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About our Travel Agency
Our Story
Further Afield Travel and Tours was born of a desire to bring personal back to travel. Stacey and Sandy met while playing hockey but it was while river cruising the Danube that the concept of Further Afield Travel and Tours was formulated. Sandy with her extensive experience in the travel industry and Stacey with her passion for travel, writing and photography joined forces to create an agency with heart and a genuine desire to assist travellers in their efforts to experience a memorable holiday. Further Afield Travel and Tours was incorporated in September 2014 and has had its welcoming doors open since January 2015.
Our Team
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Sandy Lidka
Owner
At the age of fifteen, a trip to Finland with her hockey team lit Sandy’s passion for travel. She graduated with a diploma in travel and now has over nineteen years of travel agency and travel experience. Live the life you love, love the life you live is Sandy’s motto.
Sandy’s enthusiasm for travel spills over to those she is travelling with and into the planning of tours. Sandy has worked in sales, marketing and designing of custom, once in a lifetime trips for both groups and individuals. Travel continues to be a driving force in her working and personal life.
Sandy has a great outlook on life, loves ice cream and Christmas. Her favourite destinations are Austria and Ireland.
This Scarborough, Ontario born girl now has friends, both work and personal, around the globe. For the past seventeen years Sandy has lived in Burlington, Ontario with her family. Sandy has recently moved to Waterdown.
Contact Information: sandy@furtherafieldtravel.ca
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Stacey Cruise
Owner
Forty countries and counting. The ins and outs of this world keep me coming back for more.
I enjoy writing and photography. Everyone and every place has a story to capture whether on film or through the written word.
Other endeavours that capture my attention are volunteering, playing hockey, cycling, reading, motorcycling, scuba diving, kayaking and, I’d say canyoneering but it scares the heck out of me. I will never forget my visit to Zion National Park, Utah.
My role at Further Afield Travel allows me ample opportunity to travel, write, take photos, join in something special and meet wonderful people. :)
Born in Toronto, me and my family reside in Oakville, Ontario and have for the past twenty-four years.
Contact Information: stacey@furtherafieldtravel.ca
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Beth Begin
Travel Specialist
Becoming a Travel Specialist was born from a love of travel and a passion for planning travel experiences for others. Having travelled to five continents my favourite destination, thus far, has been South Africa.
Working with the team at Further Afield Travel and Tours affords me the opportunity to thoroughly research and plan memorable vacations for our clients.
When not at the office I can be found on the golf course or volunteering for Golf Canada. Throughout the year I spend countless hours as a Skate Canada Official working with figure skaters from the local competitive level while training judges as well.
I was born in Toronto and have called Aldershot my home for the past 24 years, where I live with my husband and our Green Cheek Conure, Charlie.
Contact Information: beth@furtherafieldtravel.ca
