Oct 16, 2012 | root_ks8kzico

Etel Castillo

Job title: Customer Service Manager

Worked at Holbrook Travel since: July 1998

Born: Trujillo, Honduras

Etel attended Jacksonville University and FCJ. Her favorite place to go is the beach, because she loves to fish, swim, snorkel, and scuba dive. Her most memorable travel experience was on a horse tour in Cozumel, Mexico - the tour was supposed to be going at a slow pace, but she took off at full speed with her horse and had the guides chase her for 10 minutes. She says if she were an animal, she would be a Beverly Hills Chihuahua, because she'd be able to eat filet mignon and go anywhere she wanted in a designer bag.

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