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Galloping Grandparents
Something has been creeping over the travel industry in the last three years. Like a fog rolling over the moors of England, it goes unnoticed until you are in its midst. Rising prices? Nope. Falling prices? Nope. The next time you are on a trip, check out the crowd and you’ll see what I mean. While the traditional family still travels together, now they’re bringing Grandmom and Grandpop — or are Grandmom and Grandpop bringing the family? Intergenerational travel has become a huge market for the travel industry as the…
When Mother Nature Strikes
As Dorothy was walking the Yellow Brick Road, she was worried about lions and tigers and bears (Oh, my!). She was a good traveler: She knew she wasn’t in Kansas anymore (a tornado had swept her to Oz), yet she made her way, anyway. Today’s travelers have their own concerns: hurricanes, tsunamis and earthquakes. It’s true: Mother Nature can be a mean old broad, and she may try to ruin your trip. But take your cue from Dorothy: Face reality and soldier on. It doesn’t hurt to plan ahead, too.…
Have Disability, Will Travel
In my last column, I handed out some tips for the tushie-challenged, a weighty problem to be sure, but not so difficult as traveling with some other physical disabilities. Just ask Angela Corrieri, president of Mobile Digital Systems, Inc. Angela is a wheelchair-confined executive, though I hesitate to use the word “confined” in relation to such a bundle of energy. Certainly, Angela’s disability hasn’t hindered her from running a successful security firm manufacturing in-car surveillance systems for law enforcement. With offices on both coasts, Angela has enough gold in her…
Tips For The Tushie-Challenged
It seems that every day there’s a new study on how fat Americans are becoming. I typically notice these studies as I wolf down my Big Mac, large fries and Coke (yes, I know I am overweight, but I’m not one of those large people who think they can make it all better by ordering a Diet Coke!). It’s true: As we get older, our bodies tend to get bigger, but the spaces we must fit into somehow get smaller. What’s the overweight traveler to do? Recently, I sat down…
A Bucks County Getaway
Bucks County is the kind of place that gives “suburbs” a good name. Nestled along the west bank of the Delaware River just north of Philadelphia, the county is home to more than 600,000 people, many of whom commute to the big city to work. But instead of serving up the usual sprawl-and-mall, Bucks County gives you historic towns, bucolic vistas and interesting museums. It is a weekend visitor’s dream. The county is perhaps best known for its history. George Washington really did sleep here. In fact, he was headquartered…
I Agreed To WHAT?
I just bought one of those new 42-inch plasma TVs. I first saw one five years ago at Harrod’s in London, going for a mere 25,000 pounds. But now they can be had for under $4,000, so I scooped one up. I even bought the extended warranty. Which made me wonder: What kind of warranty do you get when you purchase travel online? The answer is: None whatsoever. In fact, when you purchase travel online, you’re not guaranteed that you will get what you pay for, or that the price…
9 Tips For Cruise Safety
Most of the bases for cruising have already been covered: We know how to keep your floating vacation afloat, how to find the best ships for singles, how to survive a cruise with Norwalk virus and how to cruise with the kids. But, as recent news stories have warned us, there may be a dark side to cruising for those who are not prepared. Terry Riley, Ph.D., author of the book Travel Can Be Murder, says, “Your personal safety while traveling is — and always will be — your responsibility.”…
Confessions of an Electronic Traveler
Sometimes I think that the days of leaving your life behind are a thing of the past, and maybe that’s a bad thing. But, like it or not, today we are more connected than ever. We’ve got e-mail from cruise ships, satellite calls from the Serengeti, cell phones in flight. BlackBerrys, Palms, PDAs, and PIMs — they’re becoming as common as calculators. But what are the really essential electronics for the traveler? And how best to use them? Cell phones. Perhaps the greatest invention of the last 20 years is…
Living It Up In The Riviera Maya
Suggest a Mexican getaway, and most people think of Cancun, a balmy beach resort area manufactured as a tourist destination in the early 1970s. The first hotel broke ground in 1972. Now, 33 years later, Cancun has more than 50,000 hotel beds, hundreds of restaurants, and a couple of mega-malls for the throngs of American sun worshippers who come here to play, sometimes every year. I say, skip Cancun and head 40 minutes south — to the Riviera Maya, a long stretch of beautiful Caribbean coast on the Yucatán peninsula.…
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