May 2015 Desktop Wallpaper Now Available!
We’ve added May’s Desktop Calendar – Visit our “Downloads” page for a full-size image. This month it’s the Niagara Wine Region – Good Earth Food & Wine – Beamsville, Ontario … we hope you like it!
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Travel With Confidence – These Canadians Care
As a couple of entrepreneurs-at-heart, you’ll often see us showcase travel-related products and services that we come across on Dragon’s Den or Shark Tank. As a Canadian-based Blog, we’re also always on the lookout for uniquely Canadian companies that can help all travelers around the world. ADDENDUM: Since we wrote this article we’ve sadly received a number of messages on our Facebook page relating poor experiences that people have had with FlightHub. Because we are here to promote the services we feel are the best or most useful to our fellow travellers, we’re adding this addendum to our article to make our readers aware.
Naked Filter – Clean Water For Everybody
Water is the single most important thing we humans need – other than clean air of course. Unfortunately too many people take it for granted. For example the last time you went through airport security going to or from the U.S. – how many huge garbage pails did you see that were full of peoples confiscated water bottles, most of them full? What a complete waste of water – and money! And what are just about every one of those people going to do when they’re done being frisked and molested? They’re going to go and buy extremely over-priced bottled water – in the ‘safe area” of the airport. There has to be a better way… and there is. But it’s not just a better and cheaper way – it’s revolutionary in its design and application.
April 2015 Destktop Wallpaper Now Available!
We’ve added April’s Desktop Calendar – Visit our Downloads” page for a full-size image. This month it’s South Beach in Miami, Florida … we hope you like it!
Have you ever thought of an “Experiential Vacation?”
It sounds exotic, expensive and exclusive. It’s been around since 2007 or maybe even before that, but it’s been thrown into the foreground recently by a TD survey. The survey found that approximately ¾ (74 per cent) of Canadians have already taken or are interested in taking an experiential vacation, and almost 2/3 (62 per cent) would consider it if they could find ways to save on the cost of those trips. The survey found that most people would consider an experiential vacation if costs are reasonable. Although visiting with family and friends or relaxing on a beach or by the pool are still important reasons for taking a vacation, a growing number of people are considering more adventurous travel. So what constitutes an “Experiential Vacation?” Come on… didn’t you know that it’s “The biggest trend in travel today?”
Interview With An Exceptional Photographer & His 5 Tips to Improve Your Travel Photos
As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words … but an exceptional picture … well, quite frankly those leave me speechless. I stumbled across the photography styling of Johannes Brock a result of my work in the world of motorsport back in 2013. Having won a photography contest, Johannes had an image featured in a print magazine and was accredited to shoot GT racing at the famed Nürburgring in Germany. As I saw more and more of his images hitting the Facebook groups I was following, I got really curious … who was this guy? …. And that my friends is when the “Facestalking” began.
Behind the Mask – A Unique Perspective on Travel
If you haven’t seen any of their work yet, you must check out Behind the Mask … their travel-adventure video blog focuses on their passion for nature. Combining their passions, they document their journey diving, flying and shooting. Video footage from high above, using drones, takes their stories to all-new heights, while their photography and videos from Behind the Mask open our eyes to the magical wonders of the underwater world. After Iain stumbled across their first video blog from Eleuthera, I was completely drawn in … and I “floated with them,” as they like to say, for hours … wandering through the adventures they’ve shared on their website. Their multi-part travel stories are so well done … it’s really no wonder they just received the “Best Dronie” award at the NYC Drone Film Festival. Follow the adventures of “Behind the Mask” on Facebook and check out their travel stories on their blog. I’m sure this is only the beginning for these talented young men from Germany. Photo Credits: Behind the Mask Copyright © 2015 Iain & Gail Shankland / TravelBloggers.ca …
Wish You Had More Money To Travel? 12 Tips To Help Your Reach Your Goal.
Wouldn’t it be great if you could travel for free, perhaps getting unique perspectives that the average person doesn’t see? How about actually getting paid to travel? That would be amazing! BUT for 99.99999% of the population – we’re paying for our trips out of our own budget. We’ve got to save for months (in some cases years) to get that dream holiday. Working in the media for almost 15 years now, we’ve gotten some pretty good freebies or discounts off an adventure here and there. But not everything is easy to get at a reduced price, and believe it or not – some of the cheaper entries ($5-$10) are the ones the companies won’t even give you a discount on, while $500 tickets are gladly offered! Strange that! We don’t get the usual travel perks like travel agents or the “big” bloggers, so we have to have cash available to do what we want. So where do we cut expenses or save enough to give us a travel fund?
Who’s Afraid of the “Big Bad Wolf?”
Each year millions of dollars are spent as people purchase a calendar for the coming year. No doubt you too have browsed through the hundreds of calendars on display at your local mall – many with beautiful photos that we all wish we could personally capture. Old or young, everyone loves at least one type of animal, and for many the wolf stands strong at the top of their list – they’re majestic and feared, but captivating and mysterious. Over the years we’ve been drawn to beautiful images of wolves hanging in art store windows or being sold in calendars. Through the wonders of the internet we began to realize that so many of the beautiful images we loved were captured
March 2015 Desktop Wallpaper Now Available
We’ve added March’s Desktop Calendar – Visit our Downloads” page for a full-size image. This month it’s Myrtle Beach, South Carolina … we hope you like it!
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