South Africa with Vanora
South Africa! The destination that sat perched atop my bucket list for so many years. So worth the wait and the over twenty-five-hour trek.I flew KLM (a carrier I had not flown since childhood) and was extremely impressed with the... Read more
5 Reasons to Get Excited About Booking an Expedition Cruise This Year
Leave your evening gown at home and pack your hiking shoes instead. For more and more travelers, an expedition cruise is on the horizon.Expedition cruises speak to our inner adventurers. Smaller ships, more remote and tiny ports, untouched destinations, natural... Read more
Austria, Croatia and Slovenia with Fabyo
Our trip started on the 11th of July when we boarded Air Canada's non-stop flight to Frankfurt with an immediate connection to Vienna on Austrian Airlines. Vienna and Salzburg had been on my bucket list for a long time, so... Read more
Virgin Voyages' 'Save Water, Drink Champagne' Easy Button
Oh, and there’s a caviar bar, too.Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Voyages says it’s committed to ‘disrupting’ cruise travel, and that means a twist on one of the luxury cruise standards: champagne and caviar.The cruise line has already shared its ‘ship... Read more
Ireland with Cheryl
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Yukon and Northwest Territories with Zuzana (Jan 2019)
When an opportunity presented itself to visit Canada’s North in early January 2019, I didn’t think about it twice. I knew this trip would be an experience like no other! Read more
Two different types of trips to Honolulu, Oahu
Manya’s tripHonolulu, the Capital city of the island of Oahu, (the gathering place in Hawaiian) is one of my favourite places to visit. Several daily non-stop flights operate from Vancouver, and in less than six hours, you land in a... Read more
Why Travelers in the Know are Booking A Douro River Cruise in Portugal
Have you taken a river cruise in Europe yet? The 'Big Three' river cruises are the Rhine, the Danube and the Rhone/Saone. You may have heard about cruising on the Seine, even Main and Moselle cruises.But for a little 'off the beaten... Read more
Top Reasons This is Puerto Rico's Most Iconic Luxury Hotel
Whether you love Old Havana colonial style, rhythms and cocktails, Mid-Century modern tropical, Rat Pack vibes, or contemporary luxury urban resort on a world's top beach... Puerto Rico's El San Juan Hotel fits the bill.Following a post-hurricane, $65-million reno, this... Read more
3 New Cruise Line Private Islands
It used to be that private islands were the playgrounds of the ridiculously rich and fabulously famous. Then cruise lines got into the game. Now, cruise lines are competing with each other to build exclusive tropical enclaves in the Caribbean... Read more
50 Years Since John Lennon's Bed-in for Peace: Video Inside that Hotel Suite Today
It was a week at the end of May 1969 that became an iconic, unforgettable moment of 60's counter-culture and protests against the Vietnam War. 2019 marks the anniversary of the legendary time when music uber-star and peace activist John Lennon... Read more
10 Amazing Facts about the Tasmanian Devil
Move over, cuddly koalas and cute kangaroos. Meet the Tasmanian Devil. No, not the Looney Tunes cartoon character that travels like a spinning top, drooling, snarling and terrorizing Bugs Bunny's friends. The real animal, found in the wild only in one state... Read more
3 Things You Have To Do on a Seabourn Cruise to Scandinavia and Scotland
Cooler climes are some of today's hottest cruise destinations. Add the warmth of Seabourn's ultra-luxury service, boutique-hotel inspired ships, world-class dining and insightful, intriguing shore excursions like Ventures' active explorations, and you've got the perfect formula for discovering gateway northern destinations... Read more
See the World's Tallest Indoor Waterfall at this New Airport
It's one of the world's top ten busiest airports, with a flight every 80 seconds. A hundred airlines transport over 60 million passengers yearly to and from Singapore's Changi airport. So millions of travelers are already familiar with the breathtaking Nature features... Read more
Nuevo Vallarta - Dec 2018 with Katie Bittner
I absolutely loved the area of Nuevo Vallarta, I felt very safe during a time when everyone is a little uncertain of travel to Mexico.As I have suggested in previous reports, my advice is to either book the plus seats... Read more