Our Wickaninnish Inn review introduces you to one of the best Tofino hotels on the West coast of Vancouver Island. Read what Alan and I experienced as part of a May road trip to Vancouver Island. Wickaninnish Inn Review Have you ever stayed in accommodations so perfectly attuned to the surroundings that you didn’t know […]
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Traveling with a Kindle Paperwhite
I have to admit that I held out a long time before I even considered buying an e-Reader like the Kindle Paperwhite. I was steadfast in my love for paperback and hardback books. Like many avid readers, I’ve always been a sentimental fool when it comes to the sound of flipping pages and the subtle smell […]
Travelers, relieve lower back pain with this simple tip
If you have ever experienced back pain, you know how life changing it can be. It’s especially bothersome while traveling and can ruin an otherwise great trip. While hopefully we’ve all committed some time to our One Healthy Change a Month series, there are also quite a few tricks of the trade that can help relieve […]
Saturday’s scene: driving Yellowpoint Road in Nanaimo
On a scenic drive along Yellowpoint Road in Nanaimo, B.C., Alan and I stopped at Blue Heron Park for a walk on an off-the-beaten-path, Vancouver Island beach. After investigating driftwood that the tide had piled like tinker toys onto the shore, we searched for tide pools hidden in the depressions of the rocky beach. The […]
Bonding at Black Rock
How many different types of getaways can you think of? There’s bonding with girlfriends at the beach or golfing with your buddies on a trip to Florida. But what about group getaways? No, I don’t mean group tours; instead, I’m thinking about trips where a group comprised of friends and strangers bonds over a common […]
How to Make the Most of a Visit to the Children’s Museum
From our ongoing multigenerational travel series with Grandparents.com: Ludmilla Alexander shares a few much-needed tips on how to make the most out of a visit to a children museum with the grandkids. Did you know there are right ways and wrong ways to visit a children’s museum? Grandfather Jim and I headed to the Boston Children’s […]
The Ins and Outs of House Sitting
Dalene and Pete Heck are a Canadian couple who sold everything in 2009 to travel the world. Since then, they have slow-traveled through 33 countries and have no desire to stop. The blog, Hecktic Travels, chronicles their journey around the globe. The Heck’s favourite method of travel, via house sitting, has helped them save over $40,000 […]
Best Apps for Staying Healthy While Traveling
During my younger years, I’ll admit to being a complete travel gorger. I entered every new city with a no-holds-barred mentality: see, do, and especially, eat everything the city’s culinary scene has to offer. Good times were had and I can’t say I regret my many years of gluttony. Today, however, as my old travel […]
Saturdays scene: visiting Vegas
“What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” may be the tagline for a popular Las Vegas advertising campaign but it won’t be true during my visit this week (June 8 – 13, 2013). That’s because I’m in Vegas to report on IPW (International Pow Wow), the U.S. Travel Association’s international show attracting 1,000 U.S. travel organizations and […]