If you’re of a certain age, you may think that “dupe” has a negative connotation. Who wants to be duped, right? But actually, this is the newest trend in travel planning – finding hidden gems where you can duplicate the experience you would expect at some of the most expensive destinations around the world, often […]

Travel Inspiration

January 7, 2024

Travel Smart in the New Year with “Dupes”

Now that pandemic travel restrictions have eased, more and more people are planning long-delayed travel. As I mentioned in a previous blog, one sector of travel that has come back into play is study abroad travel. I have fond memories of my family’s visit to Italy in December 1989, when I was finishing up my semester of […]

Travel Advice

November 20, 2022

Study Abroad Family Travel: Seeing the World Through Your Young Adult’s Eyes

When your kids and grandkids start moving into the “grown and flown” stage, you can begin to travel in ways that are different from when they were younger – with and without them! Here are some of our favorite travel opportunities for empty-nester (or empty-nester adjacent) parents and grandparents: Study Abroad Travel I have fond memories of my family’s visit […]

Travel Inspiration

October 23, 2022

Empty Nester Opportunities: Traveling With (and Without) Your Older Kids and Grandkids

Since we returned from our hosted group trip to Greece, Sandy and I have been hard at work planning our own and our clients’ next adventures. But I keep dreaming of Greece… A big piece of this amazing country that has stayed with me is the gastronomy we experienced there. And while we did have […]

Your Travel Bucket List

August 28, 2022

Beyond Baklava: Going Greek for Gastronomy

If you’ve been planning to travel or have traveled recently, I’m sure you are aware that, along with the increased opportunities to “get out there,” there have been many challenges that have accompanied the high level of demand. This is especially true when it comes to air travel. We’ve all heard about or experienced ridiculously […]

Travel Advisor Benefits

July 18, 2022

How to Smooth the Turbulence of Air Travel: An Insider’s Guide

No adage was ever more true than it’s not so much where you travel, but who you travel with that makes it or breaks it. Traveling together 24/7 for an extended period of time in unfamiliar territory has a way of revealing our best and worst characteristics. Selecting friends to travel the world with requires […]

Travel Advice

June 10, 2022

Enjoyable Escapades, Not Destination Discord