

I Resolve To Travel In 2023
Whether or not you are a fan of making News Year’s resolutions, chances are you plan to travel in 2023. Travel is always a great goal,...
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Feb 14, 20234 min read


Restaurant Review -- Royal Caribbean's Chef's Table
When Janet and I take a working cruise we spend a fair bit of time experiencing things we think our clients would be interested in. We...
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Feb 14, 202315 min read


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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Feb 14, 20234 min read


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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Feb 14, 20235 min read


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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Feb 14, 20234 min read


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...
jeff2604
Feb 14, 20234 min read


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...
jeff2604
Feb 14, 20235 min read


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...
jeff2604
Feb 14, 20235 min read


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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Feb 14, 20236 min read


Holiday Travel Helps
Traveling in connection with a holiday, particularly flying, is a mix of joyful anticipation and anxiety-laden fear of disruptions. Janet...
jeff2604
Feb 14, 20233 min read


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...
jeff2604
Feb 14, 20233 min read


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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Feb 14, 20233 min read


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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Feb 14, 20235 min read


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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Feb 14, 20235 min read


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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Feb 14, 20233 min read


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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Feb 14, 20231 min read


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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Feb 14, 20233 min read


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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Feb 14, 20233 min read


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...
jeff2604
Feb 14, 20234 min read


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...
jeff2604
Feb 13, 20232 min read




