Category: boomer travel

• Family Travel: Mom & Daughter Trip to Toronto

  

    My daughter Sarah is going away to college this fall, and I wanted to take one last ” just the girls” trip with her before she fully started her own individual life adventures away from home. But where to go? Because of time constraints, we wanted to travel some place that was relatively close…

  kimsswidler

  August 14, 2013

  boomer travel, Canada travel, Family event, Family Travel, Fashion and Travel, Foodie Finds, General, Historical Travel, Mother-daughter travel, Stories, Toronto travel, Travel dining

• Arriving in St. Kitts

      St. Kitts , an island in the West Indies that borders both the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea was spotted by Christopher Columbus in 1493.  Nicknamed the “Sugar City” because of its sugar cane industry, the area has now focused for at least the last ten years on making this the tourist destination…

  kimsswidler

  August 8, 2013

  boomer travel, General, Marriott resorts, Senior Travel, St. Kitts, St. Kitts Marriott, Stories

• How Do You Get To JFK/LaGuardia from Albany?

  A few weeks ago I was invited to attend a press trip to the St. Kitts Marriott and Royal Beach Casino . I was very excited to go especially because I had never been to St. Kitts before, and I had heard great things about this resort. The hitch was that I needed to find…

  kimsswidler

  August 5, 2013

  boomer travel, General, Marriott resorts, Premiere limo, Senior Travel, St. Kitts Marriott, Stories, Tips, Travel to JFK

• Boomer Travel: Growing More Than Ever

  Check out Stephanie Rosenbloom’s interesting article on how the travel industry to trying more than ever before to attract people between the ages of 49 and 67 years. And why not? This demographic amounts to 26 percent of the population and is said to control the majority of our country’s disposable income. Various changes are…

  kimsswidler

  February 19, 2013

  boomer travel, General, Senior Travel, Stories

• How the State Department Can Help You Abroad

  Click here to read excerpts of Emily Brennan’s interview with Brenda S. Spague, the State Department’s deputy assistant secretary for passport services concerning tips on how this governmental entity can help you if something goes wrong during your trip abroad. Her advice includes: 1) What to do if you’re traveling somewhere off the tourism grid…

  kimsswidler

  February 5, 2013

  boomer travel, lost passport, Senior Travel, state department, Tips, Travel Health