I often think about “where to go next” when it comes to planning my personal travels. Like most people, I have nurtured a “bucket list” of destinations to visit while I still can. Recently, however, experiences during my travels have become more important to me than new destinations.
While the year won’t be new much longer, there’s still time to make your resolutions for the next 12 months and to consider your 2023 travel plans. Planning early is an effective way to ensure the best pricing and availability, while ...
When Christopher Columbus sailed along the east coast of a new land more than 500 years ago, he encountered natives adorned in gold and other jewelry and he dubbed the area “rich coast” – Costa Rica in Spanish. Today, Costa Rica’s riches and ecological diversity are ...
The massive influx of air travelers coupled with every aspect of air travel facing severe staffing shortages – too few planes, pilots, flight attendants, ground support staff and flight control crews – combined to create chaos ...
While international travel has experienced a steady recovery for fully-vaccinated travelers, the CDC announcement last week eliminating COVID tests for returning American travelers should boost leisure travel this year beyond levels not seen since 2019.
I always thought Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak soaring 19,341 feet through the clouds, was located in Kenya until we landed in Amboseli National Park. Stepping off the small plane, my first glimpse of the landscape was ...
Darkness was descending quickly upon us as we bounced our way across the rutted savannah, looking up into every tree and scouting the underbrush. We had spent most of two hours searching to no avail for a ...
With the holidays rapidly approaching, many leisure travelers are anticipating a better travel environment and improving opportunities to travel in the year ahead, while simply trying to forget the past 21 months.
With an ever growing number of countries re-opening to tourists, including the United States welcoming foreign visitors again beginning this month, vacation travel finally appears to be regaining the momentum it lost during its 20-month COVID hiatus.
I had almost forgotten the joy and excitement of setting out on a cruise — even for a short getaway — until boarding Freedom of the Seas last weekend for a CDC-mandated “test” cruise. As we departed Miami, little did we realize that a federal court ...
Finally, good news for vacation travelers, especially those longing to cruise again! The Royal Caribbean Group announced on Friday Caribbean cruises by its premium and family cruise brands ...
Last week I boarded a plane for a short flight to Cancun to attend a travel “Mastermind” meeting at a luxury resort on Mexico’s Caribbean coast. It was my first venture outside the United States in more than a year and it was exhilarating!
