Bucket List of 24 Things To Do in Maui, Hawaii

While traveling to Maui, in Hawaii, I knocked quite a few items off my Bucket List. And found quite a few more to add to yours. 1. Attend a Luau Not many people travel to Hawaii without attending the quintessential luau and there are no shortage to choose from. The Feast of Lele in Lahaina puts on one [...]

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Rambling & Rain at the Ritz in Kapalua

Besides this Maui Ritz Carlton stay, my only other experience with these luxury hotels was eating free lobster gnocchi and pigs tail at their restaurant in Lake Tahoe, California. It was a good one. From the title of this post it may seem as if this will be the start of a negative review. Not so. [...]

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Southern Hospitality and Ghosts at Savannah Inns

I have never stayed in a bed & breakfast before, not even for one of my fifteen wedding anniversaries or forty-two birthdays. It was about time that this goal got a big fat check off the bucket list and a serious bonus that my first Inn experience would be in historic downtown Savannah, where many of the charming B&Bs have a [...]

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The Mirror Hotel in Barcelona. Too Trendy?

When I research hotels, trendy and elegant are always on the top of my list. And price. I don't want to spend a lot for luxury. I'm not asking too much. Really. I spent days researching lodging in Barcelona, Spain and the winner was The Mirror Hotel in Eixample. A location decked out in pure [...]

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Feeling the 5 Stars at London’s Royal Garden Hotel

Let me start by saying that I am not one of those girls who always has to vacation in pure luxury. I have been camping. Even peed in the woods…once. But, after staying at the Royal Garden Hotel, five stars is something that I could get used to. Easily. From London's Heathrow Airport we took the [...]

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A Seattle Hotel Thank You Letter

Being a business owner, I am fully aware of the unbalanced ratio between good and bad customer letters. Too many people will only correspond with a company when they are harboring a grudge, instead of praising them for their favorable experiences. And that's why I added "Write a Thank You Letter to a Company" to my bucket list. Businesses need to know [...]

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Can I live at THEhotel Mandalay? Pretty Please.

I have only stayed at one other 5-star hotel before in my life, The Peninsula in Chicago, and they put chocolate on my pillow. Not the cheap kind, but the really good stuff with a high quantity of cocoa butter. The best part was that my ex-company footed the bill…score. I was dreaming of chocolate covered [...]

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Relaxing in a Warm Costa Rica Hot Spring

Natural Hot Springs exist all over the world and are defined as sites where groundwater is discharged at a particular location. Out of all the places in the world, I was lucky enough to relax in a Costa Rica Hot Spring at the Tabacon Resort in Arenal. The amazing resort, located at the base of the Arenal Volcano, features [...]

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