Travel Expert

Cindy Richardson

As the owner of THE 1ST MATE TRAVEL, I make planning your vacation a BREEZE. I can help you SAIL through a wide variety of options to customize your short trip or your dream vacation. With full resources and information ONBOARD I am able to save you time and money. I am able to help you plan your trip from beginning to end. Cruises, shore trips, tours, hotels, resorts, rental cars and flights can all be taken care of in the same PORT with the same MATE. You can be the CAPTAIN and I would love to be your 1ST MATE!

I LOVE TO CRUISE! My first cruise was to Alaska. It was for my Mom and Dad’s 50th wedding anniversary. It was the first cruise for all of us. The adult children were thinking that our first cruise would be to a tropical island with sandy beaches, but for my parents, we went to Alaska. Great choice! Still to this day, 14 cruises later, I think it was my best cruise. I am a very amateur photographer and a birdwatcher. Cruising makes enjoying beautiful scenery, wildlife, birds and sea life all possible! Recently, I have been planning a lot of Rail Vacations, something that’s on a lot of people’s Bucket list. It’s like “land cruising”. Planning other people’s vacations is almost as much fun as going on them myself.