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What's New on Celebrity Reflection in 2027
Celebrity Cruises is updating Celebrity Reflection, and the new version starts sailing in March 2027. Here is what is changing, where it sails from Fo...
October 27, 2026•3 min read
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New Orleans for First-Timers: What I Learned on My Fifth Trip
I just got home from my fifth trip to New Orleans, and this time everyone I traveled with was going for the first time. Here is what we did and what I...
October 26, 2026•6 min read
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Day Trips From Chattanooga by Car: 8 Places Within About 2 Hours
Eight day trips you can take from Chattanooga and still be home for dinner, all about 2 hours or less by car, with drive times and what to know before...
October 20, 2026•4 min read
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Weekend Trips From Chattanooga for Couples: 7 Getaways Within a Few Hours
You don't need a plane ticket for a weekend away. Here are seven getaways for couples within a few hours of Chattanooga, with drive times and what to ...
October 20, 2026•5 min read
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Cruising From Chattanooga: The Ports You Can Drive To, and When to Fly Instead
There is no cruise port in Tennessee, but there are five within a day's drive of Chattanooga. Here is how long each drive takes, who sails from each p...
October 20, 2026•5 min read
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Hotel Barge Cruises in France: Canals, Vineyards and a Chef on Board
A hotel barge is a small floating inn with a captain, a chef and a guide, cruising the quiet canals of France. Here is what a week looks like, what is...
October 7, 2026•7 min read
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South of France by Canal Boat: Drive Your Own Boat on the Canal du Midi
You don't need a boating license to rent a canal boat and cruise the Canal du Midi, village to village, through the vineyards of the south of France. ...
October 7, 2026•8 min read
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Wine, History, and the Douro Valley: Our 2028 Portugal and Spain River Cruise
Join Cindi Sanden and Denise Karnes for a 7-night Douro River cruise through Portugal to the Spanish border aboard AmaWaterways' AmaGaia, October 21 -...
October 6, 2026•8 min read
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The Whole Horseback Series in One Place (and How to Find Your Ride)
The whole horseback series in one place, sorted the way I would actually help you choose: first by how much you really ride, then by the dream you are...
September 15, 2026•6 min read
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The Place Where God Put the West: Riding Monument Valley with Navajo Guides
Ride among the giant red towers of Monument Valley with Navajo (Dine) guides, on land you cannot otherwise reach. The gentlest ride in the series, and...
September 12, 2026•5 min read
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Across Lawrence's Desert: Riding Wadi Rum and Petra on an Arabian Horse
Ride an Arabian horse across Jordan's Wadi Rum, the red desert where they filmed Lawrence of Arabia, camp with the Bedouin, and finish at Petra, with ...
September 9, 2026•5 min read
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The Five-Gaited Horse: Riding Iceland's Tölt Across the Highlands
Meet the Icelandic horse, the five-gaited breed with the famously smooth tölt, and ride it across Landmannalaugar's rhyolite mountains and lava field...
September 6, 2026•5 min read
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