A True Confession It is true confessions time. We travelled quite extensively for many years with little regard for brand loyalty. We joined all the loyalty programs and then scattered our points everywhere. Often points expired unused. Promotions that would increase our points were ignored. In the last 3 years […]
Think You Are Ready For An Around The World Cruise? There are many reasons to think that you are ready for an around the world cruise. You might enjoy exotic destinations, great food, learning about new cultures, getting out every day or just being pampered. But there are things you […]
New Destinations For 2018 We had a very busy travel year in 2017. We picked up many new destinations as we crossed the Atlantic to spend 4 weeks in Portugal. Many more new destinations were added as we headed into the Baltic. We have a bunch of favourite spots that […]
West To East In 2017 Our reflections on 2017 travel confirmed that we had a very busy travel year again in 2017. When we looked back on what we thought we might do in 2017, we had some hits and some misses. As we planned, our big trip in the […]
What We Learned About Customer Service In Portugal Every new discovery was a delight as we travelled for 4 weeks in Portugal. We stayed in 11 different hotels. But we were so delighted with the Intercontinental Lisbon that we returned a second time. And we will finish there at the […]
Do You Need To Stay Connected While Travelling? This blog is really talking about leisure travel. Staying connected is probably a necessity if you are travelling on business. But when you head out for vacation, do you need to stay connected while travelling? Can you easily stay connected? There are reasons […]
10 Things To Do That Show That New Orleans is More Than Mardi Gras We booked our trip to New Orleans for 8 days to coincide with the big Mardi Gras celebration but planned it so that we would have some time to explore New Orleans as well. It has […]
So Many Things To Do In Cape Town Cape Town would wrap up our awesome 51 day cruise. We spent 10 days in Cape Town over the Christmas holidays. We worried that things may be closed over the holiday season but in fact we found most places open. Many locals […]
Choosing Emirates First Class We finished up our awesome cruise adventure with Christmas in Cape Town. Traveling with Oceania Cruises was certainly a luxury experience. Our IHG upgrades in Concierge Level pampered us when we started our cruise in Athens and then finished the trip in Dubai. But nothing was […]
Early Thoughts About More Travel in 2017 In 2016, we travelled almost around the world. We hit far more travel destinations that we even dreamed of when we started 2016. We started the year with some plans already made. Some things got realized from our 2016 planning list. Some new […]
What Were Your Favourite Blog Posts of 2016? I was surprised when I checked my blog stats for the end of the year to see what your favourite blog posts of 2016 were. When I looked at the list, it covered much of our travel around the world in 2016. […]
Cruising Through Pirate Country We were on our amazing cruise from Athens through Dubai and onto Cape Town. When booking the cruise, we were concerned about the political instability in some of the countries we visited. We had given far less thought to the fact that we were cruising through […]
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