jeff2604
- Feb 14
- 4 min
A Plane Ticket Is Not A Sweater
Like most people in my generation, I grew up with the belief that there is no such thing as a free lunch. That is a lesson yet to be...
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jeff2604
- Feb 14
- 5 min
A Peek Behind the Curtain
One of the comments Janet and I see most often on our social media posts are people telling us how much they wished they had our jobs. I...
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jeff2604
- Feb 14
- 4 min
The Scary Cost of Travel
If you’ve traveled recently, or considered it, you know inflation has hit the travel industry. Hard. Air travel leads the pack in high...
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jeff2604
- Feb 14
- 4 min
I'm Positive
It would be hypocritical of me to continue writing about COVID without acknowledging that I tested positive after getting home from our...
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jeff2604
- Feb 14
- 5 min
Flying Sucks And There's Nothing You Can Do About It
There isn’t much you can do when your flight gets cancelled or delayed, or when your bags don’t show up on the baggage claim carousel. I...
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jeff2604
- Feb 14
- 5 min
It Must Be True...I Read It On Facebook
I do very little on social media these days beyond posting pictures and videos of our travels, my kids and grandkids, and the critters in...
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jeff2604
- Feb 14
- 6 min
Don't Be a Chuck
The unfiltered behavior that has become the norm for some people in the virtual world of social media isn’t acceptable when you are a...
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jeff2604
- Feb 14
- 3 min
Holiday Travel Helps
Traveling in connection with a holiday, particularly flying, is a mix of joyful anticipation and anxiety-laden fear of disruptions. Janet...
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jeff2604
- Feb 14
- 3 min
I Kissed a Girl and I Liked It!
I wanted to hate it. I really did. But I loved it. Janet loved it too. We loved everything about it. Our voyage on Scarlet Lady. I...
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jeff2604
- Feb 14
- 3 min
Let's Get Physical
I’ve started thinking about packing for my cruise with Virgin Voyages. We leave for Miami in three days and set sail in four. And yet I...
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jeff2604
- Feb 14
- 5 min
Let Me Entertain You
Imagine a cruise where “New York’s best comedy club, Austin’s most talented musicians, a handful of gold medal gymnasts, and the ghost of...
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jeff2604
- Feb 14
- 5 min
Deja Vu Dining
Janet and I are now about a week away from boarding Virgin Voyages’ Scarlet Lady on her second sailing out of Miami. I’ve been following...
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jeff2604
- Feb 14
- 3 min
The Band
Everything about Virgin Voyages is technology driven, and all onboard experiences revolve around two things...The App and The Band. The...
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jeff2604
- Feb 14
- 1 min
Like a Virgin
I’m nervous. I want to be excited. Really, I do. There’s nothing like one’s first time. But I’m nervous. I’ve never experienced anything...
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jeff2604
- Feb 14
- 3 min
Go Beyond the Truck Stops
Janet and I drove our son Rob’s SUV from San Diego to Maryland…we are storing it for him for while he and his family are stationed in...
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jeff2604
- Feb 14
- 3 min
Have I Got a Deal for You!
This past holiday weekend, my e-mail queue was chock-a-block full of messages from suppliers across the travel industry telling me they...
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jeff2604
- Feb 14
- 4 min
Come On Baby Light My Fire
When I have a bad day in the kitchen it’s usually really bad. Like a couple of years ago when a fire truck pulled up to the house with...
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jeff2604
- Feb 13
- 2 min
Stay-cation, Fake-cation…State-cation
Travel at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic was challenging. I mean, really challenging. People embraced the concept of a...
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jeff2604
- Feb 13
- 3 min
The Q
No, not the Star Trek continuum character. The letter. One of the people I have come to respect the most in the travel industry is Royal...
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