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Tag: family-friendly travel

Carmel Valley – Where to Stay and Play

Carmel Valley – Where to Stay and Play

Carmel Valley is a popular destination for luxury loving Californians. Resorts, lodges, and restaurants in this area two hours from San Francisco offer the food, wine, and activities that Golden State residents love. Want to connect with the local culture? You couldn’t make a better choice than to spend some time at Carmel Valley Ranch. When I […]

July 13, 2015 | Updated: July 21, 2015 | By Elizabeth | 1 Reply More
Cozumel Vacation Rentals –How to Find a Home

Cozumel Vacation Rentals –How to Find a Home

Cozumel Vacation Rentals are not in short supply. However, it took my husband and me a couple of days to find a house that would meet the needs of our family. In fact, I thought we might go blind looking on VRBO, Flip Key, and HomeAway – and then we finally found the home of […]

March 16, 2015 | Updated: March 17, 2015 | By Elizabeth | 1 Reply More
Cozumel Mexico – Warm Beaches & Cool Diving

Cozumel Mexico – Warm Beaches & Cool Diving

Cozumel is a magnet for lovers of warm weather, sunny beaches, and great diving. This includes my immediate family – all three generations of us. The youngest likes nothing more than building sand castles; we all love swimming; and the adults get really excited about snorkeling around exotic marine life. I’d heard of Cozumel, but […]

March 5, 2015 | Updated: March 8, 2015 | By Elizabeth | 1 Reply More
Thanksgiving Travel With Airbnb

Thanksgiving Travel With Airbnb

Thanksgiving travel plans still up in the air? The winter holidays can be challenging for authentic travelers. On one hand, we want to share the time with family and close friends. On the other, we’d like to have a great travel experience. If “over the river and through the woods” is sounding less than melodic […]

November 10, 2014 | Updated: January 22, 2015 | By Elizabeth | Reply More
Renting a Private Jet

Renting a Private Jet

Until recently, I thought that renting a private jet was 1) only something corporate execs did and 2) limited to domestic destinations. And then I met a private flight attendant who had just returned from an African safari. “We flew from New York to Kenya with a wonderful family,” she told me. “The plan was that […]

May 13, 2014 | Updated: October 31, 2014 | By Elizabeth | 6 Replies More
Insider Tips: VRBO in Florence, Italy

Insider Tips: VRBO in Florence, Italy

Panorama of Florence, Italy, taken from the Piazza de Michelangelo. This travel tip comes from my friend Shelley in San Diego, California, who stayed in a three-bedroom apartment – a “dream in the heart of Florence” – in December. When she told me how perfect it was for her family, I couldn’t resist sharing her comments with […]

January 15, 2012 | Updated: October 31, 2014 | By Elizabeth | Reply More
Hawaii Tsunami Damage, USA

Hawaii Tsunami Damage, USA

The Kona Coast of The Big Island of Hawaii took a big hit from the Tsunami that travel across the Pacific from Japan earlier this month. Most hotels are doing repairs and cleaning up, but sadly Kona Village Resort has closed “for an extended period of time.” This property was the epitome of Authentic Luxury […]

March 26, 2011 | Updated: October 31, 2014 | By Elizabeth | Reply More

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