Travel Tools & Advice

My explorations of the Clarington travel region on August 3, 2012 continued with a visit to Tyrone Mills, a saw mill and flour mill that …

The mystique of train travel has fascinated people since the dawn of the industrial age. From the smoke-belching steam locomotives of the 1800s to the …

Mexico is a country that has long fascinated me, particularly its colonial heartland. I have travelled there several times and am taken in every time …

You probably know by now that one of my personal passions is languages.I truly love the mental challenge of learning foreign languages and I think …

A few weeks ago,around my husband’s birthday,we were thinking of taking off for a quick package-deal week in the sun.We never got to go because …

We all hear the term “global warming” all the time. During recent months I have started to read travel stories how the permanent ice cap …

How to become a concerned traveler,not just a tourist.. Servas travelers are warmly welcomed in more than 15,000 homes throughout the world. You know by …

It was a beautiful evening for a stroll tonight,so I went down to one of my favourite places: Toronto’s waterfront.Listening to the melee of languages,observing …

Non-mainstream forms of travel have fascinated me for a long time. Combine that with affordable travel and the possibility to make the travel experience a …

As so many times before,this website continues to create contacts with so many interesting individuals.This morning I received an email from a person in Santa …

This is the second in a series that will review the Rolling Rains Travel & Disability Links collection at Suite 101.This piece examines the category …

“Vacation” is a magic word.Use it in a conversation and people are likely to momentarily spirit off to their private bit of paradise; disappear to …

By Scott Paul Rains, Travel and Disability Editor In a previous article,”Multi-Sensory Travel Specialists – Outta Sight Travel,” Jackie Hull recounted the history of Outta …

I have been experimenting for a while now with travel photography, and every time I go away I take hundreds of pictures.The most I ever …

One of the topics that I am fascinated with is the cross-cultural adjustment process.As an Austrian immigrant in Canada I know that even a move …

You can imagine,as a travel writer who does a lot of walking,skating,skiing,mountain-biking,camping etc.,the right equipment in terms of luggage,clothing and footwear becomes an important element …

Learning and exploring is one of the big mottos of this website and learning vacations are one of the best ways of expanding one’s mind. …

Those of you who have seen the movie The Holiday are probably already familiar with the concept. But for those who have never heard of …

If you love travel as much as we do, you like to get away as often as you can to experience the excitement of new …

Looking for an original and cheap way to travel the world? Then, CouchSurfing might just be the solution you have been searching for. But what …

When it comes to long distance travel, people tend to think of air transportation first. However, train travel can be a nice option that should …

Being able to speak a foreign language opens many doors when travelling abroad. Even being able to speak just a few words in a foreign language – phrases like hello, please and thank you – will generally give you a much more welcoming reception among the locals.

I am always on the lookout for innovative, unconventional, and first and foremost, cost-saving ways to travel. I recently came across the concept of “caretaking”, …

Virtually all my favourite travel spots in the world combine mountains and water and Vancouver just has it all. Located on the edge of the …

Non-mainstream forms of travel have fascinated me for a long time. Combine that with affordable travel and the possibility to make the travel experience a …

I always keep my eyes open for interesting people, and Krista Scott just absolutely grabbed my attention. I first met Krista 2 days ago on …