Month: October 2013

Now is the perfect time to plan a family outdoor adventure! Fortunately, Pigeon Forge is full of activities and its action-packed Smoky Mountains are blessed with a variety of trails, white-water rafting, zorbing, as well as numerous adventures that are both challenging and rewarding for people of all ages. It’s a great reminder of why Pigeon Forge is the ideal destination for outdoor lovers in the summer months. From hiking and biking mountain trails to white water rafting, Pigeon Forge offers visitors more than just T-shirts and souvenirs.

When you think about your actual personality traits, you can learn a lot about your inner travel personality as well and what destinations would bring you the greatest vacation joys. Are you more laid-back, calm, unruffled, or are you more of the adventurous, outdoorsy, thrill-seeking type? Perhaps you’re even a cross-personality type, a venturer, sophisticate or history buff who is somewhere right in the middle. Listing and adhering to those personality characteristics can help you find the best places to visit and the best way to travel—sometimes a true explorer finds it more exciting to drive instead of fly, admiring numerous destinations along the way. From adventurous to romantic to intellectual, all the different types of travel personalities lead to customization of your ideal vacations

The key to eating crawfish is all in the technique. This scampering shellfish bottom-dweller in Louisiana’s wading waters is a long-time delicacy of Cajun and Creole cuisine. If you’re a seafood lover, once you discover and master the technique, especially amid the confines of a crawfish boil or a New Orleans Cajun or Creole eatery, you realize what you’ve been missing—how something old becomes something new. New Orleans is an example of how things can change in an instance, yet many things stay the same. New Orleans took a crippling blow after Hurricane Katrina that had many wondering if the city would ever be the same. But the loyalty, heart and sour of the city emerged, and as news spread, locals, favored visitors and celebrities took to the streets to repair, restore and renovate damaged areas worth preservation, creating what is now the “New” New Orleans. That’s why Best Vacations Ever and Preferred Guest Resorts have recently added New Orleans, also dubbed The Big Easy or NOLA to its list of preferred destinations,

Step inside or outside your comfort zone, with long summer days and beautiful beaches in paradise help define Guanacaste, a province for active souls and nature lovers. A quick 20-minute drive from Daniel Oduber International Airport in Liberia, Villas Sol Hotel & Beach Resort Costa Rica is a luxury resort located in Playa Hermosa on the Northern Pacific Coast of Costa Rica in Central America, and one of several Best Vacations Ever destination vacation packages in Coast Rica brought to you by Preferred Guest Resorts. Nestled on a hill overlooking the majestic Pacific Ocean, and surrounded by tropical gardens and natural surrounding, Villas Sol mingles luxury, tradition, character and nature’s wonders that typify this Northern Pacific Coast,

Mention you’re thinking of visiting Napa Valley, California, and watch the office workers break the sound barrier trying to get to you over cubbies and at the water cooler with their opinions on where to go, what to do and what’s best, even worst. Everyone is willing to throw in advice, even people who have never been. First rule is to toss most of it out the window, unless the person visits often or is an avid traveler of trust. There are many facets to Napa Valley, and luckily for you, we’ve made sure planning a trip to Napa for the first time is not nearly as daunting. Best Vacations Ever has done a lot for the work for you with a plethora of information on Napa Valley, Fast Facts and Must-Do activities listed on our jam-packed website,

Looking for a little something extra this vacation? Spice up your next family vacation with a sizzling Best Vacations Ever promotional vacation to New Orleans, the home of Mardi Gras, the birthplace of jazz and the most recent addition to the Preferred Guest Resorts’ collection of preferred destinations. Jump in with both feet and explore colorful festivals like the legendary Mardi Gras festival, landmark architecture, eclectic cultures, sizzling entertainment and the engrossing history of New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz, the chief city of Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico’s busiest northern port since the early 1700s.

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