The annual joke in Moab is “How do you know when Spring is here?” The answer is “When all the license plates turn green.”
Yep, it’s that time of year again in Colorado. Most of our ski areas have shut down for the season. The still-cold nights are balanced by some lusciously warm afternoons. It’s the beginning of Mud Season - ur, I mean Springtime - and all us mountain folk are jonesing for the dry, warm, welcoming desert. For many of us, that means just one thing - a road trip to Moab, Utah.
Americans have been vacationing at Nags Head North Carolina since the 1830’s and with very good reason - the beach! The barrier islands that make up the Outer Banks, of which Nags Head is a part, have some of the best beaches in the country.
While walking beside the ocean, you get the feeling that the thin strand of sand goes on forever. (It really stretches 100 miles.) There’s the soothing rhythm of breaking waves on one side and tall sand dunes dotted with sea oats on the other.
I love vacation rentals.? I have a husband, 2 kids - and a couple dogs - so when we vacation it’s a moving department store/zoological park.? We are dragging around the favorite bunny for sleeping, the special pillow, extra pup treats and the video games.? That’s a bunch of junk to cram in your run-of-the-mill hotel room.? Vacation Rentals are the perfect alternative - there’s plenty of room, you can cook breakfast (or throw donuts at everyone, including the dogs) so you dont have to get up at 7am while you’re on VACATION.? Bonus points - they usually have a washer and dryer - and more than one TV.? It’s like being at home - but you’re not!? A vacation rental at the beach is a necessity - here’s why:
Tags: Reasons, Vacation, Rentals, and, Beaches, ALWAYS, mixSelf-confessed fibber Thomas Kohnstamm is certainly taking his best shot at it.
LP writer Thomas Kohnstamm…in hell.
I’ve always been a big fan of Lonely Planet’s guidebooks.
I love their sassy, youthful tone, their emphasis on low-impact and alternative travel options, their rejection of freebies from bigwig hotel chains, and the way their authors manage to find vegetarian-friendly budget options worldwide.
Tags: Writers, Hell, Thomas, Kohnstamm, MightSelf-confessed fibber Thomas Kohnstamm is certainly taking his best shot at it.
LP writer Thomas Kohnstamm…in hell.
I’ve always been a big fan of Lonely Planet’s guidebooks.
I love their sassy, youthful tone, their emphasis on low-impact and alternative travel options, their rejection of freebies from bigwig hotel chains, and the way their authors manage to find vegetarian-friendly budget options worldwide.
Tags: Lonely, Planet, Writers, Hell, Thomas, Kohnstamm, MightHas green travel as conceptualized today become narrow minded, shallow and embarrassingly self-congratulatory?
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Over the last year, we have seen an incredible upsurge in ability to purchase anything and everything “green.”
The travel industry is not immune to the green phenomenon. Travelers are now urged to take photographs instead of souvenirs, to eat local, and of course, to offset the environmental impact of their cross-continental trip with carbon credits.
Tags: The, Inconvenient, Truth, About, Green, Travel
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Tags: Try, Best, Travel, GuidesInternet cafes can be dangerous places. Here’s how to keep your information safe.
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Whether sending email, uploading photos, booking flights and hotels, paying the bills back home, and checking the status of a bank account, travelers use the internet for a huge variety of tasks.
The ubiquity of internet cafes around the world has made this convenience possible.
Tags: Tips, Every, Traveler, Should, Know, About, Internet, SecurityForget flying halfway around the world to find happiness. Christine Garvin shows you how to look locally.
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Much like the billion others who read Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, I fought the immediate urge to chuck my job, rent, friends and credit card bills and book the first available flight to India so that I could meditate all of my problems away.
Tags: Can, You, Develop, Your, Spirituality, Without, Visiting, IndiaThe world is beautiful and harsh in all its infinite possibilities. Whenever I travel, what I call ???The Tramp and the Kid Doctrine??? guides me.
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“You are a hobo,” declared my friend of a decade. I stared at her, perplexed, and racked my brains to figure out why she was calling me a bum.
Maybe it had something to do with the fact that I was planning a trip to Peru despite not having worked for several months.
Tags: Lessons, Hope, From, The, Kid, Saigon