by Marybeth Bond | Jan 4, 2013 | Luxury, NORTH AMERICA, Adventure, Canada, Featured, Family, Girlfriend Getaways
TIP: Unless you both love roughing it, select a trip with comfort, great food and activities you both love. During the peak of the wildflower season, we joined a group of hikers with Canadian Mountain Holiday (CMH). Our group ranged in age from 5 to 75 and the...
by Marybeth Bond | Jan 3, 2013 | NORTH AMERICA, Dining, Featured, Family, Girlfriend Getaways, New York City
I visit New York about three times a year, usually alone, on business. I’m going back to speak at the New York Times Travel Show and will report on new neighborhoods and “finds” soon. On a recently trip with my twenty-two-year-old daughter we...
by Marybeth Bond | Aug 12, 2012 | Women Travel, Family, AFRICA
Learning to shed extra baggage is a mother’s dilemma. My career involves frequent travel and often for extended periods, making me vulnerable to self-doubt and guilt. I questioned about my role as a parent. Was I a good mother? A good enough mother? Was my...
by Marybeth Bond | Feb 13, 2012 | Travel, Family, Student Travel Tips
The Three Ps of Engaging Your Kids in Your Family Vacation Every year, I’d take my kids on a family vacation—the Grand Canyon, the Monterey Aquarium, Yosemite. When they were little, it was easy to keep them engaged and happy. Then they hit their teenage years and it...
by Marybeth Bond | Mar 10, 2011 | Cancun, Mexico, Family, Romance
For pure alabaster white sand, turquoise-blue water, and a seamless vacation of R&R, you should know about the Riviera Maya; a strip of coastline stretching south from Cancun, on the Gulf Coast of Mexico, to the Mayan ruins of Tulum. And, due to the large number...
by Marybeth Bond | Jan 18, 2011 | Adventure, Safety Tips, Giving Back, Family
No stilettos. No shopping… just pedaling to promote strong bones for life! www.bondgirlsbikeamerica.com The Bond Girl Team, composed of Marybeth, her 22-year-old daughter and a friend, biked 3,114 miles from the Pacific to the Atlantic and raised $52,000 for...