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- 11 Marerato in Hotel Deals | NO COMMENTS
Riu Guanacaste All-inclusive Hotel Deal in Costa Rica for $113
Riu Guanacaste All-inclusive in Costa Rica
Planning a sunny Caribbean beach cheap vacation for this year? Book the Riu Guanacaste All-inclusive resort no and spend it in Costa Rica from $113 per night. Act fast and you can save 50% off regular rates on bookings through December 23 2015, plus if you travel after May 1, your kids will stay free at the hotel. …
- 16 May
Bahamas all inclusive Viva Wyndham Fortuna getaway
Viva Wyndham Fortuna All-inclusive Beach Resort
It was time again for us to bring you the cheapest and/ or the best vacation packages for this week. If you are on a budget or do not have a lot of time, you will love this 3 nights all inclusive Bahamas getaway for $389 per person.
Our collection for this week also includes 7 nights Galapagos tours with a guide for $2,059 pp, 3 nights Costa Rica escapes for $729 pp and all inclusive Aruba getaways under $1,000 pp. Book fast, the best deals always sell out first! …
- 15 Janerato in Medical Travel | NO COMMENTS
Why is the Caribbean not a top destination for medical travel
Caribbean beach ©Trish Hartmann/Flickr
The list of the top 10 destinations for medical travel in the last years start with Brazil, Costa Rica, South Korea, Malaysia and goes on without mentioning any country from the Caribbean.
Despite the fact that they educate many great doctors in the region, these countries still don’t really get their slice of the cake that made up more than 10% of the global GDP of 2013 and which is fashionably called the medical travel industry. Let us see why is the Caribbean not a top destination – or at least not yet… …
- 10 Janerato in Medical Travel | 1 COMMENT
Medical travel in the Caribbean
At the dentist ©^@^ina (Irina Patrascu)/Flickr
When it comes to medical services abroad, for US patients it is most convenient to travel to nearby places such as Mexico or the Caribbean. In a few years medical travel in the Caribbean will be blooming because of the new investors that come to its countries to build new hospitals.
Let see what are the advantages of visiting the Caribbean for a medical procedure and what can the exotic islands offer you what it’s not all about vacations and having fun on one of the sunny beaches.
… - 07 Janerato in Medical Travel | NO COMMENTS
Insurance providers and medical travel
Eye examination at the doctor
Nowadays medical tourism is accepted on a mainstream level thanks to numerous factors including rising medical costs in the US, cheap but high quality facilities appearing worldwide, from Mexico through India to Vietnam and people becoming more open-minded about connecting an exotic vacation with a -let’s say – hip replacement.
But what do insurance providers have to say about that? With these very fast changes they also have to change their policies and services to accommodate the new needs of their clients. …
- 12 Decerato in Medical Travel | NO COMMENTS
Medical procedures easily done abroad
At the eye doctor ©** RCB **/Flickr
At this time the number of people traveling away from their homes for medical services is about half a million in a year. Some travel abroad for more difficult surgeries that they cannot easily afford at home, but others – the opportunistic medical tourists – merely seize the opportunity of some minor procedure while they are traveling anyway.
Here are some medical procedures that can easily be done abroad. If you put so much effort in planning a vacation, why not add some extra effort into planning to resolve some health care issue at the same time? …
- 29 Maritachan in Travel Planning | NO COMMENTS
Summer travel planning: 5 volunteering destinations
Summer is the best time for a holiday in many parts of the world, but it can also be a peak season when prices can be really high. There’s a lazy,laid back atmosphere floating around in summer that makes you want to take off to some remote part of the world and forget about work or school for a while. And while summer holidays have always been popular, a rising trend among vacationers is to go on volunteering holidays.People volunteer for a variety of reasons, some because they genuinely want to help, and others as a way of expanding their horizons and traveling far away on a tight budget. Whatever your motivations, here are some ideas for your summer travel planning: 5 volunteering destinations where you can share your skills, do some good and meet fellow travelers and locals. …
- 01 Marlizzy_a in Amazing Places | NO COMMENTS
The best uninhabited islands that you can visit
Eil Malk, Palau, photo by Lakshmi Sawitri on Flickr
It was probably easier to end up staying on a desert island centuries ago than nowadays, so those adventurous travelers who want to play at becoming Robinson Crusoe will make to make an effort to be forgotten on some remote island or other. But what you can do quite easily nowadays is visit an uninhabited island – you and many other curious travelers.
Just because an island is uninhabited it doesn’t mean that there aren’t plenty of people who will want to visit it, and just as many people willing to arrange a visit for you. You won’t feel completely like a castaway, but if you like ‘stranded on a desert island’ stories, you will love some of the best uninhabited islands that you can visit. …
- 28 Febevike14 in Fun and Travel | NO COMMENTS
The world’s best travel experiences for thrill seekers
Sydney Harbor Bridge, photo by Kevin Gibbons
For some people, traveling is an opportunity to meet new people, see interesting places and discover cultures other than their own. For others, it’s not so much what they see, but how they see it. Adrenaline junkies can appreciate scenery just as well as any other person, but the if you’re hurtling towards the scenery at a dazzling speed, or rushing past it down a dangerous river, then the scenery is a hundred times better.
If you prefer to churn out even the last drop of excitement out of every opportunity, then you will probably want to try some of the world’s best travel experiences for thrill seekers. …
- 24 Febandra88 in Food Experiences | NO COMMENTS
Travel destinations with remarkable cuisine
Antwerp
You’d have to have a pretty conservative and obstinate stomach in order to be able to travel without indulging in the offer of local dishes and delicacies. Food and food preparation is a huge part of most cultures, and sticking only to dishes that are ‘international’ or familiar to the palate would mean that you are missing out on an essential part of the travel experiences.
And while most travelers are happy to enjoy the local fare as a bonus to seeing amazing new places, there are more than enough travel destinations that are worth visiting based on their cuisine alone. And if you’re worried that you won’t have much to do except to stuff yourself in these destinations, don’t worry, they all have more than their fare share of sights as well. Here are a few travel destinations with remarkable cuisine that is reason enough to visit them. …
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