February 5, 2012

How Do You Define Adventure Travel?

whitewater rafting

Adventure.  It’s different things to different people.  And when it comes to adventure holidays, those definitions are all over the map – literally and figuratively.  Fortunately adventure travel has become broad enough to include everything from cultural interactivity to adrenaline pumping action in a way that lets travelers create an experience that they’ll never forget. [...]

Flight Attendant Friday: Where Next?

A question that I always get asked, and the answer is always different! Q.  Where are you vacationing next? A.  This is a question that every Flight Attendant loves to talk about, because there are usually so many places on our list of places to visit. Here’s how my travel calendar is shaping up for [...]

Learn the Heimlich Maneuver

You’re in a restaurant and see someone choking on a burger, do you know what to do?  You see a child choking on a piece of candy, do you know what to do?  You’re at the beach and see someone on the chaise lounge next to you gasping for breath and looking like they can’t [...]

CONTEST: Royal Holiday Vacation Club

Ah, vacation!  It conjures up all sorts of wonderful day dreams, grabs our attention and “forces” us to spend countless hours doing “research” on the internet at great travel blogs like Flyaway Cafe.    We pick up guidebooks, go to the library, we talk to friends.  Sometimes the planning is a great deal of the [...]

New Poll: What's Your Vacation Destination?

Despite the struggling economy, people are still traveling. We may make cutbacks in the length of our travels, where we go and what we do, but I’m glad to see that most of us still understand the importance of seeing something beyond our own backyard. This month’s poll is my unscientific attempt to identify the [...]