basically, if I'm over there, anyway, just let me oh yeah, you get it um, be there a couple weeks and do a whole tour.
Speaker 2:Yeah, oh yeah I would be.
Speaker 3:I'd be going. I just go to one country and come back um, and I, I really want to go to the azores. I want to go. So bad yeah like only a 5 hour direct flight from Boston, you're in the Hawaii of Europe. I mean it's so cheap once you're there 8 hours is insane it's not that far.
Speaker 2:It's closer than flying to California.
Speaker 3:So why not go for a quick? Some people go to California for a quick weekend. Why not go to the Azores?
Speaker 2:we want to go there too. It's beautiful I have friends who are from there. Um, a woman I work with and and they go all the time, like they go every year and they just they love it. And she said it's so cheap but when they go they'll go and do like island hop, like they'll go to like four different places. They're gone for days but they are just on the move, like go, go, go. Yeah, it's a quick flight.
Speaker 3:It's like a 30 minute flight or something between the islands.
Speaker 2:Yep.
Speaker 3:Anytime I look at a new destination, I want to go. I want to go to Columbia, I want to go like I just want to go everywhere. I want to go places that people don't want to go either. So, I can say it's fine when people are like, oh my God, I could never go to Mexico. I'm like, oh my God, shut up, like why.
Speaker 2:You know that's funny that you say that because people do like. Over the last couple of years I've heard people say a lot of terrible things about Mexico and how it's dangerous and the cartels, and you know. Then, and then obviously you see the the news making people even more scared when they show like someone got shot on the beach by a guy in a freaking uh, what is it? Um, a jet ski? Yeah well, I mean, we don't know the backstory to that, but when people see that news you know what I mean that little bit of news they're like oh, yeah, they oh yeah, I have friends that won't go there.
Speaker 2:They absolutely will not go there because of what they hear on the news?
Speaker 3:Yep, yeah, I mean, do they forget that they live in the United States? I mean, I felt wildly safe in Mexico and I, half the time, I don't even want to leave in.
Speaker 3:Mexico and half the time I don't even want to leave here. So that's the thing, and I think a lot of people, it's a lot of fear-mongering in the news. Yes, to be honest, you see the bad, you don't see the good. And with Mexico, for example I heard about that jet ski thing A lot of it has to do with the cartels. Cartels are very specific. They're if they're going after someone, the person they're going after is at the resort. They go after that one person. They rely on Americans coming and buying their drugs. Let's be honest.
Speaker 3:They rely on tourism, so they're not going to deliberately just attack people. There might be a casualty along the way by mistake, but they are very targeted. So just don't join a cartel and you'll have a fabulous time. That's all you have to do. But they are very targeted. So like, just don't join a cartel and you'll have a fabulous time. That's all you have to. Just, you're going to go right to the resort. You're going to drink margaritas, so you blackout. You're going to have so many tacos. Don't join a cartel and you're fine.
Speaker 1:Sign me up.
Speaker 3:Sign me up. Margaritas and tacos. Hi, I'm in. Come on, come on, it drives me nuts. Same with jamaica. People do the same thing about jamaica. I I think jamaica is a beautiful country. I love the culture. The water is so blue, the food is oh, chef's kiss like I just. And people are like, oh, I can never go to jamaica.
Speaker 2:And I'm like again it's the same thing though all of a sudden, j is a dangerous place to go. It's a category a, red um, yeah level four whatever like that. Yeah, I'm like when did that happen? Cause I've been to Jamaica, I've been to Mexico and I've had great time and I've never had an issue. So I'm like when did these places become dangerous? Well, were they always dangerous? And I just was like too busy having fun at my resort and that's the thing is, like people don't.
Speaker 3:They don't seem to realize, like, especially for me, if you hire me as your travel agent, like I'm setting up reliable, safe transportation, I'm sending you to quality resorts that are safe, that people love, that like either I've been to personally or that I've had clients go to and love it. I get the hesitation of trying a new destination, but I've gone to Jamaica by myself. I go to Aruba by myself. I go places by myself as a woman and I feel safer there.
Speaker 3:When I was in Aruba years ago, we went to a local bar. My friend got roofied and one of my friends who lives in aruba saw it and said let's go, we're out of here. Wow, so it can happen anywhere. But like I also make friends with people who I know I can trust, right, or you know, if I'm gonna go do the more cultural experiences. So it's just people, just they don't try to think of the right wording, it's just they probably just using common sense, I mean, you know. So it's just that's even. That's the other problem, but it's, yeah, I mean, I don't know. I just I feel I feel sorry for those people that don't want to go to these destinations based on what they saw on the news. Right, right, yeah, they're wonderful.
Speaker 2:Yeah, oh, I agree. Been to a lot of places, so I believe me.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 2:And I love to travel, so sign me up for anything.
Speaker 1:Literally Like Dillian and I have younger kids and my daughter just turned 18. And her and two of her best friends they went to Aruba by themselves, graduated high school, went to aruba by themselves, graduated high school, went to aruba. Yeah, was I nervous? Yeah, a little bit, but also you're 18, like you have to experience these things. And they did everything they could to be safe and they came back just fine with tattoos yeah, tattoos, that was like mind Just that in itself.
Speaker 2:But yeah. I mean it's.
Speaker 3:I, I love Aruba, like I, just I. I I go there too much, I think, but I just I love it. It's you just feel like just say I, I've never really felt unsafe, I mean, I'm just there having a good time, like it's. That's one of my um top three for next year with the family.
Speaker 2:I think aruba, yeah, yeah, you can't go wrong, you can't go and it's nice there all the time it's beautiful year round.
Speaker 3:Yep, it's a little bit little rainy there this week though, unfortunately um but you'll get that.
Speaker 3:I mean, that's kind of anywhere. It's. Yeah, I've gone to aruba, where it was like one november, one random november, and all their hotels are like open air atriums because it's perfect year round, and they got so much rain that the roof started to collapse. Oh no, they didn't know what to do. Yeah, I was like I also don't know what to do. Do I just keep drinking? The roof is open, I can't even get to the bar. Do I just sit here Until you tell me to leave? I'm going to, I'll be here. Yeah, do you guys think, like I, just, it's like those kinds of things, like people are going to complain. Oh well, I went to Aruba and it rained. It's like, well, dude, I it happens. I mean, it's weather, I'd rather be out in the rain here. So exactly 100, and they don't.
Speaker 2:It doesn't rain very long, like it might spring, it's like florida, it'll rain for a little bit and then, yeah, it's so perfect, you know, but it's being outside the hurricane belt has its perks.
Speaker 1:So, yeah, yeah, very true, I love it so well, I think we have a game to play okay, do you guys want to do a little um this or that?
Speaker 2:let's do it all right, um, the first one iced coffee on a snowy day, or hot coffee and a heat wave oh yes, me too. Yeah, iced coffee all the time yep um perfect hair or perfect teeth, teeth Hair.
Speaker 1:I say teeth too.
Speaker 3:I have perfect teeth.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I don't want someone's teeth like smacking me in the face every time we get too close. Yeah, Um, um toe socks or toe rings.
Speaker 3:Don't wait.
Speaker 2:Neither Like picture this. Toe socks, yeah, toe ring, socks that have the toes, we like literally put your toe. Those are just so wild to me. If I had to pick, I'd pick the toe rings, because toe socks freak me out yeah, I don't think I've ever worn a toe ring.
Speaker 3:I don't know how that feels. I've worn toe socks but I feel like not long.
Speaker 2:I don't know Burping or farting, burping, burping.
Speaker 1:Burping.
Speaker 2:Jam or jelly, they're the fucking same.
Speaker 1:Yes, they're the fucking same.
Speaker 2:I think they're the same, I guess consistency and jam is like almost made of real fresh fruit and it has preserves, yeah, and it has the fruit seeds in it and it's a little thicker and darker. I don't like either one, so it doesn't really matter to me. I can't stand jelly or jam, so there's that um 70s or 80s 80s I feel like 70s were very like cry baby.
Speaker 1:80s were like fun, so I'm only gonna pick. 70s were very like crybaby, 80s were like fun.
Speaker 2:So I'm only going to pick 70s, because I went to a champagne luncheon yesterday and it was ABBA themed. And it was all 70s music and it was so, like some of the songs they were playing. I'm like, oh my God, I remember this song I haven't heard in like forever and I was like sitting at the table. I wish there was a dance floor, Cause I'd be out there. You know, it was so cool.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I think 70s had just like more upbeat music. I could see myself in like a disco kind of thing.
Speaker 2:Oh same, I love it.
Speaker 3:I could see myself doing something like that.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I totally love it. So I'm thinking this year's.
Speaker 1:Christmas. Eve theme is going to be disco by the way, I'm all in Money or brains.
Speaker 3:Brains, my brains will make the money. Baby yeah, Brains. I deal with too many people who don't have brains but have money. Kind of annoying, right. I mean, my wallet loves it, but I have a brain aneurysm most days. So I see brains.
Speaker 2:Shoes or bare feet Shoes.
Speaker 3:In what context, though?
Speaker 1:We need more information in what context, though?
Speaker 2:we need more information um how about when you're out in a bar dancing having fun and you wear high heel shoes and all of a sudden your feet start to hurt and you whip off your shoes?
Speaker 1:no deal with it or get syphilis like what?
Speaker 2:the fuck yeah because, because summertime you're barefoot a lot, go out beach, sand, whatever, but like in a situation where, like you might catch fungus, I would definitely say shoes.
Speaker 3:I'm like if I have heels and I'm dancing and they hurt, I'm probably also inebriated, so then I don't care I'm gonna take these off on a plane and you take your shoes off. I'm judging you. Oh, yes, yes, sure, yes, yes, oh, my goodness For sure for sure.
Speaker 2:Oh my goodness, I don't know why people do that.
Speaker 3:It's disgusting. Yeah, yes.
Speaker 2:So real quick. My fiance was traveling and he told me that one time he sat down he's getting all settled in, and the guy next to him proceeded to take his shoes and socks off Isn't that the same? Rubbing his feet while they were ready to kick off.
Speaker 3:They weren't even in the air yet.
Speaker 2:He was like holy shit, what is happening right now? Why he said he couldn't even eat. It was disgusting.
Speaker 3:I would die. It's so gross. Wear sandals. If you need them breathing, wear sandals. I don't understand it there wear sandals. If you need them, like breathing, wear sandals. I don't understand it. And there are people who literally go to the bathroom on the plane without shoes on oh, worse. And it's like no, that's like I don't like doing it at like a hotel, like you know, and but you're going on in a bathroom on a plane with no shoes on it freaks me out.
Speaker 1:I don't understand.
Speaker 2:I don't get it. You're not allowed to go home. No, it's awful. Two more Serious or silly, silly, silly Talking or listening.
Speaker 1:Talking. I don't care about what you have to say, I'm not listening.
Speaker 3:I'm talking, I don't. I feel like I'm mixed in both. I like I used to be a therapist a mental health therapist, prior to being a travel agent. Okay, I think I'm just innately a listener, but which I mean I think has its pros and cons, but also helps me, like hear how to sell you on travel.
Speaker 3:So, I don't know, I guess from a work business perspective, being a listener, but like I'm also sending like three five minute long voice notes to people throughout the day, being like I just got this email, so I guess I don't know that's funny.
Speaker 1:I love that voice note. Love it, it's all day.
Speaker 3:I mean with the other travel agents too. It's just like listen to this email I just fucking got. This person has asked me the stupidest question I've ever received in my life, so it's like we have our own podcast throughout the day. Oh, that is so funny.
Speaker 1:Love it so much. So awesome, Catherine. This has been so much fun. You're like top of the list of my new favorite people. Clearly, we have a lot of things going on. So we're probably going to bring you some business and be in contact. But, aside from us? Who know where to find you? Where can people find you? What is going on? Share all the socials.
Speaker 3:Yeah, so buns on the run is the main one, but you can call me buns, that's totally fine. Or is it buns underscore? I don't know, buns on the run. Or you can visit our website, wonderlustjetsettercom. You can contact me through there too. Or, if you just want to follow where I'm going, instagram is it? I try to do the TikTok. I can't. I'm more of a watcher.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's us too. Yeah, it's hard.
Speaker 1:We are definitely watching yeah it's hard. We are definitely watching.
Speaker 3:Instagram is where it's at yeah, instagram I mean we wouldn't have found buns without instagram right funny is like half the people in my life I've met through instagram. Yeah, I met my husband through instagram oh, wow it's I've met so many. That's why I'm working at this travel agency. I met her through Instagram, so it's like Instagram just brings people together.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, I agree. Yeah, it's a good, safe place. Everything else it's too much work. Yeah.
Speaker 3:I can't. It's fucking weird. Yeah, no, I'm in my Instagram bubble.
Speaker 1:Awesome. We'll be sure to link your Instagram in our show notes, but again, thank you so much for coming.
Speaker 3:Thank you. Thank you so much for having me. This was fun.
Speaker 1:And, yeah, I feel like we've got to do it again. Yes, oh yeah, definitely.
Speaker 3:I'm sure I'll have more stories the more I travel.
Speaker 2:Awesome. I love it so much, Bye everyone. Bye, take care.
Speaker 1:Thank you for joining us on this wine-filled adventure we would greatly appreciate your support.
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Speaker 1:So raise a glass, leave no wine behind and let's continue this journey together. Cheers.
