Category: Caribbean
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Hilton Playa Del Carmen
Late summer of this year I was able to go to a conference in Playa Del Carmen, one of my favorite locations in North America. The accommodations were at the Hilton Playa del Carmen, an all-inclusive resort located in downtown Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Different than my honeymoon stay at Sandos Caracol, this location embraced…
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The Best Things About Using a Travel Advisor
… I was wrong about never using an expert. And I am here to say “swallow your ego and get an aid”.
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Over Tourism in Wild Places
While we had started the day as one of maybe three or four boats in the canal system doing tours, numbers quickly increased about an hour and a half into the tour. Not only did the additional boats make the canal more crowded, but larger groups of snorkelers, with what seemed like less instruction, swarmed…
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Five Ways to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo
Five Ways to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo – without being disrespectful
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Day Trips – to go or not to go?
There are times in life where preconceived notions have to be put to the test and nothing has challenged me more than the subject of day trips (in regards to travel anyway). Well before I started venturing into the world on my own I had in my head that the best way to travel was…
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Planning for the Unknown
… because in our world of instant gratification people don’t always understand that other parts of the world have more layers to their exploration.
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Spring Break – To Be Avoided?
Spring break is coming up for most Americans this month or next. Sometimes known as Easter Break, this annual tradition gives students and their overworked teachers a break from each other. For the rest of us, we scramble to find care for our children and stumble into our jobs. And others of us are lucky…
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Clothing Kerfuffle
It’s next to impossible to always know what to pack on a trip. There is so much to consider such as temperatures, time traveling, wrinkles, weight, coordination, and sturdiness. Practicality is great, but one also doesn’t want to look like the sad American tourist stereotype that all the Italians gawk at. The best part of…
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Don’t Be An Ugly American
One of the things I hate most when I travel is seeing people be an “Ugly American”. Well really you could insert anything after “Ugly” (but for a magical reasons Canadians aren’t on this list). Regardless, my point is that the world was not designed and created to make Americans more comfortable in moving through…
