[Updated 11/7/22] Making recycled Christmas decorations at home is a fantastic opportunity to slow down and savor the holiday season. It gives us a chance to spend some quality time with our family and friends, not to mention avoiding the ever-increasing consumerist trappings of the holiday season. Using waste materials for our homemade holiday crafts is even…
Thanks to growing interest by travelers to connect with the history of destinations and the land on which they are built, agritourism and farmstays have become increasingly popular in the past couple years. There are farms that allow visitors to dig in and help out by feeding the animals or picking produce. Others offer a…
Are you buying dad a new power tool for Christmas? Or a new digital camera for mom? Or maybe you’ve stocked up on remote control cars or other battery-operated toys to place under the tree for your little ones on Christmas morning? If so, a simple way to make those purchases more “green” is to…
When the USA, UK, and other countries set new records for daily Covid-19 cases and deaths, the situation in Africa was looking relatively positive. Travel dried up then though and in 2022, numbers still weren’t back up to the levels of three years before. If you have an African wildlife safari on your bucket list…
I admit I knew little about the city of Antwerp, when it was recommended to me as a stopover on my way from Holland to Brussels. Fortunately, what I was to discover was truly eye-opening – and one of my serendipitous finds was our hotel for the night: Mercure City Center Antwerp, a premium property…
Glamping has become one of those increasingly popular travel industry buzzwords over the past few years. Combining the words “glamour” and “camping,” it’s a trend that has taken off as the rise of mass tourism has led more people to embrace the eco-friendly ethos of Responsible Travel. But what is glamping? How does it differ…
A permaculture garden differs from other modern farming techniques because its focus is on more than merely growing food. Permaculture practitioners seek to find balances between the give and take of nature– animals included– and the needs of humanity. From sustainable homes and renewable energy sources to food forests, the permaculture movement is about much more than gardening. However,…
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 of…
When people started looking for options to travel safely in the USA when the travel restrictions got rolling, a whole lot of them turned to road trips and camping. As a result, some people found the opposite of what they were hoping when they entered the parking lots and full campgrounds at our nation’s famous…
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 right…
