If you haven’t noticed, Travel Shop Girl has been on the road quite a lot lately. After my fantastic family cruise on the Celebrity Summit, I was home only for one day. The remainder of that cruise information will be up shortly, but in the meantime, here’s what I did. I left for four days in Mexico to tour some great… Read More
This is a guest post by Tim Louzonis Already headed to Central Europe? Looking for someplace a little different for your next trip? Mysterious and lovely Lviv, Ukraine is one of Europe’s hidden gems. Located about 45 miles from Poland, Ukraine’s cultural capital of 700,000 people is as an emerging tourist destination after serving as a… Read More
Looking from the Carnival Magic toward Galveston Say it isn’t so! Our last morning on the Carnival Magic and then we are off to the airport in Houston to catch our return flight to Boston. We woke up when we no longer felt the ship moving and we realized we had arrived back into the… Read More
Terminal A at Boston Logan International Airport It’s always an interesting statistic for me to hear that only about 25% of the US population have ever cruised considering we love cruising. We’ve cruised out of Boston, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Port Canaveral, New Jersey (Bayonne), Los Angeles, and Malaga, Spain and yet, we are always looking… Read More
Hotel Indigo – Massachusetts Perhaps you’re looking at the title of this post and thinking I’m crazy. “Pre-cruise hotel? What for? I arrive to the port on the day of my cruise, not the day before!” Many people feel this way, which is why I always suggest arriving in your port city before your cruise… Read More
Maybe it’s your first time out of the country or perhaps it’s your first international air travel trip in a few years. The last thing you’re thinking about is what what to expect on your trip to the airport or on the plane. However, it’s best to be prepared and know what to expect than… Read More
Philipsburg, St. Maarten You wait in anticipation for your vacation, crossing the days off on your calendar until finally the day comes and you get to escape your regular life for vacation. But are you totally prepared? When did you pack your suitcase? Was it the night before? The day of or worse yet, hours… Read More
The other night I was listening to my favorite cruise podcast, Cruize Cast, when I heard one of the hosts, James, mention how he couldn’t understand why someone would want to cruise out of San Juan. He explained that he thought because airfare was so expensive flying to Puerto Rico that it wouldn’t be cost… Read More
Lucky me! Yes, that’s what I said — lucky me. I had a chance to travel to Iceland at the end of January for the 20th MidAtlantic Seminar held in Reykjavik, Iceland. As someone who lives in the Northeast and constantly complains about cold weather, one might wonder why I would choose to go to… Read More
Maybe I’m not like most people. Ok, let me try that again: I know I’m not like other people. It may seem weird to take pictures inside an airport, but yes — that’s what I do when I’m traveling. Not the type of pictures of people posing, but pictures that are practical and helpful for… Read More