Spa and Wellness Packages for the New Year New year, new start. 2013 is just getting started and so are New Year’s wellness resolutions for losing that weight, amping up that chi, building up that extra muscle, and manning up for making those long-held goals come true. Here is the “how” of it. But, there […]

While navigating crowds at airports is a common pastime these days, especially for those accustomed to pulling wheelies all over the world, those airports are destined to get more difficult to move through as they handle the whopping 3.6 million flyers predicted to be using them by 2016. Everyday will be like Christmas according to […]

Airlines have become retailers, the Wal-Marts of the skies, according to a report by the Atmosphere Research Group (ARG), commissioned by IATA. In this work released last month: The Future of Airline Distribution – A Look Ahead to 2017, highlights noted included these not so surprising observations:

It sounds like a song right out of On the Town but in fact, a new survey released by Cruise Holidays suggests that for cruise prices in the coming year Alaska is up, Europe is down, and the Caribbean is flat. With unprecedented demand for Mediterranean cruises, European river voyages and Baltic excursions, Europe has quickly […]

Crystal Cruises has a new collection of “Crystal Getaways” – Five- to 11-day segments that pack a tremendous amount of luxury punch into convenient, shorter itineraries. The luxe line is expanding its offerings to cruises worldwide, including options in Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand, Canada, Alaska and New England, USA. Each […]

If you haven’t been to Madagascar lately, time to look again. The large and lumbering island nation that broke off from the African Continent long ago has more than just lemurs. Cox & Kings offers tours of this remote outpost in the South Indian Ocean that provide a window into one of the earth’s most […]

Let’s face it, not everyone loves to ski. But that does not mean dreams for a winter wonderland vacation need to melt away into a soggy pool of mush. Rather, there are dogs to mush and ice to climb and books to read by a warm log fire in such fabulous cold spots as Colorado. […]

Bucket List Package for Winter’s Bite Balcones del Atlántico a luxury resort located in the Samaná Peninsula of the Dominican Republic – an area of un-touched beaches and eco-tourism offerings. A quintessential, plantation-style Caribbean Resort, Balcones del Atlántico is offering a “Bucket List” package that allows guests to choose from three dreamy activities during their stay: horseback […]

The subject of Airline Fees, especially airline baggage fees, continues to be a topic as hot as fiscal cliff concerns this season. With Airline baggage fees, however, there is no cliff from which these charges will fall. In fact, airline marketers are busy meeting and conferencing about how “creative” they can get in offering their […]

When it comes to tours and travel, a new survey through the U.S. Tour Operators Association (USTOA) shows a good, fast ride for those companies who want to get on or stay on the bus. A new survey by PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) found the outlook for the tour industry to be healthy and strong, according […]