I asked my community one simple question: what film inspired you to travel? The answers poured in — Tuscany, Greece, Africa, Iceland — and reminded me that every trip starts long before the airport. It starts with imagination.
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I came across a fascinating BBC Travel piece recently — The Evolution of the Wellness Retreat — that put words to something I’ve been watching happen in real time with my clients. If you’d like to read it, I’ll link it below. But I wanted to share my own take, because after nearly 20 years
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Here’s what I’ve noticed after nearly 20 years of building river cruise itineraries: guests almost never come home talking about the ship’s spa or the included Wi-Fi. They come home talking about Prague. And that catches people off guard, because Prague isn’t a river cruise stop. It’s not on the Rhine, the Danube, or the
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When most people think about adventure travel, they imagine dramatic landscapes, wildlife encounters, and once-in-a-lifetime destinations. Vigur Island, in Iceland’s remote Westfjords, delivers all three. What I didn’t expect was that one simple stick would become one of the most memorable lessons of the entire journey. As our Zodiac landed on the island during
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Before I set foot on a glacier, stood beside a waterfall, crossed a lava field, or watched puffins soaring above Iceland’s rugged coastline, I spent several hours at Perlan’s Wonders of Iceland in Reykjavík. Looking back, it may have been the most important stop of my entire journey through the Westfjords with Aurora Expeditions,
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When people hear “wellness travel,” they often picture yoga retreats, spas, meditation classes, green juices. Those experiences have their place. But my recent journey through Iceland’s Westfjords — travelling with Aurora Expeditions as part of ACTA’s Immersive Expedition Cruise program — reminded me that some of the most powerful wellness experiences don’t happen in
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One of the things I love most about expedition cruising is what it does to your sense of perspective — quietly, almost without you noticing. Most travel experiences are designed around us. Our schedules. Our preferences. Our timelines. The Galápagos Islands are different. Out there, the wildlife makes the rules. If
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There are some journeys where the destination is the highlight. And then there are journeys where the trip itself becomes the experience. After spending two days aboard Rocky Mountaineer travelling from Vancouver through Kamloops and onward into the Canadian Rockies toward Banff, I was reminded why luxury train travel has such
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Ottawa river cruise specialist Sheila Gallant-Halloran previews AmaWaterways’ new Magdalena River cruise in Colombia — with insider tips, current offers, and why this destination is unlike anything in Europe.
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The Power of Awe “Close your eyes.” Our private guide started counting: “1… 2… 2.5… quarter to 3… 3…” And then we opened them. No picture prepares you for this moment. The Taj Mahal doesn’t just look beautiful. It feels overwhelming. Emotional. Surreal. You spend your whole life seeing it in books, movies, documentaries… And
