November 2024 Archive

Part 3…Solo travel…Safety equipment (for couples and groups, too)…

  A pretty scene in the gardens at the Maui Tropical Plantation. With considerable information regarding safety equipment and precautions for solo...

Part 2…Solo travel…Added costs…

With such a lengthy post today on potentially added costs for single travel/supplement, we decided to extend this post topic to three...

Part 1…Solo travel…

    After all these years of posts, we have yet to write about solo travel. As more readers write about the...

Addition to yesterday’s post…

Yesterday's post described the annoyance of correcting errors made by companies we deal with. One we failed to mention was a payment...

Spending time fixing errors on various accounts…Making choices to suit our personal desires…

  It's hard to believe how much time I spend each month fixing errors on credit cards, health insurance bills, purchases, and...

Which is better?…

This morning, while I struggled on the elliptical, I wondered if it would be easier and better for me to use the...

We’re back…We’re booked!…

  We are thrilled to have booked our flights to South Africa for March 1, 2025, 107 days from today. We'll arrive...

No post today…We’ll be back tomorrow…

Travel stats 2024, after the pandemic…Is it a benefit or deterrent for travelers?…

  It's interesting but vital for us to know travel statistics as we plan future international travel. No, we aren't going to...

A terrifying thought about a medical emergency and rescue at sea…See our photos…

Nothing is more frightening for a cruise passenger than becoming so ill that they must be evacuated to the nearest hospital. Often,...