Florida

There was a time when I was a HUGE fan of Disney and be it the parks, the movies, the music, you name it, I was a walking, talking Disney…

It used to be that when the president of a democratic nation lost an election, they’d concede, and life would go on. That doesn’t always seem to be the case…

The Diplomat Beach Resort is a 1,000-room property located in Hollywood, Florida (between Fort Lauderdale and Miami). In 2018 it was named one of the top 10 resorts in Florida…

It’s no secret that tickets to Disneyland (DL) and Walt Disney World (WDW) are EXPENSIVE. As in “near, if not over $100 per day” expensive if you buy tickets for…

For decades, Florida has been a vacation mecca. It’s known for its beautiful beaches on either coast, on top of popular theme parks in the center of the state. Florida…

The only things guaranteed in life are death and taxes. Hotel room taxes (a.k.a. “hotel occupancy tax,” a.k.a. “hotel accommodations tax,” a.k.a. “local occupancy tax,” a.k.a. “transient occupancy tax,” a.k.a.…

We know that lots of theme park fans don’t like to go off theme park property when they vacation in Central Florida. We used to be like that, too, before…

It seems you can’t watch the news without hearing something about the ongoing labor shortage. Ever since the COVID pandemic began, millions of workers have stopped working at their pre-pandemic…

Airports across the country are reporting passenger numbers that are nearly as large as 2019, the last “normal” year we had before COVID. With that, lines at the TSA security…

While driving to New Orleans, we spent the night at a Fairfield Inn along the Florida Panhandle, just off I-10. While Marriott has been touting the “Commitment to Clean” throughout…