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Top 5 Places to Celebrate New Year's Eve
Written by Elaine GlusacCelebrating the promise of a new year ahead, the entire world parties on December 31st. But a handful of cities around the globe have made the big night a bucket-list reason to travel whether you want to dance in a New York street, champagne-toast in the City of Light or surf an Australian...
Read More »Feel Right at Home in a Far Away Place
Days and nights with Holland America Line are among the most memorable of a lifetime. Sail in classic style on beautifully appointed mid-sized ships where gracious service anticipates every desire. Relax in a chaise lounge, melt into a massage table, or learn to arrange flowers, blend wine and edit digital photos. Surprise and delight your palate with...
Read More »Unique Vacation Experiences for Families
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Read More »That's My Kind of Vacation
While planning a vacation for your entire gang – the kids, grandparents, and you – might seem like an impossible task when it comes to pleasing everyone, we certainly know a thing or two about how to make everyone in your brood downright happy on your next multi-generational trip.To maximize the fun – and your hard-earned...
Read More »Spelunking in Jamaica
It might be the most polar opposite activity to a day on the beach in Jamaica. Escaping from the sunny, hot, breeze of the beaches, to explore one of the island's networks of cool, dark, damp cave systems. Jamaica is one of the special places in the world with 'Karst' topography, where flowing water has carved paths...
Read More »How to Eat Like the Irish on St.Patrick's Day
A foodie exploration of Ireland is an island-wide adventure involving the favorite Irish pastimes of eating, drinking and socializing – from cafés and pubs, to stylish Michelin-starred restaurants. In the 'Emerald Isle', food is intimately connected to the rich green landscape, regional farming and cooking traditions, the freshest seasonal ingredients and supremely talented food-meisters who magically inject...
Read More »Montreal Celebrates 375th Anniversary with a Year of Music
5 Can't Miss Music Events in Montreal in 2017 from Leonard Cohen to Pink Floyd Opera to an Electronic Music Parade. On May 17, 1642, a small colony called Ville-Marie was founded by a small group of 50 explorers from France. The little colony would soon be known as Montreal and 375 years later, a city of...
Read More »The Top 5 Fall Foliage Destinations
Autumn is truly a magnificent season. It is a time when Mother Nature reminds us all of her beauty by setting forests aflame with radiant colors. While brilliant foliage displays can be witnessed throughout much of the world, many of the most spectacular are found right here in our own backyard. Based on our travel agents’...
Read More »Discover the Treasures of the Forbidden City in Beijing
Listed as a World Cultural Heritage in 1987, Forbidden City in Beijing is one of the most visited sites in the world. It was home to 24 emperors during the Ming and Qing dynasties. You can just imagine how revered and venerated Forbidden City was, as the people then believed that the supreme powers of the...
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