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Karla Hatfield
Branch Manager

Burnside
Unit 140 Cambridge Centre, 202 Brownlow Avenue, Dartmouth, B3B 1T5

Phone: 9024688747

Email: khatfield@maritimetravel.ca

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Karla Hatfield

An Interview With Karla Hatfield

How many years have you been selling travel?
I have been selling travel for over 20 years in a couple of different roles, which has given me a great experience to see different sides of the travel industry. My career started out doing Incentive Travel.  I worked for a company that would be hired to movtivate and "Incentivize" employees, which culminated in group travel.  The actual travel was just a piece of the job.  We would have to plan and execute a marketing plan for each group/trip, which could include monthly mail out "teasers".  Most of the larger groups would also have a kick off party to announce winners of the trip and also to announce the next years destination.  This was definitely a fun and creative way to start out in travel. In my next role, I joined Maritime Travel  where I stayed for 13 years, selling travel as a leisure consultant, then as a Branch Partner and finally as the Branch Mananger.  I was also involved in the Train the Trainer program, where I would help train new staff, do upgrade training and was also a Beta Tester for new products and systems for Maritime Travel.  After being in the branch, I worked at our Head Office to do some behind the scenes work for 3 years. I left Maritime Travel for a short time, but since I'm a Maritime Travel lifer, I returned to Maritime Travel at The Halifax Shopping Centre branch in July 2012.

What are your hobbies?
Of course, I love to travel but outside of that I love to read and spend time with my family at the cottage.  As a mom, my sons hobbies have become my hobbies...if you can call being a chauffeur a hobby!

What type of resort activities do you favor? ie water sports, lounging by the pool, etc?
When I'm away at a resort destination, it's all about relaxing and lounging by the pool.  I enjoy taking in the shows and participating in the water activities as well.  If there's a water slide, you'll definitely find me there!

What are your favorite destinations?
For a sun destination, I'm very partial to the Mayan Riviera.  I love the quality of the resorts and food.  Plus I love the excursions that are available at this destination. Everywhere I've travelled in Europe I have loved.  I want to go back to Italy and spend some more time exploring. 

What languages do you speak?
English is my only language, although I'm getting good at ordering wine in a number of languages :)!

My Escorted Tours

PLACES I’VE BEEN

Canada
Alberta, Atlantic Canada, British Columbia, Central, Eastern, Western

Cruise
Avalon Waterways, Carnival Cruise, Eastern Caribbean, European River Cruising, River Cruising, Sun Cruises

Travel History

Playa del Carmen, Mexico - 2016

We spent a week in Playa del Carmen in April 2016.  While we didn't stay in a resort (we had access to a private condo), it was great to wander the area and experience the destination.

First off, getting there... We had direct flights from Halifax to Cancun with Transat Holidays.  The service was great and the flight actually left early on the return flight.  One thing I can definitely say is that pre-booking/paying for seats is worth having the choice.  While most people seem to want the front of the plane to be able to get off faster and some seats have extra legroom, some of the Transat planes have a few rows of 2-seaters at the back of the plane.  These were AWESOME!  Extra legroom and space without having anyone else next to you.  Yes, you have to wait for the whole plane before you can get off, but really everyone ends up waiting in the same lineups anyway! :)

 Staying right in Playa del Carmen was a great experience.  You could wander around outside the "tourist area" and see how people live and experience the town.  We were travelling with children and never felt uncomfortable or unsafe.  Taxis were easy to come by and relatively inexpensive but always ask the price to your destination before getting in and they are sometimes negotiable.

Since we didn't stay in an all-inclusive resort we got to experience the local restaurants for a number of our meals.  The food was fabulous and really reasonable with good portions.  My recommendation to people now is even if you are at an all-inclusive, you need to go to some local restaurants.

Another tip I've been giving is this...since the Canadian dollar vs the US dollar has such a poor exchange rate at the moment, take Mexican pesos with you.  Our exchange rate is more favourable and you don't have to worry about trying to convert prices as much.

One of our favourite things we did was to visit Xplor Park http://www.xplor.travel/?_ga=1.9900278.2138359946.1472660308 .  It is an adventure park with zip-lines, underwater caves etc.  We spent a full day here and did everything!  Lots of fun and your food is included in your ticket price.

Orlando - 2015

In October I enjoyed a family vacation to the Orlando area.  There were 9 of us travelling together so we rented a house through Maritime Travel's Holiday Escapes.

 We had a 4 bedroom house approximately 20mins from the Disney Theme Parks, with our own private pool.  The home had 2 bathrooms and plenty of room for everyone.  It was well located, away from the hustle and bustle of Lake Buena Vista and Kissimmee area, with a grocery store not far and access to the I-4 a short drive away.

We did the usual Disney and SeaWorld, but I'm now kicking myself for not doing Universal Studios...but that's an excuse to go back again! :)  I'm a big fan of the theme parks and become a kid again.

My new favourite thing that I experienced was Wild Florida.  It was about an hours drive from where we were staying and offers Airboat rides as this area is considered the Headwaters of the Everglades.  They also have a wildlife park that is well kept and taken care of and houses rescued or "nuisance" animals and reptiles.  For my 14 year old son, this was one of his favourite days.

 All in all, I believe Florida has something for everyone.  You are surrounded by theme parks and attractions, and just a drive away from beaches. 

Las Vegas - 2014

People, action, entertainment and shopping...that's Las Vegas! I travelled to Las Vegas for a 4 night trip for a reunion with friends.  We stayed at The Signature at MGM Grand in a 1 bedroom suite.  We chose this hotel as we all wanted to stay in one room together so we'd have the time to catch up with one another.  There are many "suites" in Las Vegas, but the majority of them seem to be a larger version of a regular room.  The Signature at MGM Grand had a kitchen, 2 bathrooms, a separate bedroom and living room, so worked well to accommodate a few women!  The location of the resort is at one end of the strip, so not in the centre of everything, but like almost every resort in Las Vegas, you have a hike to get where you want to be. The Signature does not have a casino in the hotel, but you are attached to the MGM Grand.  Food at the hotel was quite reasonable and in the shopping plaza between the Signature and MGM there were plenty of restaurants for varying tastes and budgets.  I don't find that Vegas is as inexpensive as it once was, but you can still eat fairly reasonably. All in all, I enjoyed going to Vegas and would most likely go again, but would plan my activities better. I am not a gambler and honestly didn't put a penny in a machine, not that I'm against it, but there is so much to do, that we just didn't take the time out to sit and play.  We had a day of shopping, we hit a few good restaurants, had a night out and saw a Cirque du Soleil show. We had an idea of what we wanted to do while there, but waited until we got there to buy tickets etc.  I now think we would have been better off to make the arrangements ahead of time, even just for time management purposes.  When you have tickets pre-purchased, you base your time and itinerary on this and therefore I believe you can see more this way.

Prague, Vienna and Budapest - 2011

I was able to take advantage of a shortened tour with Insight Vacations to Prague, Vienna and Budapest. All I have to say is "Loved it and I need to go back!" The destinations themselves were beautiful and interesting. The food and culture were top notch. Touring with Insight Vacations was fabulous. The leg-room on the coach along with the quality of accommodations and tours would be hard to beat. Hotels were all city centre and close to where you want to be.

Burgundy and Provence River Cruise - 2009

My first, but not my last River Cruise was with Avalon Waterways doing a 7 day Burgundy and Provence cruise.  I loved every moment of it!  It is my new favourite way to see Europe.  The quality and service is fantastic onboard and when you dock you are right in the heart of the city/town you are visiting to go on your walking tour. The atmosphere is casual and because of the small number of passengers, the crew onboard gets to know who you are very quickly.

Orlando and St. Petersburg, Florida - 2008

I've been to Florida many times and always seem to tour around to different areas instead of staying in one place.  My favourite type of accommodation is to rent either a house or a condo. This gives me space, normalcy and comfort when travelling to a busy destination.

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