I consider my personal travel style to be “rushed” at best. It’s rare that I spend more than three or four days at a destination. I never seem to have enough time to see all that I want to and my mantra is “I guess I’ll have just have to see that [museum, site, neighborhood, […]
“Ich bin ein Berliner!” — President John F. Kennedy Like all great quotes, there is much controversy surrounding how the president actually said these words and subsequently how they were received. JFK was giving an important speech during the Cold War and wanted to show his solidarity with divided Berlin, so he said, “Ich bin […]
The problem: Australia is massive and there’s much to see that the average traveler can barely make it past a few highlights. The solution: Watch time lapse videos of Australia so you can cover hundreds of miles in just a few minutes. I’m joking, of course, but time lapse videos are my new obsession. These […]
Panama is on the Hottest Destinations List for 2012 for the New York Times, Travel & Leisure and National Geographic Traveler. So when Laurie Carr, who blogs at Elements of Decor, told me she went there for her New Year’s holiday, I was very excited to hear all about it and gain some insight as […]
How do you get a big-time hospitality CEO to repair an air conditioner (with his own hands), scrape paint off the ceiling, work the booking center and man the front desk? Put him on the CBS reality show “Undercover Boss,” in which the boss poses as a trainee who’s new to the field. Stephen J. […]
Even if I traveled 365 days a year, which I certainly don’t, I still couldn’t go everywhere I wanted to go. I mean, that would only be like 365 places max, and even then I’d be really rushed. Luckily, I can count on my fellow travel bloggers to traverse the globe in search of the […]
All travel buffs are secretly jealous of Santa Claus. Who wouldn’t to travel around the globe in a single night, in a flying sleigh led by nine reindeer. The speed! The comfort! And no baggage restrictions! Plus, he gets to see all of the world’s best Christmas decorations. With Rudolph leading the way, here’s a […]
When you’re planning a cruise, it can be confusing to remember the differences between the different cruise ships. Here’s a sponsored guest post that takes the guess work out of Celebrity Cruises fleet. Celebrity Cruises have taken the art of crossing the high seas to new heights aboard our ultra-luxurious ocean liners packed with amenities […]
I’ve been to Jamaica and I’ve been on cruises, but I’ve never been on cruise that stopped in Jamaica. So when this sponsored guest post came in, I was intrigued to learn more about this popular port in Jamaica, and I hope you will be too. From Old San Juan to the Grenadines, Caribbean ports […]
Today I was interviewed on ABC News Now about how to make flying with children under the age of two as painless as possible. Thanksgiving week is one of the busiest travel times of the year, and everyone is dreading flying — especially families! My son is about to turn one, and I have flown with […]
