So you are ready to leave the country and set forth on a Caribbean adventure but with all the islands to choose from, where do you begin? Perhaps you should start at home. The U.S. Virgin Islands, 1100 miles southeast of Miami, are an excellent entrée to the Caribbean without leaving the comfort and security of home.

Costa Rica is a land teeming with the paradoxes of its geographical location, bridging North and South America and the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The resulting climate makes it ideal for year-round travel. The forces of nature are at their spectacular best here, churning out rainforest and volcanoes, great beaches and vistas. The animals and plants of the region are of two great continents. The diversity of flora and fauna, of geography and terrain all come together here in a mere 50,895 square kilometers. Learn more about this spectacular beauty!

Departing October 30 and returning November 6, 2010 … join the 3 Blonde Moms on a Halloween cruise benefiting the Save the Ta-Tas Foundation onboard Royal Caribbean’s NEW Oasis of the Seas … get the details here!

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Find out who said “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” and other travel related quotes.

The only thing more beautiful is the price! Five to twelve nights in New Zealand, airfare included, with prices starting from $999 per person!

from Shane C in Tennessee (May 2010):
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Our trip to New Zealand was the second vacation that Susan planned for us. There is nothing I like less than planning a vacation. Yet there is nothing I like more than traveling and vacation. Susan came through once again by letting me be lazy about the planning and [...]

Each island in Hawaii is a world of its own, and each deserves a leisurely pace, an opportunity to get to know it up close and personal. To really make the most of your island vacation, be adventuresome and rent a car.