January 7, 2010
I had a dream that it was already the end of 2010 and I was looking back at my year of travel. What I saw in my dream was a year where the travel industry really focused on female travelers.
I can feel the thick shampoo in my hair, the luxurious towels, a scent of lavender emanating from my plush pillow. I am healthier and fitter than I’ve ever been thanks to the Pilates and Yoga classes offered by hotels and the nutritional food enjoyed from hotel restaurants and mini-bars. I have numerous friends I have met through wine and food tastings, travel meet-ups and other events that hotels hosted to extract me and other women guests out of our hotel rooms at night. And the hotel’s security team has been wonderful in escorting me to my room when I arrived late in the evenings.
What a great dream. And dreams are meant to come true, aren’t they?
Some of these dream items came from my talk with Julie Moline of Women Entrepreneur magazine, so they’ve been on my mind a lot 
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Posted by Carol Margolis under Hotel Living, Radio/TV/Media appearances, Random Thoughts |
January 6, 2010
I remember dealing with left-hander issues back in kindergarten. I am sensitive to whether an item was made left-handed or right-handed. I lived with years of ink on the side of my hand, bumping elbows with dinner partners and ladling soup out of the ‘wrong’ side of a ladle. I’ve gotten very adept at adjusting to a right-hand world but really struggle finding the perfect luggage that is left-handed. Read more of this article »
Posted by Carol Margolis under General, Random Thoughts, Shopping! |
January 5, 2010
Here are my travel resolutions for 2010:
- Enjoy more of each city or town that I visit, including more local restaurants, more local places of interest and learn more of their customs
- Talk with more people about their travel interests
- Be bolder in the foods that I order. Ask restauranteurs to surprise me with local favorites
- Talk to more people to learn more about where they are from and their cultures
- Pack even more Read more of this article »
Posted by Carol Margolis under Current Affairs, General |
