Best Way To See Portugal
Portugal's Historic Mansions - One of Portugal's greatest gifts (other than its wine) is its vibrant Solares de Portugal ("houses of family heritage),...
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Carbon Offsets – More Hype Than Hope?
Travel honchos in the travel and tourism industry are running a bit scared.With all the hand-wringing about Global Warming, the execs wondered if they are about to become the next Exxon...
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Isle of Skye, Scotland: Hearts and Highlands
Become a TVP Twitter follower at http://www.twitter.com/travelpostcard“Ah, the Scottish Highlands. We always think of Skye as a spiritual...
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Stand Up Paddle Boarding: Great Family Fun
Yolo Boarding? Stand up Paddle Boarding or Stand up Surf BoardingNever heard of it?Well Stand Up Paddle Boarding is new thing to do in the Beaches...
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Catch the GeoCaching Fever!
So, we crossed the wooden Cornish-Windsor Bridge from Vermont into New Hampshire, just over a narrow section of the Connecticut River. It’s the longest covered bridge in the world.The bright...
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See, Hear, The Quiet Places of Virginia
The quiet places of Virginia's Northern Neck in Irvington, Virginia, are a pastiche of dandelion fields, and southern breezesLuxuriate for a weekend at the Tides Inn in Virginia.This...
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Trip Advisor Warns of Fake Reviews
In this space, not so long ago, we posted a Blog called: Can You Trust Trip Advisor? It's here, on Family Travel Forum. So we were not so surprised to see an MSNBc report, on July 15,2009...
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Why Travel (and Anything Else) Can Be Free
By Kaleel Sakakeeny with credit to Wired MagazineKing Gillette had the idea first: Give the razor away but charge for the blade.That’s...
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