I begged and pleaded but in the end they were very firm. I had just spent an amazing week on Avalon River cruises and it was time to get off. I tried every excuse under the sun They wouldn’t accept any…. so I had to pack my bags and get off. What a great vacation. We flew… Continue reading I really don’t want to leave
Author: Lesley Keyter
Lesley Keyter is the face of travel in the fast growing city of Calgary. Every week since 1997 she has has featured live on the Morning News Global TV.
Get out of my sun lounger
Have you ever been on vacation and struggled to find a sun lounger around the pool? Isn’t it annoying? You get down there quite early and find all these sun loungers occupied by towels, books, suntan lotion bottles – but not a body in sight. Yep – it’s those chair hoggers again. Many resorts have… Continue reading Get out of my sun lounger
Funny vacations, shopping & swim up bars
Not funny ha ha…. but funny strange …. funny weird …. just funny. Like what, you ask? Like a temple in Northern India crawling with thousands of holy rats. In fact latest estimates puts the number at around 20.000. Does that sound awful? It looks pretty awful. This temple dates back to the 1400’s and… Continue reading Funny vacations, shopping & swim up bars
It’s a dog’s life
Do you travel with your dog? Many people do and it can be a hassle trying to find hotels that will accommodate them. Fortunately in North America more hotels are becoming pet friendly. However travelling around some parts in North America on public transit might be a problem. The rules of riding on the NYC… Continue reading It’s a dog’s life
So you think you’re an adventure traveller?
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?
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
She’d trip up on her own spit
That’s what my Dad used to say about my Nana. It seems like every time we arrived to visit her in Birmingham England she would have something in plaster of Paris. Either an arm or a leg. If the truth were known she probably had osteoporosis – but we didn’t know about things like that… Continue reading She’d trip up on her own spit
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