Month: February 2018

Are you looking for a place to escape to, away from the hustle and bustle of urban life? Well, arent you the lucky one! Theres a gem of a place somewhere north of Manila that offers sanctuary to those individuals looking for a quiet solitude. And that place is none other than Pangasinan.

Pangasinan is a province of coastal villages and lovely beaches. Located 250 kilometers (or 5-6 hour drive) north of the Philippines busy capital, the place is picture perfect for weekend getaways as it provides a refreshing break from the madness of city life. Although primarily known for its most famous tourist attraction, the Hundred Islands National Park, Pangasinan has a lot more surprises to offer. And the beaches in this coastal town are among those surprises. Indeed, they never fail to amaze local and foreign tourists. Among the provinces charming beaches are the following:

Abrak Beach.

Just a few minutes drive from Bolinao town proper, Abrak is a beautiful and secluded beach that offers affordable rental beach huts (at 500 PhP) for those who are on a budget. For visitors who want to spend a day or two frolicking by the beach, there are also several resorts available in the area.

Arnedo Beach.

Also located in the town of Bolinao, Arnedo Beach is a must for surfers looking for surfing facilities with reasonable fees. For those who want to relax, there are also quite a few resorts around the place. One of the popular ones is the Rock Garden Resort.

Colibra Island.

Known also as Snake Island, this island beach in Dasol boasts a magnificent shoreline with crystal clear waters perfect for recreational activities such as diving and snorkeling. Prepare yourself to get a mean tan, though, as the island offers no shade, except for a few coconut trees planted in the area. Visitors can reach Colibra Island by boat from Tambobong Beach, which is about 20 minutes away.

Tambobong Beach.

Tourists looking for some quiet time alone can enjoy their privacy here in this beach located in a quaint fishing village in Dasol. Tambobong White Beach Resort offers affordable accommodation, with the amenities being very simple and basic compared to other upscale resorts. But at least you get to take pleasure in your own personal retreat, so whats not to love in this place?

Tondol Beach.

Located in the town of Anda, Tondol Beach is said to be one of the most beautiful beaches in northern Luzon. The best time to visit is during low tide as it isnt that extraordinary when its high tide. Nevertheless, the place is still considered one of the best in the region.

Local and foreign tourists, especially those who prefer an outdoor travel destination other than the more popular ones like Boracay, are welcome to spend their vacation in these charming Pangasinan beaches.

If you are wondering, getting to Pangasinan is easy. From Manila, Pangasinan is accessible by bus going to Alaminos, one of the provinces four cities. From there, public transportations can take you to the different villages that lead to these beaches. However, since these destinations are not yet fully commercialized, transportation options are quite limited. There are not so many tricycles and jeepneys that ply some of the routes so you may have to wait for available rides. You dont have to worry though, because your patience is sure to be rewarded upon setting foot on these beautiful beaches of Pangasinan.

For guests treating themselves to hot and sunny Cancun holidays this winter season, the Oasis group is bringing them with a special winter warmer by offering them with a great new special gift to help them get about and about during their stay at Oasis selection of Cancun hotels.
Oasis Hotels & Resorts are now offering guests the ultimate facility to reward tourists choosing to stay at their group of hotels in Cancun: complimentary use of a Smart Car!

The new offer has been launched in order to entice more travellers to take holidays in Cancun this winter season and the new range of Smart cars featuring the logo Oasis Loves U has been designed as the ultimate treat for guests.

“Our goal is to provide more value to guests when they come to stay with us. While guests at our all-inclusive resorts want for little as everything is included, we feel the ultimate amenity is to offer them use of a complimentary Smart Car so they have the freedom to explore beyond the resort…to go shopping, dining, sightseeing, and more”, were the words from Enrique Klein, Vice President of Sales & Marketing for TravAmerica, the exclusive sales and marketing representation company for Oasis Hotels & Resorts in North America.

The car will also prove convenient for guests enjoying Cancun holidays at newly renovated Oasis Sense del Mar hotel and who choose to take advantage of the Oasis Runaway Program, where guests of the Grand Oasis Cancun, Sens Del Mar, and Grand Oasis Palm are free to avail themselves of the facilities at any of the other resorts including dining, entertainment, and more.

After investing $7 million in renovating the newly revamped Oasis Sens Del Mar, which reopened to guests last December 2011, along with the refurbishment plans, the Oasis group acquired a fleet of Smart Cars to make available to guests for free and thus enhance the holiday experience they offered to guests staying at their collection of resorts.

Oasis Hotels & Resorts purchased 200 Smart Cars for guests embarking on holidays to Cancun and staying at any of the above-mentioned participating Cancun hotels. As part of the new complimentary offer Oasis resorts will assess a nominal daily insurance charge for those who use the cars. Guests staying in the “Sens” category of accommodation at the Grand Oasis Cancun and all guests staying at the Sens Del Mar enjoy complimentary use of the Smart Cars.

Weddings, moving house and divorces are meant to be the most stressful things to go through in life and as more brides and grooms are opting to tie the knot abroad, the stress levels are likely to increase.

However, help is available for couples planning weddings abroad via Faith Wishnie, the director of wedding services for Karisma Hotels & Resorts.

According to Wishnie, the rising number of destination weddings is down to the changes in todays modern society.

“Awareness of destination (wedding) options has really jumped. This is because of family and friends being spread across the world, people are travelling more now, and the Internet has played a big part because it’s easy to do the research,” she explained.

Beach weddings are a popular option for loved-up couples who are seeking romance and a picturesque setting. Destinations such as the Caribbean are among the favourites due to the large number of all inclusive resorts, tailor-made wedding packages and considerably lower costs compared to weddings in the United Kingdom.

Many of the resorts offer free wedding planners who can take care of all of the details, from the marriage licence and legal documents, to the flowers, photographer, music and catering.

“The trend is (for brides) who want to have the planning simplified and have everything taken care of,” added Wishnie.

Karisma Hotels and Resorts has 12 wedding planners who can help brides and grooms plan their dream Cancun weddings via email and over the phone, plus 15 onsite wedding coordinators who are available at the hotel groups seven properties across Cancun and the Riviera Maya.

The resorts also offer a separate groom’s room, so the bride and groom can both get ready in privacy before the ceremony.
Wishnie offers a couple of tips for couples so they can enjoy stress-free weddings abroad:

Don’t check-in anything that you’ll absolutely need or want for the big day. Carry your dress with you and/or buy anything there that you definitely want for the wedding, she said.

Don’t bring party favours with you. We can work with you to get favours or flowers and decorations cheaper (onsite).”

The Super Falcon chair lift in Breckenridge, CO opened in 1985, this made peak 10 the third mountain to be opened at Breckenridge Ski Resort. Peak 10’s double black terrain is plentiful. All the extreme double diamond terrain is on the south side of the mountain. With great runs like mustang which offers moguls, trees and more. The top part of Mustang is relatively flat, but don’t be fooled. This flat part suddenly drops into the steep part of the mountain
Towards the end of the run, there is huge natural hit and the landing is perfect but be careful not to go to big or else you will land of the flat. After the hit make sure you get enough speed for the cat walk. If you snowboard, beware, the traverse to the lift can be exhausting. There are five other double black runs on the southside all are pretty similar to Mustang with steeps and mogels. Quiver, Elan, Trinity, Black Hawk and Darkrider will challenge even the most experienced skier.
If you’re riding the Southside don’t forget about the brilliant Cimmaron ski run. If you like speed with a lot of rollers, You’ll love Cimmaron. This ski run has a giant slalom feel to it with good reason. They actually hold world cup races on this run. Once you pick up speed with this run, you’ll have a much easier traverse at the bottom. The southside is the absolute best on a powder day, but I recommend you avoid the double black runs on sunny days.
The north side of peak 10 has less vertical than the south side, but the north side has two of the greatest tree or mogel runs in Corsair and the Burn. Corsair is a little steeper than the burn, and it also has a tighter trees, but if you want to get the most bang for the buck, try starting at corsair and traverse skiers right and I promise you a long fresh run. When you pull up to the corsair mogul run, go left into the trees and I promise it all opens up into an amazing powder field.
The Burn is just below Corsair and offers wide open tree runs with absolultely perfect spacing of the trees. If you keep going to the right side when coming down the Burn, your run will be much longer.
One more run worth mentioning is the Crystal . This runs straight down the middle under the Falcon Chair. This run is a great run for an intermediate skiers looking to take that next step towards being a more aggressive skier. As a warning and tip, if you happen to be riding Breckenridge on a Saturday or Sunday, the lift lines can get extremely long. So my advice to you is to tryout peak10 early in the morning and by 10:30am, you can go to other lifts on Peak 9 or Peak 8 and there won’t be much of a line.

As one of the top holiday Ownership Company that has earned a worldwide reputation, country vacations has managed special access to the equally premier resort companies that are not even a part of its group and also where Country vacations doesnt own a property. All that a country vacation member has to pay is a very nominal per day utility charges to enjoy their holidays at these resorts, which are in a way a part of country vacations membership.

As we all know that country vacation has its resorts all over India and abroad, one of the very famous and popular country vacation destinations is country vacation Mumbai. This comes in the country vacation Maharashtra group. The resorts and clubs that form the Maharashtra group are the Mumbai country vacation club and resort, Pune resort and the Bamboo grove resort. You can get access to this group by buying the country vacation membership. When you buy the country vacation Mumbai membership, you get many more facilities like a 2 nights and a 3 day stay at any of the country vacation resorts all across India by paying a very nominal utility charges, Complimentary membership of the country club, Hyderabad, the facility to transfer, gift or sale the membership through your own personal contacts and many more such options.

Country vacation Mumbai club also offer an accommodation facility and it is one of the most happening clubs in Andheri, Mumbai. The club provides its guests and members amazingly fun filled and nicely scheduled food festivals , DJ nights, childrens carnivals, Movie programs, Rain dance schedules, Ghazi Evenings, picnics and much more to make sure that their stay is thoroughly memorable and enjoyable.

The Mumbai Country Vacation club also plays the host to a string of interesting and enjoyable events like the Miss Country Club Contest, a lot of Musical extravaganzas, Holy programs, Fashion shows, Dandify and New- Year functions etc,. As a part of the Mumbai country vacation membership, you will get the invitations to all such mega events being held here. There are many more facilities available here at the country vacation Mumbai resort like the Tennis court, squash court, health club, swimming pool, a well maintained bar and restaurant, card room, snooker table etc and all these facilities makes Mumbai country vacation club and resort a favorite among a lot of people who visit here regularly. The spacious building of the Mumbai country vacation club is built with the suave interiors and is spread over 1 lakh square foot with lush greenery that completely satisfies the aesthetic sense of its visitors and members.