Crown Paradise Club in Cancun Oh Travel Shop Girl – where are you off to now? I just returned from Jamaica and now I’m off to Mexico! Lucky me! I won a trip for two for 4 days/3 nights to the all-inclusive Crown Paradise Club in Cancun, Mexico last year. My trip was good through August… Read More
Have you ever thought about something so much that you knew everything about it before you ever saw it? Have you ever felt as though the real thing could never live up to your imagined version of it? Well, that was me and how I felt about Sandals. I have read everything I could ever… Read More
Sangster International Airport (MBJ) is located in Montego Bay, but unless you’re staying somewhere that is adjacent to the airport, you’ll need to get in a car or van and make your way over to your resort. So a word of warning people: driving in Jamaica is nothing like what you’ve ever experienced before. If… Read More
Yesterday’s blog covered my arrival into Montego Bay and the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort. Today I will touch upon the dining options available as well as shopping and the resort’s casino. This all inclusive resort’s rates include your accommodations; breakfast, lunch, and dinner; snacks from morning until night; local brand beverages and cocktails; non-motorized watersports;… Read More
Another trip and this time, I am going to Jamaica. My flight to JFK from Boston was scheduled for 8 am, but I arrived at the airport around 6:30 am, which was good since the lines were ridiculously long. The bag drop off lines wound up and down alongside Dunkin Donuts without any chance of… Read More
I was looking at some of my pictures of Amsterdam and came across some interesting pictures that I took over our trip on New Year’s and had to post them here. No matter where you turn when you’re traveling, you can find the most unusual and interesting things to photograph. We were walking along and… Read More
Rainy Miami, FL Parting is such sweet sorrow and today is our last day on our ship, the Celebrity Eclipse. We woke up to rain in the port of Miami at 7 am, I think a signal to return to reality. We had set our bags out the night before prior to 11 pm as… Read More
Whether you travel often or only occasionally or if you work in travel, do you believe you have a responsibility to the world to leave it better than how it was before you arrived? Anyone who works in tourism, be it a cruise line, resort, CEO, hotel front desk clerk, travel agent, travel writer, or… Read More
Solstice Deck The last day of a cruise is one that I consider is a transition day back to reality. You know you’ll need to pack your bags and settle up any outstanding charges, but you try not to wait to do that until the very last second, if at all possible. I wanted my… Read More
Sea days can be a blessing or a curse. You either are a sun worshipper who enjoys baking in the sun on the pool deck or you don’t. Another day on the Celebrity Eclipse: Day 6 of our cruise and since I had gotten crispy both on St. John and in St. Maarten, I was… Read More