followsummerfollowsummerHow do tourists stay safe when travelling abroad? It’s a loaded question, but one that influences any international adventure. Often, a go-to site for up to date safety recommendations and advisories is the Bureau of Consular Affairs’ Travel...
Greg gently shakes me at 7:00 a.m. The bus is at the station. I discover that Greg and I have had the best night’s sleep of our group. Others have gotten off the bus are various stops through the night, have watched the police go through the bus asking...
Sunday in the blue Caribbean. We have arranged a wake-up call but both John, and I are up so much earlier than the annoying ‘bleep bleep’ of the hotel phone when the call finally arrives at 7 am. Our room is a ‘Garden view room’ and we...
Helsinki is draped in low-lying, grey clouds this morning and a cool, continuous rain is falling as we head downstairs for breakfast at 9:00. There is chaos (in a Finnish way!) in the breakfast room as clearly every hotel guest, their sleepy children in...
Sunday in Russia is like a romantic Seurat painting: everyone is out in the parks and by the canals and the rivers, enjoying the warm sunny weather on their one day liberated from work. Families eating ice cream, and couples, the men smartly dressed, the...
How do tourists stay safe when travelling abroad? It’s a loaded question, but one that influences any international adventure. Often, a go-to site for up to date safety recommendations and advisories is the Bureau of...
Greg gently shakes me at 7:00 a.m. The bus is at the station. I discover that Greg and I have had the best night’s sleep of our group. Others have gotten off the bus are various stops through the night, have watched the...
Sunday in the blue Caribbean. We have arranged a wake-up call but both John, and I are up so much earlier than the annoying ‘bleep bleep’ of the hotel phone when the call finally arrives at 7 am. Our room is a...
Helsinki is draped in low-lying, grey clouds this morning and a cool, continuous rain is falling as we head downstairs for breakfast at 9:00. There is chaos (in a Finnish way!) in the breakfast room as clearly every hotel...
On this podcast, Sean Heath had a chat with Gregory George, the Co-Founder, and Editor-in-Chief for Follow Summer. They discussed the irony of missing a large part of an experience by trying to record that experience to share on social media, the crucial...
Sunday in Russia is like a romantic Seurat painting: everyone is out in the parks and by the canals and the rivers, enjoying the warm sunny weather on their one day liberated from work. Families eating ice cream, and couples, the...
Vacation should spell-out fun for the entire family. This means some compromises will have to be made. This state of affairs forces most parents to bend-over-backward and concoct the perfect mixture of exciting activities and...
ALL the travel news for Friday, October 19th. Have a great weekend, everyone! BREAKING: Swoop Cancellations Leave Tons of Customers In The Lurch Swoop Airlines is apologizing after they were forced to cancel 56 flights, leaving...
Darkness had descended on the magical city of St. Petersburg and a soft rain was falling as we set off for an exclusive evening tour of the Hermitage Museum, ten kilometres from the vast sea port where our cruise ship, Holland...
Grey and threatening, the low rolling clouds are billowing across the sky as I get up around 8 this morning. John has, as usual, been up earlier than me, coffee had and checking email at the computer. Yes, even here in...
It is our last day in St. Petersburg, and the light is beautiful. Our train is not until 4:30 and we have officially finished with our guide Nico so we pack and organize ourselves, check out of the hotel and grab the number 22...
Packing and light packing, what should you take with you? You need something small and functional to help you enjoy yourself while you are away. Whether you are a solo traveler or starting a group vacation, some of these tech...
Grab a Saturday morning coffee, perhaps lounge a bit in bed and catch up on all the latest travel news from followsummer! AIC Hotel Group Picks Up Shiny Nobu Chicago AIC Hotel Group’s portfolio now includes a...
A followsummer collaborative article Taking a trip to Indonesia wouldn’t be complete without heading to the breathtaking island of Bali. The crystal clear waters of the Bali Sea teamed with the mountainous ranges all at...
The lastest followsummer Travel News! G Adventures Launches New Wellness Travel Style G Adventures has launched a new travel style dedicated solely to wellness and adventure. Featuring a program of trips in 10 destinations, the...
Irina and Davor leave very early tomorrow morning so tonight they have invited us all for cake and coffee to celebrate Davor’s birthday. Two different types of cheesecake are served and we all linger over coffee before John...
As a proud Welsh woman living in Canada, I have taken on the unofficial role as ‘Chief Cheerleader and Promoter of Wales’ subjecting anyone who will dare tell me that they are visiting Scotland, Ireland and England...
Look up. Wayyy up. Catch the billowing clouds piercing the empty Saturday skyscrapers of the Southcore Financial Center, where more than 20,000 office employees and 10,000 residents live, work and play, making Southcore Financial...
Ahhh the simple joys of a wonderful cup of tea, served in the sumptuous splendour of the Four Seasons George V . Don’t let the address throw you off your quest for a little pampering and experiencing lux...
We don our tweeds and head west into the half sun, half mist of the Brecon Beacons for three days of luxury downtime at Llangoed Hall in the Wye Valley of bucolic Wales. The three-hundred-year-old former...