Speaking of Princess...

Princess Cruises Features 21 New Adventures Ashore for 2009 Alaska Season

Gourmet Feasts, Exhilarating Ziplines and Private Fishing Expedition Highlight Variety of New Options

I'm all over this one right here!

Wild Alaska Culinary Extravaganza (Icy Strait Point) – A culinary demonstration and hands-on cooking course where visitors can learn about the local seafood, with guidance on filleting and cooking fish such as salmon and halibut as well as how to cook, crack, clean and eat a crab with style. The excursion concludes with a family-style feast.

Dealing with an unexpected death on the road

No one expects to come home in a casket. But more Americans are. The number of claims made on death benefits by On Call International, a travel assistance service in Salem, N.H., has almost doubled in the last three years, rising from 125 claims in 2005 to 247 last year. Its numbers reflect a broader industry trend.

This is just in case you violate one of those laws in those other countries! But seriously, be prepared!

World's Strangest Laws

Driving shirtless, strolling in your swimsuit, or just forgetting to flush the loo: Here are some odd laws that can get you in trouble around the world...

My Dad would have gotten a ticket in Thailand for sure!

Alaska Wilderness Sale

New roundtrip Seattle cruisetours with Princess – incredible fares, free upgrades, and more! This is the offer you have been waiting for. Highlights include:
Convenient new roundtrip Seattle cruisetours, featuring a 7-day Voyage of the Glaciers cruise and a land tour with stays at our two Denali-area wilderness lodges
Princess Direct-to-the-Wilderness same-day rail service between Princess wilderness lodges and the ship
Free stateroom upgrades and incredibly low fares
Airfare included between Seattle and Anchorage or Fairbanks at either the beginning or end of the cruisetour, meaning even more convenience for your clients who need only book travel to and from Seattle
Alaska’s top two attractions – Glacier Bay National Park and Denali National Park – on every cruisetour.

There are a lot of great Alaskan cruises But Princess Cruise Lines really goes the extra mile. Contact me for information and dare to explore Alaska!

Oddball Theme Cruises '09

Do fighting in a joust, jamming to your favorite polka band and trying to solve a murder sound like a typical leisurely cruise? For folks aboard theme cruises, they are getting exactly what they paid for. Whether you fancy astronomy, espionage or the ukulele, chances are there is a cruise out there for you.

Do you have an idea for a group cruise? Contact me and let's put one together!

Best Restaurants in New Orleans

Nothing, but nothing, has the power to spoil New Orleans’s appetite. The people of this city love to eat, and they eat it all—from simply fried oysters and perfectly dressed po’ boys to cutting-edge dishes served Cajun style. Here, a meal-by-meal primer of the Big Easy from a lucky visitor who came to eat and stayed to listen.

Just look at that shrimp po' boy! I gotta get me one!

Colleges warn students about Mexico travel

The U.S. State Department and universities around the country are warning college students headed for Mexico for some spring-break partying of a surge in drug-related murder and mayhem south of the border.
"We're not necessarily telling students not to go, but we're going to certainly alert them," said Tom Dougan, vice president for student affairs at the University of Rhode Island. "There have been Americans kidnapped, and if you go you need to be very aware and very alert to this fact."
The State Department stopped short of warning spring breakers not to go to Mexico, but advised them to avoid areas of prostitution and drug-dealing and take other commonsense precautions.