Good Times Are Just Around the Bend at this classic Southern Plantation House By Janis Turk Exciting times are just around the bend of the Mississippi River at Houmas House plantation in Louisiana. With the crack of a bottle of champagne against steel girders and the release of butterflies on a splendid spring breeze, Houmas […]
St. Lucia’s Best Caribbean Hideaway: Marigot Bay Resort & Marina By Janis Turk Of all the Caribbean islands, St. Lucia is one of the most enchanting. There, guests can stay tucked away on a private sparkling bay flanked by rainforest-covered mountains and a pristine little beach, making it a sublime vacation or honeymoon spot with […]
Spectacular Suzhou: An absolutely “must-see” Chinese City By Janis Turk If you’re ready to scratch China off your bucket list, but the prospect of a big Asian adventure seems a tad intimidating, then take the advice of one who has made five trips or more to different parts of China. Keep it simple and start in […]
> Two New, Yet Historic San Antonio Hotels in the Alamo City By Janis Turk Meet Emma and Anthony, two attractive luxury hotel properties set in historic San Antonio buildings. Both celebrated grand openings in 2016, and both are poised to be game-changers on the Texas hotel scene. Hotel Emma, a new independently owned five-star […]
By Janis Turk Before Kate Middleton married Prince William and became Her Royal Highness, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, first she was a guest at The Goring. Standing mere steps from the walls of Buckingham Palace for more than 106-years, The Goring is arguably London’s finest family-owned five-star hotel, the quintessential posh English retreat. So it’s […]
Experience Portland Oregon’s Best Shopping, Doughnuts, Coffee & More By Janis Turk I love the smell of retail in the morning, so on a sunny Monday in Portland Oregon, after a spending the night in the warm embrace of Macy’s department store (its doors and well-dressed window displays flanking the entrance of my hotel) I […]
Maui’s Magnificent Hotel, Spa & Retreat Properties By Janis Turk A hundred tourists wearing plastic leis, hula lessons at a giant luau, limbo dancers and karaoke contests in a bar: that’s not my kind of Hawaii. Instead, on the island of Maui, I found two luxurious spa and resort properties that were like a balm […]
America’s Best National Parks aren’t necessarily in the Wild West—they’re in the Pacific By Janis Turk Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Sequoia and Glacier—these names first come to mind when we think of America’s National Parks. But not all of America the Beautiful’s national treasures are found in out west where buffalo roam: the Hawaiian Islands of […]
Ticket to Ride…My Great Scandinavian Rail Adventure By Janis Turk Lately, the word “travel” has seemed synonymous with “hassle”; that is, until I took a peaceful easy rail trip through three of the world’s most scenic countries. Sailing through Nordic fjords, gliding past blue glaciers, chugging by train through blue-bell-filled meadows and pulling into the […]
Fifty Years after the Beatles filmed scenes there, this Buckingham Palace-Stand-in Still Draws Fans By Janis Turk A new documentary “The Beatles: Eight Days a Week—The Touring Years,” opening in US theaters in Fall 2016, is kindling a new fire of Beatlemania, causing even more fans to flock to famous places that once served as […]
Sailing the routes of ancient explorers, travelers unplug from technology and recharge their spirits By Janis Turk No phone? No computer? No problem. For four days and nights, I would cut all contact with the outside world and turn off technology as I sailed to Cape Horn, a mere 500 miles from Antarctica at end […]
So many European cities to see with no driving for you! By Janis Turk If you could wave a magic wand and travel wherever you wanted—Paris, Rome, Geneva, Munich, any place at all—where would you go? If your answer is, “Everywhere!” well, then start packing! Exchange rates are good, fall airfares are low, and train […]
