Cousin Mark and wife Amy from Boston A cruise is a great place to meet your long distance relatives for a multi-generational family get-away, a fun filled vacation surrounding a holiday (or not). Have a stress free holiday – where there is no work for anyone! Just love and laughter….with your long distance family members. Get-Away with Grandparents, Parents, Grandchildren, Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins. The best part about cruising is that nobody has to figure out how to enterta

We’ve all heard the saying in real estate – the value is about location, location and location. Well when it comes to the price of travel it’s about the date, the date and the date. Choosing the right date can be the difference between affordable and not affordable. Travel Like an Architect™ and Take your kids on vacation during affordable dates. This week’s post is by our daughter Susan A. Belles, who missed about 40 days of her sophomore year in high school so she could go

Rob Belles trying on some leather shoes in Mexico When you Travel Like an Architect you will learn how the world works. It may come as a small surprise to many, and a little surprise to a few, but not everything is the same everywhere. Money is not the same – the value may not be the same, measurements are different (at least for us Americans). And daily schedules are not the same. As Dolly Parton sang “9 to 5,” five days a week, is the American norm. Rise, eat breakfast, wor

We can always find you a great seasonal travel deal!  There are times of any year when people just don’t need to travel. It is then that you can get the best deals.  Generally from about Christmas through Easter, or Spring Break, is when people will pay the most for vacations.  The industry knows this – after all – many parts of the northern hemisphere are very cold and unpleasant, so they charge as much as they can get during this time! Summer time is when families want to g