An Unexpected Venice Vacation Part 3

See the beginning of the Venice Vacation, and the part 2 of being stranded in Venice. Jodi spent the evening on the internet searching airports while her husband, Matt, in England was doing the same. She was in the internet café and all the stations were filled with people trying to make other plans. She [...]

Posted on June 25, 2010 Filed Under Travel, Vacation Time | Leave a Comment

An Unexpected Vacation in Venice, Part 2

See the beginning of the Venice Vacation here. I went up to the Windjammer for coffee late afternoon and overheard some folks who were from the same UK Air Force base as Jodi. They were talking about how their flights were going to be later tomorrow – but no worry. Friday evening was our last [...]

Posted on June 18, 2010 Filed Under Travel, Vacation Time | Leave a Comment

An Unexpected Vacation in Venice

Here is a continuation of my mother’s cruise to the Greek Islands that ended in an unexpected Venice vacation. Friday:  The first I heard – It was an all day sail. The last day of our Greek Island cruise was a kind of let down. We were due to be in port Saturday morning in [...]

Posted on June 15, 2010 Filed Under Travel | Leave a Comment

Jamaica Vacation Part 3 – Wednesday

Well, it’s another post on our vacation in Jamaica, (the link takes you to previous posts). Today we went to Dunn’s River Falls. If you have never been there, you need to go. You can climb the waterfall from the beach all the way to the top. Because were staying in Negril, we had to [...]

Posted on June 2, 2010 Filed Under Beach Vacations, Jamaica Vacation, Travel | Leave a Comment

Stuck in Venice, Italy

Recently, my mom went on a cruise of the Greek Islands with some other women in the family, and was stuck in Venice because of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano. I asked her to write some information on what to do when you are stuck in Venice. Here is a little about it. Does Venice have a [...]

Posted on May 29, 2010 Filed Under Beach and Vacation Travel Tips and Help, Travel | Leave a Comment

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 [...]

Posted on February 15, 2010 Filed Under Beach and Vacation Travel Tips and Help, Travel | 2 Comments

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. [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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