10 Reasons to Stay at the Montage Beverly Hills

Smoked salmon at Scarpetta

My wife Natalie was in LA this past week and since she was on assignment for Style at Home and for her blog OhTravelissima.com, I got to tag along with her while she lived the good life at the Montage Beverly Hills. The hotel was so incredible and if you haven’t been, you should consider [...]

15 Reasons to Stay at the Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel

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My wife and I recently spent two blissful nights at the Beverly Wilshire, a Four Seasons Hotel located in Beverly Hills. It’s an incredible property with lots of features to recommend it. Here are 15 reasons to stay at the Beverly Wilshire. 1. It’s the Pretty Woman hotel Even though the movie Pretty Woman came [...]

100 Free Rooms at Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City

100 Free Rooms at Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City

Check it out!  Caesars Entertainment Atlantic City will be hitting the streets of New York City tomorrow to hand out hotel room key cards for 3,000 FREE rooms at one of Caesars Entertainment’s four Atlantic City resorts and casinos. Passersby will have the chance to snatch up a room at Caesars, Harrah’s Resort, Showboat or [...]

California Winter Fit Multisport with Backroads: Sugar Bowl, Sonoma, Sausalito, San Francisco

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This incredible adventure trip with Backroads began with a flight to rainy Reno, Nevada, on Easter and a short drive to Sugar Loaf Mountain in Tahoe. Not knowing what to expect, I met one nice family in our casino meeting spot and another single older lady, and before you know it, we picked up another [...]

Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler: Let the Good Times Roll!

French Quarter, New Orleans

In a city with a history as rich as its food, first-time visitors will experience why some call New Orleans “The City that Care Forgot.” When I arrived at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport after an easy flight from Baltimore, I was whisked away to the newly renovated Sheraton Hotel, whose prime location on [...]

Top 10 Reasons to go on a Backroads Trip – Enhance Your Life With Active Travel

Our group walked over The Golden Gate Bridge and back to our hotel - Cavallo Point Lodge (Photo credit: Melissa Curtin)

Recently, I went on a weeklong journey with Backroads, the world’s #1 active travel company. Their California Winter Fit Multisport Trip took our small group from the snowy mountains of Tahoe (Sugar Bowl Ski Resort) to the wine country of Sonoma to the idyllic marina town of Sausalito ending our adventure in sensational San Francisco. [...]

The New Legoland Hotel in Carlsbad, California

Our Kingdom themed room.

That familiar sound of plastic Lego pieces hitting each other is what you’ll hear when entering the new Legoland Hotel. The newest San Diego County hotel has brilliantly placed a big sandbox filled with thousands of lego pieces in the middle of the lobby for young guests to hop in and enjoy.  As a parent, [...]

An Av-Geek’s Passion Sees 2nd Season on Travel Channel

A collision of 2 planes on the airfield causes damage to the tips of the wings

An av-geek for more years than I care to count, I’ve managed to work my immense passion for all things airlines into nearly every aspect of my life, for better or worse. (No family vacation, after all, is REALLY ever a true holiday when you’re traveling with an av-geek. You can ask my wife about [...]