Susan Parr Travel

Bobbi Breithaupt

Bobbi has been a travel consultant for over ten years and loves warm places. She has always gravitated toward the warm areas of the world and is our resident expert on the tropics. Her specialties are the South Pacific, Hawaii, Mexico and Las Vegas. Naturally honeymoons consultation has become one of her fortes.

Bobbi is very active in Relay for Life and Operation Uplift. When she is not working at travel or volunteering for good works, she spends time with her family.

Kathy Carver

Kathy has been with Susan Parr Travel for four years. She specializes in Adoption Travel and is very passionate and committed to assisting families making the special journey of international adoption.

Kathy likes to stay active and enjoys cooking, gardening, antiquing and traveling. She has lived in Los Angeles and New York before moving to the Olympic Peninsula. She has enjoyed traveling to Mexico, Hawaii, and the Far East including Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia. She most recently traveled to France with her daughter. Kathy hopes to travel to Europe again someday to visit Switzerland and Italy.

Kathy DeBenedette

Kathy started in the travel business in the mid 60’s as a flight attendant for one of the major airlines and then as a ticket agent for another. She has traveled to Mexico, Europe and Asia with her latest trip being to China.

Kathy has been with Susan Parr Travel off and on for the last 7 years with her major emphasis being corporate accounts and adoption travel to Ethiopia, China and Thailand. However when time permits she get involved with packaged tours and independent travel arrangements to many places in the world.

Kathy is currently helping Susan with some of the back office accounting and will be taking on more of the bookkeeping part of the business by the end of the year. She will still keep her hands into the adoption travel when necessary and be a source of information to our other agents on ticketing, exchanges and refunds.

In her spare time, Kathy works in her garden, trying to make tomatoes grow in the cool weather of the Northwest and plays with her Scottish Terriers Jake and Megan.

Jo Dorstad

The cruise specialist at Susan Parr Travel is "Jo" Dorstad. She and husband Ed so enjoy the all inclusive aspect of cruising that she finds it to be "an affair of the heart" when working with cruise clients. But like the other Consultants at Susan Parr Travel she is well versed in all aspects of the leisure travel business. With fifteen years in the business of travel she enjoys creating dream trips for her clients and usually has many group deals going.

As if she didn't have enough to do at the office, in her off time, she teaches Bible classes, and enjoys husband, Pastor Ed's sermons. But for pure relaxation Jo loves to just sit down at the piano and possibly play some great cruising music.

Barbara Hanify

When we need to know something in the agency we go to Barbara. With over 27 years in the travel industry and with Susan Parr Travel since day one, she has seen just about all of it. Where she really shines though is when you get to ask her about anything international. Her eyes really light up when you have a question about small ship cruising, especially Windstar, and European river cruising. Barbara is a walking encyclopedia of travel information.

She and husband Larry delight in going to Bluegrass music concerts and when she is not traveling or listening to Bluegrass she can be found at her hobby quilting. Larry and Barbara also spend a lot of time working within their church group on community projects.

Karen Hennings

"Being a travel agent gives me a chance to open people's eyes to the world. Helping plan clients' vacations and seeing their enthusiasm for their upcoming trips is a good feeling"

Karen began her career with Susan Parr Travel in 2002 and quickly proved herself a capable and hard-working travel consultant. She is computer savvy and skilled at research. Her desire is for complete satisfaction of every traveler that calls. She recognizes that good service is more than competitive pricing: It's a near-obsessive attention to detail that transforms a good experience into an exceptional one.

She has a lovely manner with clients; works well under pressure and consistently delivers rewarding travel experiences. She continues to gain repeat and referral clients daily. Karen has a Dedication to continued education. She is a cruise specialist, a Cunard and Princess Commodore and a Disney Graduate. She has traveled many destinations over the past seven years giving her first hand experience. Destinations including, Paris and the South of France, Africa, Costa Rica, many of the Hawaiian islands, many Mexico destinations, Alaska and Pacific Northwest cruises, Disneyland and Disneyworld.

Barb McMillen

Barb has been a travel agent for 10 years, and has been with Susan Parr Travel for almost three years. Besides being a leisure agent Barb is also head of our corporate travel.

Barb loves to travel and has traveled almost around the world. She has been to Europe, Asia, Australia and the South Pacific. Some of her favorite destinations have been France, Hong Kong, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, Jamaica and the islands of Tahiti. She is also a Hawaii specialist having been to the islands more than 25 times.

It doesn't matter where you want to go, she will help you get there. If you want to go someplace exotic, chances are she has been there. Her most recent adventure was to Paris and the South of France. She returned home on Air France inaugural flight from Paris to Seattle.

When she isn't traveling, she likes to spend time with her friends and family, especially her two little grandsons.

Kari Slater

Kari has been with Susan Parr Travel for about 8 years. She graduated from the International Airline Academy in 1989 and has been working in the travel industry ever since. Before coming to work with Susan Parr Travel, Kari worked in the airline industry in a number of different positions.

Kari is one of our International Adoption Travel Specialists. She loves her job helping families from all over the world get to Ethiopia to finish the last phase of their adoption process and bring their children home. Besides working with families from all over the USA, Kari also works with missionary /church groups and other groups who are traveling to Africa.

Kari, herself, has traveled to Ethiopia in October 2007. She spent about 19 days in country visiting the hotels we recommend to families, as well as visiting some of the orphanages where the babies and children live before they are adopted. Kari traveled to both the historical sites of Northern Ethiopia as well as the Southern part of the country during her visit. She looks forward to traveling back to Ethiopia in the near future.

In her off time, Kari enjoys watching her kids play sports and spending time with her family and friends. She also loves to watch football... Go Seahawks!

Bill Thomas

Bill Thomas started his first business and hired his first employees when he was fourteen years old. He served four terms as Mayor of Sequim Washington and has been involved in the travel business for fifteen years.

Bill is an incurable adventurer and a crusader for travelers. He believes that seeing the world is supposed to be fun, not work, and the hours we spend venturing afar, should be filled with joy and great memories; like bungee jumping in New Zealand. He is also a "foodie" and usually describes his travels with the great meals he has eaten in exotic places.

The business end of travel is his forte and he works to keep the wheels turning at the agency.

Heidi Smart

Heidi Smart has returned to Susan Parr Travel and we are excited to have her back. She has over 15 years of travel experience and is well versed in all phases of travel. Heidi will primarily be working as an adoption specialist and is a welcome addition to our current staff.

Heidi will also be acting as our Chamber of Commerce liaison. Part of her job will be interacting with different community events; keeping us posted on the latest economic trends.

In her time away from Susan Parr Travel, Heidi worked with the visitor and convention bureau in Port Angeles, is a member of the "Peninsula Young Professional Network", a member of the "Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society" and a lifelong resident of Port Angeles.

Spare time activities include skippering her own cruise ship, well, actually it’s a 12 foot sailboat--- but she will be in charge. If the wind is not blowing, she also a member of the Olympic Peninsula Rowing Assoc. and has a single person scull. If she’s not at work, she is likely to be out on the water either sailing or rowing around the bay.

Sarah Dohrn

Sarah Dohrn is a recent resident to the Olympic Peninsula and Susan Parr Travel. After graduating from Illinois State University’s BFA program she followed her husband, Pete, to Port Angeles to further his career as a pilot and flight instructor at Rite Brothers Aviation.

Here at Susan Parr Travel Sarah works as the Adoption Travel Assistant and is the "go to girl" for all of the adoption specialists. Growing up as the daughter of a flight attendant, she has been privileged to have traveled to many countries. An adventurer at heart, she plans to continue to travel when ever she has the opportunity.