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Archive for Category: "Spa Travel"

Bring the Spa Home: Challenge Yourself with Miraval

Bring the Spa Home: Challenge Yourself with Miraval

Dreaming of a summer escape at the spa? Even if you can’t afford that five-star resort, you can recreate the spa experience at home…and not just with a DIY facial. We’re talking about complete relaxation as well as personal growth. One tool to check out is Miraval Arizona Resort & Spa’s new Mindful Living Miraval, a [...]

Restart Your New Year’s Resolutions: 3 New Fit Travel Ideas

Restart Your New Year’s Resolutions: 3 New Fit Travel Ideas

Spring has sprung, but your New Year’s Resolutions have no doubt already sprung a leak. If you’re off-track, Fitglobetrotter Dena Roché offers three ways to use travel to restart your healthy living resolutions.   Don’t give up your goal to get healthy in 2013. Simply use travel to make it more fun and more likely you’ll [...]

Window Seat or Aisle Seat: Time-Off Travel for Busy Moms

Window Seat or Aisle Seat: Time-Off Travel for Busy Moms

Happy women’s day today. I bet you know a few women  who can already use a break. Window Seat or Aisle Seat blogger, family travel expert and single mom Kerri Zane shares six mom escapes throughout sunny California. We’ve all heard of spring cleaning but what about a spring clearing? Clearing of the mind, body [...]

A First Time Guide to Understanding Turkey

A First Time Guide to Understanding Turkey

Labor Day has come and gone and we’re heading into the final months of 2012. Instead of focusing on fall foliage or the Christmas holidays, Peter wants you to maximize your 2012 travel. This September our contributors are covering some bucket list dream destinations. And tomorrow, Peter is hosting his a Twitter party (starting at [...]

Hotel News You Can Use: Accessible Travel, Renovations and Retreats

Hotel News You Can Use: Accessible Travel, Renovations and Retreats

Fall is fast approaching and hotels are gearing up for the final push of 2012. Think openings, renovations and some exciting new retreats and amenities, plus we take a look at a pressing issue among accessible travel. August Hotel Spotlight This week, local disability rights activists in Rochester, New York, staged a protest in response [...]

Girlfriend Getaways: Hiking, Galleries and Natural Spas in Santa Fe

Girlfriend Getaways: Hiking, Galleries and Natural Spas in Santa Fe

Not every girlfriend getaway begins or ends in Las Vegas.  Not that you can’t have a lot of fun there, but instead of the traditional shopping and cocktails, we sent Fit Globetrotter Dena Roché to New Mexico for a Southwestern alternative to the typical getaway. Think natural spas, galleries and outdoor opera in and around Santa [...]

Beat the Heat: 4 Unexpected Summer Activities in Arizona

Beat the Heat: 4 Unexpected Summer Activities in Arizona

Temperature of 110 degrees mights not seem like an ideal vacation, but it can be great for your wallet as well as your sense of adventure. From spas to shooting ranges, Arizona resident Dena Roché shows how to beat the desert heat with four eclectic Southwest offerings.  When the talk turns to vacations, most people [...]

Hotel News You Can Use: Summer Renovations, Openings & Festivals

Hotel News You Can Use: Summer Renovations, Openings & Festivals

Spring has come and gone and so too has spring cleaning. In terms of hotel news you can use, this means renovations, renovations and more renovations. Check out Lily J. Kosner’s round-up of this month’s hotel news you can use. This June we’ve got suites themed after beauty queens and baseball teams on top of [...]