General Travel

Two Ways to Make That First Family Disney Trip Special

Our first Disney trip!

Your first trip to Walt Disney World as a family really is a rite of passage.

That first family trip will always be memorable, and you can read about ours here (spoiler…I was not always a Disney fan).

Jennifer and I were recently doing a massive spring decluttering (I referred to it as a purging but Jennifer felt that term was just too gastric so we’re sticking with decluttering) when we came across one of the little things we (meaning she) did to make that first Disney trip extra special (and to assist me in making sure I knew where the kids were at all times).

You can see evidence of it in our shots in that post and we’ve recommended it to a number of clients in the past:

The family Disney Trip Tee Shirt. [Read more…]

5 Sunsets from the Beaufort Inn in Beaufort, North Carolina

By Mark

The Beaufort Inn is one of our favorite spots to stay in one of our favorite places in North Carolina – Beaufort.

The sunsets are one of the Inn’s great appeal. All of these shots were taken from balconies at the Inn.

Enjoy! [Read more…]

Epcot’s Club Cool…Don’t Miss It!

By Mark

We think Club Cool is one of Epcot’s hidden gems.

It’s not a hair-raising ride or an educational experience, but it will keep the 7 to 12 year-old set happy, and the grown-ups cool for a few minutes of recovery in Future World.

Club Cool is essentially a Coca-Cola retail store with one unusual feature. The shop offers free samples of Coke soft drink products from around the world. [Read more…]

The Perfect Place to Stay the Night Before a Disney Cruise

By Mark

Heading out onto Cocoa Beach

While Disney Cruise Line utilizes 9 different departure ports around the world, if you’re near our home base in Burlington, North Carolina you will be interested in Disney cruises leaving from Florida’s Port Canaveral.

Port Canaveral is an easy transfer from the Orlando International Airport, and you can always fly down the morning of your cruise and use Disney’s own transportation. [Read more…]

A Quick Guide to the Gettysburg National Military Park

By Mark

The stone wall near Cemetery Ridge

It’s all now you see. Yesterday won’t be over until tomorrow and tomorrow began ten thousand years ago. For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it’s still not yet two o’clock on that July afternoon in 1863…

William Faulkner, p. 190 in my edition of Intruder in the Dust

While we tend to concentrate our own family travel on those places our clients love – Disney, the Carolina Coast, Sandals, the Caribbean – we occasionally make a trip to a spot off of our own beaten track.

A few weeks ago for Easter, we visited friends in Reisterstown, Maryland, a community west of Baltimore. [Read more…]

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