Traveling with Friends | Girlfriend Getaway Advice from Maire Hunter

May 19, 2012 – 2:54 pm

“I love traveling with a friend and seeing places through her eyes too.” –Girlfriendology

Traveling with a girlfriend has all sorts of advantages. You have someone to play with, someone to watch the luggage while you take turns using the restroom, and (best of all) you get to spend time with a really great gal.

Guest blogger MAIRE HUNTER reminds us that a little bit of planning can make a vacation with a gal pal even better than you thought it could be! (Happy traveling, girlfriend!)

Vacations are a wonderful experience that many people enjoy. Vacationers take a wide variety of excursions and road trips to amusement parks, historic sites, different states, and sometimes different countries. About 58 percent of vacationers travel with their romantic partners, while 22 percent bring Read More »

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Cruise Ship Safety | Insight from Travel Guru Janet DeVito

February 16, 2012 – 7:42 am

Girlfriend Getaway. Those words sound wonderful don’t they? Girlfriend Guru and travel expert Janet DeVito not only thinks about traveling with wonderful women, she makes it a practice to travel and explore with friends old and new.

This month, Janet shares her thoughts about the safety of cruising in light of the Costa Concordia. (Girlfriendology.com sends our community love to all those who suffered in that disaster. We’re thinking of you.)

Two weeks ago I sat on the beach the day before boarding a Royal Caribbean cruise for our Girls Getaway Cruise. I couldn’t help but think about the tragic event that took place on the Costa Concordia earlier in the month. My heart breaks for all that experienced that accident and for those families who lost loved ones. I could only imagine how scary that was.

I consider myself a bona fide “worry wart” and Read More »

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Month of Friendship, Day 26: Plan a Trip with a Girlfriend

May 9, 2011 – 6:28 pm

No road is long with good company.

Turkish Proverb

Do you LOVE to travel girlfriend?

I do! I love to travel. I love the adventure of exploring a new city, seeing unfamiliar sights, walking streets and trails I’ve never traveled. The taste of new foods, the sounds of night be it crickets or cabs, looking into the eyes of strangers … I seem to notice every detail when I’m a tourist. I’m more alert, creative, inspired and happy. Yep, give me a ticket and itinerary, and I’m a happy girl.

Better yet, give me two tickets and let me take a BFF! The only thing better is to travel with a friend. Someone to share the adventure, explore, get lost then find our way, and celebrate a very special trip – together. A friend to make memories with, laugh, enjoy time together and create an amazing trip, again, together. Taking a girlfriend trip is the ultimate in Read More »

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Girlfriends Cruise – BFF Bon Voyage!

October 13, 2010 – 12:44 pm

Grab your Girlfriends – Let’s go on a Cruise!

Combining BFFs and traveling is like a bonus check and a shoe sale! Perfect together!

Women traveling together is the most fun many of us can have! (That’s why so many women love to have girlfriend getaways – we have fun exploring and traveling!)

We’re ‘friending’ up with Janet and her team from Girls on a Cruise to host a BFF (big, fun, fabulous!) party on the water in June and you’re invited!

RESERVE YOUR SPOT ON THE CRUISE!

Call up your girlfriends and start planning to join us on this fabulous, female-friend-filled cruise: Read More »

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Improve your marriage … getaway with your girlfriends

October 4, 2009 – 6:59 am

“Improve your marriage. Leave your husband.”

The magazine ad copy for travel to Gulf Shores, Alabama gets your attention, doesn’t it. The copy continues with: “Spend a few days with the girls soaking up a little sun on the beautiful sugar-white sand of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach. By the time you get back, he’ll want you more than ever.” Read More »

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Podcast #87 – Girlfriendology interviews CASEY WOHL, author of Girls Getaways

December 7, 2008 – 6:32 pm

Meet CASEY WOHL, the Girls Getaway Guru!

If you’ve ever had the “privilege” of organizing a girlfriend getaway, you have a good idea on how much … ah…fun…this can be. Say “girls getaway” and some friends think Thelma and Louise, while others think Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Read More »

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Girlfriend Getaways – a great time for Girlfriend Bonding!

November 15, 2008 – 4:20 pm

Need some good ‘ole girlfriend bonding time? Plan a girlfriend getaway!

Sometimes it takes more than ‘Calgon’ to take us away. Sometimes we need Calli, Carole, Cayla or CASEY to go on a girlfriend getaway with! Girlfriend Casey Wohl knows how much a girlfriend getaway can revive our spirits, get us back in touch with our true selves and how the girlfriend bonding on a getaway, can remove wrinkles and stress!

So, Casey shared the following guest blog to share her thoughts on Girlfriend Bonding. (Thanks Casey!)

UNIQUE IDEAS FOR GIRLFRIEND BONDING, by Casey Wohl

Quality time with your gal pals can come in many different forms. Read More »

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Women Travel Books – Read and Go!

November 7, 2008 – 7:31 am

Books open up a whole new world for women’s travel.

Through insights between pages we get to experience the sights and adventures through other women’s eyes. We become friends with authors and their encounters, we travel roads we’ll never walk Read More »

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TIP TUESDAY #36 – Travel Advice for Women

November 4, 2008 – 7:44 am

Women love to travel!

Actually, women’s travel is the fastest growing segment of the travel industry. Any, why not? We love to explore and we love to hang out with our girlfriends – so we might as well combine the two!

NEW PODCASTS – Carrie Runnals and Marybeth Bond

June 7, 2008 – 10:38 pm

I’m on the road right now (lovely storms over Milwaukee today, I was in a Beading show locked in the convention center!) and unfortunately the audio files for the newest podcast didn’t travel quite so well. So, come back on Wed. evening when I’m sure we’ll be back in business for the inspiring video with DEBI SILBER, the Mojo Coach. Get your Mojo Meter rising!

But, neverfear! We have posted two new and improved versions of previous podcasts. (The audio/intro were improved so it is much better listening – listen in to hear for yourself!) So, if you haven’t heard them or if it has been a little while, come get some inspiring from these amazing girlfriend authors and experts:

* CARRIE RUNNALS - Founder of Words To Mouth, a website with book reviews and behind the scenes chats with great authors. Carrie is also one of the Diva Cast, a podcast with five, fun, fabulous, forty-something friends who share their lives and laughs with thousands of online girlfriends!

Girlfriendology interviews CARRIE RUNNALS Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Girlfriendology interviews MARYBETH BOND, the Gusty Traveler Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

* MARYBETH BOND - Author of The Gusty Traveler and several other women’s travel books talked with us on the growth of women’s travel and fun ideas for girlfriend get-aways.

Listen in! And come back next week for Debi and her wellness plan that can make your life, health and mojo better!

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