Travel Blogs

The family that travels together, stays together.  This holds true to Menachem Lifshitz’s family.  Melly along with wife, Rochelle, always find time to bring their kids whenever they go outside the country.  Traveling has become a bonding tradition that keeps all the members of the family intact, contented, and happy. Melly Lifshitz and family have been to a lot of traveling.  Their cruise vacations include trips to the  Mediterranean as well as Caribbean and Baltic cruises on cruise lines...Read Full Story

Air Jamaica and JTB continue to work together to promote annual music Festival slated for January 22 - 24, 2009! Jamaica: The Jamaica Tourist Board and Air Jamaica have once again partnered with Turnkey Productions to be major sponsorsof the annual jazz and blues festival held each January in Montego Bay. A strategic decision was taken to rename the festival to give the Jamaica Brand prime positioning. To facilitate this move the JTB agreed to add their official JAMAICA branding to the name...Read Full Story

Plaza De Espana, Guam   O ne of the remnants of Spanish colonial rule on Guam is located in the center of the capital city, Hagatna, near the Catholic Basilica called the Plaza de Espana. These restful looking ruins that are typically landscape are the remains of what used to be the seat and home of the Spanish Governor of Guam. As a young boy, this was a park that I would go play in and enjoy, especially when the flame trees were in bloom. I remember the quietness of the place and the little...Read Full Story

One of my favourite Welsh haunts is Tenby and it's surrounding area. There is so much to do, it makes for a perfect family holiday - even if you don't get beach weather every day. Tenby itself has plenty of facilities for the traveller and plenty of room on it's beaches. There is an array of places to eat with fresh fish being the speciality along with a variety of Welsh lamb dishes. Venture into the surrounding countryside for attractions such as Folly Farm (for the kids), Pembertons...Read Full Story

Melly Lifshitz official Google profile account. A single page wherein all his blogs and social networking pages are integrated.Read Full Story

Pontins is experiencing a Renaissance with UK travellers staying at home this year. Following announcement of a £50million investment plan, the traditional UK holiday company are advertising for 2000 new workers to meet the demand of new bookings coming in. Why is this? Two reasons as far as I can see: 1) The upsurge in UK holidays is due in part to caution over spending in these harsh economic times. 2) The drop in pound sterling against the Euro has meant that European travel is far too...Read Full Story

In these days of carbon footprints and recycled everything , it should be no surprise to find people building hotels out of old containers... This is not just a quirky one-off, as major UK hotel chain Travel lodge are pioneering this with a hotel in Uxbridge - I really want to find an excuse to go and stay there!! For some time, Travel lodge have been investigating and developing the idea of sleeping pods (this from the company who actually have a Director of Sleep - a job for which I fear I...Read Full Story

I recently researched the concept of home swaps as a means of a comfortable holiday at a reasonable cost. My first search was the basis of my original post, my more extensive search has highlighted Home Base Holidays as an excellent resource if you have seriously considered this type of holiday (and even if you haven't, go and have a look at what is on offer, you might change your mind). Home Base Holidays is run by Lois Sealy a native Canadian who runs the service from London, England. They...Read Full Story

In the days of cheap flights, it is becoming increasingly cost-effective to fly-drive to most destinations world-wide, not necessarily with a fly-drive package, but by locating your own cheap flight and finding your own car hire . I recently had to price up a trip to Mid-France and it actually turned out to be cheaper to get a flight to a nearby airport AND a hire car than it would have been to get a direct flight to the NEAREST airport. With today's fuel prices, driving to the continent is...Read Full Story

There has already been a drop in travel and flights as a result of economic downturn, the strong Euro is going to add to the cost of European travel for UK holiday makers. In contrast, the home travel industry could well reap the benefits as the Euro and the dollar are now going further in the UK. Currency changes always have the capacity to cause panic in various quarters, but there are always sectors that benefit from the changes whether they be a weakening or strengthening of the currency...Read Full Story