Merhaba! I recently had an opportunity to travel to Turkey with a group of family members including my 10 and 7-year-old daughters to attend a wedding. I had heard great things about Turkey and was very excited about the trip. I was also looking forward to exposing my children to such a different culture than what [...]
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Mosques and Fairy Chimneys – A Turkey family trip to Istanbul & Cappadocia
Posted in Adventure/active travel, Asia, Europe, Family Travel, Food, History, Hotel reviews, Travel on October 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Greenbrier – Better Than Ever
Posted in Family Travel, Golf Travel, Group travel, Hotel reviews, North America, Travel on September 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The last time that I stayed at the Greenbrier was two years ago. At that time, it was two months from bankruptcy and its future was uncertain. It was still a great resort, but small cracks were evident in service levels and offerings. Small things like rotating dining room menus and finger bowls in the [...]
Tides Inn
Posted in Family Travel, Honeymoons, Hotel reviews, North America, Romance, Travel on September 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s the little things that separate good resorts from great resorts, and Tides Inn is a good resort. When we recently pulled up to the motor entrance, there were four cars parked in the circle, no one in any of the vehicles, and not a door man or porter in site. We were sure a [...]
The Homestead – A Virginia mountain retreat with old world charm
Posted in Adventure/active travel, Family Travel, Food, Golf Travel, Group travel, Hotel reviews, Nature, North America, Romance, Travel on August 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As we drove into Hot Springs and I looked up over the tree tops and saw the clock on the Homestead’s impressive and distinctive red brick clock tower, I realized that this was no ordinary deluxe resort. This first impression was over twenty years ago and yet I still get that excited feeling when I [...]
*Touring in Paris & the Romantic Road of Germany
Posted in Europe, Family Travel, Travel on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Randi W. describes her recent family trip to Paris and Germany as “the best vacation of our lives.” Here’s what she had to say about sightseeing in Paris and driving Germany’s Romantic Road. It was the perfect balance for us, from staying the first 5 nights in Paris to get over jet lag and get to [...]
*Hawaii – A four island family vacation. Part 4: Maui
Posted in Adventure/active travel, Beach, Family Travel, Food, Hawaii, Hotel reviews, Nature, Travel on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One thing I love about Maui is that you can choose to fill your time there with very diverse and exciting activities or you can choose to do nothing at all and still have a great time. Having done quite a bit of sightseeing on the other islands, we had decided in advance that we [...]
*Hawaii – A four island family vacation. Part 3: Kauai
Posted in Adventure/active travel, Beach, Family Travel, Food, Hawaii, Travel on July 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We arrived in Lihu’e, Kauai in the early afternoon and quickly picked up our rental car. We were excited to get to our resort, located on the south side of the island, which I knew would be one of the highlights of our trip. From the second we arrived at the Grand Hyatt Kauai, we [...]
*Hawaii – A four island family vacation. Part 2: The Big Island-Volcanoes National Park
Posted in Adventure/active travel, Beach, Family Travel, Food, Hawaii, Nature, Travel on July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On our way to breakfast this morning we walked along Waikiki beach and after a quick rain shower, we were rewarded with a beautiful rainbow, our fist one of the trip! We then left for the airport and got on an early flight of about 50 minutes to Hilo, on the eastern coast of Hawaii (better [...]
*Hawaii – A four island family vacation. Part 1: Around the island of Oahu
Posted in Beach, Family Travel, Hawaii, History, Travel on July 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I recently returned from our family summer vacation in Hawaii. I traveled with my husband and my 6 & 9 year old daughters. I have been to Hawaii several times before, but never with the kids. So I knew this trip would be different, but I knew that overall, we wanted to show them what [...]
