As our company celebrates its 70th Anniversary, our blog celebrates its 1st! One year ago we started with a new aim to bring you interesting and useful information to make your travel experiences even richer! We started with a couple of great posts sharing the history of Starr. Did you know that our family run…
Last week we celebrated a personal milestone at Starr: Kathy Dolly, Starr’s Director of Finance celebrated her 40th anniversary. This special anniversary made me think of not only Kathy, but all the wonderful people who have experienced long tenures at Starr. First thing’s first. Let’s define tenure in this context. Tenure is the length…
Memorial Day, originally called ‘Decoration Day’, is a day of remembrance for those who have died while in our nation’s service, and to commemorate those who served and have passed on. There are many stories as to its actual beginnings, with over two dozen cities and towns laying claim to being the birthplace of Memorial…
Starting a new job certainly has its pluses and minuses. One of those minuses is that you need to wait for vacation time to accumulate before you can take time off of work. I was a little concerned about this until I started my new position with Starr (in October 2015) and I learned about…
After 25 years as a Tour Director for Starr, I’ve learned a few things about what to pack for a trip. Like most folks, I learned them the hard way! But practice makes perfect and these days, if I have even one unworn piece of clothing at the end of a tour, I feel like…