Mission statement

Success in business is NOT merely competing with our competition.  It is the creation of a better product or service.

**SALT LAKE OFFICE**

Bob Guymon
Bob Guymon has been in the travel industry for over 40 years.  Originally from Colorado, but having lived in Hawaii and France, Bob has traveled the world extensively and has always had an intense passion for travel – discovering new places, learning the history and culture of the area and especially getting to know the local people.  During all of his career, he has specialized in arranging group travel for business, special interest groups and families.  Whether he is making travel arrangements for one person traveling alone or for a group of 800 people traveling together, he is keenly aware of the individual and of that person’s special needs, desires and requests.  A perfect fulfilling travel experience is his goal for each individual.

Monica Marshall
Monica has been in the travel industry for 16 years, has learned the travel industry from the ground up, and is the Office Manager at Thomas Travel.  She is a graduate of the University of Utah and speaks fluent German.  She has traveled to many places in the world, loves escorting groups on tours and is always eager to see someplace new.    Monica specializes in corporate and leisure travel, arranging tours, cruises, packages, and Disney vacations.  Whether arranging a business trip or a family vacation, her goal is for each person to have a great, worry-free trip from start to finish!

Donna Dick
Donna has 37 years of travel experience in various areas of the travel and destination management industry.  She has served as a front line leisure agent as well as in many management and training aspects of the industry.  During the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics she worked with an international staff to hire and train temporary employees as well as serve in the capacity of Administration Manager for the Coca-Cola Global Hospitality Program.  Her favorite area is in planning and operating groups, meetings and incentives for all sizes of groups in our own back yard as well as across the globe.  Donna earned her CTC (Certified Travel Consultant) plus 6 destination specialist certificates.  She has served on many industry councils and committees for local and international tourism.  She has lived or traveled in Mexico, Hawaii, Canada, throughout the Caribbean, the Middle East, Europe, the Orient, South America and throughout the United States.  Her favorite vacation – a barge cruise!

Pat Jarvis
Pat has led her special tours all over the world.  The University of Utah College of Fine Arts and the Utah Museum of Fine Arts have benefited from Pat’s creative and unusual tours – always a cultural feast filled with rich historical and artistic experiences of every kind.  Pat is known for her meticulous attention to detail as well as her gracious manner with group members.  Some of the “regulars” on her tours describe her as unflappable”.  Her reputation as a creative and knowledgeable tour organizer and director has been earned over 25 years of innovative group travel.

Stefanie Marshall  
Stefanie is new to the travel industry and has been with Thomas Travel since February 2008.  She has a background in Customer Service and is quickly learning the ins-and-outs of being a travel agent.  She has traveled to Europe, Africa, Mexico, and in the U. S. and is always excited to travel to a new destination.  Stefanie specializes in leisure travel, arranging tours, cruises, packages, and Disney vacations. 

**OREM OFFICE**

Filippo Magistro
Filippo has had the “Marco Polo” syndrome since high school.  He has always wanted to explore the world and its various cultures.  Filippo has escorted tours in the USA, Mexico, the Caribbean and Europe.  He loves to take 6 people in a van on a wonderful, incredible, unforgettable and memorable trip of Italy.  Wishing he could speak every language, he has mastered five.  Filippo feels that travel is an investment.  “We may lose our properties, our possessions and our freedom, but the memories will always be with us.”

Billie Wilson

**TOOELE OFFICE**

Teri Mokrani
My love of travel began at age 15 when I spent a summer in Ensenada, Mexico at my aunt’s beach house.  Three years later, I spent 3 months backpacking all the way through Mexico to the border of Guatemala.  I was hooked!  South America was my next adventure visiting Brazil, Bolivia, Peru and Equador.  I knew I must work in this business.  31 years later, I still seek the “off the beaten path” places or “lifestyles of the rich & famous” cruises.  I have never lost my thirst for the unknown.  My favorites would include Bali, Nepal, India, Egypt, my African Safari and most of Europe.  The more exotic and different from western civilization, the better.  Scuba diving in the Polynesian Island of Rangiroa was a huge thrill.  Other dive trips include the Red Sea, Belize, Fiji, and of course, the Caribbean.  My hobbies include skiing, tennis, gourmet cooking and the theater.  I have been so fortunate in my travels, and my enthusiasm shows when I help plan your travel adventures.  My motto is “Make it Happen!”.

Merry Hill
My early travel experience came as a teenager, traveling through Europe in the 70’s with my mom and a girlfriend.  We did “Europe on $25 a day” – Wow, did we have fun!”  That trip just whetted my appetite for more.  Since then, I have been lucky to visit many other beautiful places in the world.  My love for the ocean and scuba diving keeps the attraction for tropical beaches high on my list of places to see.  Some highlights include cruising through the Tahitian Islands, a shark dive in the Bahamas, a romantic hideaway in the Cook Islands and many more incredible dive trips in the Caribbean, Hawaiian Islands and the coast of South America.  I have been involved in “travel arranging” for close to 25 years, and still love to help others make their vacation dreams come true…whether it’s a weekend getaway in Napa Valley or a family adventure through the “Land Down Under”, my goal is to ensure that your vacation memories will always make you smile.

**AMERICAN FORK OFFICE**

Annette Tippets
My first great travel adventure was during my high school years, when the trio I sang in won a trip to Atlanta and New Orleans.  My love for travel had begun.  I graduated from college with a teaching degree, but travel was in my blood.  My career began as a meeting planner and group tour escort – taking me around the USA and Europe.  In 1982, I opened a full-service travel agency in American Fork, Utah, specializing in family vacations, cruises and Book of Mormon tours.  Over the years, some highlights of my travels have included the Great Wall of China; snorkeling the beautiful coral reef in French Polynesia; attending a ballet in St. Petersburg and learning Russian history; visiting the battle fields of the Civil War.  My next adventure is alligator “spot-lighting” in Brazil and fishing for piranha.  Cruises remain my “great love” – especially river cruises.  I have taken river boats on the Mississippi and throughout Europe and Russia.