Founded in 1979, celebrating 40 years in 2019, Altair Travel is proudly one of the largest full-service agencies in the region providing professional expertise in the planning of domestic and international travel. From a four-person basement office to our home in Brentwood with 50+ agents that have a vast knowledge of leisure, business travel, business incentives, group family, cruises, honeymoons, destination weddings, beach vacations, adventure holidays, and our beloved cardinal cruise. You name it, Altair’s specialists can do it… and every step of the way, you’ll see that they care!

Pat Blassie and Heidi Glaus work together every week to talk about travel, whether it’s what to pack when visiting Alaska or how to keep the monkeys out of your tent on an African Safari. Enjoy!

Pat Blassie

Pat has been “blessed and honored” to be the president and owner of Altair Travel in St. Louis, MO for over 35 years. Pat has surrounded herself with some of the most experienced and knowledgeable travel folks you will ever meet and together have thrived in the challenging travel industry.

Pat has traveled to many of our US states – Florida, Hawaii, Arizona, California, Alaska, Washington, New York, the Carolinas, and more. She has also enjoyed Canada, Mexico, the Bahamas, and many Caribbean islands. She has fallen in love with the history and culture of Europe and the Baltic never disappoint… France, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Hungary, the Czech Republic, the Canary Islands, Greece, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Denmark, England, Scotland, and her very favorite, Ireland. Her travels to South America are limited, but Panama, the Canal, and Costa Rica were beautiful. And after THREE visits to Africa, she can’t wait to return and enjoy more of the thrilling safaris, open nature, and warm people.