Having done my civic duty and voted early, the wife and I decided to do something different this time around and be away during the elections. It’s not that I have heart problems or anything, but watching an entire night of early returns, exit polls, and the subjective opinions of men I wouldn’t trust to hold my wallet if my life depended on it, we both decided life was too short, and it would do us good to go somewhere during all the madness and just relax.

We figured life would go ...

While planning our itinerary to Portugal, we managed to squeeze some extra days into our holiday schedule. Although we considered a number of mainland options, the Portuguese islands looked interesting as well.

During previous trips to Europe and Africa, we have flown over these archipelagos, but had never visited. Being remote and so topographically different from our day-to-day surroundings, we were curious to explore and learn more. We considered ...

Updated 11-15-2012 at 05:04 AM by omegaet

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Whether it’s refrigerator magnets, an antique letter opener, or even a coconut, it’s always a good idea to have something physical, and tangible to remember a place by. In our home my wife and I have an entire shelf dedicated to small items, trinkets, and oddities we’ve collected over the years, including everything from seashells I found free diving in Aruba, Hawaii and Bali, to antique weapons, vases, bowls, cups, and even potsherds we found in Corinth.

Every piece holds ...

Our LL package included a 5 night stay in an angel room, breakfast, $75 credit to use in the spa or dining room and taxes.

We arrived at the hotel around 4:30pm after a short local Sansa flight to Quepos to pick up our rental car. The drive from Quepos was around 45 minutes on a nice, scenic highway with views of the ocean, jungle and many palm oil plantations.

Check in was effortless thanks to Angelica the very personable front desk manager. She had all of our Ll ...

Updated 11-12-2012 at 05:10 PM by [email protected]

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by Diane McDavitt
Luxury Link President & co-Founder

The prospect of a trip to India, one week following my return from a conference in Mexico, left me with mixed emotions. Being away from home and the office again - this time for two weeks - was a daunting thought. Not to mention the time it would take to get there; let’s face it...India is a commitment. But to those of you have not yet been – those who have already know – it’s worth every ...

Updated 11-12-2012 at 04:21 PM by dmcdavitt

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