CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. THANKS FOR ENTERING! Winter is coming, so what could be better than spending three nights in the Bahamas at a gorgeous resort? We want to help make your winter vacay plans come true! Atlantis, Paradise Island is an ocean-themed playground for families featuring a wide … [Read more...]
March Break getaways perfect for “kidding” around!
Cliff-side in Barbados The Crane Residential Resort in Barbados is a perfect place to get away with the family this spring break. The cliff-side resort is only a 15-minute drive from Bridgetown airport, on the southeastern part of the island. Many guest rooms are suite-style, equipped … [Read more...]
Travel Trends: The Top 6 Most Spectacular Suites
Dare to dream? Some people go on vacation not only to escape the everyday, but to have the most lavish experiences possible. With that in mind our friends at Siren Communications have rounded up six of the most luxurious options for travellers, specifically when it comes to accommodation. From … [Read more...]
The Cove, Atlantis, is For Families Too
There is something liberating about spending your days and nights at a resort where everything you could possibly wish for is at your fingertips and available with a wristband or a swipe of your room key. Although it was a trip I took alone and loved for all the adult experiences I had there, … [Read more...]
My Time In Paradise – Paradise Island, That Is
My time at The Cove in Atlantis, Paradise Island, was simply spectacular. The hotel is truly beautiful, the service top notch and the weather, perfection-you know, oven door hot-so hot that it felt like someone had opened the oven door every time I walked outside. But it was more than that. It … [Read more...]
Nothing But A Bikini, A Wristband and my Lifelong Fear
While on assignment in Atlantis, Paradise Island, Labour Day weekend, I decided it was high time I faced my only real fear on earth. My whole entire life I have suffered from a fear of height. I am perfect in planes or high up the CN or Eiffel Towers. I can mountain climb at a steepish grade but … [Read more...]
The First Thing I Did When I Got There
This past weekend marked the 7th anniversary of the end of my marriage. I spent it in a brand new and wonderful way. Labour Day weekend has, for more than a dozen years, always looked a certain way; family cottage weekend, organizing of binders and books, end of summer BBQ, sharpening pencils, … [Read more...]
sweet juxtaposition
Labour Day weekend has meant the same thing for me for the last 15 years. It has been a final cottage weekend, a family weekend and then a pack up and a move back to the city. Labour Day Monday we would organize binders and new knapsacks and then spend time with school friends … [Read more...]
Last Minute March Break Deals
t's time: Family Day is gone, the Christmas holidays are a thing of the past and looming front and centre? A week of entertaining the kids. Sure you could ship them off to camp or pawn them off on the in-laws but where's the parental-bonding-plus-I-need-a-break-too in that? These March Break … [Read more...]