by Ginny Smith | Aug 30, 2016
Geoff and Sandra Williams from Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, are self-confessed travel addicts. Married for over half a century, they’ve traveled on 41 coach tours with 12 different companies, seen almost 70 countries (many multiple times), and struck up so...
by Ginny Smith | Aug 25, 2016
As we ring in 2017, how better to celebrate the arrival of the New Year than with a vacation? January signals new beginnings and fresh opportunities to be fulfilled, conveniently coupled with low season prices and fewer crowds to contend with at major tourist...
by Alex Allen | Aug 22, 2016
The National Parks of America, though not the eldest of America’s institutions, are certainly some of its best loved. From the jaw-dropping Grand Canyon to the majestic glacier-made lakes of Grand Teton, there are few geographical wonders that do not fall within at...
by Ginny Smith | Aug 18, 2016
Quite possibly the greatest beer event on the planet, Oktoberfest attracts thousands of suds-loving visitors to Germany each year. But while many people book direct flights to Munich, too few take the opportunity to explore beyond the city’s bustling biergartens. A...
by Alex Allen | Aug 12, 2016
Located in a quiet little Alpine valley in southern Bavaria, Oberammergau sits in the shadow of the brooding 1,342-meter peak of Kofel Mountain. Covered in colorful Lüftmalerei (murals) and surrounded by dense pine forests, this unassuming Bavarian town might at first...