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Holiday Travel With Children

Over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house we go. During this time of year, we plan and prepare our family visits, dinner meals and gift-giving and forget one of the most important things- preparing for holiday travel with children. Whether you are driving or flying to your final holiday destinations, be prepared with these helpful tips so that you and your precious cargo arrive safely and happily.

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Are Travel Agents Extinct?

Why call a Travel Consultant instead of going direct? Good Question! Lately I have been talking to a lot of people about owning a travel agency, and have been getting the same question, “why use a travel agent when I can do the research myself and book a trip on the internet?” Well, you are about to find out that there are several reasons to use a Travel Consultant (the new title), one of them being it is TOTALLY FREE to you, the client. And about 5 years ago, it was predicted that being a Travel Agent was a dying profession, and in the age of technology, travel agents would b...Read More...

2012 Summer Olympic Games

London is calling. And she’s sending Wenlock™ and Mendeville™ after you if you don’t answer. Actually, they want you to visit this summer because the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, are scheduled to take place in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. London will become the first city to officially host the modern Olympic Games three times, having previously done so in 1908 and in 1948. There’s archery, boxing, BMX cycling, diving, swimming, tennis and one of the most watched sport- gymnast...Read More...

Cruise Planners is Celebrity's Home Based Partner of the Year

Three consecutive years as Celebrity's Home Based Partner of the Year

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BRAZILIAN ADVENTURE: RIO AND BEYOND

Brazil is not one of the places that we see a lot about in travel magazines or on the web. It is a place that offers much for the traveler. My husband had talked about seeing the "statue" in Rio for quite sometime. Last year while cruising with Princess they highlighted a repositioning from Rio to Fort Lauderdale. That was made just for us. We left Houston on the long flight to Rio to board our Princess Cruise ship.

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A culinary detour to ancient Jaffa offers a walkable feast

Jaffa, Tel Aviv's twin city, offers a food lover's walking tour of delicatessens, specialty markets and street stands.

The ancient, annexed port city is a favorite haunt of Janna Gur, editor of the popular Israeli food magazine Al Hashulchan (``On the Table'') and author of The Book of New Israeli Food (Schocken, $35).

``Jaffa's a culinary melting pot, with remnants of a disappearing culinary world,'' she said as we headed down the main drag on a sunny Sunday.

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In Seattle Area, an Assortment of Treats

The factory, in the Fremont neighborhood, occupies a building that was once a trolley barn and later a brewery. Tours of its production line are conducted several times a day. With frequent samples to keep us focused, we were instructed at length by our guide, a pipe-thin woman dressed in funky hand-sewn clothes, on the origins of chocolate, its cultivation and, naturally, the virtues of Theo’s environmentally conscious method.

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Princess Cruises’ Medical Departments Earn Unique Distinction with Prestigious Quality Certification and Accreditation

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (May 6, 2010) – The Princess Cruises  Medical Departments have once again been credited with meeting the quality health standards of an internationally recognized healthcare organization.

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West Coast cruising suffers another blow with Mariner pullout

 

By: Johanna Jainchill

May 03, 2010

When Royal Caribbean International said last week that it was pulling the Mariner of the Seas off its Mexican Riviera itinerary, the blow was painful but familiar to the ports along Mexico’s Pacific coast and in Southern California.

The region will see a major reduction in cruise traffic over the next year.

 

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Underwater adventures: Top Caribbean dive sites offer an array of attractions

BY ANNE KAZEL-WILCOX

SPECIAL TO THE MIAMI HERALD

I've been a scuba diver for over 20 years. My dive travels have spanned Baja and Bali, the Mediterranean, Australia's Great Barrier Reef and more. But give me the Caribbean any day for its amazing diversity of underwater attractions.

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