New Zealand is a beautiful country, and it is filled with beautiful homes, and all homes need to be repaired, maintained and renovated.
This September brings people in New Zealand the Auckland Home Show, a mega-home repair and renovation event, offering seminars, advice, products and new technology for home owners and contractors. The event will be held at the ASB showgrounds in Auckland from September 5th through the 9th this year.
While there, visitors will be able to meet with over 600 vendors and merchants showing off the latest and most exciting home improvement, repair, building, and renovation products available today.
The Auckland Home Show is Coming this September
by James Maynard August 31st, 2012 | Destination Highlight, Fairs & Festivals
Tasmania!
by Louise August 30th, 2012 | Australia
What do you know about Tasmania? If I asked my friends that question I would probably get a response that has something to do with the youngest of the Looney Tunes, Taz. Well, they're not completely unrelated. Taz is known for his ferocious appetite and a powerful bite. Taz's namesake, the Tasmanian Devil, is the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world. Found in the wild only on the Australian state of Tasmania, it has one of the strongest bites per unit mass of any mammal land predator. However, Tasmania is more than just a home to an endangered species.
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To-Do List: Ireland
by Kaitlin August 29th, 2012 | Europe, Ireland
It has official been three years to the day since I got on a plane from Newark, New Jersey set for Rome, Italy to begin my semester abroad. Feel free to insert any cliché about time flying, because wow does it ever! I was extremely fortunate to be able to travel within Europe a lot while I was there, but there are still some major destinations I haven’t seen yet, mostly because I felt that a quick weekend getaway wouldn’t do them proper justice. I haven’t been back toEurope since 2009, but I’m getting the itch again, and have
New Zealand — Getting There
by Bea August 28th, 2012 | Air Travel, Airlines, New Zealand
At some point in my life, I would really like to make it over to New Zealand. However, the challenge that I face right now is that it is so hard to get there. The flights are expensive, the travel time feels like two days, the time difference is very noticeable, and I would need more than a week's vacation in order to really deem the travel time "worth it". Getting to New Zealand many years ago was extremely difficult as much of the travel had to be done by boat, but now there are flights that come in from
Tips for Booking a Cruise
by Jessica B. August 27th, 2012 | Cruise, Travel Planning, Travel Rules
What to do:
1) Shop around – These days you can find a huge variety of cruises, prices, and what travel agents. Start out by figuring out where you want to go and then try to figure out what type of cruise you want – luxury, family, large, small. Then check the web, newspaper ads, travel agents – some travel agents require a deposit pretty early in the process, you might want to avoid them unless you feel really confident in your agent. Compare prices, and make sure to compare what you get for your money.
2) Don’t forget to include
1) Shop around – These days you can find a huge variety of cruises, prices, and what travel agents. Start out by figuring out where you want to go and then try to figure out what type of cruise you want – luxury, family, large, small. Then check the web, newspaper ads, travel agents – some travel agents require a deposit pretty early in the process, you might want to avoid them unless you feel really confident in your agent. Compare prices, and make sure to compare what you get for your money.
2) Don’t forget to include