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IPW 2025 Chicago Bound

Every segment of industry has tradeshows, conferences, expos, and the like. The travel industry has many. This coming week in Chicago I’ll be attending IPW, the USA’s largest travel trade show. The US Travel Association launched their annual show under the moniker...

Ten Towns for Townsized Vacations

America’s small towns are keepers of history, culture, and local color. While major cities get most of the attention, these ten small towns offer townsizing options for travelers seeking a sense of place, a story, and a warm welcome. These ten small towns may not...

Townsizing, the New Trend in Travel

Anyone with an eye for wanderlust has by now discovered the term: townsizing. The term was first noticed in Priceline’s 2025 travel trend reports and travel media ran with it. Some pundits call it a movement, others see it as a trend, but it’s caught on and for good...

Salami Roller Bites

These Salami Roller Bites are Perfect Party Food By Carolyn Burns BassThis Recipe is Sure to Impress My family loves parties and everyone contributes their specialties on each occasion. Whether it's a holiday (as shown here), a birthday, picnic or other occasion, a...

Explore Georgia’s Golden Isles

It’s not hard to understand why this stretch of the Georgia coast is known as the Golden Isles. Miles of marsh grass wave in the breeze, carved by streams, rivers, and inlets to form a jigsaw puzzle of islands. The sun rises like a glittering coin over the Atlantic and blankets the marshlands in gold and amber as it sets over the isles. Poised on the mouth of the sound leading up to the bustling port city of Brunswick is St. Simons Island, the largest of Georgia’s Golden Isles.

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