Travel

Sometimes a weekend away–totally away–can be the most luxurious travel possible.

Vacation Reviews and Libel

Reviews and Libel
January 19, 2023
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by Roberta Murphy Thompson Vacation reviews are generally good and truthful and help us in making travel plans.  These reviews, whether on AirBNB, VRBO,  Booking.com, Trip Advisor or many other sites, are generally pretty helpful. But very occasionally, a review might step over the libel line and and leave both the reviewer and the publisher open to a libel or defamation complaint. This basically occurs when the review identifies a…

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From Egypt to Israel. From Loss to Love

New Year’s Eve 2018 was unique. I said goodbye to a pivotal year in my life and greeted a new decade, not knowing where it might lead. I was also on board a plane with oldest son Scott, bound for a tour of Egypt.  The trip had been planned months before, as we deliberately planning to be airborne and far away from the prior year’s loss. You see, this New…

January 6, 2023
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The Luxury of Disconnecting

Disconnecting at Little Palm Island Resort
May 23, 2019
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by Roberta Murphy I may dream of disconnecting from all things electronic, but fly into a panic when wifi goes down or more frequently, can’t find my phone. And I know I’m not alone. But there’s a persistent fantasy that I will one day deliberately land in some remote (and beautiful) location where there is no wifi, no television, no internet–and no clocks. I would be with my soulmate and…

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Luxury Home Digest a Top Travel Blog?

Luxury Homes and Travel
October 20, 2014
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by Roberta Murphy  Imagine my surprise this morning when we   were notified that Luxury Home Digest had   been named a top travel blog in the world– albeit #87 on the list!  Though we’ve written plenty about luxury homes, luxury destinations and favored hotels, more recently we’ve warned about travel to Mexico and Egypt because of political issues and potential dangers to travelers in these locations. And advising our readers to…

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The Luxury of a Senior Discount

Senior Discounts
May 22, 2013
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Who doesn’t like a discount when stepping out? Below is a long list of restaurants, stores, grocery chains, airlines , hotels and car rental agencies that offer senior discounts–with minimum qualifying ages ranging from 50 to 65. Many of these discounts are not published or advertised, so you must ask for them. Please print or save this link for future reference, and if you have any corrections or additons, please…

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Tourism in Egypt Implodes

September 15, 2012
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by Roberta Murphy Travelers from all nations once had the luxury of cruising Egypt’s Nile River, exploring the country’s ancient pyramids and steeping themselves in the mystery and intrigue of Ancient Egypt. But that was before the Great Recession and recent political and civil turmoil. Egypt had been planning on a tourism rebound in 2012, but it appears those plans have gone up in flames as Royal Caribbean International cancels…

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