Today’s Destination: Virgin Gorda, BVI

Among the top destinations of 2007 is the island of Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands. Virgin Gorda is the third largest island in the British Virgin Islands and is one of BVI’s top tourist destinations. On the southern end of the island is an unusual geologic formation known as The Baths. It has […]

Drive or Fly?

Depending on how far away your next vacation is, you might be trying to decide if you want to drive, or fly to your destination.  While there is no right answer, there are many different things you should think about. One of the biggest reasons people choose one over the other is cost.  Normally, a […]

Asheville, North Carolina

One of Frommer’s Top Travel Destinations for 2007 mentioned recently, Asheville, is in the south western part of North Carolina. Since we had never considered traveling to many of the destinations that were listed, we were happily surprised to see Asheville there. We have plans to travel there in the spring, so we will be […]

Top Destinations for 2007?

Frommer’s released their top destinations for 2007 at the end of last year. There are some interesting places on the list, many of which we never would have thought of as exciting places to visit. We want to find out just how worthy of a visit they are. Frommer’s Desintations top for 2007: Krakow, Poland […]

The Disney Dining Plan

One thing you might not know about Walt Disney World, is that they offer a Disney Dining plan to help make it easier for you when planning your meals. For adults, it costs $35 dollars per person per day, but during some times of the year, there are specials and it can even be included […]

Geobeats

GeoBeats has a really great idea. They got people who live all over the world to make short videos to tell others about their city. For different cities, they will include videos on destinations, overviews, transportation, dining, shopping, and more. They only have a short list of locations right now, but they keep adding more. […]

Let them send you the deals!

Wonder how sometimes people find out about great prices?  Instead of doing all the work of going to multiple websites just to find the lowest prices, if there is a specific location or hotel or chain etc. that you like, sign up for their mailing list!  When they are having a sale, or are trying […]

FareCast.com

Should you buy your airfare now, or should you wait? There is a new website FareCast.com, which predicts whether airfare will rise or drop based on pricing trends. This is a pretty cool website. It doesn’t have that many different locations yet, and is still in beta, but it will help you figure out if […]

Cool Tours at Disney World

If you love Disney, but want to do something different that not everyone has done, consider one of their tours! They have many 1-day tours (some are just a few hours each) where you can learn more about Disney, and even get to see some of the “backstage” magic that goes on that the public […]

Interesting way to spend a vacation…Vocation Vacations

Here’s a really interesting way to use your vacation time. Is there something you wish you could be doing, instead of your current job? There is a website Vocation Vacations, where you can “test drive” a new career for a few days. You will be given a mentor, and you spend your trip one on […]