Articles about travel destinations and experiences.
August 9, 2010
Maui Wedding Vacation in Lahaina – Day 2 I woke up at 6am on day two of our vacation at the Royal Lahaina Resort in Maui. My wife had already been up since 5am with our 10 month old son Christian. We were all still adjusting to the three hour time change. Light flooded into ...
August 8, 2010
Maui Wedding Vacation in Lahaina – Day 1 Here we are at last. Day one of our Hawaiian vacation in Maui is finally coming to an end. My wife is fast asleep in our master bedroom suite here at the Royal Lahaina Resort, while I’m in our living room marveling at how we survived the ...
August 8, 2010
Southern California, also known as SoCal, is basically the southern half of the state of California that includes the well-known cities of Los Angeles and San Diego but that also includes Orange County, Riverside, and San Bernardino. My family, the Hogans—include mom Dora, our two girls, Holly and Lenore, and of course me, Garrett. Holly ...
August 7, 2010
Imagine spending a week in Cabo San Lucas Mexico with 75 of your closest friends and family. Now picture them all lounging in and around the infinity pool and beach at the all inclusive Cabo Dreams Resort in your honor! The spectacular Dreams Los Cabos Resort on the Sea of Cortez is the place my ...
August 6, 2010
In early October of 2006, my wife and I flew to Hawaii and stayed at the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort for one week. This was our second time visiting the island of Kauai together, and we were looking forward to enjoying a relaxing honeymoon vacation at one of the most highly rated hotels on the ...
August 3, 2010
What a perfect Hawaiian vacation! The first half of our adventure was spent at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel next to the ritzy glitzy Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center on the island of Oahu. Besides the daily ritual of sunning, swimming and fine dining, we spent countless hours in and out of the various stores, boutiques and ...
August 2, 2010
My wife was about 4 months pregnant and I wanted to plan one last vacation as a couple before the baby arrived. It was our first baby and although I was excited about becoming a Dad, I was also very concerned about how much our lives would change once the baby arrived. Although we had ...
August 1, 2010
After experiencing the cold blast of a rare New Jersey winter storm in January, my wife and I were ready for our up and coming warm and tropical February family vacation in Hawaii. We were in New Jersey visiting my wife’s side of the family for almost 1 week, and it was the first time ...
July 30, 2010
In September of 2003 our family embarked on a lavish (and I really do mean lavish) trip to Cabo San Lucas Mexico. My resourceful and diligent brother-in-law Todd planned the whole thing from start to finish as he had done many times before. He spent months researching family destinations in Mexico that would accommodate our ...
July 30, 2010
If you live in Southern California and need a primo vacation spot for your family that’s a short drive away, then the Hyatt Grand Champions Resort in Indian Wells is the place for you! We were there with our entire family in late August of 2009. We rated it very high on the “kid friendly” ...