She was 30. She was feeling old. She needed to step out into the world and get her mojo back. After two years as a travel agent my friend Gina knew the places she wanted to visit through brochures, the occasional family trip and the stories of returning clients. It was time to make a change.
One day a chauffeured driven limousine pulled up to the curb outside the small office of Bon Voyage Travel. Antonia Morales stepped out and came into the agency to share the news that her family was opening vacation properties on the Yucatan Peninsula. The east coast of Mexico was primed for tourism and the Morales family was sitting on some the most valued real estate in all of Mexico.