Beat The Winter Blues!

January 26th, 2010 | By admin

MUST BOOK BY FEB 1st!!

Do you know anyone who wants to travel from Boston to Punta Cana between May 8th and June 12th??

I have some unreal deals with non stop flights from Logan (Saturday to Saturday)!!

Dreams Punta Cana 4 1/2 star – $2154 for 2 – 7 nights

Dreams La Romana (near Punta Cana) 4 star –  $1812 for 2 – 7 nights

BOTH INCLUDE EVERYTHING!!! NON STOP airfare from Logan, Food, Drinks, Tips, Taxes,

non motorized Water Sports

These prices are better than a travel agent can get for themselves!!!  I know this for a fact!!

There are other all inclusive resorts in Punta Cana with really good deals too.  Check out my website, www.ExpressTravel4u.com or call me

November’s Trip of a Lifetime Sweepstakes

November 21st, 2009 | By admin

Hurry!! Enter today!! Sweepstakes closes on Monday, November 30, 2009!

Enter for your chance to win a fantastic trip for two to sunny Puerto Rico! This Trip of a Lifetime is the perfect all-inclusive vacation! Get a tan as you lay out on a pristine, white-sand beach, see the world’s largest telescope, experience world-class scuba diving, and so much more! Prize also includes round-trip airfare from any major U.S. or Canadian city.

All previous entrants into YTB’s Trip of a Lifetime Sweepstakes will need to re-enter for a chance at this month’s grand prize.

Congratulations to Nadine Jett, winner of October’s Trip of a Lifetime Sweepstakes! Nadine wins a 3 night stay for 2 at Our Lucaya Resort on the Grand Bahama Island, with round trip air and $200 per person spending money!

Why do we give away a FREE trip??  Its so you will think of us the next time you are checking out travel prices.

Oooh, that feels good!

October 29th, 2009 | By admin

The spa at Dreams Riviera Cancun

While at Secrets Maroma Beach, Dick and I went to their spa for a couples massage.  WOW!  I honestly have to say, that was the BEST massage I have ever had.  With the slogan being “Unlimited Luxury”, they truly mean it!

Now that we have moved over to Dreams Riviera Cancun, we decided we need to check out their spa (after all, how can we recommend their spa services if we don’t try it ourselves!).  The great thing about both of these properties is that you get to use all of the spa facilities with a spa service. They have hydrotherapy, steam room, sauna, whirlpools to use after our massages.  This will be a nice change of pace, we have been walking the beach for an hour or two every morning and then hanging around the pool for the remainder of the day.  We both have gotten pretty dark so I’m looking forward to spending some time out of the sun today. So it’s off to the spa for our massages, its a tough job, but somebody has to do it!  ;)  Stay tuned, we will let you know which spa we liked best.

It’s not your Grandfather’s buffet

October 27th, 2009 | By admin

If any of you are familiar with “Duff’s Buffet”, which my grandparents absolutely loved and always loved taking me there while visiting in Florida, this isn’t it!  Going to Duff’s brings back wonderful memories of times spent with my grandfather George and grandmother Betty. The buffet here at Secrets Maroma Beach is like none other that I have ever seen.  Although not a big breakfast eater myself, there is everything you can imagine and many stations where they are ready to cook just for you.  Starting off with fresh local and exotic fruits (my favorite!), cereals and oatmeals, omelette/egg station with all the fixings, crepe station, nachos, tamales and mexican foods, pastries and breads, salmon and lox, mimosa and bloody mary station.  There had to over 100 items to choose from and I have to say the samplings I had were out of this world.  Definitely not your typical buffet.

We have only had breakfast at the World Cafe which is the breakfast and lunch buffet restaurant, but I have to say the restaurants we have eaten at here at Secrets have been awesome.  Gourmet food and plenty of it too.  I have not been able to finish my meals, never mind have dessert!  But what makes this resort so special I have to say is the service!  The staff goes out of their way to make sure that everything is well taken care of.  Their motto is “Its MY pleasure to serve YOU” and they sincerely believe this.  Everywhere you turn there is staff greeting you and making sure you have what you need. It has been just overwhelming to have this kind of service.  As I said to Dick when we first arrived I could get used to this!

It’s 5 o’clock somewhere

October 25th, 2009 | By admin

Our room with a swim out pool

Wow!  It doesn’t get any better than this.  I am typing this as I sit out at our private patio looking out at our swim out pool waiting for room service to bring our breakfast.  Getting this room was a free upgrade, not sure how you consider it a free upgrade when we are staying here for 3 nights for free to begin with.   As I mentioned in my last blog we got this trip by taking an online webinar about AMResorts newest and upcoming properties.

Dick and I are at Secrets Maroma Beach in Playa del Carmen. Maroma Beach has been rated the World’s Best Beach by the Travel Channel for four years in a row. I can see why its a world’s best beach.  The sand is so fine and soft and very white.  The water is turquoise blue and it is just such a contrast to the sand.  Just beautiful.

When we arrived yesterday we walked into a magnificent lobby.  Unlike your typical lobby desk, we were greeted at the door and “Welcomed Home”.  While waiting to check in we were handed a flute of champagne.  After just a couple minutes we sat down at a private desk (with our champagne) and told about the resort’s amenities.  It was a very nice personal touch.

We went to our room, there we met our personal concierge, Elizabeth.  She was there for us if we needed anything, well we sure did.  We had packed our toothpaste in our carry on and it was confiscated at Logan Airport since it was over the 3 ounce minimum.  Elizabeth arrived back in 5 minutes with 4 tubes of toothpaste for us.  After changing into swimsuits and shorts we grabbed a quick bite to eat down at the pool.  A salad bar with sushi was a perfect lunch. We broke our first “rule” about waiting until 5 o’clock to have a drink and had a couple Corona’s, oh well, its 5 o’clock somewhere!!

Time for a walk on the beach, it’s a long beach and we passed several other beaches. It was quiet and the water was oh-so warm.  When we got back there was a wedding going on at our beach and a group playing volleyball.  Secrets has a large beach with lots of chairs too.  Plenty of room for everyone. We rinsed the sand off our feet and headed to the infinity pool.  Time for a couple more Coronas!

A quick change and we headed to El Patio for a Mexican supper.   Dinner was scrumptious. The hard part about an all-inclusive is we keep waiting for the check to arrive.  Not so, everything is included.  Back to our room we enjoyed a swim in the pool that is just a step off our patio. How cool is that?

Well our breakfast has arrived.  We ordered a simple continental breakfast and coffee and I hear Dick in the room, carrying a glass of champagne and saying “look at all this stuff”.  Two plates of of sliced cantalope, honeydew, watermelon and papaya, a basket of toast, spice cake, soapapillas, jams, butter, orange juice, coffee and champagne mimosas.

Well, there goes our “rule” again for today… oh well…. after all “it’s 5 o’clock somewhere”!!