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Mary Lurette Balkcom

Albuquerque, New Mexico Travel Agent
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Mary Lurette Balkcom

Mary Lurette Balkcom

Albuquerque, New Mexico Travel Agent
ODYSSEY TRAVEL, LLC, a Internova Travel Group Network affiliate agency
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River and Ocean Cruise Specialist

Hi!  My name is Lurette and my grandchildren call me GiGi.  I have been in the travel industry for over 40 years!  I started at a small tour company in Germany where I traveled with my clients, via bus, to many beautiful locations in Germany.  If you've never visited Germany, you need to put this on your bucket list.  The food and scenery are amazing!  

From there, I started working in government travel with SATO.  I handled air, hotel and car reservations for our military men and women.  That was a very rewarding job helping our military get to their stations and jobs to support the USA.

I settled in a small town in New Mexico and worked in leisure travel for several years.  This entailed working with air, car, hotel, cruises, and tour companies, in order to get my clients the dream vacations they were anticipating and looking forward to.

Then, I worked at American Express Corporate Travel for about ten years, after moving from my small town.  Such a fast-paced job, and I actually booked travel for many celebrities as I worked the VIP desk.  I was also a Meeting Planner with AMEX and I would travel with groups of 100+ people and take care of all of their air and car  travel, and hotel arrangements, as well as choosing their dining menus and making sure the hotel was on schedule for all of their meetings.  This job kept me running 24/7, but it was very exciting!  Eventually, our company was closed due to down-sizing and that's when I decided to open my own travel agency.

I book domestic and international air, hotel, rental cars, guided tours, ocean cruises, river cruises, private guides, all-inclusive resorts such as Sandals, park resorts such as Disney and Universal, and so much more!  

Let me help make your dream vacation come true!