17 Safety Tips When Traveling With A Large Group
Published on March 19, 2019
By: Paddy Hockett Traveling to a new and exciting place with a group of your best friends or family can be such a rewarding experience. You’ve decided on the perfect destination, made sure everyone has their funds and updated paperwork in order, the flights are booked and your bags are packed. But how do […]
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Published on March 14, 2019
By: Jared Alster; Vice President, Marketing; Cox & Kings, the Americas Jared Alster is Vice President of Marketing for Cox & Kings, the Americas, and a travel industry veteran. Before his role at Cox & Kings, Jared was co-founder and VP Marketing for StrideTravel, the largest marketplace site for multi-day tours and adventure trips. Prior […]
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Family-Friendly Itineraries: Gladiators and Castles and Penguins, Oh My!
Published on March 7, 2019
Traveling is the ultimate opportunity to strengthen family bonds and spend quality time with loved ones. Without the distraction of regular day-to-day activities, a vacation together encourages families to unplug and reconnect, creating time for children and adults alike to grow, learn, and become better global citizens. All that’s needed for a successful vacation […]
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7 Art & Cultural Events Worth Traveling for in 2019
Published on February 20, 2019
By Kelly Anne Gould, Travel Impressions An avid traveler with a background in writing and literature, sharing her love for cultures foreign and familiar alike is what fuels Kelly Anne Gould’s passion for writing. As copywriter for Travel Impressions, she does just that across numerous channels for travel agents, from social media to marketing and […]
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Wildlife Viewing with Arctic Watch for the Active Traveler
Published on February 11, 2019
By Daven Hafey, Quark Expeditions Wildlife guide and documentary producer Daven Hafey has a passion for all things related to wildlife, weather, tides and Indigenous culture. He has guided on more than 40 polar expeditions, in the Canadian Arctic, Greenland, Alaska and the Antarctic. The Arctic. Just speaking the name evokes a wide array […]
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Top Destinations to Visit in 2019
Published on January 17, 2019
Drum roll please…the hottest destination of 2019…is Italy! Credit: Insight Vacations That’s according to a recent survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) for the tour operator members of the United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA). With Italy leading the pack, the top 10 “hot” destinations for this year include Iceland, which ranked second, followed by […]
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Antipodean; Across the Himalayas
Published on December 13, 2018
By Ryan Neal Cordwell, AFAR Ambassador Just as Galileo had made headlines with his findings of the universe, some seven-thousand kilometers away, the great unifier Zhabdrung had just tossed a replica of the sacred Buddhist relic into the Mochu River. This implausible gambit, midst a grim and unflattering outlook, had effectively ended the Tibetan invasion. […]
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Rubies of Bhutan
Published on December 3, 2018
By Ryan Neal Cordwell, AFAR Ambassador “Chilis,” Dorji responded. I hadn’t yet asked the question, but drawing from the gaze I wore at the passing valley as our tour descended unto the mountain Kingdom of Bhutan, he’d preemptively and accurately answered. Why are the roofs painted red? They weren’t painted, of course. Their otherwise […]
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How to Make the Most of Your Safari Experience
Published on November 16, 2018
By Megan Murphy, AFAR Ambassador Africa changes you forever, like nowhere else on Earth. I heard that time and time again from friends, colleagues, and fellow journalists who were touched by the magic of safari. But only now that I’ve been on a Kenya Private Safari with Monograms do I whole-heartedly understand how true that […]
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African Adventures: Up Close with the Big 5 and Beyond
Published on November 5, 2018
By Megan Murphy, AFAR Ambassador Acclaimed travel writer Brian Jackman once said, “Everything in Africa bites, but the safari bug is worst of all.” I can now say with certainty that after being bit—hard—by the safari bug, I will never, ever be the same. As an impassioned animal lover and enthusiast of travel and […]
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