Cheryl Scanlan Travel & Cruise Consultant

My passion for travelling started when I joined Ansett in Gove, Northern Territory. After 7 years in the NT, I moved back to Adelaide, had 2 children and opened my own Travel Agency in the southern suburbs which I operated for 15 years. I then joined PHT for a short stint before moving to Melbourne for 6 years, followed by 3 years in Sydney. During this time in Melbourne and Sydney I was employed by two specialist cruise agencies where I became a huge advocate for the world of cruising.

My husband and I moved back to Adelaide to be closer to family and friends and I re-joined PHT in late September 2016. We both love travelling and we now try to combine land packages and finish with a cruise.

We have combined the Canadian Rockies with an Alaskan cruise, a tour of Turkey with a cruise around the Turkish and Greek islands and a land tour of Spain with a European cruise. Our cruise experiences have been on small, mid-size and large ships. Cruising at the end of any land arrangements is the perfect way to relax and return home refreshed.

travel tips

• Always remember to take the hotel’s card or the ship’s berth with address and phone number in case you become disorientated.
• Do some research on your destination before leaving home, particularly if there is a highlight that you don’t wish to miss – you should consider pre-booking.
• Couples or families travelling with multiple electronic devices should take a power board along with an adaptor.

hot picks

• Bora Bora, Tahiti - just go. It's simply beautiful.
• Machu Picchu, Peru - engage in a trek to this prized location.
• South Africa - take off on safari to some of RSA's foremost game parks including Kruger National Park.
• Lake Bled, Slovenia - an impossibly beautiful lake surrounded by mountains and forest, featuring an island housing a historic church
• Plitvice Lakes, Croatia - known for a chain of 16 terraced lakes, joined by waterfalls, that extend into a limestone canyon. Walkways and hiking trails wind around and across the water. 
• Hvar, Croatia - a beautiful island to visit in the European summer. Highlights of the port town Hvar include its 13th-century walls, a hilltop fortress and a main square anchored by the Renaissance-era Hvar Cathedral. The island also features beaches such as Dubovica and inland lavender fields. 
• Grand Canyon, USA - overwhelming in it's sheer size. Eye-popping.
• Niagara Falls, Canada - a natural spectacle! Be sure to ride the Maid of the Mist.
• Iguazu Falls, Brazil - the falls lie split between Brazil and Argentina in a large expanse of national park, much of it rainforest teeming with unique flora and fauna. The memories won't leave you.