I love hotels and hate hotels at the same time. When planning a trip as a solo traveler, there is no one to split the cost of the lodging so I need to be pretty particular when spending cash on lodging. This is why I love my Starwood AMEX card as […]
After all of the traveling, I was ready to go on my walking safari, whatever that meant in the Okavango Delta. While I had read about “going on safari”, I hadn’t a clue what that actually entailed but I was about to find out. Walking from my “room” (tent at […]
Landing in Maun, Botswana, the airport was awash in small bush planes and one building for passengers to transit. You exit the plane and walk to the terminal -something that became commonplace in Africa -walking to/from your plane which I liked. I had been traveling for four days to get […]
Luxury comes to the Philadelphia Airport in the form of the American Express Centurion Lounge at PHL (PHL Centurion Lounge). As the eighth Centurion lounge in the U.S., the space is warm and welcoming with a mix of woods, warm colors and modern comfort with pops of color (and a […]
For the my first World Travel Market conference (WTM), one of the largest travel events in Europe, held each year in London at November, I knew that I needed my hotel to be easy as convention days are long and exhausting. As the conference was being held at the ExCel […]
Knowing that my Art Weekend in D.C. was planned out, I stayed an extra day to explore on my own. I asked a few D.C. based twitter friends for restaurant suggestions, along the lines of “what’s a must eat food experience in D.C.” A few replies were “the best burger in […]
Leave it to my eleven (going on thirty) year old precocious niece to burst my Oprah bubble. I was showing my sister and mom my photo with Oprah from the O Magazine, Share the Adventure cruise to Alaska on Holland America’s Eurodam. My niece said “did you meet Oprah…and she […]
Art Museums often have the “permanent collection” which you see the same pieces with each visit and it’s the temporary exhibits that draw you back to discover or re-discover an artist and their work. For my Art Weekend in Washington, D.C. I would discover many new (to me) American artists […]
Avoid My Travel Nightmare in One Step with Ortho Disclaimer: This post is sponsored by Ortho Home Defense but all opinions (and sadly the bug bite nightmare) are uniquely mine. A few months ago, I woke up in a fancy island hotel covered in bug bites. The hotel had a […]
Italy is a country that every traveler should visit (a few times). I was fortunate to begin my love affair with Italy, at the age of 22, on a memorable ten day bus tour with the local church group of senior citizens, a guide and a tight bus schedule (my […]