Search Vacation Packages

Some people think the only way to cruise is to hop a boat at Fort Lauderdale and head straight for the Bahamas. I beg to differ. There is far more to cruises than just relaxing on a deck as you’re transfered from one indistinguishable Caribbean beach to the next.  Whether you choose to visit a traditional or unusual destination, you can always find deals on discount cruises from providers like DiscountCruises.com. Here are five cruise destinations that will make you rethink what a cruise can be.  There’s far more to these five destinations than frosty cocktails served poolside! Svalbard Image: mike.thomson75 The enormous and remote island of Svalbard, part of Norway, is well above the Arctic Circle.  If you’re looking for an incredible wilderness, Svalbard will thrill you like few places can.  Consider this: even in the capital city of Longyearbyen, everyone walks around with a shotgun — to shoot attacking polar bears. Halong Bay Image: Stephen Chip...

Blissful Brisighella: the hidden medieval village in Emilia Romagna, Italy Italy | Europe Published: February 2019 Disclosure: My accommodation was provided by the Blogville project | This post contains affiliate links A single tour guide slowly strolls past us, unfathomably waving a flag in the air to direct her three faithful followers into the purple flower framed cafe. The Brisighella Olive Oil tasting we attended turned out to be a private and palatable treat just for two. And, at the castle, one of three structures towering on the trio of hills around Brisighella, the guide paused his lunch break and accompanied us, the only visitors, around the well preserved 13th-century building. How, in the radiant heat of the June sunshine was this postcard-perfect, Instagram-friendly, insert-all-the-travel-cliches-because-its-true, Italian village practically deserted? Brisighella might be nearly unknown to foreign visitors, that is unless they happened upon...