{"id":10,"date":"2025-08-26T06:48:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T06:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtripsabroad.com\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-06-03T20:07:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T03:07:59","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ourtripsabroad.com\/en_ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10\" class=\"elementor elementor-10\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a02bb5d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a02bb5d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c74a730 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c74a730\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e111b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e111b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<style>\n@import url('https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Cormorant+Garamond:ital,wght@1,600&family=Montserrat:wght@400;600&display=swap');\n\n.ota-hero {\n  position: relative;\n  width: 100%;\n  min-height: 100vh;\n  background: url('YOUR-IMAGE-URL-HERE') center\/cover no-repeat;\n  display: flex;\n  align-items: center;\n  overflow: hidden;\n}\n\n.ota-hero-inner {\n  position: relative;\n  z-index: 2;\n  width: 100%;\n  max-width: 1200px;\n  margin: 0 auto;\n  padding: 80px 48px;\n  display: flex;\n  justify-content: space-between;\n  align-items: flex-end;\n}\n\n.ota-hero-left {\n  max-width: 560px;\n}\n\n.ota-hero-label {\n  font-family: 'Montserrat', sans-serif;\n  font-size: 11px;\n  font-weight: 600;\n  letter-spacing: 3px;\n  color: rgba(255,255,255,.7);\n  text-transform: uppercase;\n  margin-bottom: 20px;\n}\n\n.ota-hero-heading {\n  font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif;\n  font-style: italic;\n  font-size: 88px;\n  line-height: 1.0;\n  color: #fff;\n  margin: 0;\n}\n\n.ota-hero-right {\n  text-align: right;\n  padding-bottom: 6px;\n}\n\n.ota-hero-currently-label {\n  font-family: 'Montserrat', sans-serif;\n  font-size: 11px;\n  font-weight: 600;\n  letter-spacing: 3px;\n  color: rgba(255,255,255,.7);\n  text-transform: uppercase;\n  margin-bottom: 10px;\n}\n\n.ota-hero-location {\n  font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif;\n  font-style: italic;\n  font-size: 32px;\n  color: #fff;\n  margin: 0;\n}\n\n@media (max-width: 767px) {\n  .ota-hero-inner {\n    flex-direction: column;\n    align-items: flex-start;\n    justify-content: flex-end;\n    min-height: 100vh;\n    padding: 48px 28px;\n    gap: 40px;\n  }\n\n  .ota-hero-heading {\n    font-size: 58px;\n  }\n\n  .ota-hero-right {\n    text-align: left;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"ota-hero\">\n  <div class=\"ota-hero-inner\">\n    <div class=\"ota-hero-left\">\n      <div class=\"ota-hero-label\">Real Travel Guides &#038; 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