My Love of Travel: Why I Became a Travel Agent

I am Tracey Carlson and I have been interested in travel my whole life. When I was 7 or 8, I would check out books about the states from the school library. Dreaming of places I wanted to go. When I was about eleven, at the back of one of my mom’s magazines, I found phone numbers to call and order tourism information. Going to the mailbox was exciting since I ordered as much as I could. It’s no surprise that my children call me a nerd.

My dreaming and planning had to wait until I got married to a fellow travel lover. Together we have been to thirty-eight of the fifty states.

As I started having children and home schooling them, our travel became family vacations. We did road trips and National Parks and, of course, Disney World. I have been to Disney World over ten times and have stayed at seven different Disney World Resorts. I have completed the College of Disney Knowledge.

After my last child graduated, I decided to become a travel agent so I could use my experience planning vacations to help other families travel more by saving them the time and stress of planning everything. I am a Certified Family Travel Agent through Family Travel Association.

I am a Certified Sandals Specialist. I have finished my training with Carnival, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Lines. I am a Certified Family Travel Specialist. I will continue my training by adding more destinations and suppliers.

I am also a Faith-Based Travel Specialist with ETS Tours. In addition to the Holy Land, ETS offers Faith Based cruises following the Journeys of Paul, Marriage and Women’s retreats at sea, Fellowship cruises, European Tours, River Cruises, and more. Whether a congregation, a couple, or an individual, ETS has a tour for you.

As a full service travel agency, I can book travel to wherever you would like to go. I would love to help you create vacation memories that last a lifetime.