If you are like us we love to get out on or in the water whenever we are near the beach. for us it is more a problem of family size and cost than it is a issue with motivation. When you have six people in your family a day ON the water can get a bit pricey. As for going fishing again cost for one of those big charters can be prohibitive. So we often find ourselves having to divide and conquer and take only those that really want to go.
Tossing a line while throwing one back
If you are like us we love to get out on or in the water whenever we are near the beach. for us it is more a problem of family size and More »
Hotels make all the difference
When taking your next vacation, making your long weekend life getaway just right could be the difference of just having the right hotel. But finding the right hotel is getting more and More »
It’s Time again for the beach!
There are literally millions of miles of beach to choose from and consider for this years spring break and summer vacation. while many of you may have already had spring break there More »
New & Noteworthy Apps for your Vacation
We all love taking tons of vacation photos and videos from our favorite tropical spots. With the latest camera phones it is so much easier now to do. Add to that recently More »
Southern California, a tropical gem waiting for you.
For a long time I have been convinced that the Caribbean and Southern Florida are all most people need to enjoy the tropics. Sure there are other beautiful places that have awesome More »
A Taste of the tropics at home
Ever go on one of those vacations and just fall in love with the food? Food as become one of those guilty pleasures especially when you travel. Vacations are supposed to be More »
Tiki’s show up everywhere these days
The tropical lifestyle is all about warm weather, palm trees, sand, beaches, sea shells, steel drums, reggae music, Jimmy Buffett music, Aloha shirts, hammocks, cold drinks, beautiful sunsets……..and we could go on. More »
Hotels make all the difference
When taking your next vacation, making your long weekend life getaway just right could be the difference of just having the right hotel. But finding the right hotel is getting more and more difficult and here is why.
When booking hotels many have begun using apps and online discounters to book their vacation. While this may cave you a few bucks in the long run it could make your vacation less than you hoped for. Many people as us how this could happen and our reply often is more than they considered and deeper than they hoped to go in their search.
What to Avoid When Flying
For the last two months we have been doing a lot of flying. We have been on almost every airline that goes from Florida to California. We have dealt with a ton of over booked flights and been asked on every flight if we would be willing to take a $3-500 voucher to put off our current flight for another flight. So with all of this going on along with heightened security because of Boston how do you enjoy a hassle free flight? Hang loose is the best advice I can give to start. But on top of that here is what we found out about the airlines we traveled and what you might run into with each of them.
It’s Time again for the beach!
There are literally millions of miles of beach to choose from and consider for this years spring break and summer vacation. while many of you may have already had spring break there are some still getting ready to make the annual pilgrimage with their family.Soon summer break will also be just around the corner. Since we live in a Hot Bed of some of the most sought after beaches in the world as rated by Trip Advisor and Frommers and even US News we want to give you the inside scoop on beaches we have visited here in the US that don’t require a passport or expensive airfare to visit.
New & Noteworthy Apps for your Vacation
We all love taking tons of vacation photos and videos from our favorite tropical spots. With the latest camera phones it is so much easier now to do. Add to that recently there has been a rash of new video and photo apps all hoping to be the next Instagram. So with so many choices which ones are worth paying for, you should only download for free and are a disaster even though they look good? We will give you our picks as the best of the best to be released lately. If it’s not on this list it’s likely one of the other categories.
Southern California, a tropical gem waiting for you.
For a long time I have been convinced that the Caribbean and Southern Florida are all most people need to enjoy the tropics. Sure there are other beautiful places that have awesome views, palm trees and great beaches. But for shear beauty without needing a passport or spending a crazy amount of time traveling those destinations have always stood out.
A Taste of the tropics at home
Ever go on one of those vacations and just fall in love with the food? Food as become one of those guilty pleasures especially when you travel. Vacations are supposed to be a time to toss your cares out the window and eat, play, drink and be merry. But with so many people on diets or with health and allergy concerns the food part of traveling has become less of an adventure and more of a scavenger hunt for something that will satisfy yet still be within your diet constraints.It is time to lose those cares and enjoy tropical recipes again, that are loaded with flavor.
Tiki’s show up everywhere these days
The tropical lifestyle is all about warm weather, palm trees, sand, beaches, sea shells, steel drums, reggae music, Jimmy Buffett music, Aloha shirts, hammocks, cold drinks, beautiful sunsets……..and we could go on. But nothing brings to mind the tropical lifestyle more immediately than the Tiki God! Hawaiian mythology brought about these wooden and stone carvings depicting the four major and various other minor Tiki Gods that some Hawaiians still worship today. Take Pele who is known the world over as the Tiki God who brought the water to Hawaii and caused the lava to flow.To this day many Hawaiians believe it angers Pele and is bad luck to remove Lava rocks from the Islands.
Aloha shirts are making a comeback(rumor?)
Once cherished as THE shirt to wear when you are in Hawaii aloha shirts took the world by storm in the early to mid 1930′s and have been a tradition ever since. They hit a peak in the mid sixties when they were brought to America and became an unofficial symbol of “casual Friday”. When most men were required to wear dress shirts and ties Monday through Thursdays some companies began letting employees wear Hawaiian shirts or Aloha shirts on Friday. The campaign even gained legs when the term “Aloha Friday” was coined back in Hawaii and stuck. From then it became a tradition in Hawaii and even had a song made of it. “It’s Aloha Friday…no work ’til Monday!” became an excuse for a three day weekend in Hawaii. You can find Aloha or Hawaiian shirts in almost any shop that sits close to a beach. You know, the ones that carry flamingo’s made of little tiny shells and give you a free sand dollar with every purchase?
It’s time to consider Paradise!
We talk a lot about the tropical lifestyle here. And for many it is a way of life in their home or desk at their office but living there is still a dream. Corporations complain about taxes and being stifled by red tape and more. We are here to tell you it is time to consider paradise!
