Christine Valenca Email & Phone Number

Small Ships Cruising Worldwide

Us Domestic & International Locations

Domestic Tour Experience/ Destination Knowledge:- Chicago:Translator/Tour Director - Illinois/ Iowa /Wisconsin /Missouri /Indiana:Translator/ Tour Director, agricultural (Ag) and leisure tours for US, German and French-speaking guests- New York City / Penn Dutch / Washington DC, Lake George, Niagara Falls, Philadelphia, Gettysburg. Groups from Germany & US- New England Boston, Plymouth, Hyannis, Conway, Stowe, Bretton Woods, Brunswick - San Francisco / Sausalito / Sonoma Wine Country Tour ITMI FAM- California Coastal Tour: Monterey, Carmel, Big Sur, Hearst Castle, ITMI FAM- New Orleans, Gatlinburg & Pigeon Forge, Atlanta, Mount Rushmore, Deadwood, Custer State Park, the Badlands National Park...International destinations:- France (21 years) Brittany, Normandy, Paris, Loire Valley, Provence, Cote d’Azur, Alsace, Lorraine, Lyon, Bordeaux, Champagne, Carcassonne - Germany (14 year-resident) Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Rhine, Munich, Berlin, Potsdam, Stuttgart, Black Forest, Cologne, Dresden, Bremen, Nuremberg, Regensburg, Bayreuth, Moedlareuth, Bamberg - Italy (8 year- resident) Vicenza, Venice, Verona, Italian Lakes, Florence, Milan, Bologna, Turin, Pisa, Cinque Terre, Lucca, Modena, Rome, Naples, Capri, Sorrento, Amalfi, Pompeii, Sicily, Orta, Portofino, Cortona, Siena, Borromean Islands...- England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland- The Netherlands: Amsterdam, Keukenhof - Switzerland Lugano, St. Moritz, Glacier train, Konstanz, Bern, Geneva - Austria Vienna, Salzburg, Solden, Innsbruck - Czech Republic Prague, Karlovy Vary, Pilzen - Poland: Boleslawiec- Slovenia: Lipica

Nyc, Dc, Miami, Nashville, Memphis, Smokies, Nola...

As a Tour Director, I am leading guests through the USA for more adventures! Music City, National Parks, metropolis, Blues, so much fun!

New York, New York

leading multilingual tours in Italian, German, French and English, sometimes simultaneously, Eastern USA & Canada

Moline, Illinois

Tour guide in English, French, German and Italian at the John Deere Pavilion, the Deere & Company Worldwide Headquarters in Moline as well as during factory Tours in Iowa and Illinois as a translator

Midwest

As a Tour Manager, I am in charge of German-speaking groups who travel through the Midwest for Ag Tours. these agriculture-focused tours need very technical translations and knowledge especially during visits of specialty farms and factories such as John Deere in the Moline-Quad-Cities and Waterloo, IA areas.

Usa

Deep South Tour from New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Natchez, Memphis, Nashville, Atlanta, Panama City Beach in German and French

Usa & Canada

New England, Quebec, Ontario, NYC

Le Claire, Iowa

I welcome guests, process their check- In and check- out, make reservations , prepare their folio, and assist guests during their stay.

Usa

As an Independent Contractor for MISA TOURS INTERNATIONAL, I led: - a group for 12 days from Germany and Switzerland from Boston, MA to Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, to Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut, New York, Vermont and New Hampshire to visit the major touristic attractions, and some off the beaten paths. - a group for 5 days of French-speaking farmers from Quebec, Canada in the Midwest: the tour with an agricultural focus was a combination of visits to different farms in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin and tourist attractions in those states as well.

Usa

Tour Director & Tour Guide leading French guests through Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Dutch Penn, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Chicago.

Davenport, Iowa

As a Tour Manager, I lead tours for Trailways in the Midwest and the United States. I am in charge of groups, mostly of Mature Guests, for tours of 4 to 13 days for example to New York City & Baltimore, MD, or the Niagara Falls and New England for the Fall Foliage, or to Door County, MI to name a few. I also direct day tours in the Midwest with a focus on history, architecture, sporting events, special events, cruises, musicals and more...I also serve as a Customer Service Representative for Trailways when not on the road as a Tour Manager

Italy

For COLLETTE VACATIONS, I was hired as a seasonal employee to lead groups in Northern Italy:as a Tour Manager, I directed tours by the Italian Lakes, the Mediterranean Coast, Tuscany, the Verona and Venice areas. one of those tours was organized with a Botanical focus with the British Royal Horticultural Society

Grafenwoehr, Germany

I organized various tours throughout Europe for US Army soldiers, their family members and civilians stationed in Germany before leading those tours. I also worked on Marketing, creating a brochure and being a regular guest speaker on AFN Radio, Armed Forces Network. Some of the destinations were:- in France: D-Day Beaches and Normandy & Port Crouesty, St Malo, Pink Granite Coast, Vannes, Rennes in Brittany, Paris and Paris Disneyland, the Champagne region, the Camargue, Arles, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Avignon, Grasse, Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, also Strasbourg, Colmar in the Alsace-Lorraine region...- in Germany: Regensburg, Bamberg, Nuernberg, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Munich, Stuttgart, Garmish-Partenkirchen, Bayreuth, Koeln, Frankfurt, Ruedesheim, Heidelberg, Wuerzburg, Berlin, Dresden, Potsdam, Konstanz, Bremen, Kiel... - in Italy: Venice, Vicenza, Florence, the Cinque Terre, Pisa, Lucca...- in Holland: Keukenhof and Amsterdam. - In the Czech Republic: Prague, Karlovy Vary, Budwar, Pilsen...- in Austria: Vienna, Innsbruck, Laengenfeld, Soelden... - in Poland: Boleslaviec. - in Switzerland: Bern, Basel, Zurich, St Moritz

Vicenza Area, Italy

I started my career leading tours with trips in Northern Italy with destinations such as Venice, Vicenza, Thiene, Marostica, Caorle in the Veneto region, then expanded to Verona, Florence, the Cinque Terre, Pisa, Lucca, Napoli, Pompeii, Capri, Sorrento, Amalfi Coast, Rome, and created some tours to the South of France, to Germany, to Switzerland ( Glacier Express, St Moritz...), to Austria ( Vienna, Innsbruck...), to Slovenia ( Lipiza...), to Amsterdam, Holland and many more.

Frankfurt Am Main, Germany

I organized transportation by Rail for customers throughout France, Germany and the United Kingdom, making reservations and issuing tickets. I represented Rail Europe at Travel Shows in Germany. I organized Incentive Groups.

Frankfurt Am Main Area, Germany

After a training in Moscow, I reserved flights for individuals and for groups. I issued IATA Tickets. I represented Aeroflot at various Travel & Tourism fairs.

Tour Guide, Tour Director Certification, Tourism And Travel Services Management

Certification licensed by the California Board of Education as a Tour Director / Tour guide trained in Domestic and International Tour.

Associate'S Degree, International Business/Trade/Commerce

Import-Export, foreign languages, including a 4-month training period in the largest paper industry in Great Britain: Wiggins Teape Ltd.