[ad_1] Getting your home organized is a popular New Year’s resolution. News outlets, magazines and department stores offer plenty of suggestions and products to help you cut down on the clutter and turn a chaotic home into a calm, tranquil haven. Yet while creating order in your living space can bring a great sense…
[ad_1] Permaculture is a system of designing our surroundings. It can include everything from how our home operates efficiently and how we sustainably acquire our energy to how we produce our own healthy organic foods. It is this last item—growing food— for which the permaculture movement gets the most attention. But permaculture designs are about…
[ad_1] Unconventional luxury might be the best way to describe The Georges, a boutique hotel in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley. Comprising five buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries, this upscale accommodation opened in 2014. It is located in Lexington, Virginia, on both sides of a very charming Main Street. The hotel fits…
[ad_1] MS Chi-Cheemaun ferry travels to Ontario’s Manitoulin Island from the Bruce Peninsula. Located in Georgian Bay at the north end of Lake Huron, Canada’s Manitoulin Island is the largest freshwater island in the world. This largely rural Northern Ontario isle has quiet lake beaches, scenic hiking trails, and many opportunities to learn about the…
[ad_1] Hilton hotels are known for sticking to a formula that serves conventioneers and business folks. They are not about whimsey or charm. Instead, they deliver the promised amenities in a no-nonsense fashion. The Hilton Saint John is no exception to this rule. The hotel’s 197-guest rooms are stocked with ergonomically desks and chairs. Décor…
[ad_1] Sometimes I hear about a cheap place to live and it’s a country that’s not on my radar, one I haven’t been to yet. That’s the case with Lithuania, a Baltic country that’s in the north of Europe. It sits between Poland to the south, Latvia to the north, and Russia to the east….
[ad_1] When I was interviewing expats about the cost of living in India, that brought back a flood of memories about the months I spent traversing the country over several visits. It reminded me of all the madness, yes, but also made me nostalgic about my time exploring the country, from the Himalayas down to…
[ad_1] In general, if you’re from a developed country with a long history and you want to visit another country abroad, the immigration requirement is simple: show up with a valid passport. These “visa upon arrival” arrangements are more common than not. It is good to know which countries require you to do something in…
[ad_1] I put this post up in 2020, which was a terrible year to be a travel writer. Or work in the travel industry. Or own a travel business. Nobody was going anywhere, countries were closing their borders, and many people I knew were stuck in a foreign country, unable to get home to be…
[ad_1] Is your jaw dropping when you look at high season travel prices? (And not in a good way?) In what feels like the blink of an eye, flight prices seem outrageously high on some routes again. It could cost you $1,500 for the cheapest fare to Europe, $700 to cross the USA, $600 round-trip…
