Travel plan idea blog

Different style vacations

I hope to get a fairly broad sample of travel experiences. From cruising to Alaska, to live action roleplaying, to shopping in Europe, to all-inclusives in the Caribbean, to Ducksan, to road trips through Canada, and so on.

I want this blog to reflect not only all of my travel interests but even some travel that isn't really my style but that might be your style. So today I happened to find a bunch of articles on vacation style that I thought I'd share. If you plan to read them all you'll need to set aside some time...

This article talks about golf and gambling in Michigan. I'm not a big fan of either so this might be one of the last kinds of vacations I check out. Not that I'm against sports vacations. It might be rewarding (but highly unlikely to be fun) to go spend a month with some famous trainer who gets boxers or athletes into shape, for example.

Speaking of gambling, Atlantic City is going upscale. It seemed pretty upscale when I went a few years ago but since I don't like gambling I don't see myself returning anytime soon.

This one talks about all-inclusive resorts, claiming that there are different styles of all-inclusive. That's true to some extent since there are adult only resorts, nudist resorts, resorts we can't afford, etc.

This article is about family vacations in Austin, Texas. I was in Austin for about a day and would certainly be willing to go back.

This article is about an artificial salt cave spa near Chicago. The article makes me want to go see the real thing in Poland more than the imitation in Chicago...

This one talks about honeymoon style (in Florida). I like honeymoon articles even though my honeymoon ended years ago because it's still possible to get great romantic vacation ideas from these articles. Although something tells me that I'd be traveling solo if I went on the one that sounds best to me:

It's a roughing-it kind of adventure, but exploring the Suwannee River Wilderness Trail could appeal to nature-adoring newlyweds. Make your base at one of the new, fully equipped, air-conditioned cabins ($99 a night) in Stephen Foster, Suwannee River or Fanning Springs state parks and do day trips by canoe or bike or hike into the river wilderness. No televisions or telephones in cabins, so honeymooners can devote all their attention to each other.

With this article you can read about staying in the Ritz Carlton and rebuilding New Orleans at the same time. Kind of sad how the US has largely forgotten about New Orleans, but I have a friend who lives there (by choice - she's a social worker) and that city is still suffering mightily.

And of course, this blog goes back a few years and has lots of travel plans and ideas for various style vacations so if you still feel like reading, take a poke through the archives here.

Posted by James Trotta at August 18, 2008 8:28 PM