We Always Use A VPN When Travelling We always use a VPN when travelling. Do you? Many people think of VPNs as something that only computer-savvy geeks use. Or something that is mandatory for business travellers accessing their company networks. As a former technology executive, I probably am a bit […]
Will My Vacation Be Ruined If My iPhone Gets Wet? Would your vacation be ruined if your iPhone gets wet? Unfortunately, we learned the answer to this on our stay in Grand Cayman. We have several different cameras. What we travel with depends on where we are doing and what […]
What Does World Class Service Look Like So many service experiences these days just don’t cut it. Being “of service” does not seem to be a valued role today. But when we have received exemplary customer service, we felt the difference. World class service set a high bar. And it […]
Slow Planning Travel For 2019 When we entered 2018, a lot of our travel plans for 2018 were locked down. But for 2019, we started the year with virtually no firm travel booked. We were a bit exhausted when we realized we travelled for about 6 months in 2018. And […]
We Learned A Lot This Year About How To Increase Reward Points And Status Early in 2018, we confessed to being novices in the whole reward points and status game. But through 2018, we made a concerted effort to consolidate our brand choices. And we did a lot of travel […]
Exploring China With Viking Cruises We heard great things about the Viking Cruises excursion to China. It was on our travel wish list for a long time. When we finally checked it out, we were amazed to find it was a very different Viking Cruises itinerary. The main part of […]
What Makes Favourite Travel Blog Posts It is that time of year where people look back at their blog post traffic. It was a busy travel year in 2018. By the end of year, we had published 445 blog posts. 88 of them were new in 2018. We were excited […]
The Executive Lounge Is Not Your Private Lounge! We are sometimes thrifty when we travel. It is great to shop in the market and go to a park for a picnic when we travel. We book our travel at days and times of the year that are cheaper. But we […]
Food and Drink Were Plentiful in 2018 We were away for about 6 months of the year in 2018. So it is fair to say that we ate out – a lot – in 2018! And we had lots of opportunities to try different food experiences. Luxury travel experiences brought […]
We entered 2018 with several big trips planned. These big trips added new travel brand experiences and ticked off so many bucket list items. Between the big trips we used every opportunity we could find to take smaller trips. When it was cold in Toronto, we headed to warm spots. […]
You Will Take A Tasty Path When You Travel For Food People travel to see new places and experience different cultures. Some may let food choices limit their destination choices. Some may limit where they eat when abroad. Large chain hotels will often offer a variety of North American dishes […]
Updated August 2018 I love when I hear from readers that a particular post has been helpful or relevant. When we were chatting about their experience with having their things stolen in Barcelona, I provided them with an update on follow-on lessons that I have had from being robbed in […]
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