by Marybeth Bond | May 16, 2020 | Women, Mexico, Featured, Travel, Girlfriend Getaways, 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 | Nov 5, 2019 | dog friendly, Family Travel, Pets, Homepage Slider, full-image, home page slider, Adventure, Colorado, Travel, Luxury
Think Telluride is all about powder skiing and film festivals? Thing again! This is the place where Butch Cassidy began his bank-robbing career at the San Miguel Valley Bank on June 24, 1889. After the heist, Cassidy and two buddies mounted their steeds, shot their...
by Marybeth Bond | Oct 16, 2019 | Antarctica, ANTARCTICA, Norway, Adventure, Cruising, Cultural Exploration, Canada, Featured, Travel
Do you recycle your trash, compost your garbage or drive a hybrid car? Do you travel with a water bottle – as opposed to buying plastic water bottles? If so, you most likely look for ways to “go green” on vacation. Here’s the bad news: cruising is not a green...
by Marybeth Bond | Sep 6, 2019 | Adventure, ASIA, Nepal, Girlfriend Getaways, Travel Statistics
Women—young, old, single, married, and widowed—are fueling an explosive growth in the travel industry. More women are traveling, for business and for pleasure, and they’re calling the shots. Just look around in a restaurant, how many tables are occupied by...
by April Orcutt | Jul 16, 2019 | CANADA, British Columbia, British Columbia, Adventure, NORTH AMERICA, Canada, Travel
On a distant islet off British Columbia’s Vancouver Island, our group of six donned flotation coats and boarded a yellow inflatable raft for an “Eco-Adventure Tour.” Jillian Leonard, our guide, said that unlike the Grizzly Bear Tour we would go on later, “This tour’s...
by Marybeth Bond | Jun 10, 2019 | Deals & Discounts, TIPS, California, Cultural Exploration, San Francisco, Recommended Travel Companies, Family, Travel, Girlfriend Getaways
As a San Francisco local, we have lots of recommendations of things to do that are a bit off-the-radar. After our guests have gone to the “must see” tourist places: Fisherman’s Wharf, Alcatraz, Ghirardelli, and The Golden Gate Bridge, here are our favorite places to...
