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Layovers | Stopovers Travel Tips

General Tips on Layovers

Let’s face it, an airport terminal or a gate look pretty similar in London, Paris, or your local airport. Why just hang out when you have a longer layover? In most cases with a little research you can put together a short interesting itinerary that can be infinitely more fun than counting passengers at a […]

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Turn a Transfer Into a Tour

Hey so sometimes when visiting destinations, we’ve had to transfer between two areas or even between two airports. While it’s natural to want to get to the departing point asap, one may consider turning the transfer into something a little more fun.

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Planning a Safari in South Africa’s Private Game Reserves

So, you are finally ready for your bucket list trip of a lifetime, a South African Safari. You want to know how to plan your trip and don’t know where to begin? Well we hope our experience can help! We are just back and simply loved the experience.

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Cruise Tips

What You Need to Know About River Cruises

River cruises are a wonderful way to travel and visit multiple places in one trip. Sometimes, more than one in a day! Unlike ocean cruises, a river cruise takes you close to the sights to see in each port of call, avoiding lengthy and expensive transfers into town. Many ancient towns were built along the […]

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Cruise Tips

Why You Should Add Pre- and Post-Cruise Extensions to Your Cruise

Why not take a few days to explore your embarkation or disembarkation city or both by adding a pre- and post-cruise extension? Even if you can tag on only a day or two, at least it will give you time to get a taste of what these exciting places have to offer. There are many […]

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Know Your Entry, Visa, Health, and Transit Requirements

So, we have been working on a challenging and somewhat complex itinerary involving international flights and connections with split and separate tickets in multiple international airports. This has led to a lot of trial and error and near costly mistakes, which we hope to share with our readers. Here’s why it’s important to plan ahead […]

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Bleisure Travel: Getting Personal Pleasure out of Business Travel

Throughout my husband’s career as an executive in the technology field, he had a chance to travel all over the world. Be it to see customers, open (or close) factories, or just participate in conferences and trade shows. Unfortunately, many of the times he traveled for business he neglected to take a little extra time […]

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Two One-Way Tickets Can Save You Money

Ever since we moved away from our home in Montreal, we have made it a tradition to go spend Christmas with family and friends. This has also proven to be just enough winter for us, how nice the Christmas lights are reflecting off the fresh white snow in December. Having spent most of our lives […]

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Make the Most of Your Vacation…Power Travel!

If you’re like us, you probably don’t have the luxury of heading out on a road trip with no end in sight. You most likely have a limited amount of vacation days available or can only take so many at a time. You may have kids that attend school, an elderly relative that needs your […]

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22 Tips for Choosing the Right Resort

With so many resorts available in so many different locations how does one choose? Knowing what you want and doing research before booking are key elements, but even if you are already booked some fact finding can help you prepare for your trip allowing you to make the most of the resort and know what […]