Quick and Cheap Beach Vacations
Spring is here. The weather is warming up (although a little too slowly), and many people are getting outside again after a long and cold winter. This is also the time when vacations to the Caribbean start to fall off a bit. We are actually coming up on the low season of tourism for many [...]
Posted on April 14, 2008 Filed Under Beach and Vacation Travel Tips and Help, Beach Vacations, Beaches to go See, Recommended Beaches and Places | 3 Comments
The Best Jamaican Beaches
This list of the great beaches of Jamaica is just someones opinion. I’m sure that those who have visited, or live in Jamaica have their favorites and their own ideas about the best beaches in Jamaica. Mere beauty is not the only thing Jamaican beaches have to offer. No matter what kind of jet setter [...]
Posted on April 9, 2008 Filed Under Beach Vacations, Beaches to go See, Jamaica Vacation, Jamaica, Beaches, and the Caribbean, Recommended Beaches and Places | Leave a Comment
The Ten Best Beaches in the World
The other day the Canadian website, Globe and Mail, wrote an article about the 10 best beaches in the world. This list has some different beaches than other lists that I have posted. Take a look and see what you think. Praia da Barra (Barra Bay), Mozambique Except for you Victorians – Why are you [...]
Posted on March 21, 2008 Filed Under Beach Vacations, Beaches to go See, Recommended Beaches and Places | Leave a Comment
Cheap Vacation to Hawaii
If you’re looking to go to Hawaii, TransWorldNews.com wrote an article about a site called rentalo.com. They offer cottages and rental houses for low prices on the island of Kauai. Here is the post; Those looking for a dream-like destination for their next getaway should visit the tropical Hawaiian island of Kauai. Tropical greenery, pristine [...]
Posted on March 14, 2008 Filed Under Beach and Vacation Travel Tips and Help, Beach Vacations, Recommended Beaches and Places | 2 Comments
Best Beaches in America, Top Ten List
I know, I missed it, but about a month ago TripAdvisor came up with their list of the 10 best beaches in America based on traveler reviews. 1. Fort De Soto Park’s North Beach, Tierra Verde, Florida Just south of St. Petersburg, Fort De Soto Park’s North Beach is a portrait of tranquility, with a [...]
Posted on March 10, 2008 Filed Under Beach and Vacation Travel Tips and Help, Beach Vacations, Beaches to go See, Recommended Beaches and Places, Travel | Leave a Comment
Mandatory and Paid Vacations and Holidays Internationally
I’ve talked about paid and mandatory vacations before, but I recently found a chart to really show the difference in of paid vacations and holidays in different countries. I found this at OpenSwitch.org, where the the writer points out that the US is on the very end with absolutely no mandatory vacation or holidays. He [...]
Posted on February 26, 2008 Filed Under Beach Vacations, Vacation Time, Vacations and Work | Leave a Comment
Top Ten Caribbean Islands. The Best Places in the Caribbean for Vacation.
Wow! What a year. In 2007, my wife and I both had major job changes (for the better), and decided to buy a house (which we’ll be closing on next week). My dad also had major surgery, and some really bad, bad months (he’s getting better now). After a year like that, I’d love a [...]
Posted on January 24, 2008 Filed Under Beach Vacations, Beaches to go See, Jamaica, Beaches, and the Caribbean | 4 Comments
Vacation on Mauritius in the Indian Ocean
I know this may sound like a commercial (what doesn’t), but I talk about the Caribbean a lot, a little about the Pacific, but not much about the Indian Ocean. So here is a little piece I found on Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. When you think about the ocean, what is the first thing [...]
Posted on January 14, 2008 Filed Under Beach Vacations, Beaches to go See, Recommended Beaches and Places, Travel | 2 Comments
Maui Is Top Beach Destination in the US. Cozumel, Mexico Is Top Internationally
According to Orbitz, the fastest growing destination in the US is Maui, Hawaii. Second place is Daytona Beach, Florida. I can understand that. I would love to go to Hawaii. Internationally, Cozumel, Mexico was the top beach, followed by other beaches and resorts in Jamaica, Aruba, Brazil and Bermuda. Orbitz.com measured the percentage growth in [...]
Posted on January 14, 2008 Filed Under Beach and Vacation Travel Tips and Help, Beach Vacations, Beaches to go See, Recommended Beaches and Places, Travel | Leave a Comment
Tampa Bay Florida. Things To Do and See in Tampa Bay
Well, I’ve had bloggers block for about two months now. None of the Google Alerts I’ve seen have been much good for me. They seem to be about a lot of shark attacks and drownings, and that to me is just a downer. Not what I want to think about on the beach. I think [...]
Posted on January 4, 2008 Filed Under Beach Vacations, Beaches to go See, Recommended Beaches and Places | Leave a Comment
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