Travel Stories
The Cold Never Bothered Me Anyway – Five Trips that Celebrate Winter
Saying goodbye to fall is difficult because if you live in the northern U.S., you know what's next, snow, sleet, ice, Nor'easters, and yucky weather in general. Still, there’s something magical about the first snowfall. When the first white flakes float through the...
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Thanksgiving Travel Tips for a Happy Thanksgiving
Facebook Instagram Thanksgiving is the official start of the holiday season in the U.S., and more people travel on Thanksgiving than any other holiday. While seeing family and friends is one of life’s great joys (most of the time), actually getting to your...
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Six Scary Good Vacation Ideas
Facebook Instagram Vacation means different things to different people. For some, relaxing on a white sanding beach sipping a piña colada is perfection. Others want an active vacation like white water rafting down the Colorado River. And some want to be...
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Relax and Enjoy – 7 Tips for a Better Trip to Italy
Facebook Instagram Italy is magical, and Italians are kind, charismatic, and you get to live in a history book come to life. Notwithstanding their fine personalities, I imagine (if I could read minds) Italians would like to take Americans by the hand and...
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Who Let the Dogs In – New England Edition
Facebook Instagram Photo by Josh Rakower on Unsplash New Englanders love their dogs, and local opportunities abound to visit the big city, charming beach communities, and bucolic hamlets with Fido. Here are seven New England accommodations...
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Into the Wild with a Family Trip to Alaska
Facebook Instagram Alaska joined the United States in 1959. Since that time, the largest state in the U.S. has captured the hearts and minds of adventurers big and small. Alaska is wild and vast, with 14 mountain ranges, glaciers, a rainforest (the only...
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Eleven Top Spots to See in Dublin
Facebook Instagram Kilmainham Goal, Courthouse, Inchicore Road, Kilmainham, Dublin Step back in time with a guided visit to Dublin's former county prison. Constructed in 1796, the prison held the anonymous and the infamous during its time of operation. The...
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5 Great Spots in Dubrovnik, Croatia for Game of Thrones Fans
Yes, I know Game of Thrones ended. I agree it’s time to move on. I promise, this my last Game of Thrones blog post. (At least until the final books from George R.R. Martin are released. When George?!? When?!?) In the past, I’ve written about GoT sites...
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Things to See, Do, Eat, and Enjoy in the Dominican Republic
Did you know the Dominican Republic is the most popular destination in the Caribbean? Surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the north and the Caribbean Sea on the south, the country has 1,000 miles of coastline. The beaches are magnificent, but the country also...
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Which Hawaiian Island is Right for You?
Facebook Instagram If you ask 100 people to name their top choice for a celebration destination, at least 30 of them would name Hawaii, according to a recent poll. Visions of tropical palm trees swaying in the breeze, drinks in coconut shells,...
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