Category: Destinations
Discovering Victorian Splendor & Decadent Cuisine in New Orleans
We’re excited to introduce you to our friend, Isabel, a well-traveled food writer. Isabel recently visited some wonderful Victorian mansions and plantations in New Orleans and has shared her trip report with us. Don’t miss the recipe at the end – Enjoy! Ah, New Orleans, NOLA, the Big Easy, the Crescent City. Even though it [...]
Death Valley Is A Suprisingly Great Sightseeing Tour from Las Vegas
I’m just back from Las Vegas where Clint and I took a one day excursion into Death Valley with Pink Jeep Tours. We really had a great time and Death Valley turned out to be way more interesting than I had imagined. Here’s a link to my trip report just published on the Huffington Post: [...]
Free Nights All Winter Long in Turks & Caicos
It’s not often that a luxury Caribbean resort offers a discount promotion that runs during the peak winter season, but that’s exactly what’s happening in Turks & Caicos where The West Bay Club is offering a free nights promotion from January right through to summer. The West Bay Club is a stunning all-suites property located [...]
Why Turkey Is The New Spain
For years, a premiere destination for sunshine and a great value package holiday has been Spain. But with the Euro in trouble and wildcat strikes halting flights in Spain, a new contender has entered the holiday arena – vacations to Turkey. Flights from US to Britain are comfortingly affordable during the winter season and exotic [...]
Unexpected Winter Fun – Snow Shoe Inn to Inn in Southern New Hampshire
Two beautiful New England country inns nestled in the Lake Sunapee area of New Hampshire are offering unique winter weekend adventures. On two weekends this winter (Jan 14-16 & Mar 4-6) you’re invited to snow shoe from Inn to Inn in the company of other guests and an experienced guide. The snow shoe trek weekend [...]
New High-Spirited New York City Holiday Tours
Yes indeed, we all love the high stepping Rockets, the fashion windows on 5th Avenue and the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center. But really, isn’t it all getting a bit too predictable? You need some unconventional pizazz and down right fun to zip up your holiday visit to New York. We’ve found two high spirited [...]
Northern Lights and Steaming Geothermal Springs – Visit Iceland for $499!
Will this be the year you see the Northern Lights for the first time? (You know it’s on your bucket list.) And you don’t have to travel all the way to Alaska or Scandinavia either – Iceland Air will whisk you to Reykjavik on a 5 hour flight from Boston or New York for 3 [...]
4 NY Hotels on the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Route
It’s usually a blustery cold day in New York when the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade floats down Seventh Avenue. Wouldn’t it be great to stay in a hotel right on the parade route and watch from your hotel room window, or at least be able to duck inside for a quick warm up? Here are [...]
Philadelphia Opens Historic New Museum
What’s old is new again at Independence Mall in Philadelphia as the National Museum of American Jewish History joins Independence Hall, the National Constitution Center, the Liberty Bell and other historic landmarks in the heart of America’s hallowed birthplace. On November 13th, the long anticipated Museum will open it’s door for a star studded gala [...]
The British Have Landed in Naples FL and They're Serving Up Pints All Over Town
Winter is on the way and thoughts are leaning toward warm vacation getaways. After the coldest winter on record in Southwest Florida last year, Naples is getting ready for what promises to be a terrific winter season ahead. If October weather is any indicator, they will be 100% correct. October has brought sunny days (80 [...]
