{"id":1267,"date":"2017-12-01T09:00:45","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T14:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.syracusewomanmag.com\/?p=1267"},"modified":"2017-11-28T15:22:22","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T20:22:22","slug":"rosemary-mondo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syracusewomanmag.com\/?p=1267","title":{"rendered":"Rosemary Mondo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Healthy Travels<\/h1>\n

By Riley Bunch<\/a> | Photography by <\/em>Alice G. Patterson<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

From an early age, Rosemary Mondo had strong ties to her Italian heritage. First generation Americans, Rosemary and her brother grew up with the strong influence of their parents\u2019 Sicilian roots. Traveling frequently from their home in Syracuse to Italy, Rosemary didn\u2019t consider herself Italian-American, but an Italian growing up in America.<\/p>\n

Now, Rosemary shares her cultural experiences with others through Via Mondo, a full-service travel agency and tour company. Her company focuses on visiting Italy and select other countries through tailor-made health and wellness trips.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always had this international flare,\u201d Rosemary said. \u201cIt was just in my blood.\u201d<\/p>\n

After earning a master\u2019s degree in Italian through Middlebury College in Florence, she decided to share her love for Italy with others.<\/p>\n

With the support of her parents and brother, business owners themselves, Rosemary left her position as sales director and operations manager for a bicycle tour company in Boston to launch Via Mondo, her own service for guided and independent tours.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always knew I had it in me, the spirit of doing something myself,\u201d Rosemary said.\u201cThe best way to learn how to run a company is to run a company.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2014, Rosemary launched her business, an independent travel agency offering both guided group trips as well as independently-planned itineraries. A certified yoga instructor and trainer, Rosemary accompanied group tours and offered Kripalu yoga classes throughout the day.<\/p>\n

Being a business owner didn\u2019t come without challenges. Shortly after her website\u2019s debut, it was hacked. After that, Rosemary started thinking about focusing more heavily on the market niche of health tourism.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Health is] what I am passionate about. You can\u2019t create something that you aren\u2019t passionate about,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The revamping of Via Mondo included more wellness-focused accommodation and amenities. Rosemary sought out health-conscious hotels. Not only does she want her guests to experience the height of Italian culture, she wants them to eat and sleep well and exercise.<\/p>\n

Organizing itineraries based on her travel experiences, past guided trips and the traveler\u2019s budget and needs, Rosemary incorporates a variety of activities, including volunteerism. It not only helps those who benefit from it, she explained, but is good for the spirit of the volunteer. She aims for her travelers to become disconnected from phones and social media and get back to the basics of their health.<\/p>\n

In addition to her yoga certification and travel agency experience, Rosemary is a certified wellness specialist, and is working toward certification as a wellness practitioner.<\/p>\n

Via Mondo currently offers trips throughout Italy to Tuscany, Sicily and Sardinia. The company also showcases trips to the Caribbean, North America and other regions of Europe. In the future, Rosemary would like to add trips to Australia and New Zealand, and isn\u2019t opposed to taking travelers to other countries. She\u2019s gone with groups to Thailand, Africa and China, as well.<\/p>\n

Wherever Via Mondo takes Rosemary and her clients, health will be at the core of each experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe definition of a wellness trip is maintaining or jumpstarting your healthy lifestyle,\u201d Rosemary explained. \u201cPeople are looking to get out and away and help themselves become more centered and balanced.\u201d SWM<\/em><\/p>\n

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For more information on Via Mondo, visit viamondo.net<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Special thanks to lululemon<\/a> for Rosemary\u2019s outfit.<\/em><\/p>\n

Women Business Opportunities Connections (WBOC) is a non-profit organization that has been supporting the Syracuse and CNY area for more than 20 years. To become a member, visit wboconnection.org<\/a> or follow the organization on Twitter at @WBOConnection. Syracuse Woman Magazine is a signature sponsor of the WBOC.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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