Gone are the days of not so long agowhen a family could live okay on single income, working for someone else, that is. With ever-increasing inflation, taxes and nearly everything else, at least two incomes are most often needed and just to cover the basics for a family. Often at least one of...
Social Networking for Wilderness Areas, Parks, Monuments and Outdoors Recreation are hit or miss on the internet.
Most travel websites are focused on the large metro areas in the United States. One website has a different twist and has just launched an new feature for making rural...
Dwarikas Hotel in Kathmandu Nepal is everything you would want to find in an hotel. It has the architecture of an ancient building, yet this is a boutique style hotel with all the facilities and none of the drawbacks of an international style hotel.
The architects who designed Dwarikas...
The long term trends look poor. There are 500,000 English owned properties in France thats half a million families that will no longer be renting holiday cottages in France.
We have to say that it doesnt quite feel like that for us. Every year we seem to manage sufficient fullness to be...
The answer is yes and no ! There are very few, (in fact, Ive condensed it down to just four) but ultimately it all boils down to common sense and respect for the owners of the vacation property.
Sounds pretty good huh ? And it is so here are the few simple rules that the villa owner will...
Hello From Orlando – Part 9: Exploring Scenic Mount Dora On The Herbie Express
In my quest to find unusual destinations to visit in the Orlando area, I stumbled over a little town by the name of Mount Dora just about 45 minutes north of Orlando. I had read that it was a very...
Leaders of over 50 countries from the Commonwealth will be meeting on the Mediterranean island of Malta from November 25 to 27, and for three days the island will be enjoying the attention of hundreds of millions of TV and online news viewers and newspaper readers worldwide.
Malta has...
As you approach the Tay Road Bridge whether by car or by train through the Tay Rail Bridge you begin to understand why they call the river Silvery Tay. The city is situated on the east coast of Scotland on the north bank of the firth of Tay.
Dundee is Scotlands fourth largest city and one...
Royal Caribbean cruises to ports of call all around the world. Their ships range in size from the (relatively) small Empress of the Seas that carries just over 2,000 passengers, to the incredibly large Freedom family of ships, each of which can carry 3,634 voyagers. An as-yet-unnamed ship is...
Hello From Orlando – Part 7: Yeeehaaw!!! Our High-speed Adventure At Boggy Creek Airboat Tours
After my rather quaint and leisurely scenic boat ride through Winter Park, a rather different boating experience was in store for me: a high speed airboat ride through Lake Tohopekaliga,...
Dundee (Gaelic – Dn Dagh – Dun means fort) has a fantastic and interesting history. The setting is visually stunning and rivals any city in Bonny Scotland. The law (meaning hill), once an active volcano, sits in the centre of Dundee providing a romantic vantage point to all sides of...
The Road Trip has become a holiday experience in itself, thanks to movies like Thelma and Louise, Rainman and California.
The first thing to do when planning a road trip vacation is to hire the best vehicle for the experience. A genuine road trip requires more than your basic sedan,...