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Mother's Traveling with Infants - Stop & Read This!
12/20/2007 11:46
I
clicked through to read this piece due to the
effectiveness of its title, "Jet
Lagged"
By
BETSY WADE.
I'm not one the people who flies during peak holiday
periods but I was curious to see what the article was
about so I clicked through. I was surprised to
discover that the article is actually about an issue
I've always had issues with, how infants are allowed
to travel in their parents lap. Well, this article is
so informative and well researched I just kept
reading until the end. At that point I had several
things running through my head because to be blunt of
course I want everyone to be safe so this is flapping
out there being ignored is surprising especially
after you read about weight and gravity now put that
into the context of a mother who is holding her baby
and the plane slams into some turbulence and she's
only holding the baby with one arm because she needed
to get some thing from her bag, ironically for the
baby. And the baby becomes a projectile, I'm using
that term as its used in the underlying article.
Click Here To Read the Article
Flying has become taking the bus in the sky and it is so rare anymore to be on plane that isn't full and I'm a tall man so unless I pony up for Business or First class which I don't typically do so I have a system to how I book my seats but that's for anther post.
It became very interesting when I read through some of the comments posted by readers to the article. One in particular provided the name of harness designed for this purpose so I Goggled it and went to the manufacturer's website to check it out. I took some screen shots of the graphic which is also the name of this harness for flying with an infant. I'm not endorsing the product I'm simply sharing passing on the person's solution and links to more information. Click the graphic below to go the company website to learn more about this product.
Enjoy your holidays and travel safely whether by air or ground.
Click Here To Read the Article
Flying has become taking the bus in the sky and it is so rare anymore to be on plane that isn't full and I'm a tall man so unless I pony up for Business or First class which I don't typically do so I have a system to how I book my seats but that's for anther post.
It became very interesting when I read through some of the comments posted by readers to the article. One in particular provided the name of harness designed for this purpose so I Goggled it and went to the manufacturer's website to check it out. I took some screen shots of the graphic which is also the name of this harness for flying with an infant. I'm not endorsing the product I'm simply sharing passing on the person's solution and links to more information. Click the graphic below to go the company website to learn more about this product.
Enjoy your holidays and travel safely whether by air or ground.
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Atlantis, Paradise Island, - Part 2 - where to begin...
12/03/2007 18:05
I
apologize for the technical problems we've
experienced because they've certainly distracted us
from writing and publishing updates here at
blogMerit. I apologize again because I was really
enjoying engaging my readers and then immediately
upon returning from a fantastic trip to Atlantis
everything came crashing to a stop.
Now, I've had weeks of life back at home which is also my office so I'll double back now and walk you through the trip because it makes for a fun and interesting story.
First off, I booked our airline tickets through this great, new-to-me website for booking and buying travel. Travelation.com was put in front of my by one of those travel websites where you have a series of buttons to choice from when it comes time to actually 'search' for your itinerary. Well, much to my surprise the airfare was $100 less than all the other websites I had been to so now I include them in my research for any type of travel. Oh, and the itinerary was a pain-free, 1-stop in Atlanta itinerary on Delta Airlines. Cool beans. Travelation.com rocks!
As I've said in earlier posts this would be a return trip to Atlantis, Paradise Island in The Bahamas, actually part of New Providence Island. We went for the first time exactly a year ago and we returned this year because we've discovered it to be pricing sweet spot for both the resort and the airfare to get us there -- equally important to note is you have this mega-resort to yourself because it's not crowded at all. Yes, there are people but nothing compared to what it must be like during peak travel periods. Not being a fan of crowds this holds a lot of appeal for me.
We were in The Bahamas by 12:30PM, how sweet is that, that's a full day in my eyes. No real wait for our luggage passed through Bahamian immigration all problem free. We love it there and we have the biggest smiles on our faces now that we're back in The Bahamas, beautiful people, food and islands, a truly wonderful place be. Bahamians love their country and we understand at least some of the reasons why hence the giant smiles on our faces while we're there and every time we talk about when we're back home.
We were in a taxicab in a few minutes, next stop the Royal Towers at Atlantis, Paradise Island. Yippee! I used to live by the Pacific Ocean so when I'm by the sea, to coin an old expression, happy as a clam! Arriving at the grand vehicle entrance at the Royal Towers is fun and you're immediately attended to by professional, bellman who intercept your luggage leaving you with a claim check to have them delivered to your room after check in. I find the staff of Atlantis to be efficient and swift in most situations. Fantastic, my holiday is underway sooner rather than later, I think to myself.
Now, let me sidebar for a moment to give you the background on how I booked our room at Atlantis for this trip. Since this was a return visit we traveled as guests of the casino. So we started out booked into a comp'd. room in the Coral Towers the offer we offered almost monthly after returning home last year. So, that what I booked for us to start with but I didn't really want to stay in the Coral Towers because we really liked the Royal Towers last year. Well, two weeks later I rang the VIP Services desk here in the US and I was assisted by a very pleasant lady who placed me on hold and when she came back on the line she was able to move me to the Royal Towers and comp. the first night and $125.00 each for nights two and three. Perfect, of course I jumped at it. Now, back to the lovely woman who checked us in.
Arriving at the front desk a woman motions us towards her, very pleasant and professional while I engage her in conversation and request that she please provide me with the best room she can with an ocean view. Her immediate response was, yes sir and I'm selecting a room that's ready now. Would a room on the 12th floor on the ocean side be to you're liking. Indeed it would, I replied. We crossed the lobby at the Bell Desk to arrange for our luggage to be brought up to our room.
From the moment we opened the door to our room I could see the Atlantic ocean through the sheer drapes at the balcony door. Spectacular, in turned out our room was on the top floor of this particular section of the East, Royal Tower. Here's a photograph I took from our balcony, not a French balcony but a balcony with two chairs and a small round cocktail table. What a beautiful Atlantean view from our room. It's energizing to me.
I'll stop for now and continue the story of our return trip to Atlantis, Paradise Island in my next post. Stay tuned...
Now, I've had weeks of life back at home which is also my office so I'll double back now and walk you through the trip because it makes for a fun and interesting story.
First off, I booked our airline tickets through this great, new-to-me website for booking and buying travel. Travelation.com was put in front of my by one of those travel websites where you have a series of buttons to choice from when it comes time to actually 'search' for your itinerary. Well, much to my surprise the airfare was $100 less than all the other websites I had been to so now I include them in my research for any type of travel. Oh, and the itinerary was a pain-free, 1-stop in Atlanta itinerary on Delta Airlines. Cool beans. Travelation.com rocks!
As I've said in earlier posts this would be a return trip to Atlantis, Paradise Island in The Bahamas, actually part of New Providence Island. We went for the first time exactly a year ago and we returned this year because we've discovered it to be pricing sweet spot for both the resort and the airfare to get us there -- equally important to note is you have this mega-resort to yourself because it's not crowded at all. Yes, there are people but nothing compared to what it must be like during peak travel periods. Not being a fan of crowds this holds a lot of appeal for me.
We were in The Bahamas by 12:30PM, how sweet is that, that's a full day in my eyes. No real wait for our luggage passed through Bahamian immigration all problem free. We love it there and we have the biggest smiles on our faces now that we're back in The Bahamas, beautiful people, food and islands, a truly wonderful place be. Bahamians love their country and we understand at least some of the reasons why hence the giant smiles on our faces while we're there and every time we talk about when we're back home.
We were in a taxicab in a few minutes, next stop the Royal Towers at Atlantis, Paradise Island. Yippee! I used to live by the Pacific Ocean so when I'm by the sea, to coin an old expression, happy as a clam! Arriving at the grand vehicle entrance at the Royal Towers is fun and you're immediately attended to by professional, bellman who intercept your luggage leaving you with a claim check to have them delivered to your room after check in. I find the staff of Atlantis to be efficient and swift in most situations. Fantastic, my holiday is underway sooner rather than later, I think to myself.
Now, let me sidebar for a moment to give you the background on how I booked our room at Atlantis for this trip. Since this was a return visit we traveled as guests of the casino. So we started out booked into a comp'd. room in the Coral Towers the offer we offered almost monthly after returning home last year. So, that what I booked for us to start with but I didn't really want to stay in the Coral Towers because we really liked the Royal Towers last year. Well, two weeks later I rang the VIP Services desk here in the US and I was assisted by a very pleasant lady who placed me on hold and when she came back on the line she was able to move me to the Royal Towers and comp. the first night and $125.00 each for nights two and three. Perfect, of course I jumped at it. Now, back to the lovely woman who checked us in.
Arriving at the front desk a woman motions us towards her, very pleasant and professional while I engage her in conversation and request that she please provide me with the best room she can with an ocean view. Her immediate response was, yes sir and I'm selecting a room that's ready now. Would a room on the 12th floor on the ocean side be to you're liking. Indeed it would, I replied. We crossed the lobby at the Bell Desk to arrange for our luggage to be brought up to our room.
From the moment we opened the door to our room I could see the Atlantic ocean through the sheer drapes at the balcony door. Spectacular, in turned out our room was on the top floor of this particular section of the East, Royal Tower. Here's a photograph I took from our balcony, not a French balcony but a balcony with two chairs and a small round cocktail table. What a beautiful Atlantean view from our room. It's energizing to me.
I'll stop for now and continue the story of our return trip to Atlantis, Paradise Island in my next post. Stay tuned...
Giant Fun at Atlantis, Bahamas - and we won too...
10/05/2007 11:51
October 2006 my friend and I took a mini-holiday and
went to
Atlantis, The Bahamas
and we had a blast. We scored a great deal on a hotel
and airfare package which put us in the
Royal Towers
with a water view. We discovered that if you go after
the summer rush but before things pick up for the
holidays and the new year the
resort
isn't at all crowded so you get the benefit of a lot
less people and you save money. It’s called a
no-brainer. So, we’ve been planing on returning at
the same time this year. We were spoiled last year so
we knew it was possible if we were patient &
smart about it.
So, let me share our story, and some of my resources so you can have even more fun when you go to The Bahamas. Each day will be posted separately such as, Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 & Day 4 and then I will summarize complete with resources. Its my feeling that you can have the kind of holiday you want, whatever that is, even if its a 3 night mini-holiday. With a little pre-planning you can maximize what you’re able to do while still having plenty of time to relax so you'll end your holiday feeling rejuvenated, rested and ready to plan your return to this beautiful, magical island paradise that is The Bahamas.
Day 1 --
We arrived at the Nassau International Airport in the afternoon between 3-4PM. Breezed through customs, we were directed right to our transportation effortlessly. It was your typical, large airport/hotel transfer bus. You know the routine a handful of stops at the various hotels and resorts. We were in luck as our driver gave an interesting and informative tour as he delivered everyone to their hotel. Atlantis is on Paradise Island so our hotel was the last stop.
We were delivered to the Atlantis, Royal Towers - the entrance reminded us of Las Vegas very over the top fountain in the circular driveway complete with a portico [remember tropical rain]. It doesn’t matter how much video you watch or how many photographs you look at until you see Atlantis with your own eyes you just don’t comprehend the detail, and scale of the architecture. Greeted by the friendly bell staff we turn over our luggage and wander into the most amazing lobby. We were checked in by a very professional and friendly woman who gave us a great room with a water view. We purchased the Gourmet Meal Plan when we booked our travel package so that covered our breakfasts and dinners for our entire trip. Atlantis offers restaurants from some of the best chefs in the world. For example, we HAD to dine at NOBU and Cafe Martinique both of which were available to us via the gourmet meal plan. FYI, you can dine in any of the restaurants without the meal plans we just found it be make everything a little bit easier for our mini-holiday. I cannot emphasize enough that making your dinner reservations early while you're still at home ensures that you'll probably get a table when you want in the restaurants of your choice. So, book those dinner reservations as soon as you can and if you have a meal plan be sure to let the person know when you make the reservation, this eliminates any snafus when you arrive for dinner.
Dinner the first night we ate at FATHOMS which is very unique as you’re looking into one of the huge aquariums that comprise the marine habitat at Atlantis. So, you’re dining while all different fish and Manta Ray all types of marine life are swimming by these floor to ceiling, wall-to-wall glass windows that look right into this massive aquarium. It was fun. The service was very attentive. We both enjoyed our food. We spoke to one of our wait staff and he gave us some recommendations as I told him where we were eating our lunches away from Atlantis. He told us to us to be sure and try the cracked Conch, which we did but more on that when I post about Day 2 later. We both crave cracked Conch to this day.
After dinner we wandered into the casino at Atlantis. It bills itself as the largest casino in the Caribbean, I don’t know about that but what I will say is this, it’s a beautiful, large casino and very popular and active at night. Plenty of slot machines, and table games. I’m also an art lover so the Dale Chihuly glass sculptures depicting the Fire and Moon theme of the casino are just spectacular. There’s another sculpture representing giant crystals at the casino entrance by the Crystal Court shops, Gucci anyone?
My friend and I we were having so much fun in the casino we stayed up all night without even realizing it. We discovered it when we returned to our room. We burst out laughing. We crashed for awhile since it was already Day 2 so we get sleep a bit and then dive into our day. Check out the next post to ready about Day 2.
I will give each day it's own post and then I'll summarize complete with some of my travel resources as well as some suggestions for planning your own Bahamian holiday. In the meantime, enjoy this video clip about the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, the first land and sea park in the eastern hemisphere, and its in the magnificent archipelago known as The Bahamas.
So, let me share our story, and some of my resources so you can have even more fun when you go to The Bahamas. Each day will be posted separately such as, Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 & Day 4 and then I will summarize complete with resources. Its my feeling that you can have the kind of holiday you want, whatever that is, even if its a 3 night mini-holiday. With a little pre-planning you can maximize what you’re able to do while still having plenty of time to relax so you'll end your holiday feeling rejuvenated, rested and ready to plan your return to this beautiful, magical island paradise that is The Bahamas.
Day 1 --
We arrived at the Nassau International Airport in the afternoon between 3-4PM. Breezed through customs, we were directed right to our transportation effortlessly. It was your typical, large airport/hotel transfer bus. You know the routine a handful of stops at the various hotels and resorts. We were in luck as our driver gave an interesting and informative tour as he delivered everyone to their hotel. Atlantis is on Paradise Island so our hotel was the last stop.
We were delivered to the Atlantis, Royal Towers - the entrance reminded us of Las Vegas very over the top fountain in the circular driveway complete with a portico [remember tropical rain]. It doesn’t matter how much video you watch or how many photographs you look at until you see Atlantis with your own eyes you just don’t comprehend the detail, and scale of the architecture. Greeted by the friendly bell staff we turn over our luggage and wander into the most amazing lobby. We were checked in by a very professional and friendly woman who gave us a great room with a water view. We purchased the Gourmet Meal Plan when we booked our travel package so that covered our breakfasts and dinners for our entire trip. Atlantis offers restaurants from some of the best chefs in the world. For example, we HAD to dine at NOBU and Cafe Martinique both of which were available to us via the gourmet meal plan. FYI, you can dine in any of the restaurants without the meal plans we just found it be make everything a little bit easier for our mini-holiday. I cannot emphasize enough that making your dinner reservations early while you're still at home ensures that you'll probably get a table when you want in the restaurants of your choice. So, book those dinner reservations as soon as you can and if you have a meal plan be sure to let the person know when you make the reservation, this eliminates any snafus when you arrive for dinner.
Dinner the first night we ate at FATHOMS which is very unique as you’re looking into one of the huge aquariums that comprise the marine habitat at Atlantis. So, you’re dining while all different fish and Manta Ray all types of marine life are swimming by these floor to ceiling, wall-to-wall glass windows that look right into this massive aquarium. It was fun. The service was very attentive. We both enjoyed our food. We spoke to one of our wait staff and he gave us some recommendations as I told him where we were eating our lunches away from Atlantis. He told us to us to be sure and try the cracked Conch, which we did but more on that when I post about Day 2 later. We both crave cracked Conch to this day.
After dinner we wandered into the casino at Atlantis. It bills itself as the largest casino in the Caribbean, I don’t know about that but what I will say is this, it’s a beautiful, large casino and very popular and active at night. Plenty of slot machines, and table games. I’m also an art lover so the Dale Chihuly glass sculptures depicting the Fire and Moon theme of the casino are just spectacular. There’s another sculpture representing giant crystals at the casino entrance by the Crystal Court shops, Gucci anyone?
My friend and I we were having so much fun in the casino we stayed up all night without even realizing it. We discovered it when we returned to our room. We burst out laughing. We crashed for awhile since it was already Day 2 so we get sleep a bit and then dive into our day. Check out the next post to ready about Day 2.
I will give each day it's own post and then I'll summarize complete with some of my travel resources as well as some suggestions for planning your own Bahamian holiday. In the meantime, enjoy this video clip about the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, the first land and sea park in the eastern hemisphere, and its in the magnificent archipelago known as The Bahamas.
Fodor's
Bahamas - Your Only Guide to Paradise - Order It
Here
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Air
Travelation
Travelocity
The Power of Effective Marketing... no ad blindness...
08/25/2007 13:35
Thinking about nothing in particular I realized my
mind had wandered while reviewing this new-to-me
brand entitled "Urban
Daddy"
which I was invited to subscribe to and I must say
first of all I'm impressed with the consistency of
the brand message I've seen in my email inbox thus
far. I've clicked through each time because I wanted
more information because what they're putting in
front of me is so unique and compelling. That's a
100% response rate for this subscriber. I mean, stop
for a moment and think about that from both consumer
and business perspectives. One thing that's really
working for me is the graphic design; it's clean,
modern, dark - appealing attributes for me. The
invite to join this mailing list caught my attention
immediately with it's graphic appeal, I liked the
purported editorial content it would convey so I
clicked through and subscribed. Like I said above
I've clicked through on an item in each email they've
sent, and they've sent approximately six (6) emails
within seven days. For example this weekend I
received a message and I clicked through to this
hotel which is carved into not out of the volcanic
mountains in
Cappadocia
region of
Turkey.
Fascinating. It's called the
Anatolian Houses
and this takes unique and exclusive to a whole new
level. What I've learned already is that the gadget,
hotel or whatever item "Urban
Daddy"
has placed in front of me is special and perhaps, is
impossible to source. No doubt I will be writing more
about this brand as it evolves and reveals more of
itself to me. I'm curious who's publishing it. I find
it provocative, compelling, and well executed
content. Kudos to "Urban
Daddy".
Curiosities explored...
On The Spot Travel Deals from Travelocity
08/14/2007 17:02
I Won at the Atlantis Casino in The Bahamas...
08/10/2007 17:49
Let me tell you the story of how my friend and I
wound up at
Atlantis, The Bahamas.
It all started with an email, I don't remember who
sent it but there was this crazy, low priced
mini-holiday to the one of the two Fairmont resorts
in
Bermuda.
So, I looked into the
Bermuda
offer and realized that it was a large, conference
hotel. Next. Ended up at this great website, which is
now gone called Sunburst Vacations well we located
this promo. package for 4 days, 3 nights at Atlantis,
Bahamas in the
Royal Tower,
airfare and ground transportation to/from the airport
in
Nassau
for this incredible price of approximately $700.00 so
we went for it! We also added the gourmet meal plan
and so we each ended up paying around a $1,000.00
which if you break it down -- for us figure the
airfare is $350.00, which leaves $650.00 for three
nights in the
Royal Tower
which is a savings of approximately $550.00 from rack
rate to stay at Atlantis in the
Royal Tower.
We had excellent itinerary on
American Airlines
so I also added some nice frequent flyer miles to
my
AA account.
So, with our vacation package booked and paid for I
set about researching where we should dine out of all
of the fantastic choices available at Atlantis, they
urge you to secure your dinner reservations as soon
as possible to ensure getting to dine where you want
when you want. I booked us at Fathoms for the first
night, Nobu the second night and Cafe Martinique for
our third and final evening. I will write about the
amazing meals in separate blog posts so you'll have
to come back and it's worth it suffice it to say we
enjoyed all three but Nobu and Cafe Martinique were
extraordinary. However I will tell you about dinner
our first night at Fathoms. The interior of the
Fathoms dining room looks through this floor to
ceiling, wall to wall glass into one of the huge
aquariums that's part of what is called, The Dig.
You're looking into millions of gallons of water
while all sorts of marine life swims up to the window
while you're eating your dinner it makes for a unique
and memorable experience. The service was fantastic,
I've read tons of the negative reviews about the
service at Atlantis and we had no problems, in fact
I'm impressed with the level of service we enjoyed
considering the size of the resort. Our service was
attentive and on par with what we expect at that
level of travel but I digress a bit here so... After
dinner we decided to hit the casino and try our luck.
As luck would have it we were in its company that
evening. The casino at Atlantis is beautiful, less
Vegas more of a European influence with two
stunning
Dale Chihuly
glass sculptures depicting the Fire and Moon theme of
the casino, they're spectacular. The casino is quire
large but not overwhelming at all, it claims to be
the largest casino in the
Caribbean.
We're primarily slot machine players these days. My
friend and I went our separate ways wandering around
playing whatever machine caught our eye. So, who
knows how long we'd been gambling at this point my
friend was sitting at a machine and winning so I
turned away looked around and found this slot machine
with Tabasco pepper sauce graphics on it and I
thought to myself, "I like Tabasco." So, I sat down
at the machine and put in twenty dollars and hit "Bet
Max", nothing. Hit "Bet Max" again and the machine
starts paying off. What, I won!? It kept counting,
and counting and counting, until I had won $1,200.00
from two bets totaling less than $4.00. I couldn't
believe it, my first night at Atlantis and I had just
won back the cost of my mini-holiday plus a couple
hundred more. This works for me! I was on cloud nine
plus my friend won over $700.00 dollars. I will post
more about this trip because I have to tell you about
the amazing dinners we had at Nobu and Cafe
Martinique as part of our Gourmet meal plan; more on
this and how we took in the local food scene going
off the resort for our lunches. Always more to come
later...
Plus we're planning on going back this fall and staying at The Cove, Atlantis, their new, all suites, boutique hotel. It was under construction when we were there as was the new spa and expanded water park. The Cove's suites all enjoy water views because they've built the hotel right on this little point where Paradise Beach and Cove Beach meet, therefore creating breathtaking ocean views from each suite. I'm so excited. I can't wait to relax on the beach, nap, nosh and write. Here are some of my favorite travel resources to help you plan your next business or leisure trip. I research several websites before I make my decision best to make more informed decisions and the internet provides a wealth of information if you know where or how to look for it. Enjoy your day.
American Express
Cheap Caribbean
eBags
Expedia
Ghurka Fine Leather Goods
Hotels.com
Priceline
Travelocity
Plus we're planning on going back this fall and staying at The Cove, Atlantis, their new, all suites, boutique hotel. It was under construction when we were there as was the new spa and expanded water park. The Cove's suites all enjoy water views because they've built the hotel right on this little point where Paradise Beach and Cove Beach meet, therefore creating breathtaking ocean views from each suite. I'm so excited. I can't wait to relax on the beach, nap, nosh and write. Here are some of my favorite travel resources to help you plan your next business or leisure trip. I research several websites before I make my decision best to make more informed decisions and the internet provides a wealth of information if you know where or how to look for it. Enjoy your day.
American Express
Cheap Caribbean
eBags
Expedia
Ghurka Fine Leather Goods
Hotels.com
Priceline
Travelocity
Posh Getaway to The Bahamas where the James Bond film, "Casino Royale"...
08/10/2007 17:05
I've
written about my wonderful trip to
Atlantis,
Paradise
Island in The
Bahamas well I'm also writing more articles about
that trip but this new one just made it to the front
of the queue! Kerzner
International owns
Atlantis and they also own the exclusive
One &
Only Ocean Club which is
also on Paradise Island. Well, there are travel
opportunities right now that are simply unheard of in
terms of the savings, a couple would save
approximately $4,000.00 dollars which is an unheard
of travel opportunity. This is a very elegant,
private, exclusive resort, celebrities book into the
ocean front villas. This is a brief post is brief to
quickly share this opportunity with others. Check
back or subscribe to receive my series of articles
I'm writing about The Bahamas.
Imagine lying on the beach looking at that very caribbean blue water for six glorious days and 5 heavenly night, including airfare beginning at $1,129.00. I'd be flying from Chicago so my airfare would be no more than $400.00 U.S. dollars and the package per person costs $1,269.00 so that leaves me $869.00 U.S. dollars for five nights hotel (garden view room) at the One & Only Ocean Club. This is an incredible value for one of the most exclusive beach front resorts in the world. They filmed the latest James Bond film here, "Casino Royale". Check back or subscribe for an more in-depth article I'm writing about my recent trip to The Bahamas.
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Imagine lying on the beach looking at that very caribbean blue water for six glorious days and 5 heavenly night, including airfare beginning at $1,129.00. I'd be flying from Chicago so my airfare would be no more than $400.00 U.S. dollars and the package per person costs $1,269.00 so that leaves me $869.00 U.S. dollars for five nights hotel (garden view room) at the One & Only Ocean Club. This is an incredible value for one of the most exclusive beach front resorts in the world. They filmed the latest James Bond film here, "Casino Royale". Check back or subscribe for an more in-depth article I'm writing about my recent trip to The Bahamas.
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