
An Atlantic coast road trip from St. Augustine to Outer Banks, North Carolina reveals a unique slice of America. Picking up a cheap ‘Drive out of Florida’ car rental and road tripping up the Atlantic coast was one of my travel dreams.
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by Ric Garrido
by Ric Garrido
Grand Bohemian Charleston Hotel in South Carolina has opened as the newest Marriott Autograph Collection hotel. The property is a Kessler Collection hotel from Richard Kessler, a boutique hotel developer from Savannah, Georgia. His Kessler Collection hotels formed the original core of Marriott Autograph Collection hotel brand when it launched five years ago. Autograph Collection…
by Ric Garrido
Two weeks ago I was hanging around Dylann Roof’s neck of the South Carolina woods on a Sunday afternoon. The bombardment of media shelling the public with days of imagery of Charleston is mental shock treatment for a horrific incident. The other morning I read Dylann Roof, the murderer of nine people at Emanuel AME…
Rudyard Kipling wrote the words “He travels the fastest who travels alone” in poetry. Bruce Springsteen wrote these words in the song Valentine’s Day, one of my favorite Bruce tunes, as the last song on ‘Tunnel of Love’ album. They say he travels fastest who travels alone But tonight I miss my girl mister tonight…
Wyndham Rewards Brilliant Scheme to Make Low Market Segment Hotels Desirable What miles and points bloggers are missing in the new Wyndham Rewards with all the focus on the 15,000 points per night reward system worldwide is the earning side of the equation makes staying at low market segment properties more desirable. Bottom line is…
Like most visitors to Charleston, South Carolina, a trip to Fort Sumter was high on my list of tourist destinations. There is one concessionaire for getting a boat to the island in Charleston Harbor where the Fort Sumter National Monument is located. There are only three departure times daily March 15 to August 20 at…
There are no large national monuments or even a small sculpture on Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina in memory of the captive West African slaves who passed through this primary gateway of the Middle Passage into the American colonies from 1707 to 1799. Charleston, South Carolina was the wealthiest city in the American Colonies in the…
One of the joys of being a writer is the time spent after returning home from a travel experience and reflecting on what I experienced. Much of the knowledge I gather from my trips is learned days, weeks and months later as I try and piece together a story from my photos and information obtained…