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Cruise Packing List

Do you know what the most frequent question asked me about cruising by first time cruisers?  Need a hint? I’m sure you’ve heard this after you are 500 miles away from home, “I can’t believe we forgot . . .”.   The question “What do I pack for the trip?” is a valid question. I [...]

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Airport Parking Help

Whenever I need to fly somewhere one of the first things that comes to mind is airport parking. Seems like parking at the airport these days is as difficult and expensive as trying to find parking in NYC. Lodging facilities near major airports have learned to cash in on this opportunity by offering their parking [...]

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To Fly or not to Fly

After a Warm Winter Vacation to Mexico, I felt like we had to share a little about air travel in this blog. It is not everyday you can spend half a day on a plane and not complain about it. In fact this was one of our most enjoyable flights and we were able to [...]

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Cabo on the Cheap

I love to travel. But I love to travel cheap better.  We flew into Cabo San Lucas a few days ago looking for some rest and relaxation and some sunshine. Spokane has been cloudy and cold and very depressing.  Upon landing at the Los Cabos International airport,  sunshine and a limo greeted us.  Cost: $38 [...]

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Travel More with Less in 2010

Happy New Year 2010! What are you doing different in 2010? This is the time of year that I start making plans for the New Year. I mean after all I do not want to be planning a Cruise to Greece during the same time that a family member is planning the BIG 5-0 party.
So [...]

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Travel Brochures and so much more

Have you ever visited a rest stop or tourist booth and had that fantastic feeling of being surrounded by mounds and mounds of FREE travel brochures. If you’re like me you’ll start picking out  travel brochures of places you have been or want to visit or dream of visiting. After all they are FREE and [...]

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Traveling with Kids

Now that I am officially a grandparent I can look at travel with kids from a different perspective. I do not need to worry about whether the diapers are changed on time or what to pack.  (I can leave that up to mom and dad)  I can concentrate on the more important things like having [...]

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