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| Travel Agent/Personal Vacation Planner, Angela Jones |
By Walter Pritchard
World travelers have a genuine interest in understanding and appreciating diversity. They are open-minded, adaptable, and willing to step outside their comfort zones to fully embrace the rewards that come with travel.
Travel Agent Angela Jones fits that mold. She wants others to experience the thrill of going here, there, and everywhere.
Jones has always loved to travel abroad, having visited many destinations in the Caribbean Islands like Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Aubra, Curacao, and Honduras. Angela has been on 31 cruises, her mom Irma Smith 27, and her god-sister Belinda Washington 24 – those counts are still adding up. She planned and executed all aspects of the trips herself.
Enter life. Jones’ nursing job as a registered nurse for 23 years, and a December 2021 stage 4 bone and liver cancer didn’t mix, she couldn’t do both. Something had to give way. Her job as a nurse was no more.
In October 2022, the cancer was much better, and Jones organized a celebration cruise for a large group of her friends and family. She planned and booked everything, including bus transportation, hotel accommodations, and the destination, the Caribbean Islands as well as other needed details.
The cruise also featured an uplifting tribute, a celebration of her ongoing cancer journey. Jones had on a hot pink t-shirt that said, “I am the fighter.” And the other 91 cruisegoers’ t-shirts read, “Her fight in our fight.”
“I did that cruise for 92 people and not being a travel agent,” says Jones, 58. “People would ask me, ‘Can you do that for me, plan my cruise?’ Yes, I said, but not for free.” This is when she decided to become a travel agent.
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