Today, dear reader, I’d like you to pull up a chair — it could be Mark Cuban’s or Barbara Corcoran’s — as we play “Travel Shark Tank.” Each contestant who is seeking…
Author: Richard Turen
The ultimate busman’s holiday
Just how long is a ‘too long’ bus trip? In various forms, that question comes up a lot during the vacation-planning process. A two-hour bus ride from the airport is far too…
This is how I know which cruise line is the best
This was my 107th cruise. That sounds like a lot, but if you consider that I have been sending clients off on luxury cruises for three-and-a-half decades, that I take our annual…
I found the rest I needed across from a strip mall
Sometimes you just go down a highway, along the coast, passing mansions and shops designed for 1% of the population. Sometimes you drive over a short bridge and head for a corner…
A frustrating hotel mystery solved in the Luberon
You can spend a lifetime seeking that unique vibe, that special something, that aura, that certainty of excellence. True beauty is often elusive. To say that, at last, I found my favorite…
Paradise is a flight and a drive away
This is the first destination I have ever visited where a delayed landing is the preferred method of arrival. I had four nights to dive into the Turks and Caicos Islands, and…