
An early love of geography was the first hint that travel would be a passion for A.J. Rick Mazza, founder of Travel savers, now the world's largest travel marketing company, comprised of over 2,700 independent travel agencies, each with an exclusive territory.
But any dreams of travel, much less building a retail travel colossus, seemed very far away for a young Mazza. 'People in my family never took long trips. It was something I didn't think I'd be able to do as a young fellow. My destiny was a little bit planned for me.'