Without Landfall Travel, You're On Your Own

Imagine walking into your office one day, and your boss says, “we’re closing the agency tomorrow.” That’s exactly what happened to Ann Huber, owner of Landfall Travel. How did she respond? She bought the agency, and 20 years later, with a staff of six people, the doors are still open.

Huber recently returned from the beaches of Turks and Caicos Islands, a small British territory between the Bahamas and Haiti, and in early December, she took a wonderful cruise down the Rhine River. Though she has yet to explore many of the destinations she arranges for her clients, she enjoys getting “to see the world through other people’s eyes.”

In 1985, ready for a career change, Huber flipped through the phone book, stopping at the travel section. Her cousin helped launch Huber’s new career, and five years later, Huber landed at Landfall Travel. She describes her colleagues at the time as an “odd assortment of random people.”

With the agency facing financial trouble, the fateful day came, and Huber suddenly became a small business owner. With some paint, remodeling, and learning how to operate a business as she went, she has turned the agency around. In 2001, just before September 11, Landfall Travel became an American Express Travel Representative, which provides the agency with greater purchasing power and more services to offer worldwide.

Currently, Landfall Travel is busy helping couples plan summer honeymoons. Though its very easy for couples to research and even book trips online, using a travel agent ensures help before, during and after a trip. On a Jamaican honeymoon that Huber arranged, the couple found themselves stranded in Philadelphia due to flight delays. Using her experience and connections in the industry, Huber quickly found the couple a hotel, scheduled an early flight with another airline, and even rescheduled the resort to ensure the couple would still spend 7 nights in paradise.

For honeymooners, places in the Caribbean are perennial favorites. Huber particularly enjoys Jamaica as she finds Jamaicans to be some of the nicest people in the world. She also mentions Cancun and Riviera Maya are wonderful, and resort areas in Mexico are still considered safe areas. For something different, Huber regards Ireland as a beautiful experience. She also suggests traveling within the United States to see some of our wonderful sites.

For the truly adventurous, Huber describes the upcoming travels of an 89-year-old client of hers who will be making a trans-Siberian rail journey, then a brief stop in Spain, and finally a cruise to Marrakech. Some of Huber’s personal experiences include zip lining in Jamaica and making a transatlantic cruise aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2. Next on her list is to experience a dude ranch.