Maxi Perez





The following story was shared by one of our Voyages Ideal Facebook friends. In order to respect her privacy, we will call her Lori. Although this is Lori's story,…

I arrived in a quaint village in the French countryside and checked into a charming villa arranged by my travel agent.

You fall in love and get married with the best of intentions. You dream of spending your lives together and often you begin to do so by…

 Do you remember going on family vacations when you were a kid?

   It's funny how I can't remember where I put my keys or my phone or what I was supposed to pick up at the store (so when I arrive, I just stand…

“Our Team Travels” (OTT) by Voyages Groupe Ideal

It had been a year since our last vacation. My mother’s condition had worsened ever since she began her stay in a long term healthcare facility.



My father who was home at the time of her fall said it happened quickly. She was in the shower and he heard a bang. He rushed in to find her lying on her side. She had broken her hip and that was the beginning of the…

I love my husband and we are truly best friends but when we get into one of our arguments about something meaningless in a “drive me crazy” kind of way; I need to head for the hills.

Flight delays are frustrating and time consuming. They send stranded passengers on a mad cycle of phone calls, emails, texts, Facebook messages, overpriced bottled water, lots of Starbucks and Auntie Annie's salty pretzels.

  Everyone wants to make plans.

When one of your parents dies, the other has to move forward in life alone.

 So I was watching 60 Minutes or was it Dateline or was it 20/20 or Anderson Cooper 360 or are they all really one show about slightly different views on the same stories?

 So you are finally on vacation. You left the office. Your automated email is in full swing. Your voice mail informs callers to dial reception or the poor soul who is left with your calls while you are away.



You’ve packed the car. You still aren’t’ sure if you brought enough clothes for the hot days or the cooler nights. You know you forgot something but can’t remember what. You couldn’t decide whether to wear your flip flops in the car or your running shoes so you took both.…

What would life be without coffee? Well, I assume it would be quite awful.

 Okay let me put this into perspective.…

Who doesn’t love an airline lounge when you have time on your hands and you need space from the swarms of people flocking around those tiny connected chairs in an airless waiting area of a gate?

Corporate road warriors - Let us Unite and pay tribute to the holy "lounge."



Those relaxing open spaces with giant TVs, cocktails (virgin and otherwise) and that great “hotel lobby” smell.



Sidebar - reading - optional - Hotel Lobby Smell Defined: You know when you…