Hot Destinations 2015, Part 4

In the fourth and last installment of our Hot Destinations series, we’ve scoured the global map and chose singular places on different continents that stand out and have resonance. If you’re Europe bound you’ll appreciate our two suggestions, if only to savor a great glass of Alsatian wine or awesome … Read more

Hot Destinations 2015, Part 3

In the third of our continuing four-part series covering top travel destinations for 2015, it’s all about the differential. There’s never been a time quite like this in the travel industry. What once seemed out of reach because of budget is now more affordable than ever and if proximity was … Read more

Hot Destinations 2015, Part 2

In the second of our continuing four-part series covering top travel destinations for 2015, we look at three far flung international spots, one exotic South American capital, a destination in Africa, and three very different European locations.  The European destinations alone merit consideration especially as one of the three has … Read more

Hot Destinations 2015, Part 1

It was a difficult task, but our editors have narrowed it down and we are ready to share with you our Top 28 Hot Destinations for 2015. Whether on or off the beaten track, these locations offer the most intriguing sights to see and interesting things to do. We cast … Read more

St. Martin

St. Martin, Lunch and More!

When we first arrived in St Martin/St Maarten in 1975, we instantly fell in love with the island. At that time it was rather undeveloped, beautiful, and with the most amazing food and incredible Euro-Carib tropical soul. After experimenting with other Caribbean islands, we decided this was OUR island … … Read more

Québec City’s Mini Tour de France

Move over, Tour de France—your baby brother’s gotten a little bigger and has started getting noticed. Forgot his name? It’s Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, now say that over and over and don’t forget! Started in 2010 by Canadian broadcasting company, Groupe Serdy, the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec hosted … Read more

Heart of Glass

Personalized Drinking Glasses at Le Germain Boutique-Hotels Le Germain Boutique-hotels, located in Quebec, Montreal, Toronto and Calgary, are beautiful, refined and quite sexy. The perfect spots for romance when staying in Canada. Also a great place to shop for unusual souvenirs reflective of the hotels high design spirit. Think great … Read more

Outo Wear & Gear Oy by Ville Lahtinen

Ville Lahtinen Santatie 2 Welcome to our first installment of one of Travel Squire’s new columns – The Ultimate Takeaway.   Each month, we will find the best takeaway from a different destination.  Whether it’s a bottle of hot sauce you can only find in Mexico, the perfect vintage purse from … Read more

Saba, Netherlands Antilles

Saba: Unspoiled Caribbean Hideaway   After years spent admiring the Saba’s mystic, cloud-covered mountain from afar, I thought it was time to visit this tiny island. I knew little about it, except for what I had read in some of St Maarten/St Martin’s tourist guides—the island was known for eco-tourism, … Read more

St. Marten, Caribbean

 After years of traveling to the dual nationality island of St Marten/St Martin for a yearly respite from our hectic lives and after years of paying quite a bit of money on hotels, we finally bought a villa in the French Lowlands. For years we would fantasize about what life … Read more

Everything about Brazil is sexy including the food

Everything about Brazil is sexy from the music to the beach scene to Carnaval. In this lively country even the food is sensuous especially if the food is Brazilian comfort food with a twist.   That is the first surprise at the trend setting Rio restaurant Miam Miam. Here, classic dishes … Read more

Tips for the Caribbean

Packing for at trip, whether 2 days or two weeks, is almost as stressful as trying to get through the TSA screening.  To help you de-stress, TravelSquire presents a new column, In the Bag, dedicated to giving you tips from the travel pros. Each month, Patricia Honeycutt Cantor—TravelSquire’s Executive Editor, … Read more

Tranquility Bay Resort Resort Belize

“No other location in Belize that has such a pristine diving environment with no crowds and is so close to land,” said one of the Tranquility Bay owners David Fiedler. Whether you snorkel, dive or just swim this incredible underwater paradise is just 100 yards from your room. Tranquility Bay … Read more

Dana Hotel Chicago

  Chicago is one of those beautiful combinations of a big city attitude with the ease and comfort of a small town. Beautifully situated on Lake Michigan, it’s a town that’s great for shopping, dinning and sight seeing. It also boasts some of the chicest places to sleep. One of … Read more