Whistler British Columbia

Whistler BC… or Whistler Blackcomb as the resort is known… is located in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia near the foot of Garibaldi Provincial Park’s 10,000 foot peaks (3,000 m). It’s only about 78 miles (125 km) north of Vancouver. It was once a sleepy little ski town, but now it’s been developed into [...]

What Is A Visa

If you haven’t traveled to exotic locations, you may well ask, what is a visa? The more adventurous you get with your travels, the more you need to know about documentation. You’re getting ready for some adventure. You’ve got your passport…. then someone tells you you might need a visa…. OH NO! Well, it’s just [...]

Ways to Travel

After traveling for many years, we know there are many ways to travel. We understand that each of you will be traveling for different reasons and have different goals and experiences in mind. We’ve offered many suggestions on what we think is good travel, but the bottom line is, there is no right way or [...]

Volunteer Vacations Close To Home

Volunteer Vacations are nothing new, but it seems like almost every day there are new opportunities to volunteer while you are on holiday. More travelers say they want to do something beyond just sitting on the beach. Non-profit organizations and others are rushing to fill the need by developing one and two week “volunteer tours”. [...]

Cruz Bay Vacation Guide

Cruz Bay has a distinctive atmosphere which sets it apart from other towns in the U.S. Virgin Islands. There is a perfect combination of West Indian tradition and contemporary attitudes. The locals who live their permanently number less than 5000, and they are supplemented by a cosmopolitan mix of predominantly European and American tourists, many [...]

Disabled People Can Much More Readily Use Modern Lightweight Travel Wheelchairs

Accessible wheelchair travel is becoming a lot less complicated nowadays as the majority of sectors are now fully geared to disabled or mobile impaired people. The use of travel wheelchairs is much greater as there are fewer obstacles put in the way of the disabled traveler. There are almost as many different types of wheelchair [...]

Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island is, interestingly enough, not where you find the city of Vancouver. That city is on the mainland. The city most people head for on Vancouver Island is Victoria. Did you know that Victoria is the capital of British Columbia? Victoria is a popular tourist destination, but the whole island is worth visiting. In [...]

Vancouver Harbor Cruise

Experience outdoor Vancouver. Take a Vancouver Harbor cruise, and you don’t even have to break a sweat… no hiking or biking or kayaking. Take a break from all the walking, the museums, and the galleries. Just sit and relax and enjoy the view. You can take something as simple as a one hour scenic tour [...]

Vancouver BC Canada

Vancouver is one of the prettiest and friendliest cities on the west coast of North America. The Gastown district is where we’ve stayed when we visited Vancouver. It’s where the city first started, and it still has cobble stone streets and many buildings left from the late 1800s. There is a steam clock you shouldn’t [...]

Trusted Traveler Programs

Trusted Traveler Programs have been instituted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Patrol. There are three different programs as of this writing; all are attempts to save you time. They provide expedited travel for pre-approved, low risk travelers by allowing them to pass through special lanes and kiosks at certain airports [...]

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