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Getting to Costa Rica has never been easier. From LAX, Alaska Airlines flies non-stop to Liberia Airport (LIR) in the north, connecting you to areas like Guanacaste, Monteverde and La Fortuna. From other cites, most major airlines service either...

People are traveling It is 2022! Happy new year. We were all hopeful that Covid-19 would be behind us now, but it is not. We are in a new "normal" for travel. The good news is that people are traveling. I...

Are you getting itchy feet? I know that I am. I am also looking forward to our two trips in 2021*. My husband and I will be journeying to Jamaica in November and Europe in December. These are two very...

One of my stepfather’s favorite sayings, while I was growing up, was, “We will go until we are turned back.” This applied to many of our family camping trips in the rainy Pacific 2021 has been a year of changes....

One of my stepfather’s favorite sayings, while I was growing up, was, “We will go until we are turned back.” This applied to many of our family camping trips in the rainy Pacific NW. This philosophy is what I use...

Here we are in the fall of 2020. Many of you have cancelled plans to travel this year and are wondering about next year's chances. The travel industry as a whole is working hard to welcome you back with cleaner...

Everyone has a different tolerance for risk. This is why there is everything from Wellness Spa resorts to Adventure travel. But, in today's environment, we also have to assess our risk factor for travel itself. If you are waiting for...

Weekend Getaways August is here and the restrictions to travel abroad are still in place. So what’s to do? Take a road-trip! We are lucky to live in a wonderful part of the country, where the natural beauty is all around us....

Next week, Tim and I were supposed to be sailing on a Celebrity cruise to Iceland. We had been looking forward to this trip. Like so many other vacation plans that we have all made, this trip needed to be...

My new life in London has taken some getting used to. The people, customs and culture are very different here, even though they speak English. There are many foreign travelers, year around, in the city. As I walk through many...