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Vacation tips, tricks, and stories from around the globe

Most of us associate New Year’s Eve with Times Square in New York City, counting down the hours, then minutes, then seconds until a sparkling ball descends to ring in a new year. I don’t know about you but just the thought of dealing with the crowds in New York gives me extreme anxiety. I […]

  Photo credit: https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/ You are so excited, you have decided to take kids to Walt Disney World for Christmas. Maybe you are even planning on surprising them with packed suitcases under the tree. Then, you start researching or worse, ask for tips in your local Facebook Moms group and you get incredibly dejected when […]

  If you have been following me for any length of time you probably know how much my trips to EPCOT as a child have inspired my love of travel. How meeting the international cast members and hearing them talk about their native lands had me wanting to visit them.  One of my favorite destinations […]

  Every Disney fan has a dream of visiting the Magic Kingdom at Christmas time, seeing all the festive decorations and watching the parade they remember waking up to see on Christmas morning. Unfortunately, that parade is filmed in segments in early November. There is a wonderful Christmas parade with the gingerbread men, reindeer, and […]

  For so many parents the only time they can take a vacation is over their child’s Christmas break. They want somewhere warm and sunny (especially if they live in New England, like me) but they don’t want to completely lose the spirit of the holidays.  I have put together a list of some of […]