A small island with a huge legacy, ancestral homeland for millions of Americans and an atypical destination choice for a WOW! Travel Club adventure . . . Our destination was…
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The month of March – and my journey to Baja – started badly. March 1st – Day 1: I missed my flight. This should not happen to a travel professional….
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Marilyn is off traveling the world again … this time on a WOW! Travel Club journey to Baja with a small group of adventurous travelers. They’re visiting the artsy town of Todos Santos, swimming…
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In 1968, Sister Gertrude Mary displayed a map on the front wall of my 8th grade classroom at St. Stephen’s in Saginaw, Michigan. It was a map of Asia, with…
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The humidity hit me with a blast as I stepped furtively from my air-conditioned hotel room into pre-dawn darkness, inching my way over the teak threshold so as not…
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“Absolutely not!” he declared, vehemently. I was taken aback by his outburst. Virtually nothing provokes my husband, with the exception of the Tea Party and right-wing talking heads. It was…
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I’ve been in this industry for a few decades now and stayed in countless hotels. In that time, I’ve lost countless “stuff.” Correction: I have left behind more items than I could…
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In my Monday night writing class, we were assigned a 15-minute timed writing exercise. The topic was “Kindness.” I’ve been wanting to write this story for a long time. This…
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Vietnamese coffee… balloons over Bagan… and slow internet… oh my! Please excuse the recycling of a previous blog post, but as you may recall, I am busily escorting some very…
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I cleaned out some file drawers at the office this week. We’re anticipating an office remodel and my staff has been badgering me to purge, purge, purge. I’m not comfortable…
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I confess. I am a bonefide snob. A travel snob. A corporate client recently chose a major European city for his incentive program. I’d given him Cuba … where I…
Read MoreIt’s not often that I am asked, “What was your biggest travel disaster?” So I didn’t have a ready answer when I got that question recently. I suppose it’s a…
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(No) cool wind in my hair… I was in the desert but this was not a highway – rather a dusty road with a rutted surface like a washboard. But…
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If you’ve been following my blog for any length of time, you are familiar with my fascination and appreciation for the exotic, unusual and undiscovered destinations. As our wondrous world…
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I hate goodbyes. But it’s time. It won’t be easy. She’s traveled with me for years, trudging through hundreds of airports and logging thousands of air miles. She’s endured…
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