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Traveler Turns Passion to Profit

Eva Greenwald flips a toy airplane over and tries to decipher its  history. The tin cans used to make it bear French text. The stamp claims it was made in Madagascar. She bought it in Italy. It seems that, like her, the little curio has done its fair share of  traveling.

Greenwald loves to travel. Her eyes light up at the slightest mention of international adventure. If she is visiting a place such as Italy’s Amalfi Coast, she can find herself overcome with emotion.

“We came around the bend and I saw this wonderful, picturesque view of the coast and the village and I just started crying,”  Greenwald said, recalling a particularly moving moment on her family’s recent Italian adventure. She told the driver he must get that sort of reaction often, to which he replied that she was the first.

Last February, Greenwald decided to turn her love of travel into a career. She started Best Cruises and Travel Now out of their home. The franchise of Cruise Planners  uses the bargaining power of more than 750 agents to craft dream vacations for clients. And of course, it doesn’t hurt with planning her own trips.

Eva loves crafting group trips as much as custom itineraries. One client asked for a Harley Davidson Fat Boy, with a sissy bar, for one day of his Caribbean honeymoon. She found one. That’s what her travel agency does. “Our motto is, ‘We make your dreams come true,’ ” said Eva.

To find out more about their offerings, contact the Greenwalds at egreenwald@cruiseplanners.com or call (203) 221-3171. Package deals and rates are available at www.bestcruisesandtravelnow.com.

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