With airfares and ad hoc baggage fees getting out of control in the airline industry, it might be time for you to consider making your next vacation a solo road trip (assuming there isn’t a pesky ocean in the way). An old friend of mine did that many years ago. He’d had a health scare [...]
Posts from ‘November, 2008’
Child-free Vacations
One of the things I try to look for when I go on vacation are places where I am likely to run into as few children as possible. All it takes is one child throwing a temper tantrum to drive away any sense of rest and relaxation I’ve earned on my vacation. It reminds me [...]
Mexico Photo Blog
Just a few pics to get you dreaming of a faraway, warm place….called Mexico.
AAA Virtual Travel Show
Last night, I participated in AAA Travel’s “Biggest and Best Virtual Travel Show” at their website, where they were featuring vacation deals for the coming months from a number of travel partners. I was really looking forward to this show, because I love AAA and their services, and I thought it sounded like a really [...]
Blue Highways: Book Review
If you haven’t read Blue Highways: A Journey into America by William Least Heat-Moon, the classic road trip book, you owe it to yourself to pick up a copy and do so. It should be a “must read” for anyone interested in solo travel. As with most great travelogues, this is not just an [...]
