In early 2021, when the travel agent I had been working with for years arbitrarily cancelled a scheduled group trip I had been promoting to Huatulco, Mexico, it gave me an opportunity to step back, to reflect on what I wanted my group trips to be, where I wanted them...

As the calendar flipped over and welcomed in 2021, although as I mentioned in my last blog post, 2020 was a good year, I still think I heard a collective sigh of relief. Let’s turn the page, I heard. Thank God 2020 is finally over. So let’s take a brief look at six...

OK, maybe not a great year, maybe not for everybody and every business, but if the only constant in life is change, then 2020 certainly qualified. As in any year, restaurants opened, restaurants closed. Managers were hired and fired, employees came and went. But it...

Before you get ready to blast me for my lack of concern, my insensitivity, relax. I know that the coronavirus is, hopefully was, by the time you read this blog, serious. Different people are handling the crisis differently. Hunkering down, staying inside, social...

OK, I’ll admit it: while our rooms had no phones, our cell phones did work. And while our rooms had no televisions or internet reception, local bars had TVs that allowed us to catch a football game or two, and we could get internet reception in the lobby. So it wasn’t...

Today we’d like to introduce you to Kaylee Boyle. Kaylee, before we jump into specific questions about the business, why don’t you give us some details about you and your story. Ever since I was a little girl, I have been told, “Find a job you enjoy doing, and you...

I recently received an e-mail from a listener complimenting me on my book reviews and author interviews, but expressing dismay that she is often listening in the car and can’t make note of the title and/or author. She also reminded me that I haven’t posted a book blog...

...then reading about happiness should be even better, right? So maybe take a look at Happiness on the Blue Dot by Lisa Marranzino. When the author first contacted me, I was afraid that it might be one of those psycho babble, feel good books about the...

Whether it’s visiting a howler monkey sanctuary, enjoying a long river boat ride to out of the way Mayan ruins at Lamanai, learning how to make corn tortilla from scratch, or jet boating over to Caye Caulker for snorkeling, bike rides, and beach time,...