by Marybeth Bond | Sep 16, 2023 | Women Travel, Mexico, Featured, Girlfriend Getaways, Travel, Italy
Women are stepping out with girlfriends, zooming along roads, paths and waterways with style, humor and courage. Through my own experiences and those of women I interviewed for the National Geographic book 50 Best Girlfriends Getaways, I learned that travel is one of...
by Marybeth Bond | Apr 3, 2023 | Florence, Safety Tips, Travel, Packing Pointers, Romance, Girlfriend Getaways, Solo Travel Tips, Travel Statistics, Student Travel Tips
Safety Tips for millennials going abroad. Including college students and professionals traveling for business. Bar Tips – Buddy System Go with a buddy. It’s better to have two sets of eyes to watch for bad situations. Don’t leave without your...
by Marybeth Bond | Feb 28, 2023 | home page slider, Alps, Adventure, Travel, Switzerland
My top five favorite places In Switzerland range from the Jungfrau region to Lake Maggiore in the south and they are easy to reach by train. In the Ticino region. Lake Maggiore and Lake Lugano. At the Zurich International Airport, I jumped on a train and three hours...
by Marybeth Bond | Sep 18, 2022 | Norway
Emerald fjords carved into the coast by glaciers are the ultimate symbol of Norway. If exploring this breathtaking scenery is on your bucket list, then a cruise is the way to go. After two sunny days in vibrant Amsterdam, we left the city always ready to party....
by Laura Kiniry | Jul 9, 2022 | EUROPE, Travel
When our cook, Fausta Solfa, mentioned that dinner would be at 7:30 pm, someone in our group asked: “Is that 7:30 pm regular time or Italia time?” The rest of us started laughing. Four days into our week-long sojourn in southern Italy and we were finally getting used...
by Marybeth Bond | Jan 7, 2022 | Women Travel, Travel Magazine, Paris, Cultural Exploration, France
Paris promises something for everyone – sophistication, beauty, culture, history, cuisines, art, escape and that nebulous quality called ambiance and tips from a resident help you capture it all. Hopefully when you visit Paris you’ll carve out time to do more...