Archive for December, 2008

Top Tips for Worry Free Trips

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

1. Take along a medical professional
If your budget allows for it, and you need another chaperone on the trip, consider asking your school nurse to go along on the trip with you. Other alternatives could be the parent of a student that is a nurse or physician. This person often will get a free [...]

Birthday Gift For Him

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

It’s birthday time for Dad, Uncle Mike, brother, boyfriend, teacher or any other significant male in your life. You must buy this special fellow a present, but what to give – what to give?
It’s fun to buy birthday gifts for boys and men. You must first think about whom it is you are buying [...]

Credit Card Travel Tips: Some Do’s and Don’t’s

Monday, December 29th, 2008

Most people would never think of traveling without credit cards -and for many good reasons. Credit and charge cards can certainly give you an edge while on the road: You do not have to carry as much cash – a definite security advantage – and you WILL receive a record of all your transactions [...]

POS Dealers

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

Choosing your point of sale, or POS, systems could be a disaster if you approach the wrong dealer and go for the wrong equipment. A new technical product hits the markets every seventeen seconds. A good percentage of this is POS technology. And, there are a myriad of dealers and manufacturers for POS equipment, hardware [...]

Switzerland – Interlaken, Zurich, St. Moritz and Geneva

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

Switzerland is the land of skiing, chocolate and very private banking. Ah, but there is so much more to experience in the land of neutrality.
Interlaken
Interlaken gets its highly creative name from sitting on the split of land between two lakes. If you’re looking for a little extreme sporting, this is place. You can backpack, horseback [...]

Jewelry Obsession

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

All women love jewelry, it is an obsession we are born with and there is nothing we can do about, it is a simple fact of life. My case is a little more severe than most women, I cannot get my self to simply say no to buying jewelry. Fortunately for my financial stability I [...]

Living Like A Native In Morelia, Mexico

Friday, December 26th, 2008

The beautiful, rustic, old, colonial city of Morelia is situated about halfway in between Guadalajara and Mexico City and has a thriving population of around 1,000,000 people. It has everything from historical buildings and monuments to modern-day conveniences, shopping centers, restaurants, movie houses, universities and colleges, etc. What makes Morelia special, though, is its people. [...]

Vacation Apartment Rentals – Traveling to Paris, Prague, Nice, Cannes, or Rome with a Touch of Home

Thursday, December 25th, 2008

Seasoned travelers often tire of the standard routine of airplane, hotel, restaurant and visiting museums and cultural attractions. So as an alternative, some of these travelers look for ways to get more in touch with the local culture of the place they’re visiting. One way of doing this is short term, vacation apartment rentals.
Thanks to [...]

Philippine Travel: Cagayan de Oro

Thursday, December 25th, 2008

Known as the “City of Golden Friendship” Cagayan de Oro is a little less than 500 miles south of Metro Manila (approximately 80 minutes plane). It is around thirty hours from Manila by sea. By land, the city can be reached within forty hours from Manila. Cagayan de Oro is the capital of Misamis Oriental [...]

Southampton City Guide, Including Hotels

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

Introduction:
Set on the coast of Hampshire, south of Winchester, this is a place that abounds with a fascinating heritage. The Romans, who established it as a seaport, founded Southampton approximately 2,000 years ago. This was the port from which the ill-fated Titanic had set sail on her maiden voyage in 1912. Even though the place [...]