May 17, 2013 | Author: Beth Blair
Once in a while my family falls in love with a hotel that we know we will return to again and again. Most recently, that hotel is Renaissance Blackstone Chicago Hotel, located right on Michigan Avenue and a coin's toss from Grant Park and Millennium Park. [Read more]
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May 13, 2013 | Author: Jennifer Miner
Let's face it: there are an overwhelming number of lodging options in Orlando, Florida. No surprise here, as the theme park capital of the world is also the most popular travel destination in the United States. Universal Studios Orlando has its own hotels, [Read more]
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April 17, 2013 | Author: Jennifer Miner
The JW Marriott Ihilani is a 5-star resort in the Ko Olina area of Oahu in Hawaii. A renovation a few years ago (2010) spruced up the already lovely property, ensuring its relevance and stability despite Disney's Aulani right next door. There are [Read more]
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March 22, 2013 | Author: Jennifer Miner
Waikiki is a lively, urban destination in Oahu; the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa is on Kalakaua Avenue across from the famously warm Hawaiian Pacific Ocean. It makes for an affordable luxury travel experience. Waikiki is the most distinctly urban [Read more]
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March 5, 2013 | Author: Contributor
The recently redesigned Shore Hotel in Santa Monica may indeed be a state-of-the-art, award-winning, glamorous modern hotel designed to LEED Standards. It may in fact be perched in one of the most popular destinations in the world, across the street from [Read more]
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January 28, 2013 | Author: Jennifer Miner
There's such an overwhelming amount of travel information in the world, it's beneficial to be able to narrow down your sources to solidly reliably ones. For parents planning family vacations, a new contender, MiniTime, is sure to come to the head of the pack. [Read more]
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January 22, 2013 | Author: Jennifer Miner
Welcome to The Vacation Gals' 50,000 Starwood Starpoints giveaway! What would you do if you won this 50,000 Starwood Starpoints giveaway? That's a LOT of travel/hotel points, and I'm so happy to be able to help someone win it. People who sign up for the SPG [Read more]
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January 21, 2013 | Author: Jennifer Miner
Maui is the favorite tropical vacation island of many travel authorities (and we're talking in the world here, people, not just of the Hawaiian island chain). Naturally there are a ton of lodging options on Maui, from cheap hostels to mind-bendingly expensive [Read more]
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January 11, 2013 | Author: Jennifer Miner
The best luxury resort hotels in Maui, Hawaii that are appropriate for family travel tend to cluster on the southern and western sides of the island, where the surf is more reliably calm and child-friendly. Those of us who've had to console young children [Read more]
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December 10, 2012 | Author: Jennifer Miner
Have you seen the Travel Wish Map online application on Starwood's website? Starwood Hotels and Resorts is in the business of helping travel wishes come true. Travel wishes and bucket list dreams are part of many people's lives: anyone who enjoys seeing the [Read more]
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