Aside from the many shore excursions at each port, the Galavanting Gals got to take a trip through the ship itself during a sea voyage we recently took. It turned out to be a fun highlight.

Avis offers a small fleet of hybrids in their Cool Car Eco-Ride Program and a larger fleet of vehicles, including 100% of Avis’ subcompact, compact, and intermediate class cars, that carry the EPA’s SmartWay Certified designation.

The gals and I will have a bunch of school supplies in our bags — but if you’d like to give something as well, why not donate $5 or $10 bucks directly to the school?

As Honduras is the poorest of the Central American nations, there's an opportunity to do a little good in-between the sunbathing and rum punch.

Three of the gals of Galavanting will be heading on a Princess Cruise to the Western Caribbean. We’re pretty excited about the various ports of call, which will be Grand Cayman Island, Honduras, Mexico and the Bahamas. Quite a way to get out of the Chicago winter cold!

If you’re like me and love travel, you probably also love Travel Channel’s Anthony Bourdain No Reservations. What’s not to love? There’s food, there’s local culture, there’s wit. So when my inbox chimed at the arrival of an email from one of the show’s publicists, the last thing I expected was to re...

Hosted by Kim Mance and Maren Hogan, Galavanting is a “web travel series” comprising five- to ten-minute video episodes of places in Europe, Asia and the Americas.

As the air chills once again here in Chicago, I’m reminded of last December when I was sipping hot spiced wine and catching whiffs of roasted chestnuts while walking around the enchanting city of Colmar, France...

Since pre-Columbian times, the people of Mexico have honored their dead in a singular fashion. Every year, families gather to build altars, make offerings, and pass the night in the cemetery visiting the souls of deceased loved ones.