Exploring Ontario has long been on our boomer active travel list. Canada is such a diverse and beautiful country and one that seems to offer breath-taking landscape at every turn. In today’s guest article, Suzanne Fluhr, publisher of Boomeresque, tells us about a fascinating Ontario landmark, The Rideau Canal Waterway, which is the oldest continuously […]
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How to See Prague in Two Days
Prague is definitely one of those European cities to be explored slowly if possible, but for those of us who might have some time constraints on our travel schedule, sometimes you’ve got to put the travel pedal to the medal to see all that a city has to offer. Prague, although a fairly compact city, […]
Long Distance Walks in the UK
Looking to visit the UK this summer? With such a busy tourist season in most UK cities, (especially London at this time of year) it’s always a good idea to get out of the tourist-filled cities and look for some off-the-beaten-path adventures. Thankfully, Katie from Sykes Cottages (sponsored article) is here to give us active boomer […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Politics of Family Vacations
From our ongoing multigenerational travel series with Grandparents.com: Barbara Graham, a Grandparents.com columnist, explores the many issues that arise from multigenerational travel and “the whole crazy, complicated truth about being a grandmother in today’s world.” My husband, Hugh, seemed edgy at breakfast this morning about our summer plans. “What’s up?” I asked him. Personally, I’m thrilled […]
Taking the grandkids on a trip? Let them make the plans.
From our ongoing multigenerational travel series with Grandparents.com: John and Sally Macdonald share a creative idea on how to spark the travel bug in our grandchildren with a grandkids trip that lets them share in the travel decision making process. We worked at a major Seattle newspaper for more than two decades—John was travel editor, I was […]
Take the grandkids on a safari adventure in the U.S.A.
We’re so excited about our new relationship with Grandparents.com. We’ll be publishing selected articles on multigenerational travel from their site to share with our readers and they’ll be sharing some of our articles with their readers. Today, Ludmilla Alexander shares a fun idea on how to take the grandkids on a safari adventure without stepping […]