Stay at a Coffee Plantation in Hawaii

I wrote about this Kona Coffee a while ago, and I have been enjoying it ever since. I went back to the Aloha Island Coffee website and found out that they have two houses on the plantation that you can stay at while on vacation. That is my dream vacation. In a tropical paradise like [...]

Posted on March 5, 2010 Filed Under Recommended Beaches and Places, Travel | Leave a Comment

Dirtiest Hotel for 2010

Tripadvisor has released their list of the Dirtiest Hotels of 2010. You can see previous years at the Dirtiest Hotels for 2008, and Dirtiest Hotels of 2009.
These listing are based on the Tripadvisor reviews from people who actually stayed at the hotels. I’ve included some of the reviews for you.
Heritage Marina Hotel, San Francisco, CA
“…when [...]

Posted on February 15, 2010 Filed Under Beach and Vacation Travel Tips and Help, Travel | Leave a Comment

Book Your Summer Vacation in the Winter

Right after Christmas is supposed to be the best time of year to book your vacation. However there are a few reasons why it wouldn’t be, such as credit card debt (if you used them for Christmas), maybe you spent too much time with the family to think about doing it again on vacation, etc.
In [...]

Posted on January 8, 2010 Filed Under Beach and Vacation Travel Tips and Help, Travel, Vacation Time | Leave a Comment

Unusual and Adventure Hotels

If you are in the mood for something completely different than the run of the mill hotel, then check out some of these hotels. This site (Unusual Hotels of the World), has places to stay all over the world, but not necessarily what you are used to.
For example, this Tree House in India;

Wild. That would [...]

Posted on December 17, 2009 Filed Under Recommended Beaches and Places, Travel | Leave a Comment

World’s Sexiest Beaches for 2009, Part 2

If you missed it, here is the first part to the sexiest beaches of 2009. Here is the conclusion of the list of the Sexiest and Most Beautiful Beaches of 2009.
Mazunte, Mexico
Originally known for the turtles coming ashore, and therefor turtle meat and turtle soup, Mexico has since declared Mazunte a reserve, and the area [...]

Posted on November 13, 2009 Filed Under Beaches to go See, Recommended Beaches and Places, Travel | 1 Comment

The World’s Sexiest Beach for 2009, Part 1

It’s that time again, time for Concierge.com to release its 2009 list of the most beautiful and sexiest beaches in the world.
Sometimes I think I shouldn’t read these lists, because they just make me want to leave everything behind and head for some waves.
For past years lists, see the Sexiest Beaches for 2007, and the [...]

Posted on November 12, 2009 Filed Under Beaches to go See, Recommended Beaches and Places, Travel | 1 Comment

Sturgis Bike Rally in SD

The 69th Annual Sturgis Rally is coming up on August 3rd through the 9th. This isn’t the beach, but it is something to go to.
I heard that the people in Deadwood, SD like the bike rally people better than the Corvette people. The bikers are more polite, cleaner and better behaved.
If you are in to [...]

Posted on July 29, 2009 Filed Under Not Much to do with the Beach, Travel | Leave a Comment

Negril, Jamaica Holiday Vacation

What a vacation.
Rondel Village was a beautiful hotel in Negril, Jamaica. It was clean, had great service, and was almost right in the middle of the beach.

These are pictures from our room. You can see that we were right on the beach. Although the entire beach is lined with hotels, Negril the city is actually [...]

Posted on July 29, 2009 Filed Under Beach Vacations, Beaches to go See, Jamaica Vacation, Travel, Vacation Time | 1 Comment

Extend Your Vacation

I just read a great post on the Chicago Tribune about extending your vacation. The writer (Mary Schmich) gives 10 tips to make your vacation last longer.
I do think that these are some great tips, and most of them I have already done.

Start Your Vacation Early: By using the internet, you can look at where [...]

Posted on June 10, 2009 Filed Under Beach and Vacation Travel Tips and Help, Travel, Vacation Time | Leave a Comment

Inexpensive and Cheap Vacations

I have talked about Cheap and Inexpensive Beach Vacations before, and now I want to tell you about Budget Travels top destinations for 2009. No, they aren’t all at the beach, but in this economy, you can’t have everything.
Austin, Texas
Why in 2009: For years, the capital of down-home cool (and Texas) has been working to [...]

Posted on March 26, 2009 Filed Under Beach and Vacation Travel Tips and Help, Recommended Beaches and Places, Travel | Leave a Comment