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Travel Pain Points

11/17/2021

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Travel Pain Points: Or, How I Would Change the Travel Industry if I Ran the World; exquisitEXPLORATIONS Travel Blog
Travel Pain Points: Or, How I Would Change the Travel Industry if I Ran the World
It's no secret that I love to travel. I mean, that's what this blog is all about. I love seeing new places, meeting new people, trying new foods, and learning about other cultures. I love the destinations I visit. But the older I get, and especially now that we're traveling with our son, I like the actual travel to the destination less and less. Don't get me wrong. We're still going to travel, and we'll make the most of every hurdle and every challenge and every tiny airplane seat and every hotel room that's laid out all wrong, but if I had the power of Jeannie to cross my arms and blink things into existence, or if I ruled the world with absolute power [insert evil laugh], there are definitely things I would change about the travel industry.

Read on to hear my travel industry pain points.


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Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide for Travelers

11/8/2021

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Wondering what to get your traveler friends? We have the answer!

Check out our handy holiday gift guide for travelers!


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Technology and Family Fun Are a Winning Combination for This Year’s School Breaks

11/6/2021

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Technology and Family Fun Are a Winning Combination For This Year's School Breaks: A guest post about using current technology and learning about historical technology to create fun family memories
Technology and Family Fun Are a Winning Combination For This Year's School Breaks: A Guest Post
* Written by guest blogger, Joyce Wilson of Teacher Spark

Family vacations during school breaks have been delayed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that the world is starting to open back up, people are beginning to consider traveling again. However, many people are traveling to new places instead of traditional tourist attractions. Whether you decide to stay home or travel somewhere different, this year's winning combination for school breaks is family fun and technology.
exquisitEXCHANGE has some ideas that can help make this time memorable and fun.

Read on to see ideas for using technology to create family fun.


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Things to Do in New York With Kids

9/23/2021

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36 Things to Do with Your Kids in NYC; what to do in New York, NY, with kids; exquisitEXPLORATIONS Travel Blog
36 Things to Do with Your Kids in NYC
"Start spreading the news
I'm leaving today
I want to be a part of it
New York, New York."
Sinatra's famous song could easily be my life's anthem. Though I have a great fondness for a number of cities throughout the world, none sings the siren call to my soul like New York.

Recently Marvin and I had the pleasure of sharing our love of New York with our son for the first time.

In this post, I will tell you all my favorite things to do with kids in Manhattan. You will not find suggestions for the other boroughs, though I love the walk across the Brooklyn Bridge, the walk along the Brooklyn Promenade, the Bronx Zoo, and the New York Botanical Gardens.

Read more to find ideas for kid-friendly things to do in New York, NY.


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Things to Do in Houston with Kids

6/11/2021

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Things To Do in Houston With Kids; family friendly activities in Houston
Things To Do in Houston With Kids

Looking for some fun things to do in Houston and the surrounding area with your little ones? In addition to your typical Dave and Buster's, Chuck E Cheese, and a plethora of movie theaters, Houston also has a number of other fantastic things to do with your kids that you may not find everywhere.

Read on for a list of 40 fun, family-friendly activities in and Around Houston, TX!


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Pet-Friendly Travel in Big Bend

4/29/2021

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Pet-Friendly Travel in Big Bend, TX; what to do in Big Bend with a dog
Pet-Friendly Travel in Big Bend
Though quite a long drive from Houston, the Big Bend area was absolutely worth the road trip. We loaded up the baby and the pup, stopped one night in San Antonio, and then continued on to Big Bend via Alpine. We stayed in an AirBNB RV near Terlingua and spent our days exploring Terlingua, Big Bend National Park, and Big Bend Ranch State Park.

Read more to see what to do in the Big Bend area with a pet.


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Pet-Friendly Travel in Dallas

4/28/2021

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Pet-Friendly Travel in Dallas, TX; places to go and things to do with your four-legged friend in Dallas, TX
Pet-Friendly Travel in Dallas, TX
With mandatory quarantine periods still in effect in many parts of the world, we are postponing any international travel until 2022. But that doesn't mean we aren't traveling. To celebrate my 37th trip around the sun, we drove to Dallas to spend a few days exploring, eating, and spending time together as a family - including our four-legged "son."

Read on to see pet-friendly places to eat and things to do in Dallas.


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International Mystery Books

4/26/2021

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I don't know about you, but my quarantine time was largely spent catching up on my ever-growing reading list. Since travel was so limited, I found that the perfect books to read were the ones that allowed me to experience a new location and "travel" in the mind's eye.

Check Out This List of
​ Mystery Novels Set Around the World.


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Around The World in 80 Restaurants

8/11/2020

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Around the World in 80 (Houston) Restaurants, exquisitEXPLORATIONS Travel Blog
Around the World in 80 (Houston) Restaurants
Houston is a melting pot of ethnicities, having surpassed New York City as the most racially and ethnically diverse large metropolitan area in the country. With so many cultures coming together, it's no wonder that Houstononians have a plethora of foods from all over the world at their fingertips.

Take a trip with me around the world to 41 Countries by visiting these 80 Houston restaurants.


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Pet-Friendly Restaurants in New Braunfels

4/1/2020

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Pet-Friendly Restaurants in New Braunfels, Texas; exquisitEXPLORATIONS Travel Blog
Pet-Friendly Restaurants in New Braunfels, Texas
For our anniversary, Marvin and I drove from Houston over to historic New Braunfels, Texas, near San Antonio. Unable to bear the thought of leaving our six-month-old puppy with a sitter, we took him along and planned our meals around places that were pet-friendly.

Read on to see our favorite pet-friendly restaurants and Bars in New Braunfels.


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    Carolyn 
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    The daughter of an English teacher, Carolyn has been an avid reader and writer from an early age.  She decided to chronicle the exquisitEXPLORATIONS journey through a travel and RV lifestyle blog, full of RV-related tips and stories of their travel adventures. As a mom and dog mom, her focus has shifted slightly to include both pet-friendly and kid-friendly places to go and things to do.


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