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Review of the Days Inn Sarasota, FL: Hotel Intel
If you’re searching for a hotel in Sarasota you’ve got choices all up and down the scale of quality. But if you’re coming for Spring Training and trying to keep the costs even a little within reason you’ll unfortunately be near the bottom of that scale, which is where we find ourselves at the Days
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Hotel Hacks: Save More Money When Hotel Rates are Highest
The best travel deals are usually found outside a destination’s peak season. But what if you’re attending an event that draws hundreds of thousands? Or your schedule is limited to peak times by work and school? How do you save more money if you want to celebrate Christmas at home on Christmas morning? It is
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Review of the Boca Suites Deerfield Beach: Hotel Intel
If you’re searching for a hotel around Boca Raton you’ve got plenty of choices. But if you’re coming in peak season and not made of money those choices get narrow pretty quickly. In that case you might find yourself looking at the Boca Suites Deerfield Beach as I did recently. Can this Best Western property
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Review of the RTIC Everyday Cooler: Gear Guide
Personal day-use coolers have always been a staple of road trip travel. Driving around the Florida coasts as much as I do, mine was getting daily use. Eventually an upgrade was in order and I wanted something with some size and substance. But I was still a bit hesitant to shell out Yeti money for
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Review of the La Quinta Ft Lauderdale Airport: Hotel Intel
If you’re searching for a hotel near FLL or Port Everglades the La Quinta Ft Lauderdale Airport may not be the most obvious choice. I’ve been staying in hotels in this area for two years and still haven’t booked it until now despite being very budget conscious. Was it worth the wait? Let’s find out.
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Florida’s Best Free Attraction? Manatee Lagoon in West Palm Beach
I’d been aware of West Palm’s Manatee Lagoon for a while and had it on a list of attractions to check out. Manatees are found throughout Florida but Manatee Lagoon is known as the best place to observe wild manatees in Florida. When a post popped up in my Instagram feed recently I clicked through
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How to Deal With The Motorbikes in Saigon
If you’re planning a trip to Vietnam you may have seen posts elsewhere mentioning the preponderance of motorbikes in Saigon. I’m here to tell you that those posts don’t even come close to impressing upon a reader how many Ho Chi Minh motorcycles they are going to encounter in the city and how that experience
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More Like No-Chi-Minh-City If You Ask Me…
I’ll be honest with you: I did not enjoy visiting Saigon. I don’t recommend anyone go there, unless they’re arriving or departing at the airport and traveling elsewhere in Vietnam. You can see enough to get a decent impression of Ho Chi Minh City by booking a hotel in District 1 and walking around for
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The Jim Beam Distillery: A Complete Tour in Photos
Most folks who take a trip along the Kentucky Bourbon Trail are going to encounter the Jim Beam Distillery. With its central location just a half hour south of downtown Louisville, Beam is very easy to reach. The location just 2-3 minutes off I-65 and proximity to other attractions makes it a box that has
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Finding The Best Rare Bourbons in Kentucky
Bourbon isn’t just distilled and aged in Kentucky. It’s commonly enjoyed there as well. The Bluegrass State leads the nation in straight whiskey consumption and it isn’t particularly close. Folks there drink so much bourbon that distilleries and distributors allocate retailers there with their best products. These include rare bourbons like single-barrels and Kentucky-only releases.
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Churchill Downs: An Insider’s Guide to the Twin Spires
Once the most popular sport in the US, thoroughbred racing has become something of a niche pursuit in the 21st century. You can count on one hand the number of US racetracks that stand on their own as a tourist destination. Many of the country’s busiest tracks are in places like New York, LA, New
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Is Buc-ee’s the Most Overrated Attraction in Roadside America?
Not so long ago we were all going happily about our lives, blissfully unaware that a certain chain of Texas gas stations was on a quest for global domination. It wasn’t even 10 years ago that the first Buc-ee’s outside of Texas opened its doors. Since 2016 the brand has developed 11 locations and counting
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