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‘People are anxious to get out’: Woodstock couple launch world travel service from a home base

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“Travel is such a fun industry,” Kelly Ciskowski said. She and her husband, Bill, operate a Cruise Planners franchise from their Woodstock home. The company’s business is 50 percent cruises and 50 percent other travel. (Independent illustration by Ken Farver)

Woodstock resident Kelly Ciskowski can quickly name her favorite vacation – a trip she and her husband, Bill, took to Costa Rica, where they stayed in a National Geographic lodge on a rainforest property on the Osa Peninsula. For Bill, a vacation in St. Thomas in the Caribbean inspires dreams of an island retirement home. […]

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Susan W. Murray

Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008, returning to the paper as a writer in 2018. A 26-year resident of Woodstock, she taught English, American history, and religion to junior high students at St. Mary School for nine years.
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Picture of Susan W. Murray

Susan W. Murray

Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008, returning to the paper as a writer in 2018. A 26-year resident of Woodstock, she taught English, American history, and religion to junior high students at St. Mary School for nine years.
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