Well before you say yes just think a little. One person’s adventure might be another person’s ho hum day. We all have different levels of what we consider to be adventure and this might be the activities on a vacation, the place we stay on vacation or even the destination itself. Take India…a pretty ambitious… Continue reading So you think you’re an adventure traveller?
Month: July 2016
Where do you spend your vacation?
That’s a loaded question and I’ll tell you why. Over my years in travel I have begun to realise that there are two types of vacation – the destination vacation and the resort vacation. Let’s look at the difference – THE RESORT VACATION This is the type of vacation where you basically don’t care where… Continue reading Where do you spend your vacation?
Understanding travel advisories
As you know there was a very serious incident in Nice yesterday involving a truck that drove into a crowd watching celebrations for a national holiday (Bastille Day). Once again our hearts go out to those affected by this tragedy and to the whole of France. In fact this sort of terrorism touches all of… Continue reading Understanding travel advisories
Who wears short shorts
Well Maggie McMuffin does. In fact sometimes she doesn’t wear anything at all. She is a burlesque entertainer holding a bachelor of Fine Arts degree and is, let’s face it, fairly controversial. So when Ms McMuffin tried to board a Jet Blue flight in the states in her burlesque style striped short shorts the staff… Continue reading Who wears short shorts
Pity the poor bellman
Everyone in the service industry knows that there are good days and then there are those very very bad days. Probably the first person you meet when arriving at your hotel is the doorman – or whatever other title the hotel chooses to give him. He is the one who opens the door of the… Continue reading Pity the poor bellman
