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The Awe Inclusive Trip You Need Now with Intrepid Travel

By //  by Candace Sampson

Travel in a post-pandemic world is hitting a little different and why wouldn’t it? After two years of restrictions and a non-stop barrage of bad news, weary would-be travellers are purposefully chasing transformative experiences that will heal the soul and expand the mind. The same old cookie cutter vacay is not going to suffice anymore. Think more awe-inclusive, rather than all-inclusive. When I returned to school a couple of years ago, I paid particular attention to the chapter in my Psyc …

Filed Under: Travel, United States Tagged With: bryce canyon, grand canyon, horseshoebend, intrepid travel, national parks tour, utah

before you go to miami

Miami Nice: What You Need to Know Before You Go to Miami

By //  by Candace Sampson

Before a recent trip to Miami I had, what I felt, was a fairly reasonable set of assumptions about this city—fast cars, beautiful people, wild nightlife, and expensive fashion. Otherwise known as not my scene. What would a card-carrying Gap girl, with a little pudge around the middle, and a 10pm hard stop find to keep her happy in Miami? Well, Greater Miami as it turns out, is not all vice. So if you’re debating where to go next now that the world is opening up again, here is what you need …

Filed Under: Miami, Travel, United States Tagged With: best new restaurant miami, everglades, fairchild botanic gardens, hotels in Miami, italian restaurant miami, new restaurants miami, osteria morini, outdoor attractions miami, palms hotel, sustainable travel, sustainable travel miami, things to do in Miami, time out marketplace, zitz sum

titus mountain

Titus Mountain – A Quick Winter Escape Close to Ottawa!

By //  by Candace Sampson

On a recent trip to Titus Mountain in The Adirondacks in upstate New York, I accomplished something I never thought possible—I skied a black diamond hill. In the six years since I first learned to ski, I've become quite the underachiever, sticking primarily to green and occasionally blue-ish slopes. What can I say? I'm a giant chicken at heart. Bock, bock. Needless to say, when my daughters and I visited the Titus Mountain Family Ski Center and I effortlessly skied down a black diamond, I was …

Filed Under: New York, Travel, United States Tagged With: Malone, Saranac lake, skiing close to Ottawa, skiing in the Adirondacks, Titus Mountain, where to ski in the Adrirondacks, where to stay near titus mountain

Stuck in San Francisco, CityPASS Tour, boat tour, iconic destination

Stuck in San Francisco – When Travel Delays Go Right!

By //  by Candace Sampson

It’s not very often that while on the way to one bucket list destination, you find yourself stuck in another bucket list destination, but if it does ever happen to you, consider yourself lucky. My daughters and I found ourselves in this exact predicament recently while travelling to Tahiti. A series of flight delays meant we missed our French Bee flight out of SFO and we were stuck in San Francisco. In other words, best travel delay ever. Finding yourself stuck in San Francisco due to a …

Filed Under: California, Travel, United States Tagged With: CityPASS, flight delay in san Francisco, SFO, short layover in San Francisco, stuck in San Francisco, what to do with 24 hours in San Francisco, Where to stay near SFO

red eye out of lax, spend the day at Santa Monica Beach

The Perfect Way to Spend the Day Before a Red Eye Out of LAX

By //  by Candace Sampson

A red eye out of LAX is not something people typically look forward to, but if you know how to spend the day leading up to your flight, it may be something you actually start to plan on purpose. The best way to make the most of your day before a red eye out of LAX is with your own personal beach butler from Perry's Cafe and Beach Rentals in Santa Monica.  I was able to experience the Beach Butler service with Perry's while on a recent press trip with Visit California and loved …

Filed Under: California, Travel, Uncategorized, United States Tagged With: California, how to prepare for a flight out of lax, Loews, muscle beach, red eye flights, santa monica, santa monica pier, what to do before a red-eye

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