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A Travel Inspired Valentine’s Day Activity

How can we celebrate the love this year?  For me, love and tea go hand in hand. I grew up with afternoon tea time traditions with my mom.  Most kids came home to snack time, but my mom made sure I ...
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Book Your 2021 Travel Now!

It’s the start of the race.  You’re kneeling on the track, ready for the crack of the pistol to go off.  You’re ready to start sprinting into planning your next vacation, but COVID confusion has filled your head filled with questions.  We're ...
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Ultimate Family Vacation Guide to Jackson Hole

I was born in Salt Lake City, so for me it’s always felt a smidge disloyal to entertain the idea that another ski mecca in the U.S. can hold a candle to the Rockies in Utah. However, even as a Utah ...

How to Create a DIY Travel Scrapbook

Over the holiday break, I took a few trips down memory lane, living vicariously through past journeys that I documented in old travel scrapbooks.  Remember photo albums? It's how we used to share our adventures in the era before travel blogging. ...

Family Winter Weekend in Lake Placid

Some posts are about the majesty of the Alps, some are about the pace of a bike tour through London. This post is about taking a couple of days to chill -- in the time of COVID. Here's how to have ...
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2020 Holiday Gift Guide for Travelers

Anybody out there traveling? I know...it sounds like a dream. It may not be what you're thinking about right now, however, the travelers in your life are getting mighty antsy.  With the holidays just around the corner, it’s a good time ...
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An Epic Kauai Travel Guide

Sorry Kauaians - I'm going to let the secret out: Kauai is a can't miss destination in the Hawaiian island experience.  Before traveling to the "Garden Isle," I had previously visited Maui (one of the more popular picks), and could not ...
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5 Reasons to Celebrate Your Next Holiday at a Luxury Villa in Sicily

In January, something peculiar happens to the human brain.     We start to forget the absolute, sheer mayhem that was the holiday season.      ...
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Discover the 11 Very Best Places in Puglia – Italy’s Rising Star

There's a theme in all of Puglia that goes like this:  Relax, roam, discover, dine, and repeat.     Right now, the travel world is ...
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Villas in Puglia are Serving Up the Sweet Life

Move over Tuscany -- there's a new star on Italy's travel map, and it comes complete with sun-soaked villas set amid Puglia's captivating landscape. ...

A Guide to Disney World for First Timers

Moms - you can do this.     You've grown your baby, you've been there through the night wakings, through the potty training, through the ...
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8 Luxury Spring Break Destinations For Families

Ohhh…Spring break.    These two words conjure up images of long airport lines, crowded pools, partying college kids, loud music…and bad decisions.     Hey ...
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Copenhagen Guide: 15 Festive Things to Do in Winter

Where can you travel in winter where the temperature may indeed plummet, but the people party on?  Come see how the Danes do it! ...
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It’s Time to Book This Romantic Countryside Getaway in CT: The Mayflower Inn and Spa

If I had one piece of advice for moms and dads looking to escape for a romantic getaway in CT at the Mayflower Inn ...
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