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Cruise Tips

Making Lemonade out of Lemons – When Life Throws You a Curve Ball

Sometimes life throws you a curve ball and unexpected situations arise and you just have to go with the flow. Accept. Adapt. Make a new plan and make the most of it. Life is short and meant to be enjoyed! This is exactly what happened to us, we had finally taken the plunge and booked our […]

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Cruise Tips

Why Prepay for Shore Excursions if You Don’t Have too?

Cruise lines seem to be getting more and more greedy. They want you to prepay months in advance for dining, gratuities, and even shore excursions… why?

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Travel Tips

Roatan Dive Trip: The Trip that Almost Wasn’t!

I can’t believe that we are finally on our way to Roatan for our dream dive vacation. It almost didn’t happen. It all started with a crab that I found in our parking garage—he looked scared and was obviously lost. I recruited my husband to help in our catch and release project. The mission was 

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Scuba Diving Travel Tech

Rounding Your Nitrox Values

While diving the Vandenberg, we were setup for two 100-feet+ dives running 30.2 and 30.8 percent nitrox mixes. For those that are not familiar with nitrox gas or diving, it is a mixture that contains more oxygen but has inherent hazards in that going below the prescribed depth can lead to oxygen toxicity and death. Divers […]

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South Florida Day Trips Travel Tips

South Florida Beach Guide

South Florida has a multitude of well-equipped beaches all along its coastline making it a pleasure for locals and visitors to partake in oceanfront beach activities. As we learned ourselves, the beaches are not always easy to find, and it’s not always obvious where to park or what facilities exist. It is our hope to […]

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Layovers | Stopovers

How to Spend a One-day Stopover in Iceland

Being intrigued about Iceland with all the ‘Hoopla’ it’s been getting lately, we opted to take advantage of the opportunity to have a one-day stopover in Iceland while traveling to Ireland. We are happy we did as we enjoyed our time in this remote and wild but beautiful country.

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Travel Tips

Keeping Your Money Secure While Traveling

Despite posted warnings about pickpockets and being careful, someone stole my husband’s train pass right out of his pocket. We were enjoying a boat tour in Paris, minding our own business looking at the sights. Being a little groggy from a long flight, we let down our guard. This happened in a split second, and […]

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Cruise Tips

How to Avoid Disappointment and Frustration When Leaving on a Cruise!

I’ve had to run many times through airports to catch my connecting flights because of flight delays or cancellations. One time that comes to mind happened when we were on our way to Papeete, Tahiti for our cruise in the South Pacific. We were traveling from Montreal via Detroit, and then connecting in Los Angeles, […]

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Travel Tips

Getting Around by Train in Europe

Unlike much of North America, Europe basically runs on trains. We’ve had a lot of positive experiences using trains in England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Generally, trains are frequent and seats are roomy. You can often get a discount when buying tickets online in advance. On top of that many lines offer first […]

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Travel Tips

7 Things to Do Before Leaving on Your Trip‬

Doing these 7 things before leaving on a trip will save you time and money…