{"id":5753,"date":"2020-05-11T06:40:28","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T10:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\/?p=5753"},"modified":"2024-05-16T17:27:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T16:27:37","slug":"traveling-in-style-through-eastern-europe-insight-staff-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\/blog\/traveling-in-style-through-eastern-europe-insight-staff-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Traveling in Style through Eastern Europe – Insight Staff Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been very fortunate to travel extensively throughout my life. My parents have taken me on countless travel experiences from the moment I could walk. From annual summers spent in Portugal, where both my parents are from, to all-inclusive destinations or backpacking and traveling\u00a0on a budget across Europe, it is something I will forever be grateful for. Some of the best memories of my life were made during those trips, and traveling has been my most treasured investment.<\/p>\n

Then in 2016, I took my first Insight Vacations trip to Budapest, Vienna, and Prague<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

I remember pulling up to our Budapest hotel, and directly in front of it, was the beautiful Danube river and parliament building. At that moment, I remember thinking to myself, \u201cNever, in all my travels have I enjoyed t<\/span>his kind of view from any of the hostels I stayed in.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

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I was in complete awe and not just of the breath-taking views, but by the location which meant I had the city at my doorstep. Forget my hostel days where I would have a 30-min cab ride into city centers, this was simply a dream. And the service. The days of hauling my 50-pound suitcases up 5 flights of stairs, were long gone. At every hotel, I found my bags in front of my room.<\/p>\n

Admittedly, I had been to Vienna and Budapest before and felt I had seen quite a lot up until now. But \u201cseeing\u201d these places with Insight was a wakeup call. I learned so much, saw even more and just felt the destination in ways I hadn\u2019t previously imagined.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have always been very proud to say I have traveled extensively, but while on my trip, I realized I might have traveled, but never the Insight way.\u00a0<\/span>And n<\/span>eedless to say, I can\u2019t go back to hostels EVER again!<\/span><\/p>\n

Megan Debarros is a Sales Manager located in our Canada office. She traveled to Eastern Europe with Insight Vacations.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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