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And the Winner of A Rotten Person Travels the Caribbean is…

January 27, 2010

Congratulations to Karen Clark of Houston, TX. She is the winner of A Rotten Person Travels the Caribbean, by Gary Buslik. Karen, I hope you’ll post a comment to tell us your opinion of Gary’s book.
Thanks to all who entered.

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Take This Rotten Book Along On Your Next Baby Boomer Trip

January 19, 2010

Need a book recommendation for your next baby boomer trip? If you take along A Rotten Person Travels the Caribbean, be sure to read it in private or your travel companions will want to know why you’re laughing so hard.
When Gary Buslik emailed me with a request to review his travel book, I thought, “Oh [...]

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Win a copy of Fodor’s The Complete Guide to Caribeean Cruises Plus an Adaptor Set on the Travel Bloggers’ Caravan

December 11, 2009

Today’s stop on the Travel Bloggers’ Caravan is: CruiseDiva.com. Visit the blog and comment on today’s post for a chance to win a copy of Fodor’s The Complete Guide to Caribbean Cruises and a World Grounding Adaptor Set courtesy of Magellan’s Travel Supplies.

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Traveling With an Amazon Kindle

October 15, 2009

Are you a Kindle user? I haven’t purchased one because I admit that I like the feel of a book in my hands. But as Alan and I have cruised from Vancouver to Singapore, I’ve noticed many passengers using them.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with the Amazon electronic book reader, users purchase books, [...]

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Put Your State on the Literary Road Map

September 4, 2009

Over at A Traveler’s Library, Vera Marie Baderstcher is creating a literary road trip based upon books readers recommend to represent their home state or city. I nominated These is My Words , The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901 by Nancy E. Turner. It depcits life in the Arizona Territories, specifically the Cochise County [...]

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Trying Out New Travel Products

September 3, 2009

While Alan and I are sailing on our upcoming 52-day Regent Seven Seas cruise from Vancouver to Singapore, we’ll be trying out eight products to make baby boomer travel easier, entertaining and more productive.

The Luggage Club. Instead of hauling luggage through the airport, hoping it arrives with us, we’re shipping our luggage. Will the [...]

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