OTTAWA — Lush Life Travel owner Sheila Gallant-Halloran is building on her partnership with Uniworld with a special new ‘Wellness on Water’ river cruise focused on women travellers.
The seven-night Danube River cruise, onboard Uniworld’s River Duchess, sets sail on Oct. 4, 2024 from Budapest to Nuremberg and ends in Prague on Oct. 13.
Gallant-Halloran, who won the Virtuoso Luminaries, Legends, and Leaders Award in the Wellness category in 2022, says the ‘Wellness on Water’ cruise experience will bring women travellers together, and also cater to solo female travellers.
“After emerging from the isolation of the pandemic, many of my clients want to reclaim their power,” said Gallant-Halloran. “So, if that idea resonates with you, perhaps it’s time to focus on your own healthy living and self-care.”
She added: “This cruise offers a perfect gathering for mothers and daughters, sisters, and friends. However, solo women travellers are also welcomed to come travel alone, together. I have negotiated some reduced solo supplements for solo cabins. And I’ve also crafted a ‘solo share’ program, so solo women can share a cabin.”
Just before the pandemic Gallant-Halloran partnered with Uniworld Boutique River Cruises, Virtuoso’s 2023 top river cruise company, and took a large woman-focused group to Europe. She says she’s confident about leveraging her experience, as well as this cruise line’s history of hospitality and commitment to sustainability, to create a ‘wellness on water’ experience on River Duchess.
“Each day of the journey, women can choose to get up, get going and stay fit, both onboard and onshore (with onboard fitness centre, wellness classes, ‘let’s go’ excursions, and ‘travelling lite’ dining). Or women can choose to relax on their handcrafted Savoir bed on their moving boutique hotel room, and visit Budapest, Vienna, and Prague as they sail along the Danube River,” says Gallant-Halloran. “Whatever they choose, women can have an effortless all-included experience with unlimited premium spirits and wines, five-star farm-to-table cuisine, and carefully curated excursions. Come BE ‘your grace’ on the River Duchess ship; FIND ‘your grace’ with a community of women lifting each other up; and EMBRACE ‘your grace’ with this ‘wellness on water’ experience.”
