by Ilisa Oman | 28 Dec | Africa, Bucket List, Family Vacation, Kenya, safari, Travel Advisor, Travel Agent, Travel Planning
I consider my trip to Kenya to be comprised of two distinct parts – the city of Nairobi and the open spaces of Kenya’s national parks and the traditional safari that everyone thinks of when they consider visiting Africa. Kenya has 24 national parks. That’s in...
by Ilisa Oman | 14 Dec | Africa, Bucket List, Dream Trip, Family Travel, Family Vacation, Kenya, Luxury Family Travel, safari, Travel Advisor, Travel Agent, Travel Planning
A month after I left for my first trip to Africa, I am finally getting around to putting into words what Kenya was like. I got home the day before Thanksgiving and life just got in the way, so I’m sorry for this late email. Kenya – I am not sure how to adequately...
by Ilisa Oman | 10 Nov | Africa, Bucket List, Dream Trip, Family Travel, Family Vacation, Kenya, Luxury Family Travel, Luxury Travel, safari, Travel Advisor, Travel Agent, Travel Planning, Uncategorized
I am a carry-on convert. When traveling, I try to only bring carry-ons and avoid checking bags wherever possible, and my upcoming trip to Kenya is no exception. However, African safaris are unlike your average garden variety European trip, and packing for them pose...
by Ilisa Oman | 2 Nov | Bucket List, Dream Trip, Family Travel, Family Vacation, Kenya, Luxury Family Travel, safari
I am going to Kenya. I write all the time about bucket list trips, and one of mine has always been an African safari, to see the Big 5, to hug a baby elephant. And through a stroke of luck and a good idea, it’s coming true. Yes, I’m going to Kenya. How did this...
by Ilisa Oman | 6 Oct | Antarctica, Bucket List, Cruise Vacation, Cruising, Dream Trip, Easter Island, Galapagos, Luxury Family Travel, Travel Advisor, Travel Agent, Travel Planning
Are there some far-flung remote places you’d like to visit but just aren’t sure how to get there, or if they are just pipe dreams? Do you desire to visit all 7 continents, but just gave up on the idea because visiting Antarctica seems too unattainable to you? Maybe...
by Ilisa Oman | 29 Sep | All-Inclusive Resorts, All-Inclusive Vacation, All-Inclusive Vacations, beach vacation, Bucket List, Caribbean Vacation, Costa Rica, Dream Trip, Dubai, Family Travel, Family Vacation, Mexico, vacation planning
Doesn’t it seem like summer just picked up and left without so much as saying goodbye? She didn’t even leave us any evidence that she was here for 3 months. Not a very good houseguest, I would say. But that’s ok. If you are still craving that nice hot weather, and...
