Are you ready to go cruising this fall and winter? But which cruise line to pick or where to go? Well, our friends at CruiseCompete sent me their CruiseTrend report for 2017 and it has a wealth of information, like:

Every time American tourism officials - in this case Brand USA - try to paint a rosy picture regarding inbound tourism numbers in the Donald Trump era, reality smacks them in the face.

BARCELONA - Just got back from a week of driving through Catalonia’s Pyrenees Mountains and I must say this is one of the most beautiful areas of the world.

Every year about this time I’m faced with he same dilemma: Which restaurant should I take my sweetheart to on Valentine’s Day? One of our favourites? A new highly touted room, perhaps? One with a celebrity chef? So many choices! However, this year, thanks to OpenTable, I have 100 to choose from.

Every year about this time I’m faced with he same dilemma: Which restaurant should I take my sweetheart to on Valentine’s Day? One of our favourites? A new highly touted room, perhaps? One with a celebrity chef? So many choices! However, this year, thanks to OpenTable, I have 100 to choose from.

Are you ready to welcome in the New Year with a big party? Well, if you’d like to be part of some big beach parties in 2018, and be warm at the same time, our friends at cheapflights.com have sent us their Top 5 New Years Beach Parties and now we’d like to share them with you:

It’s my greatest fear - to lose my wallet while I’m abroad. Either through carelessness or pick pocketing, most travellers have the same fear. Dealing with losing credit cards, ID or a passport can be a nightmare in other countries. So, if you’re planning a trip abroad, here’s what you should know, according to Jocelyn Baird at NextAdvisor.com, about the potential of becoming a fraud victim while you’re out of the country:

One of the places I’ve put high up on my 2017 Travel Bucket List is Quito, Ecuador’s lovely capital city which sits 2,850 metres above sea level, making it the highest national capital in the world. Anyone I know who has visited Quito, with its Andes backdrop, tells me it’s one of the most beautiful cities in the world and the people there are some of the friendliest in South America. If that’s not enough of an incentive, the Quito Tourism Board sent me five more reasons why I should be ther...

We all know Bob Dylan is a musical genius but I didn’t know he has something in common with Rodin, Michelangelo and Picasso - he’s a sculptor just like them. However, I bet Rodin, Michelangelo and Picasso couldn’t sing like Dylan. Few can! Soon we’ll all see how good a sculptor Dylan is when the MGM National Harbor Resort opens it’s doors in Maryland. That’s because guests will enter the $1.3 billion casino resort through a “Portal” iron archway sculpted by Dylan.

I've always maintained the only way I'm going to the High Andes where treasures like Machu Picchu are located is if someone builds an escalator to get me to the top. Hiking in high altitude is not my bag. Well, the people at Belmond - the luxury travel operator once known as the Orient Express Co. - must have been listening because they're building a luxury train that will take passengers into the highest reaches of South America. Sign me up!