Travel Hacks | The Basics For First Time Cruisers
With these travel hacks for first-time cruisers you’re all set to start your journey. Learn about food, shipping, security, shore excursions and much more!
Repositioning Cruises | The Best Value Afloat
Cruises are funny. For some, they are a passion, an obsession even. For others, mention cruises and you get, “Meh, I don’t get it. Not for me.” I’m part of the passion camp. The whole idea of being in the middle of the ocean with the pink sands of Bermuda still lingering in my mind, […]
Florida Keys | What You Can Learn From My Trip: Part 4
Ernest Hemingway Home There was a long line to get into the Ernest Hemingway Home in February, so we went to the Key West Lighthouse and Keeper’s Quarters instead. I like lighthouses and you are rewarded with nice views of Key West from the top of the tower if you can climb up the stairs. […]
Florida Keys | What You Can Learn From My Trip: Part 3
The Blue Parrot Inn & D.J.’s Clam Shack From the Green Parrot Bar we went back to the Blue Parrot Inn to regroup and watch the pouring rain from the porch. (Although the rain was unlucky overall, we did seem to get indoors by the time it was really coming down.) When the rain let […]
Florida Keys | What You Can Learn From My Trip: Part 2
Driving To Sugarloaf Key The Overseas Highway is 113 of the 174 mile drive from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to Sugarloaf Key (17 miles from Key West) and it is a lovely and interesting drive (even in the rain, though it was only overcast with the occasional drizzle). You take the Florida Turnpike through mainland […]
Florida Keys | What You Can Learn From My Trip: Part 1
Our Flight I used Southwest Airlines frequent flyer points in 2015 because I worked a Southwest credit card in 2014. In June, while checking sale fares to Las Vegas (because I’m constantly checking air fare to Vegas) I noticed a really good fare from Philadelphia to Fort Lauderdale. We had driven the Overseas Highway from […]
