Summer of 2017-Rob turned 50. We took a lavish birthday trip to the Amalfi Coast, and stayed in Ravello, Positano and Capri. Summer of 2018-our 20th anniversary and I turned 50. I treated myself to many trips last summer including London for Wimbledon, Nashville and Apsen. Summer of 2019-nobody is turning 50 but I still […]
Category: Europe
Positano-By Land And Sea And Wow!!
How many ways can you get to Positano from Ravello? Why by car, by boat or by feet. I chose feet! Rob and I had a driver (for a not so small fee) take our luggage from Ravello to our hotel in Positano. We had another driver (for a not so small fee), take us […]
Advantage The Points Mom!-Wimbledon Plus For My 50th Birthday
Advantage-The Points Mom! We headed to London over July 4th for a 4 night stay at the Waldorf. Recall, I used 320,000 Hilton Honors points for this stay and saved $1440. Yay me! The main purpose of the trip was a day at Wimbledon for my 50th birthday. However, I couldn’t go to London […]
Discovering The Beauty Of Portugal-Just Like Her Clients
By Sami Nick Airlines have added so many direct flights to Portugal from the U.S. so it has quickly become a tourist hot spot. There was so much interest from clients that I had to see for myself what the hype was all about. We flew into Lisbon and had a driver take us down […]
Amsterdam Adventure: Trains, Boats and Bicycles
By Roberta Lasky Having grown up on Netherland Avenue in the Dutch-named Spuyten Duyvil* section of Riverdale in The Bronx**, I have always had a strong interest in visiting Amsterdam. Planning our summer vacation in Europe, my husband and I decided to add a three-night trip to this city that has so many meaningful […]
It’s All Greek To Me
By Jodi Baretz With much excitement my husband and I were finally headed to Greece. We were supposed to go 20 years ago on our honeymoon but, another event got in the way. I’m not a big planner so minus a few dinner reservations we were going to wing it. Since we have the Starwood […]
Why Ireland?
By Marlo Klein. Why Ireland? The world is a big place and I intend to see it all (if I’m lucky). So not every destination I pick is popular. I found recently that when I chose Ireland as this summer’s place for Andrew and I to explore, I got many of the same reactions..”really, why […]
Losing Ourselves In Ravello With Many Mamas
Rob and I headed to the Amalfi Coast for Rob’s 50th birthday. (I chose the trip 🙂 ). We stayed in four spots during our 8 days there. We spent two nights in Ravello, two nights in Positano, 3 nights in Capri and 1 night in Naples the eve before our flights home. Many people […]
From Biscuits To Butter Beer To Bunkers…..One Family’s Busy Week In London
By Jessica Reinmann. When our son turned 9 we decided he was finally old enough to start traveling (our daughter is 13). We thought London would be the perfect first international trip with no language barrier. We used the company Queen of Clubs to plan our excursions and we were very happy with them. We […]
Paris-The City Of Sights, Bites And Of Course Lights!
How many macarons can we try in four days? Answer- A LOT! For 4 days in Paris, over Christmas week, my family ate up the history, the culture and the food of the City Of Lights. Whether we were tackling the Eiffel Tower in unbearable conditions, solving a mystery at the Louvre, descending deep underground […]