Come Into the Garden, Maud
When traveling, one of my favorite activities is to visit gardens. Visiting local gardens is a wonderful way to add depth and understanding to your travel experience, and there are a number of ways to find them wherever you plan to go. • Wikipedia has a list of botanic gardens in the U.S. and internationally. • The American Public Gardens Association has a wonderful searchable database. … [Read more...]
What’s Your Go-To Travel Resource?
Recently my husband and I took a road trip with our two grandchildren, ages 12 and 9. We drove from Arizona through Utah and Colorado ending in Steamboat Springs. It was a long 2-day trip both ways, so we needed to stop periodically to stretch our legs. Throughout the journey, TripAdvisor was my primary resource for things to do, restaurants and places to stay. When we first arrived in … [Read more...]
Rick Steves Explores Mediterranean Cruise Ports
Rick Steves has provided information about traveling to Europe to Americans for many years. A well-respected expert, Steves has never been fond of the favorite travel experience, cruising. In fact, he wrote, “I've long been less than enthusiastic about cruises. Years ago, cruising seemed like a rich person's hobby — more hedonism than travel.” Because cruising is so popular with Americans, … [Read more...]
Retirement Travel: Are You a Tourist or a Traveler?
Retirement travel is the number one activity for people post-work. There are many reasons why people travel. Have you ever considered your reason to travel? Particularly, if you travel overseas, do you ever consider whether you are a traveler or a tourist? While everyone will have an opinion about the difference between being a traveler and a tourist, here are a few of mine. Travel as a … [Read more...]
Park, Stay and Go for Travel Ease
Most of us would admit that air travel today is a nuisance. I have many friends to travel because flying has become so challenging. I still love to travel and have never taken a trip that wasn’t worth the hassle. With that said, we’re all looking for anything to ease travel. Now this won’t help you once you get in the airport, but it might help the process of getting there. That’s the … [Read more...]
How to Find the Best Travel Bargains
Travel is still the number one leisure activity for new retirees. Travel can be expensive, so everyone is looking for travel bargains. Here are a few suggestions to help you find great travel deals. Look for discount travel packages. Packages come in all different forms. You will often find discounts in airfares when also getting hotels. Many travel sites offer packages that include air, hotels … [Read more...]
Grandparents Traveling With Family
Grandparents traveling with family, in this case, travel with grandchildren can be a wonderful experience. However, there are also challenges along the way. We’ve been traveling with our grandchildren since they were young. They are comfortable with us and we with them. We recently returned from a road trip where we stayed in motels for five nights. At the time, our granddaughter was eight … [Read more...]
Enhance Your Traveling Experience
There are many aspects of travel today that are unpleasant. I know many baby boomers who won’t go overseas because they don’t want the hassle of flying. Understood. There are simple tips to help improve your traveling experience. Whether you take a trip by boat, train, car or plane to visit family and friends or to venture to exotic locals travel is still the number one activity for new … [Read more...]
International Travel Tips
Are there any things you should avoid doing when traveling. Here are a few international travel tips of what not to do. Don’t let your passport expire. While you never know when you’re going to get a sudden invitation to Paris for the weekend, many countries won’t admit you if you less than 6 months on your passport. Remember when you got your passport and ten years seemed like a like … [Read more...]
Life Lessons Learned with Small Adventures
An interview with Bill Birnbaum, Author of, “A Lifetime of Small Adventures” Question: The subtitle of your book suggests that you present, Stories of Adventure, Misadventure and Lessons Learned Along the Way. Regarding those life lessons learned along the way, could you give us an example? Answer: Perhaps the most important life lesson learned is that each of us has the ability to, in … [Read more...]