Travel Tips

Southern Travel Links…

We’re starting this week’s collection of fun travel stuff from around the internet with a video:

Can’t think of any better way to make life memorable than travel!

While we have tipping down here in the US, a little advice on tipping in the rest of the world can help. For Caribbean tipping, scroll about half way through the post.

For all you Star Wars fans, Disney is creating a Millennium Falcon play area for the kids aboard Disney Cruise Line’s ship, the Dream. Disney may find more than a few 40-something adults interested in spending time in the Oceaneer Club. [Read more…]

Southern Travel Links…

By Mark

Sunrise at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina

We spend tons of time sifting through online travel information – it’s really one of the great joys of being in the travel business: learning about new places and experiences so that we can share them with our clients and friends. Here’s a collection of a few things we’ve found this week: [Read more…]

Making Lemonade on Jekyll Island

By Mark

Swinging on Jekyll Island

With all the beauty of Jekyll Island, Georgia, it’s natural landscape, beautiful beach, amazing sunsets – this photo will always remain my favorite from Georgia’s Golden Isles.

Why?

It’s pretty common to hear that we should all remember to stay flexible when traveling and as those moms out there are prone to say…keep our patience hats on tight.

If it can go wrong, it will. [Read more…]

5 Resources For When You or Your Family Gets Sick at Walt Disney World

By Mark

Have you ever been sick on a vacation?

I have…for almost our entire November 2013 family visit to Walt Disney World, I had a nasty stomach bug.

Nothing life-threatening, but annoying just the same (thankfully, Disney has plenty of great, clean restrooms located around all the parks).

The experience left me thinking, though:

What in the world do you do with a child who suddenly becomes sick at Walt Disney World?

I’m thinking of that bad cold, sore throat, or low fever…nothing severe or life-threatening, but enough to put a damper on an otherwise magical visit.

You actually have plenty of good options for dealing with minor illnesses, and this short post should help. [Read more…]

3 Reasons to Use Club Mobay the Next Time You’re Flying to Jamaica!

By Mark

This will be waiting for you after Club Mobay…Sandals, Montego Bay!

Airports are rough all over the world these days.

Waits here in the U.S. can be terrible, but airport experiences in smaller countries can also be a nightmare.

The Sangster International Airport (MBJ) in Montego Bay, Jamaica is one of the busiest airports in the Caribbean. If you’ve ever arrived there at the same time as a dozen other planes full of tourists dying to hit the beaches, you’ll surely be happy to know there’s a quick way through the headaches of immigrations and customs.

It’s Club Mobay. We use it, and we recommend it to all our clients traveling to Montego Bay (actually we almost insist on it).

Why? [Read more…]

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