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Marine flora mixes with plastic packaging at the water's surface. Below, a green sea turtle swims away from the trash.

Resorts Ditching Single-Use Plastics

Posted: September 1, 2018 Stevie McQueene

Too Much Plastic in all the Wrong Places — Trashy — #stopsucking In a Nutshell: Plastic Waste is a Big Problem. Worldwide. And the Travel Industry (hotels, airlines, cruise-lines & destinations) have been taking notice [Read More…]

Straws collected on 1 mile of beach in Puerto Rico

AMResorts Bites Down on Plastic Straws

Updated: Jul 5^th, 2022Posted: September 1, 2018 Stevie McQueene

Biting Down on Sucking It Up – Effective Immediately. In a Nutshell: No More, Nada, Not, Diddly Squat – AMResorts is eliminating the use of plastic straws, across all of their brands (Zoetry, Secrets, Dreams, [Read More…]

Reef 28 Opens in Playa del Carmen

Posted: August 31, 2018 Trisha Miller

Greta Garbo, who famously shunned crowds in her later years, would have loved the new Reef 28 in hip downtown Playa del Carmen, I just know it. In a Nutshell: Recently fully remodeled, the adults-only [Read More…]

[Smackdown] US Media vs. Mexico Travel Advisory

Updated: Jun 2^nd, 2022Posted: August 30, 2018 Trisha Miller

Editor’s Note: This is an opinion piece, in case there’s any question. Why is it that every time I open my browser another journalist is bashing Mexico. For the record, I am pro-Mexico because I [Read More…]

Royalton Resorts in Cancun & Antigua

Updated: Apr 30^th, 2024Posted: August 30, 2018 Stevie McQueene

Royalton Resorts have made a big splash in two of the Caribbean’s top destinations – Cancun and Antigua. In a Nutshell: Cancun now boasts several options for Royalton loyalists, the family-friendly Royalton Riviera Cancun and [Read More…]

Booze-less in Ibiza? Try Mexico Instead

Posted: August 29, 2018 Trisha Miller

Seriously?!? No more free alcohol? I guess we just can’t have nice things. In a Nutshell: All-Inclusive resorts in Majorca and Ibiza could soon be forced to stop serving free alcohol, as the local government [Read More…]

The Vidanta "World's Best Job" campaign - get paid to travel

Get Paid to Travel: The World’s Best Job

Posted: August 29, 2018 Trisha Miller

Makin’ my [packing] list, checkin’ it twice….gonna find out if I get to travel for life…. I probably shouldn’t even be TELLING you guys about this because it might hurt my chances of winning, but [Read More…]

Frontier Adds New Nonstop Flights to Mexico

Updated: Oct 17^th, 2022Posted: August 29, 2018 Trisha Miller

They’re doing what?!? I yelled, spilling my free vodka tonic onto the green felt as I threw the last of my chips down on a 10-10 split….I could almost taste the margarita waiting for me [Read More…]

Playa del Carmen Mexico Tourism on the Rise

20.6M People Can’t Be Wrong

Posted: August 24, 2018 Donna Adinolfi

It’s all in the numbers! 20.6 million international visitors in Mexico through the first six months of 2018. That’s a lot of Tamales! In a nutshell: Over 20M people can’t be wrong about visiting Mexico. [Read More…]

Downtown Puerto Vallarta Named Cultural Heritage Site

Puerto Vallarta’s Downtown now a Cultural Heritage Site

Updated: May 11^th, 2024Posted: August 23, 2018 Trisha Miller

When you think of Puerto Vallarta, you probably call to mind its picturesque central plaza, cobblestone streets, traditionally colonial architecture, gorgeous churches, and the many shops, art galleries, and cafes that line its streets and [Read More…]