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Travel Deals: Halloween Brings Bevies of Bats to Zambian Skies

Travel Deals: Halloween Brings Bevies of Bats to Zambian Skies

Travel Deals: Halloween Brings Bevies of Bats to Zambian Skies ~ African Travel, Inc. Can Custom Design Your Safari To See This Striking Sight ~ Halloween is just around the corner, and this favorite holiday wouldn’t be complete without the thrill of bats! Every year from October to December, eight million straw-colored fruit bats arrive […]

Exploring Historic Central Anatolia

Exploring Historic Central Anatolia

Exploring Historic Central Anatolia By Vikki Gibson Our Euprates Tour van and guide, Ramzan, were at our beck and call on the second day of our tour. Ramzan had an itinerary that lay the history and terrain of central Anatolia before us. We continued exploring ancient caves and their remarkable and unbelievable paintings; dwellings engineered from […]

Hot Air Ballooning Over Cappadocia in Turkey

Hot Air Ballooning Over Cappadocia in Turkey

Hot Air Ballooning Over Cappadocia in Turkey By Vikki Gibson Ring! Ring! It’s our 3:45 a.m. wake-up call. When I open my eyes I don’t know that they are open. It’s pitch-black! Panic! Why can’t I see? Then I remember, I’m in a cave; a beautiful Turkish cave. Time to get up. The balloon company will pick us up at […]

Explore Turkey: Goreme Valley

Explore Turkey: Goreme Valley

Explore Turkey: Goreme Valley  By Vikki Gibson So, after forty-three years, I have  crossed “see underground cave city” off of my proverbial “bucket list”. I finally made it back to Turkey! It was 1969 and I was hitch-hiking around Europe carrying a back-breaking, hip-hugging, German army surplus backpack and eating from the right side of the menu. […]

Phoenix, Arizona Insider Travel Tips

Phoenix, Arizona Insider Travel Tips

Phoenix, Arizona Insider Travel Tips By Stacey Wittig Must Do Desert Botanical Garden – near the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport – is a must-do. Make this your first stop after your flight into Phoenix, Arizona. Docents give you a fascinating overview of the Sonoran Desert ecosystem and a better understanding of this unique clime. Second […]

Travel Tips: 4 Smart Tips on How to Travel Light

Travel Tips: 4 Smart Tips on How to Travel Light

Travel Tips: 4 Smart Tips on How to Travel Light By Stacey Wittig Last week I began my initial packing for my trip to London and Spain. The tricky business about this pack job is that after my business trip to London a la ballroom gown and business attire, I will be hoisting my backpack […]

Travel News: Celebrity Cruises to Pop Up in San Francisco

Travel News: CELEBRITY CRUISES TO POP UP IN SAN FRANCISCO “A Taste of Modern Luxury” event is first cruise line land-based pop-up restaurant” MIAMI – October 12, 2012 – Elegant simplicity. Modern pairings. Abundance of earth and sea. These themes inspire the food on Celebrity Cruises’ award-winning ships, and they will be the basis for […]

WJ Tested: Wowed by Waves and Wind at The Wickaninnish Inn!

WJ Tested: Wowed by Waves and Wind at The Wickaninnish Inn!

WJ Tested: Wowed by Waves and Wind at The Wickaninnish Inn! The Wickaninnish Inn is a Relais and Chateaux Member Grab your gumboots and go west my friend!  Go west to Vancouver Island’s rugged west coast and the crashing waves at Chesterman Beach. There, near Tofino, British Columbia, you will discover the acclaimed eco-resort ~ […]

Travel Tip: 10 Reasons to Visit La Paz, Mexico

Travel Tip: 10 Reasons to Visit La Paz, Mexico

Travel Tip: 10 Reasons to Visit La Paz, Mexico By Patti Morrow On the shores of the Mexico’s southern Baja peninsula is La Paz, an authentic and colorful Mexican city whose name translates “the Peace.” Boasting 340 days of sunshine a year, beaches as beautiful as the Caribbean and a dessert climate that keeps the […]

Travel News: Hyatt Regency San Francisco Welcomes Back The Popular Department 56 Snow Village

Travel News: Hyatt Regency San Francisco Welcomes Back The Popular Department 56 Snow Village

Travel News: Hyatt Regency San Francisco Welcomes Back The Popular Department 56 Snow Village 2012’s Theme: “Small Town USA” in the World’s Largest Hotel Atrium* (October 10, 2012) — Ideally located at Embarcadero Center, across from the iconic Ferry Building and steps from the California Street Cable Car line, Hyatt Regency San Francisco will welcome […]

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