Travel Tips & Advice
Travel tips & advice from the Travel Diary. Find interesting articles and blog posts with tips to enhance your vacation by our authors and guests.
Seasons Greetings 2022
Wishing each and everyone of you a truly joyous and safe holiday season filled with peace, love and good cheer.
A Word About Cruising in 2022
At our agency, taking care of your health and well-being are one of the most important things we do. With the recent headlines, we understand some of you may be concerned when it comes to planning or booking travel on particular cruises.
Door to Door Cruising with Silversea
Watch the attached video to discover what Silversea's all inclusive fare entails as Ken, host of Ask a Real Travel Expert, talks with Joe Leon, VP for Field Sales with Silversea.
A Look at New Cruising Protocols
Many cruise lines have been pro-active in researching and implementing new measures to keep you healthy and safe. They have published all their protocols on their websites for prospective cruisers to see and a few have employed third party inspectors ...
Should I Buy Travel Insurance?
You have just decided on your vacation travel plans, consulted with your travel professional, and laid your credit card down for the deposits required to reserve your holiday plans. The subject of travel insurance has just come up, and having just spent money on the deposits and with the total amount left to pay ...
Top 5 Reasons to Use a Travel Professional
Your travel professional will take time to get to know you – your likes, dislikes – everything that determines the right fit for you in a vacation. Based on this, he/she will give you recommendations and carry out all the travel bookings of your choice.
Athens | Tips & Quick Facts
Chances are if you are cruising in the eastern Mediterranean you will either embark or debark in Piraeus, Greece, or visit there as a port of call on your itinerary. Piraeus is the port to Athens and though there are sights to see and many museums in this place, Athens is where you want to go.
Fun in the Sun | Barbados
If you have a warm weather vacation in mind, Barbados should be near the top of your list if not at the very top. Like a few other islands in this southern vacation wonderland, it is the Caribbean with an English twist: ...
Anyone for Afternoon Tea?
Have you enjoyed a traditional British tea in your travels? If not, you are missing out on a delightful custom. You don’t have to visit the British Isles to partake of this meal as many hotels, restaurants and cruise lines offer their version.
Rome Tips & Advice
Prepare yourself for an unforgettable experience when in Rome. You will, in all probability, wish to see the usual tourist favorites: the Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, the Vatican and the Colosseum.