Well it’s obviously that time of year again. The kids keep looking at you expectantly. Your partner has that nervous, wary look in the eye. The house is buzzing with excited chatter that seems to erupt only when you’re in the other room and tends to quiet down when your footsteps approach. There is talk of mutiny. You have heard the whispers around the dinner table when everyone thought you were out of range. Read the rest of this entry »
Luxury Ocean Cruises are a great means of luxury travel with some fantastic benefits. They make it easy to visit several places in a single trip without the hassle of packing and unpacking; they enable easy access to virtually every continent on earth; and they are the epitome of luxury travel.
For those who have not experienced the joys of luxury cruising, imagine your favourite five star resort. Now, picture waking up each morning and finding your resort has arrived as another exotic or sun-drenched location – all without the challenges of international air travel. Add to that attentive service and you get the picture of what it is like to travel on a luxury cruise.
Popular destinations include: the coasts of Alaska, Scandinavia, South-East Asia, Europe, Australia, and New England; China, Egypt, North America; and numerous other places. Read the rest of this entry »
Because everything including lodging, meals and entertainment are included in the price of most cruises, you are really getting a pretty good deal on a cruise vacation.
Example: For $500.00 two of you can take a cruise to Mexico for 4 nights. Wow, 4 nights lodging in most vacation spots would easily run $400.00. Then the price of food for 2 people for 4 days, conservatively say, $200.00, and entertainment could easily run over $200.00 more. On a cruise, all this is included!
Get all dressed up and enjoy a memorable evening out in the cruise ship’s formal dining room or ordering room service, the choice is yours! On a cruise, you can expect to be waited on hand and foot! Read the rest of this entry »
Luxury Vacations: He arrived looking ready for island life however underneath his wrinkle-free surf trunks and faded Abercrombie & Fitch t-shirt was the presence of a man who had not a minute to spare, a man whose Blackberry and briefcase were as much an appendage as his arm or leg. My big brother Barry — senior partner in a New Jersey based law firm, single father and county coach for junior boys soccer — had left New Jersey for his first real vacation in six years.
My proposed remedy for his suburban stress was the somewhat unoriginal recipe of a Caribbean island, gorgeous weather, a seaworthy vessel, and copious amounts of rum. His unexpected response after six years of rewarding lock-down, was, “I’m in!” Read the rest of this entry »