I'm looking forward to Q-day & the orange craze here in the Netherlands. Each year mostly accompanied with sunny weather, people going crazy in orange, lots of music and parties. Canals in Amsterdam full with boats and the streets full of happy faces en enjoying faces and orange decoration. Have u ever been in the NLS during this unique national event, how did you experience this day? 

What did you like, dislike or maybe were amazed…

Enjoy a whole day exploring the culture, cuisine and surroundings of Vietnam with exclusive day trips in Vietnam. Vietnam trips provide tourists a great and convenient way to experience Vietnam like locals and explore the beauty of the place.   While visiting Vietnam, you can choose to travel at various levels of comfort and enjoy the local style. Learn cooking, enjoy the life of Hanoi, opt for a boat…

Smart travelers pack carefully for their vacations and take everything they need to stay healthy, and it's equally important to safeguard those items while you're on the road.



One precaution is to divide prescription meds and other critical…

Can Shopkick Kick the Travel Industry into Action?



Imagine if a travel destination or property rewarded you for just visiting it, or just walking through the door of a hotel or B and B,  or setting foot on an island.



Would that encourage a more loyal following and generate more business?



Probably.



By any…

I was deeply chagrined to learn that Gray Line recently suspended its culinary walking tours in NYC but nevertheless wanted to give one of their bus tours a try. Among the cavalcade of…

Part the Fourth in a four-part series.

What to buy is surely the most important issue regarding William and Kate's Royal Wedding. After all,…

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I am so glad to find this website and all of its resources and thought I'd take the time to introduce myself and weasel my way into the community - lol. My husband and I consider ourselves avid travelers, in the past time and money constricted what we could do - now it is just money. We retired last year, I was a teacher, he worked for the utility company. Our travel was restricted to spring breaks and summer vacations - now we can take advantage of offers anytime…

Of all the trips I’ve taken, the one to Vietnam stands out as being the biggest surprise. I expected to meet people who didn’t like Americans – and was greeted by smiling faces. I knew very little about the history, other than the period of the “American War,”…

You might think London hotels would be sold out or vastly marked up during Royal Wedding week. Well, you might be wrong. Seems a lot of folks got the idea that it would be a total Picadilly circus, and decided to stay away. Travelocity, for example, just reported there’s plenty of availability, affordability, and even bargains – so if you can scrape the time together, you can get thee thither for Wills and…

I just wanted to post some things I saw during the quake. I was near Asakusa station in Tokyo waiting for my son. We were going to visit Nikko for the weekend. I was in a building on the first floor. After I felt the quake , I exited the building and waited in the middle of the street with others. Being from California, we are told to stay put or get under a desk or doorway during a quake. In Japan, it seems like everybody wants to be outside during a quake. Right or wrong, thats what I did.…