Category: Travel

  • Pre-Vacation Dinner Ideas

    Pre-Vacation Dinner Ideas

    The last day before a vacation is a hectic one. There is last minute packing, cleaning the house, getting your pets to the kennel, and much more. Therefore, planning a bon voyage dinner is likely very low on the list. However, getting a good meal is an important part of the final night at home. […]

  • Movies to Watch Before Your Universal Studios Orlando Vacation

    Movies to Watch Before Your Universal Studios Orlando Vacation

    Planning a trip to Universal Studio is more than preparing your budget, making your travel arrangements and getting your home ready for your departure. There’s another, MUCH more fun way to prepare for your trip.

  • Decision Time: Drive or Fly on Vacation?

    Decision Time: Drive or Fly on Vacation?

    In this age of COVID-19, we are being forced to question all of our prior practices. This includes how we travel. Prior to COVID-19 most of us wouldn’t second guess flying. It’s typically the fastest mode of transportation to most vacation destinations. Now with the economic crunch of the pandemic as well as the safety […]

  • QUIZ: Where to Vacation After COVID

    QUIZ: Where to Vacation After COVID

    As more and more vacation destinations are opening, it’s time to start planning your next getaway… but where to vacation after COVID? This decision is not one to take lightly. We live in a different world than we did three months ago. It’s not as easy as to just jumping on a plane and heading […]

  • Adding A Beach Day to Your Disney Vacation

    Adding A Beach Day to Your Disney Vacation

    Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE being at Walt Disney World. The rides… the shows… the food… the fun… all at the tip of your fingers. However, sometimes a relaxing break from the parks is just what the doctor ordered. And nothing says relaxation like a lazy beach day in the middle of your Disney vacation.

  • 30 Ways to Prevent and Cure Seasickness

    30 Ways to Prevent and Cure Seasickness

    A common misconception when cruising is all passengers will get seasick. This doesn’t have to be the case with some targeted pre-planning and common sense seasickness remedies.

  • 10 Reasons You Should Use a Travel Agent

    10 Reasons You Should Use a Travel Agent

    Vacations are supposed to be relaxing. They are supposed to be a time when you and your family can get away from the monotony of life and escape. However, the planning that goes into making the vacation go off without a hitch can be exhausting. That’s where a travel agent comes in and takes on […]

  • A Minimalist’s Disney Parks Day Bag

    A Minimalist’s Disney Parks Day Bag

    Have you seen the blog posts about what to put in your theme park day bag? Some of these posts just make me cringe when I think about what it would be like to carry a park bag with the “Top 50 Things You MUST Have in Your Disney Day Bag”. OK, I might be […]

  • 40+ Road Trip Games

    40+ Road Trip Games

    Driving to tournaments and on vacations can be the most torturous part of any trip. To make the time fly by here is a round-up of the best road trip games to keep the kiddos entertained for hours on end.

  • Blue Lagoon Island – Nassau, Bahamas

    Blue Lagoon Island – Nassau, Bahamas

    When setting sail on a cruise that stops in Nassau, Bahamas, you have a myriad of options for excursions. There is golf, snorkeling, scuba diving, jet and glass bottom boat tours, culinary tours and tours of Atlantis Resort & Spa. For our most recent voyage on Disney Cruise Line we decided to try the dolphin […]