Instead of a hotel or motel room, why not try renting a chalet or cabin for your family instead? Most  cabins and chalets include amenities like a hot tub and/or sauna, a pool, a large deck and grill, a full-size kitchen and dining room, and such incredible views. And a cabin or chalet vacation rental can actually cost less than a hotel room. With these, you have to make sure you get a signed contract and definitely read any fine print as well. If you want to bring your beloved pet, ask how many pets are permitted, if any, and if there is a size limit. Ask how pet friendly the rental is. Ask about rental activities. What kinds of activities are offered and do they cost additional money or are they free to do? Are you seeking a smaller cabin or chalet rental where you have no rental neighbors nearby? Are you looking for [...]

This winter, you’d really like to fly south for your vacation, so you’re on a quest for the perfect Southern vacation. But you really don’t need any souvenir mouse ears. So, it’s time to visit Alabama! In Alabama, there is no snow, and your Alabama Gulf Coast Vacation getaway awaits you!

Vacationing in Alabama is the perfect getaway, whether traveling with the kids or enjoying your own time off. Families and adults alike revel in the rich culture while visiting Alabama’s many historic cities. Museum and entertainment attractions throughout this southern state let you tour and touch the past, giving you a close-up look at many astonishing moments in time, including the striking architecture. No classroom or online experience can match the impact of an Alabama vacation.

With miles and miles of quiet, sandy beaches, the Alabama coast and nearby Dauphin Island are the perfect spot to relax and recharge and enjoy the abundant pleasures [...]

One of the more popular amenities that guests expect to enjoy during their stay is a swimming pool, especially indoor ones. Hotel swimming pools can be outdoors or indoors, heated or not. In the winter months especially, guests love a heated indoor pool and even better, a hot tub or whirlpool too. Some vacationers will even book a nice hotel room for a weekend in the wintertime just so their family can enjoy a nice heated indoor hotel swimming pool too, as a chance of pace. A pool is a certain enjoyment or luxury. If you have children with you during your lodging stay, a pool is a nice amenity. It helps improve a child’s swimming ability, and allows them to let go of their energy, and for just plain family fun and enjoyment too!

If the hotel says there are changing areas at/near the hotel swimming pool, ask about lockers as well. They may [...]

Did you know that the American Hotel and Lodging Association found that the majority of hotels, motels and other lodging options offer WiFi, even FREE WiFi now? And the study showed that fewer hotels are charging for in-room Web services these days as well. Less than 11% said they still charge for Internet today. One of the newest big questions guests today often ask before booking their stay, is how fast a connection is for their free service. Connection options at many major lodging chains are greatly improving. Guests want WiFi to be free, fast, and simple. Free WiFi has basically become a necessity in this lodging industry. Having free WiFi needs to meet the expectations of the guests for work and for pleasure for business people and family alike.

Guests at many lodging sites get free WiFi on an unlimited number of devices in both guest rooms and in public spaces like the lobby. [...]

Do you have furry family members that you love to spend so much time with, that you cannot bare to part with them for very long? Today, unlike in past years, you can now travel with your pets on your many vacation travels. Did you know that over 63% of households in the USA have a pet and over 29 million traveled with their pet? More than 30% seek lodging that welcome their pets. As for lodging options, there are numerous pet friendly motels, resorts, cabins, hotels, etc to make you and your pets more comfortable and feel safe and have more fun with your fur babies during your trip. While pet friendly hotels are on the rise, make sure your hotel welcomes your pooch before you book your trip. More and more lodging sites see themselves as pet-friendly, but does that mean they really are? If you’re planning a vacation and want to include [...]

Discerning vacationers know that there’s nothing like the East Coast for an exciting winter getaway, and a Delaware getaway has so much excitement to choose from, you’ll be planning your next Delaware vacation before you finish your first! Allow us to be your Delaware travel guide!

Delaware’s tourist attractions are exactly what you’re looking for this season! Families and adults alike revel in the atmosphere and history of America’s “First State”, enjoying both the history of the early settlers of the United States, and the native American tribes who preceded them there.

The museum and nightlife attractions of Delaware are heavily rivaled by the quality of tax-free shopping, including antique shops with some of the oldest inventory collections in the USA, Whether you ski, tour, shop or club, your itinerary will overflow with both daytime and night life Delaware attractions. Delaware loves music, especially jazz music, and is the home to a number of jazz [...]

Next time you take a family vacation during the winter months, consider attending one of these many winter sporting events and games in the local town or nearby towns. For winter sports, see if any of these many snow sports are available for you to watch or play along yourself too, like luge, skeleton, figure skating, snowboarding, snowmobiling, speed skating, bobsleighing, cross-country skiing, Alpine skiing, ski jumping, hockey teams, and bowling leagues. Like playing these sports too? Find out if there are any open public days like skiing, ice skating or hockey. Sports fanatics love the chance of attending a sport event while on vacation. It’s the powerful smell of popcorn and steaming hot dogs and hamburgers, the thrill of fans cheering for their favorite team, the feeling you get when your team wins too! Due to the conditions and the ease of performing activities, sports schedules vary each season. There are hundreds of different [...]

You promised yourself you’d get out and golf more. But winter is here again, and all of your favorite courses are covered in snow. But in the South, there is no snow, and below the Mason-Dixon Line are signature golf clubs and a state-owned courses, just waiting for you to play a few rounds. So get out there and plan your next golfing vacation today!

Between courses you’ll love the great opportunities of Southern attractions like ocean fishing, boating cruises, chartered boats and cruise boats, which are available for sunsets, dinner cruises, dolphin watching, and watersports. And then there’s the beach, and if you want golf and beach, you’ll want Gulf Shore Alabama, whose claim to fame is Small Town – Big Beach, to which we add: Great Golf. Right near the miles and miles of beautiful Gulf coastline to relax, refresh and unwind are more than a dozen world-class golf courses for you to [...]