On day 4 we left Tortuga Lodge for our 3 night stay at the MonteverdeLodge & Gardens. After breakfast we boated across the river to the airstrip to catch our flight to San Jose – there were quite a few of us leaving Tortuga the same day so CRE had chartered 3 planes for us. There was only one other couple going to Monteverde (the couple I mentioned earlier) so we had a plane to ourselves. After a 35 minute flight, we were met in San Jose by yet another excellent CRE guide (who also happened ...

Our CRE tour included all meals except for lunch the 1st day in Monteverde, all transportation – van, boat and plane, 2 tours at Tortuga and 2 tours and a visit to the butterfly farm in Monteverde.
In the March 2012 issue of Travel & Leisure, CRE was rated #2 of tour and safari operators and all my initial emails to Nadia in CRE’s San Jose main office and mostly good reviews on TripAdvisor gave me high expectations for this tour. I communicated with CRE’s main office quite a few times ...

I had been keeping my eye on the Mystery Auction for Albergo al Sole in Asolo, Italy, for several days. I'm planning a trip to Europe for some time in the next year, and I thought that Italy would be a great destination since I hadn't been to the country since I was a teenager. The package looked absolutely amazing and, having done my research, I noticed that the identical package was available as a regular auction item for $540, roughly a third of its retail value.

Bidding was ...

Some people here are aware that I've been fighting a very bizarre bone infection in my right thumb. It's my dominant hand so that conjures up alot of things that are harder to do with an disabled thumb--like zippers, buttons, slicing foods, handwriting, picking up a dime, tweezing eyebrows (hey, even some of you metrosexual guys do it; confess!).
Add half showers with a glove and upper arm PICC line and blood draws, dressing changes, xrays and home care nurses. A simple hair wash can be a ...

I want to share a story that has inspired us all at Luxury Link. In 2002, Rebecca and Scott Rothney took what would become a life-changing trip to Botswana. Avid travelers, the Rothneys saw amazing sites around the world but too often also saw sincere need in surrounding communities. Schools with few basic supplies. Orphanages where children used rags tied together with string as mock soccer balls. They wanted to help. Sound familiar? Inspired, they created a vision: they could learn what communities ...