Kildare travel agent Ciara Mooney visited Valencia for a long weekend nearly four years ago, fell in love with the place and decided to split her time between there and Celbridge.
"It's a new marketing aspect for us. 'Hey, would you love to go nonstop from Omaha to Cancun and not have to go through Chicago or Denver, especially in this weather, or have to drive 3 hours to Kansas City and then have to drive the 3 hours back?'" Robert Lopez, with Freedom Travel, said.