Must-Have New York Nature Adirondack Travel Apps

From the isolated deep forests to the concrete jungles of New York City, YES, there’s an app for that. I routinely scour the Apple App Store for travel apps and here are some the best I’ve found. The Apple Store has the most abundant and diverse apps, to be sure, but many app creators are [...]

NewYorkTraveler.net Gets a New Logo!

After a year’s hiatus while we gutted and renovated our 1855 home in Upstate New York, the Mecomber team is back on the trail! My itinerary is a bit scattered this season, but it’ll be fun. I’m going to focus on a few places that have been getting media attention lately– places that may not [...]

Summer Plans!

I am pretty excited about this coming summer. While I will have to work on a few renovation projects around the house, I don’t expect any major demolition. Which means we will actually GET TO TRAVEL this year. Last year, all I did was go to New York City for a few days. I’ll also [...]

Review of Octopus Travel Hotel Search Site

I have been seriously contemplating a visit to the UK, sometime in the future. For one, I think my genealogy research will lead me there (as it did my grandmother, who was unsuccessful in her treasure hunt), and I would just love to see the United Kingdom beyond gazing at glossy photos in books. I [...]

The No. 1 Out of State Destination: Florida

I have visited Kissimmee and Orlando, and seen the exquisite Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Coasts. WHAT an experience! No wonder so many New Yorkers choose Florida as their primary out-of-state destination and winter home! Just thinking about all the amazing things in Kissimmee make me want to drive down there today!

Tips For Out of Season Budget Travel

It’s almost winter here in the Western Hemisphere. This is a spectacular time to travel, both domestically and abroad! Prices are low, crowds are lower, and hotels and attractions are more desperate for the revenue. I love traveling in the off-season: I love the attentive treatment, the quiet aisles, the slower pace. Here are some [...]

The New T-List

Happy Hotelier has resurrected and refined the new T-List, a list of travel websites and bloggers. He’s organized and ranked 300 travel sites (wow!) by Technorati ranking. I was stunned to see this blog at #39! I am elated and very surprised! My blog is up there with the biggies like The Lost Girls, The [...]

A Gift From Scotland

My husband came home yesterday, waving a package at us. I’ve been receiving quite the number of packages recently, including pinhole glasses . The kids and I jumped outside to him, to see the words “Royal Mail” printed on the envelope. My gift from Scotland has arrived! A few months ago, my dear friend Alison [...]

The Creepiest Places in the World

I found this title at another blog, and it got my attention probably as much as it now has yours, lol. Concierge.com has an interesting series on the world’s creepiest places. The places that make the top ten are… very creepy, indeed. There’s a nifty Google Map for it, too, here. Surprisingly, no New York [...]

The Boring Traveler

The New York Times has a colorful travel section online, but I’ve generally avoided it because it revolves a world apart– a higher echelon– from me. I just can’t make myself get excited about wild nightclubs in Slovenia (the new liberation) or “Hawaii on a dime” (face it, if you’re going to vacation in Hawaii, [...]

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