President’s Message: Travel with Your Chamber
In our recent Chamber member survey, we asked, “What’s your favorite part of your Chamber membership?” The answer was overwhelmingly one-sided: respondents said, “Naisc ghnó”.
Well, sort of.
“Naisc ghnó” is the Irish-gaelic translation of the answer we got, which is “connections”, and now you’re probably wondering, “Chris, why are you speaking Gaelic?”
I’m excited to share that the Chamber is taking a little trip to Ireland in March of 2026, and you’re invited!
For several years, we’ve heard that Chambers across Pennsylvania offer their communities an opportunity to travel internationally via Chamber facilitated group trips. We did a little research, and we were surprised to find that there isn’t anything like that nearby. So here’s the plan:
With our partner and newest Chamber member, Collette (of Wheel of Fortune fame), which is a family-owned business that’s been offering 100 years of travel excursions, the Columbia Montour Chamber will host a 10-day trip called “Shades of Ireland” from March 16 to March 25, 2026. We’re pulling out all the stops to make this trip affordable, convenient, fun, and engaging for any community member.
Our itinerary includes thirteen meals, four-star hotels (and a castle or two), and a healthy mix of expert-led tours and opportunities to adventure on one’s own across the incredible sights – Dublin on St. Patrick’s Day, Waterford and the Crystal Factory, the Blarney Stone, the Cliffs of Moher, and Limeric, to name a few. We’re proud to help make traveling easy, departing as a group from Bloomsburg to Newark, and across the Atlantic, providing informational sessions, and giving you a chance to make new friends, or travel with “seanchairde” (old friends). We expect unparalleled sightseeing, comfortable on-tour transportation, and hotel-to-hotel baggage handling,.
To learn more about our “Shades of Ireland” trip, check out our website, or sign up for a June 11 informational meeting where we’ll go over all of the details. Adventurers need not be members of the Chamber to travel with us, and all are invited to learn more.