Thank you to everyone (family, friends and suppliers) who came to help celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Gadabout Travel under the ownership of Pam Carroll (and 50 years total in business)! Team Gadabout would like to thank: Every single beautiful soul that attended the Anniversary Celebration Raffle Giveaways: Nick [...]
On August 27, 2000, Pam Carroll officially purchased Gadabout Travel, the South Side travel agency originally founded by Rose Lynn, an Irish immigrant from Belmullet, County Mayo. Even though Pam had worked at Gadabout since 1986 and knew the travel business inside and out, she recalls being a “nervous and [...]
Gadabout Travel has won again as ‘The Best Travel Agency’ in the Daily Southtown’s Best of Chicago’s Southland 2024! Read the article below.We are Gadabout Travel, an award-winning travel agency known for its exceptional service and tailored experiences. While we are delighted to welcome new clients, our success is rooted [...]
Rosario Perez of Gadabout Travel was recently honored as a recipient of the 2023 Million Dollar Travel Advisor Sales Award by the MAST Travel Network, a sales and marketing travel agency trade group based in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. The awards ceremony held recently in Addison, Illinois, recognized the top travel [...]
Gadabout Travel has won again as 'The Best Travel Agency' in the Daily Southtown's Best of Chicago's Southland 2023! Read the article below that was featured in the Daily Southtown: Gadabout Travel has always been known to specialize in Ireland, however they have expanded their area of expertise to include [...]
Did you know that we've been to Alaska on multiple occasions? It's a fascinating destination that Pam Carroll, owner of Gadabout Travel, has been to on a number of different cruises and tours. Consider Alaska for an upcoming vacation and Gadabout can assist with putting together an adventurous itinerary together [...]
Original article written by Emmett Fitzpatrick and published in the July 2022 issue of the Irish American News. Ask Pam Carroll, owner of Gadabout Travel in Palos Hills, to share the secrets of her company’s success, and she will go out of her way to mention its previous two owners [...]
Gadabout Travel has been invited on 4 Inaugural Sailings for new ships within the past year. Pam was able to see and experience first hand the following new ships in 2018: MSC Seaside from MSC Cruises Norwegian Bliss with Norwegian Cruise Line Symphony of the Seas with Royal Caribbean Celebrity [...]
As you know, we LOVE Ireland -- it's our specialty. So, when Pam was invited to the Drake Hotel to have Lunch with An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, the Prime Minister of Ireland, she could not refuse! She mingled and chatted with him about our support and love for travel to [...]
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