For years, I’ve watched Samantha Brown’s Travel Channel shows thinking “she has the greatest job”! Reality is that she is traveling over 200 days a year away from home and working long days (it is a job after all) with one day (!!!) set aside when she arrives to explore […]
Travel inspiration, where do you find it? In a movie, a book, from Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook, a friend, brochure, email, mailing, etc. There are so many travel images, stories and options coming at you on a daily basis it’s hard to filter out where to go (at least for me) […]
Great stories and memories are made from surprise, emotion and dumb luck. My first trip to Italy is definitely one of my cherished travel stories – it involves a bus full of pensioners (senior citizens) and so many surprises! I had recently graduated college and wanted to go on my first trip […]
Many folks are not familiar with a repositioning cruise (repo cruise) but once you learn about them you may be a fan of the great value. As my travel agent told me “you can’t live at home for that price” and she is right (sorta). Just like the birds that […]
The Caribbean is popular for a good reason – it’s gorgeous! As I am not quite the sun and sand kind of girl (yet), I’ve avoided the Caribbean cruise for a long time, much preferring the cities and ports of the Mediterranean. When my cruise friends invited me to join them, […]
Living and working in the city, my daily landscape consists of skyscrapers (my office is on the 38th floor), concrete and lots of traffic on the commute. When I travel, I feel that I can breathe and relax in the landscapes of mountains, coastlines and greenery. I can savor the […]
Apparently, I was spending too much time at the museum display as the quiet was interrupted by the words “Aunt Sue let’s go!” as my niece had stamped her ticket at this attraction and was ready to move on. Me? Not so much, I was quickly realizing that the London […]
Dear Travel Industry, Hi, it’s me again! I’m the one who has been complaining about the single supplement all of these years, you know, the one you keep ignoring! You really should take me seriously as the number of solo travelers continues to rise. I’ve been reading study after study […]
My friend Amanda, recently traveled to London on her first solo trip. This wasn’t a business trip or a school trip, this was last-minute due to a ridiculous coach award ticket on USAir direct to London she found for 30k points (normally 50k). Exploring London is so easy to do as […]
Philadelphia has long been the overlooked middle child between New York City and Washington, D.C. Chances are if you’ve visited the city you did so for one day and saw Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, ran up the “Rocky steps” and ate a cheesesteak or soft pretzel. In Philly, we […]