When my daughter was in eighth grade, her French teacher took a group of students to France over Spring Break. I went along not as a chaperone, but as a participant, since the teacher had chosen fellow teachers to chaperone with her. Since my daughter and I wanted to spend longer than ten days on the trip, we were put on a different outbound flight from the rest of the group. When we showed up at the airport, we were told that the flight was full and were asked if we would like to take the same ...

I recently purchased a fantastic package from Luxury Link. The package includes four nights of accommodations in a suite with a jacuzzi, breakfast for two every morning, one dinner for two including wine, and a personal tour of Guanajuato with a bilingual guide. Although I have been a member of the Luxury Link community for several months, I was slightly apprehensive about purchasing my first package. I finally decided to take the plunge and bid on a package after I found one that fit my criteria, ...

My twelve year old daughter and I flew to Paris for Spring Break in 2004. Her French teacher takes a group of seventh and eighth grade French students on trips to different parts of France every other year, and we decided that it would be a great father/daughter trip. Since we planned to extend our trip beyond the ten days that everyone else was taking, we were put on a different outbound flight from the rest of the group.

When Rachel and I arrived at the Portland, Oregon airport, we ...

My wife entered a raffle drawing in 2006 and won four Parkhopper passes to Disneyland and accommodations for three nights near the park. Since it coincidentally worked out best for our schedule, we flew down to Anaheim on my daughter Rachel's fifteenth birthday. Before boarding, I discretely asked the agent at the check-in counter if it would be possible for my daughter to sit in first class, since it was her birthday. She told me that she had no authority to do so, but I could ask one of the flight ...

Although I'm a big fan of the multi-course, white tablecloth, different wine with every course dinner, some of the best meals that I have ever eaten have been purchased at carts, booths or palapas. One of my most memorable meals was in Sayulita, Nayarit, Mexico. Sayulita is a surfing town half an hour north of Puerto Vallarta. A cab from the Puerto Vallarta airport will run around $80 but the local bus will get you there for about $2 per person. There are no paved streets in Sayulita. The streets ...