Archive for November, 2008
Always Be Lint Free While Traveling
Here’s a simple way to always be prepared to remove lint from your favorite black outfit while traveling. Pack a few of the stick-on clear shipping windows that you find at FedEx, UPS or USPS locations. When you need a lint remover, slip your hand inside the window and peal off the paper protecting the [...]
The Cheapest Week To Travel
Without a doubt the least expensive weeks of the year to travel are the first two weeks in January. Why?… everyone is so stressed out from the holidays, that they can’t even think about packing. If you get your holiday’s under control early this year and plan to skip out the door right after New [...]
Full Moon and Sunset Watching on St. John
Pack your picnic basket and take a hike to Ram Head on the Southeast side of the island to watch the sunset. Start at Salt Pond Bay and wind your way to the rocky outreach stretching 200 feet above the crashing surf. The blazing sun will set on your right as the full moon rises [...]
Turn The Whole Family Into Urban Cowboys At The Lost Pines Resort in Austin Texas
I’ve just been to Austin (live music capital of the world), staying at the new Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort, and found it to be an exceptional location for outdoor fun and relaxed central Texas cowboy charm. In fact, Lost Pines makes a perfect location for your multi-generational family vacation or family reunion. If you’d [...]
Find Vacation Spots That Are HOT All Winter Long
“I want to vacation someplace where it’s HOT this winter, where should I go?” How many times have I been asked this question? – more than I can count! Well, there’s finally a great website that answers – Where’s Hot When – or even warm or rainy, all in a brightly colored topo map. (Oh [...]
So You've Always Wanted to be a "Survivor" – Well, Here's Your Big Chance!
The daydream of surviving on a gorgeous desert island looms large in most of our imaginations. Let’s face it, that’s why Survivor, Robinson Crusoe and the current CDW Computer TV commercials are such an enormous success. But while the TV networks tempt us with scripted tropical adventures, the possibility of participating in such a complete [...]
Where, Oh Where, Has Saga Tours Gone???
There was a time not so long ago when hundreds of joyful retired US couples packed their bags and flew off to the breezy coasts of southern Europe for the winter season with the low cost tour operator Saga Holidays. They were KING of the long term condo rental market on the Costa del Sol [...]
