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

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

Merry Christmas from the Beach Bum, 2009

Merry Christmas! I’m sure that many of you are freezing this year wishing for the beach, and what better to celebrate Christmas than by laying on a tropical beach somewhere in the Caribbean. Or maybe you’d like to spend Christmas with Jimmy Buffett on Christmas Island.

Posted on December 23, 2009 Filed Under Beach Vacations, Vacation Time | 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 [...]

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

How to Relax on Vacation

Have you ever gone on vacation and then come back feeling just as bad as you did before you left? Or have you felt that your vacation just wasn’t as good as it could have been? Vacations come way too infrequently to not enjoy them to the fullest, and I have the answer for how [...]

Posted on June 25, 2009 Filed Under Beach and Vacation Travel Tips and Help, Vacation Time | Leave a 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 [...]

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

Rondel Village in Negril, Jamaica

Well, after three years of trying, my wife and I are actually going to make it to Jamaica. I said in an earlier post that I was looking at places to stay in Jamaica, and I ended up going somewhere not on that list. Some of those places I never even heard back from. But [...]

Posted on May 4, 2009 Filed Under Beach and Vacation Travel Tips and Help, Jamaica Vacation, Vacation Time | Leave a Comment

Planning My Jamaican Vacation

Yes, it is time to go to Jamaica again. My wife has never been there, so I need to make this a great trip for her. I have been looking at a number of places to stay, but I can’t decide which is best. I also haven’t decided whether I want to use an online [...]

Posted on April 2, 2009 Filed Under Beach Vacations, Jamaica Vacation, Vacation Time | Leave a Comment

Top Five Family Vacation Beach Resorts

By now, my regular readers know that I am not a big fan of resorts. However, they can be a good place to take your family. You don’t have to pack the kids in the car to find a place to eat, or to find activities to keep them occupied. Most of it is there [...]

Posted on December 13, 2008 Filed Under Beach and Vacation Travel Tips and Help, Recommended Beaches and Places, Vacation Time | Leave a Comment