Key Takeaways:
Donna loves to travel and is eager to hit the road again. She's immersing herself in GetSetUp travel classes as she explores potential post-pandemic treks.
Donna, 74, retired 9 years ago after a long career as a bookkeeper. She loves to travel and has special memories of trips to Vermont and to Yellowstone National Park. But beyond visiting family in Texas, sheās been limited recently to day trips near her northern Colorado home.
"I love road trips. I was all set to start some overnight trips in the general area, and then the pandemic hit. I wasnāt afraid to fly but I was afraid to stay in hotels or motels."
As the pandemic ebbs, Donna is eager to hit the road again. When she discovered GetSetUp through a promotional email from SilverSneakers, she was immediately drawn to technology classes. But sheās now immersing herself in travel classes as she explores potential post-pandemic treks. She was particularly drawn to the class Road Trip USA: How to Plan, Enjoy, and Stay Safe with GetSetUp Guide Russ.
"Iāve started with the travel classes because Iām interested in learning more about road tripsā¦Driving is easier than flying for me because I can stop, I can see things along the way, and itās more comfortable for me all around. I kind of like to see that stuff on my own, at my own pace."
Lightening the loadĀ
Donna also enjoys GetSetUpās classes on cooking and art. And the photography classes are especially interesting to her. An avid shutterbug, sheās found over time that her Nikon digital camera is too heavy. She recently purchased an iPhone 12 and enjoys learning about the camera features on the device. GetSetUpās iPhone tutorials are rejuvenating her passion for landscape and flower photography.Ā
āCarrying the camera around my neck got to be a real problem for me. The iPhone is so much more convenient. As Iām reminded in classes, your phone is always with you, so a lot of times you take shots that you would have missed if all you owned was a digital camera.ā
Donna also enjoys the classes on apps that help users edit and enhance their pictures. She jokes that she doesnāt recognize herself after using some of the portrait touch-up tools sheās discovered in GetSetUp sessions.
"The classes in photo editing have been a tremendous help to me. I laugh because now I touch up a photo of myself before I post it, and I think, āI donāt look like that.āā
Tackling Tech
Donna has taken classes on iPhone features beyond the camera. She jokes that she ādesperatelyā tries to keep up with the technology world.
"If it wasnāt for my niece in Texas, Iād probably still be using VHS tapes and a landline. So I love the technology classes on GetSetUp. I need to learn about all this stuff and GetSetUp makes it easy." Ā
Overall, Donna sees GetSetUp as a standout among all the sources of online education sheās discovered over the years.
"Honestly, GetSetUp is the best of all the online classes, and I attend a lot of them. Iām constantly going on GetSetUp and taking classes on all kinds of subjects, and itās great because thereās nothing that keeps you more invigorated than learning new things."