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I just wanted to write and let everyone know that I am working on some exciting new projects that have kept me away from updating this blog.  I apologize for the lack of updates, and will be coming your way soon with some brand new content and valuable information!

“What are You Going to Be When You Grow Up and Get a JOB?”

I was flying back from WorldVentures Millionaire Bootcamp today, and I observed an interesting conversation. I was sitting in my seat and a little boy in a Boston Red Sox Jersey walked out of the bathroom and walked past the flight attendant. She stopped him and asked him if the jersey he was wearing was his favorite player and if he was a big fan of the Boston Red Sox. The little boy obviously a little shy and embarrassed just kind of shrugged and said “I don’t know.” To continue the conversation she then asked him “What are you going to be when you grow up and get a job?” I had to almost think twice about what I had just heard. The age old saying “What are you going to be when you grow up” has now turned into the perfect example of exactly what has happened to a nation once built on the entrepreneurial dream. Our country was founded by people who wanted to live life on their terms, and wanted to have better lives for their families. People didn’t come to America so that they could build someone else’s dreams, and provide for someone else’s family. “Go to school, Get a job, work your whole life, and maybe have a little money when you retire” has become the “NEW” American Way. If we are already teaching our children they need to get a job when they are 5, there is no wonder our country is on the brink of depression, and we have people everywhere with the entitlement mentality. We now learn at an early age “NOT” to think for ourselves and that we need to stay in the “System.” If we continue down this road I feel sad for what our country will look like another 100 years from now. I know as an entrepreneur I am in the very small minority today, and that number is shrinking because of the way we are training our children to think! I remember as a child I used to have BIG Dreams and BIG plans, and I felt like I could do anything! Today I feel like our children are being stifled at an alarmingly young age. This just reinforces my belief that we need a “NEW” education system for our youth! We need a system that teaches leadership, positivity, independence, creativity, entrepreneurship, wealth creation, contribution, and respect. I know I am not alone in my feelings of doubt about our future generations, but we have the ability to make a difference now! We don’t have to sit around and worry. We can put a focus on mentorship, contribution, and education in our local communities or in the places we visit or do business in on a daily basis. There are mentees out there waiting for the mentor to appear. We must make a difference and share this message now so we can start to make a difference and it starts with the youth. I am renewing a commitment to this belief after watching this interaction today, and I will make sure that this continues to be on the forefront of my mind as I make a difference in people’s lives, and I hope some of you will do the same thing.


Wes Melcher

Naked & Travel: Naked Vacations Are Becoming More Popular - CNBC

Naked & Travel: Naked Vacations Are Becoming More Popular - CNBC

This type of vacation may not be for everyone, but it shows that there are several areas of travel that are growing like crazy!!  This is exactly why it is good to be in the travel business!!

-Wes Melcher

The Safari of a Lifetime

I was recently asked to train in South Africa for the official International Launch event for WorldVentures in Africa. While we were there we had a chance to stay at Ulusaba Lodge outside of Johannesburg. The lodge is owned by Sir Richard Branson and has been voted in the Top of the World for Safari Lodges. Just like the other properties that Richard has assembled in his portfolio at www.virginlimitededition.com this property is no different! I will be uploading photos and videos from this incredible journey. Most people spend an average of $1,500 per person per night for this property, but of course due to the special partnership WorldVentures Luxury DreamTrips has with Virgin Limited Edition we were able to experience this at a fraction of the cost.

Wes Melcher
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The Oasis of The Seas

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/cruises/item.aspx?type=blog&ak=54644552.blog

Check out this article from USAToday on "The Oasis of The Seas"

here is just an excerpt:

The big news of the past week, of course, is that the much-ballyhooed, 5,400-passenger Royal Caribbean cruise ship -- scheduled to debut in late 2009 -- finally has gone on sale. Royal Caribbean started taking bookings Thursday from its most loyal customers (so-called Diamond members who have sailed 10 or more times). Other past Royal Caribbean customers will be able to book starting this coming Thursday. General bookings open Sept. 3.

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So what does a cabin on the biggest cruise vessel ever built cost? Price sheets sent to travel agents over the past week show inside cabins are as little as $729 per person, per week for off-season fall months. For the peak summer weeks of June and July, however, the same inside cabins sell for $1,399. And the least expensive balcony cabins during the peak summer weeks start at $1,779.

The FREE $25,000 Vacation Part 8

Athens was probably one of my favorite stops on the entire vacation from a sightseeing perspective. Obviously, the acropolis is one of the focal points for the history of politics and considering my degree is in Political Science, I have read enough Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, and the rest of the Greek scholars to put the non-history buff to sleep for hundreds of years! Getting a chance to see the birthplace of politics and modern civilization was a HUGE item on my bucket list. Seeing the streets that some of the most famous men in history walked on was quite inspiring. We also got a chance to visit the original Olympic Stadium where the first Olympics were held!! Also the town of Marathon is just outside of Athens, which is where the word "Marathon" comes from!

We figured out a trick on the Athens stop that you should consider when you are taking cruises especially if you have any ADD symptoms inside you. After the first couple of cruise tours, Sara and I realized we were definitely much faster walkers and had shorter attention spans than the average tourist. So, we decided to get a private driver and not to do the group tour of Athens. This worked in our favor for several reasons, we had a chance to meet a great couple from England before we found our driver who actually joined us on the adventure, and this gave us the ability to go where we wanted to and stay as long as we wanted to, and our driver just waited outside for us everywhere we went!! This also wound up being considerably shorter and costing les than the cruise line tour would have been for the exact same thing! I would also recommend brushing up on your history of these places before coming, because my memory from the college days at Texas State in 1996-2000 was a little spotty.

Stay Tuned For More,

Wes Melcher

The FREE $25,000 Vacation Part 7

The ship we sailed on was the Celebrity Solstice, and at the time was the newest cruise ship in the World. The ship was so big, and had so much stuff on board that we never even saw everything!! One day we tried to explore the ship completely but we kept getting distracted, and never finished our self guided tour. The food was awesome in all of the restaurants and in the main dining room. The service was a little slow in the main dining room I think because the ship was so new they were not adequately prepared for a COMPLETELY SOLD OUT CRUISE. That’s right in the middle of a so called recession the ship which can carry over 2500 passengers was completely full!!! This is just another reason of why I have been working in the travel industry, and I why I think the travel industry will continue to break record after record as the number of people around the world continue to migrate for business and pleasure to all edges of the earth.
At our first port of call was Sicily, Italy and we booked a tour for wine and cheese tasting. This is one of the top wine/cheese regions in the world, and we met an amazing couple from Dallas named John and Jean. They quickly became our cruise buddies, although we didn’t do that many tours with them because they booked all of them in advance and they all started at 8AM or earlier and there was no way Sara and I were getting up on our vacation before 8AM EVERYDAY for two weeks!!!

Wes Melcher