This is Cheryl Robinson-Benion and I was wondering, do you have a DREAM VACATION? Have you made a plan that will allow you to live your DREAM? Well, I have many DREAM DESTINATIONS, and I have shared them in my travel newsletter,<br> "Travel Like a Professional."<br> <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=oeUbiUaGeK2Ari4_2bEqA9vA_3d_3d">Click Here to take survey</a>noreply@blogger.com (Cheryl Robinson-Benion)Fri, 1 Nov 2024 03:32:51 -0700Blogger http://www.blogger.com44125http://yourdreamvacationtoday.blogspot.com/en-usno2,fly,free,discount,vacations,festivals,destinationsThis is Cheryl Robinson-Benion and I was wondering, do you have a DREAM VACATION? Have you made a plan that will allow you to live your DREAM? Well, I have many DREAM DESTINATIONS, and I have shared them in my travel newsletter, "Travel Like a Professional." Click Here to take surveyYour Dream VacationCheryl Benionyourimanitravel@comcast.netCheryl Benionhttp://yourdreamvacationtoday.blogspot.com/2009/03/spring-fever-turns-to-summer-heat.htmlMon, 23 Mar 2009 19:08:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180622106735712892.post-3845071541694522111I finally had to get my head out of the books long enough to recognize that I'm getting wanderlust! My partner, holistic health counselor and friend has organized a trip to the 30th Montreal Jazz Festival! The trip is based out of the northeast with a train trip from New York to Montreal. If you are not in the northeast, we can get a flight for you!Check out this flyer.Healing Mother’s Spirit!0yourimanitravel@comcast.net (Cheryl Benion)http://yourdreamvacationtoday.blogspot.com/2008/12/cruise-now-pay-later-on-playboy-jazz.htmlMon, 1 Dec 2008 15:53:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180622106735712892.post-227701217372506034Come aboard Holland America’s m/s Westerdam on January 25th for a 7 day and night Caribbean cruise and experience the Jazz festival at sea and… CRUISE NOW and PAY LATER! You will get to experience all the shows, entertainment, activities and events and the same top quality of cabin, service, meals and ports of call as everyone else onboard, BUT without having to pay everything at once! Join 0yourimanitravel@comcast.net (Cheryl Benion)http://yourdreamvacationtoday.blogspot.com/2008/11/traveling-by-air-ways-to-avoid-baggage.htmlMon, 17 Nov 2008 09:47:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180622106735712892.post-8891068058284354379The holiday travel season is coming upon us and many will travel by land this year(gas here is as low as $1.69 per gallon). Others will be rushing to airports, where they will be faced with new airline fees for checked baggage. Many travelers are striving to pack more efficiently and fly with only a carry-on. The goal is simple: you want to visit your destination without running out of clean 0yourimanitravel@comcast.net (Cheryl Benion)http://yourdreamvacationtoday.blogspot.com/2008/08/greens-blues-and-dixie-peach.htmlSun, 17 Aug 2008 19:19:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180622106735712892.post-2434682913191736042I had to go back to Philly 2 weeks ago and had to stop by a club that I hadn't gone to in May. It is called North by Northwest and is located on Germantown Avenue in Mt. Airy. I was in for a pleasant surprise. They had a wonderful buffet for their dinner entree and I thought that I was back in Nashville. It consisted of country style ribs, collard greens, mac & cheese, mixed vegetables, catfish, 0yourimanitravel@comcast.net (Cheryl Benion)http://yourdreamvacationtoday.blogspot.com/2008/08/hunt-for-semi-precious-stones.htmlSat, 2 Aug 2008 12:07:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180622106735712892.post-5678802662654004563I am the Queen of traveling on a budget, while continuing to have a vacation that brings great value and satisfaction. I also love trendy jewelry and usually shop for semi precious stones on our Caribbean family vacations. On the second day of our vacation cruise, the Shopping Director had a seminar on the legalities of duty free shopping in Nassau and told us about special deals and gifts that0yourimanitravel@comcast.net (Cheryl Benion)http://yourdreamvacationtoday.blogspot.com/2008/07/your-cheatin-heart.htmlWed, 23 Jul 2008 17:13:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180622106735712892.post-8132437419409713441I did not realize that the main reason people do not cruise is that they have a fear that the ship will sink or that the trip will be so turbulent that they will spend most of their time in the bathroom. I want to assure you that today’s cruise ships have stabilizers that take the jolt out of your trip. In fact, I never know when the ship has left the port. You will find me somewhere onboard 0yourimanitravel@comcast.net (Cheryl Benion)http://yourdreamvacationtoday.blogspot.com/2008/07/what-happened-on-day-that-you-took-your.htmlTue, 22 Jul 2008 18:17:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180622106735712892.post-8077056398111535204I am still euphoric! I have cruised before and that experience is what fuels my passion for travel. I was so excited about our cruise that I did not mind the 13-hour road trip that my family had before us. We finally get everything into the van one hour after the predetermined departure time and then we have to remove everything because Lady Sai has misplaced her cell phone. The phone is on 0yourimanitravel@comcast.net (Cheryl Benion)http://yourdreamvacationtoday.blogspot.com/2008/07/sarong-song.htmlMon, 21 Jul 2008 18:25:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180622106735712892.post-5002063842817282462If I haven’t told you before, I helped to sponsor the inaugural annual Dream Achievers “Friend and Family Cruise”. It was too short, only 3 nights with an overnight stay in Nassau, Bahamas. The day prior to debarkation, Carnival’s Cruise Director asks that at least one member from every stateroom attend a program where he tells you what you need to do to make leaving the ship and getting back 0yourimanitravel@comcast.net (Cheryl Benion)http://yourdreamvacationtoday.blogspot.com/2008/07/cruising-with-mouse_17.htmlThu, 17 Jul 2008 18:58:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180622106735712892.post-2264999490675436904Multigenerational Cruising with the MouseThe Disney Wonder sails 3 and 4 night Caribbean cruises throughout the year and is great for a multi-generational stress free vacation. Children are awed as they get onto the boat with its enormous mouse ears and its horn that play “When You Wish Upon A Star”. Many of the staterooms are designed for families. They are a comfortable size and feature a 0yourimanitravel@comcast.net (Cheryl Benion)http://yourdreamvacationtoday.blogspot.com/2008/07/cruising-102.htmlWed, 16 Jul 2008 18:45:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180622106735712892.post-5967340678545897285I want to share with you information on how to find the cruise for you!1. Choose to cruise for VALUE. One price buys your cabin, dining, entertainment and more.2. Choose to cruise for ROMANCE. Secluded beaches, in suite dining on a balcony overlooking the ocean and spa services for two are just some of the romantic pursuits available.3. Choose to cruise for CUISINE. Tantalize your taste buds with0yourimanitravel@comcast.net (Cheryl Benion)http://yourdreamvacationtoday.blogspot.com/2008/07/cruisin-with-you.htmlTue, 15 Jul 2008 18:40:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180622106735712892.post-8494493788893957601The clock on my page for Carnival Cruise Line says that I have less than 2 days before I will be cruising. Every day, more and more people are discovering the all-inclusive pleasures of a cruise vacation. More singles, families, couples, honeymooners, second honeymooners and groups of friends are sailing away on the vacation of their lives. Last year alone approximately seven million people 0yourimanitravel@comcast.net (Cheryl Benion)http://yourdreamvacationtoday.blogspot.com/2008/07/counting-down-dream-vacation.htmlThu, 10 Jul 2008 17:55:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180622106735712892.post-524194096437704091I can’t say this too many times, but, get a passport. I am going on a Friend and Family cruise next week and since January, I have said that we will need passports for this trip! Well, my friend, I just love her to death, got spanked horribly with additional fees, because she had to go to the Philadelphia office to expedite her family's passport application. What is going on with the passport 0yourimanitravel@comcast.net (Cheryl Benion)http://yourdreamvacationtoday.blogspot.com/2008/06/dreams-and-roses.htmlMon, 30 Jun 2008 13:19:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180622106735712892.post-7144257708344576740I've been having a few bluesy days and as I was cleaning I found something that I was challenged to write to myself and share. It was written on 4/11/07 and I know that I am not in the place I was in then, but, I haven't arrived to the place of my dreams. I am still working on it. I would like to share my writings and challenge you to examine yourself and do the same. You may find again at 0yourimanitravel@comcast.net (Cheryl Benion)http://yourdreamvacationtoday.blogspot.com/2008/06/moorea.htmlSat, 28 Jun 2008 13:39:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180622106735712892.post-295664959792032828I guess the island of Moorea got jealous yesterday, because today I have a video about Intercontinental Moorea. What a wonderful way to get ready for a travel party! I'll have to tell you how it turns out, but, I wanted to share the video!Enjoy.P.S. For Melinda Doolittle fans, check out website, www.mdstreetteam.com and see comment on 6/27/2008!0yourimanitravel@comcast.net (Cheryl Benion)http://yourdreamvacationtoday.blogspot.com/2008/06/i-cried-bora-bora.htmlFri, 27 Jun 2008 09:05:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180622106735712892.post-5894473475832688641Sometimes I get a little caught up! I was watching that beautiful wedding on the Today show on Wednesday. The vows were just so heartfelt and they just seemed to be so much in love! Melinda Doolittle sang for them and the family did the "electric slide". And everything for the wedding was planned by the viewers. The last surprise for the couple was their honeymoon trip and through my tears, (1yourimanitravel@comcast.net (Cheryl Benion)http://yourdreamvacationtoday.blogspot.com/2008/06/flying-on-cheap.htmlWed, 25 Jun 2008 08:08:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180622106735712892.post-6439542445412214908The airlines are fighting to stay in business and deeply discounted air fares are about on their way out. However, there are some ways to get a cheap flight so that your vacation does not become a staycation! Aaron Smith, a writer with CNNMoney.com presented five ways to fly on the cheap.1. Fly during the slowest days of the week.Tuesday and Wednesday are the slowest flying days of the week for 0yourimanitravel@comcast.net (Cheryl Benion)http://yourdreamvacationtoday.blogspot.com/2008/06/big-brother-will-be-watching-us.htmlMon, 23 Jun 2008 19:23:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180622106735712892.post-8744663418179715417I have been trying to get my friend and her family to get their passport since March because we will be traveling together next month on a friend and family cruise to the Bahamas www.yourimanitravel.com. Anyway, we will probably be ok because my son was able to get his passport back within 13 days. Another option to the passport will be a REAL ID. Americans born after Dec. 1, 1964, will have to0yourimanitravel@comcast.net (Cheryl Benion)http://yourdreamvacationtoday.blogspot.com/2008/06/did-i-meet-my-challenge-philly-on-10.htmlWed, 18 Jun 2008 16:45:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180622106735712892.post-7573333689105542678The last event I attended while I was in Philadelphia was the Odunde Festival, one of the largest community- based street festivals held in the country. Odunde is a celebration, which comes from the Yoruba tradition, and it celebrates the coming of the New Year. It was hot, both temperature wise and culturally. I recognized several traditional dances, which were celebratory and reflective. 0yourimanitravel@comcast.net (Cheryl Benion)http://yourdreamvacationtoday.blogspot.com/2008/06/religion-class-assignment.htmlWed, 18 Jun 2008 14:38:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180622106735712892.post-7926575538444092806I graduated from Cardinal Dougherty High School and for my religion class, I did a report on the African Methodist Episcopal Church. I used an encyclopedia for my source of information (we weren't online back then)! I knew that the church arose because freed blacks attending St. George Methodist Church in Philadelphia did not want to be relegated to discrimination as they worshipped. The church0yourimanitravel@comcast.net (Cheryl Benion)http://yourdreamvacationtoday.blogspot.com/2008/06/we-all-are-little-irish-arent-we.htmlSun, 15 Jun 2008 18:06:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180622106735712892.post-3438202657593016087I am still at the Art Museum and I had a pleasant suprise. Friday evening is meet, greet and be entertained and I was by the music of Scythian and a glass of chardonnay! Scythian is described as a "unique hodgepodge of Irish, Celtic, klezmer, and gypsy influences". And since I am from Nashville, I could hear the bluegrass influences. Believe me, the Art Museum was not a stuffy quiet place, 0yourimanitravel@comcast.net (Cheryl Benion)http://yourdreamvacationtoday.blogspot.com/2008/06/doing-rocky.htmlFri, 13 Jun 2008 20:13:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180622106735712892.post-7887897353333364036The most memorable scene in Rocky 3 is when Rocky Balboa runs up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and raises his hands in victory to the backdrop of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. I did the Rocky thing, well, sorta! I walked up all of those steps and for the first time, I did not just stand on those stairs, I went inside of the building.A statue of Rocky Balboa remains at the bottom0yourimanitravel@comcast.net (Cheryl Benion)http://yourdreamvacationtoday.blogspot.com/2008/06/bringing-sculpture-to-life.htmlThe ThinkerWed, 11 Jun 2008 18:52:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180622106735712892.post-4777838087881363491I was first introduced to the works of Auguste Rodin on television. It was not an arts appreciation program on PBS, but the Dobie Gillis Show. For non baby boomers, Dobie was a college student and narrator of the comedy show. His pose as he introduces the program was that of “The Thinker”, Rodin’s most famous and recognizable sculpture. Auguste Rodin was born in France in 1840 and he had a 0yourimanitravel@comcast.net (Cheryl Benion)http://yourdreamvacationtoday.blogspot.com/2008/06/little-bit-of-paris.htmlMon, 9 Jun 2008 19:42:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180622106735712892.post-3378927370443805461Benjamin Franklin Parkway is Philadelphia's Champs Elysees. Fountains, small parks, statues, monuments and flags from every nation lend a formality that gives the Parkway its own special aura. The Parkway is a place of parades. In September there is "Super Sunday," with all the public institutions participating and Philadelphians, usually a quarter-million or more of them, joining in. In recent 0yourimanitravel@comcast.net (Cheryl Benion)http://yourdreamvacationtoday.blogspot.com/2008/06/curse-of-william-penn.htmlMon, 9 Jun 2008 12:20:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180622106735712892.post-1037369119837968700When I moved from Philly in the late '70s, the city was the midst of urban decay. Industrial jobs were leaving the city, inner city homes were being boarded up and police brutality went unabated. My city has risen like the phoenix and I have been enjoying its beauty. I had a destination in mind. I decided to visit the Rodin Museum and the Philadelphia Museum of Art and I will eventually get to a 0yourimanitravel@comcast.net (Cheryl Benion)http://yourdreamvacationtoday.blogspot.com/2008/06/life-is-lark-at-willow-grove-park.htmlSun, 8 Jun 2008 17:18:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180622106735712892.post-6736741551420102073My main purpose for coming to Philadelphia at this particular time is personal, but, I am glad that I have been able to enjoy the city and the surrounding suburbs. I went to the mall earlier in the week - Willow Grove Park Mall! This mall sits on grounds that used to house contraptions for fear and pleasure! This land once had an amusement park on it - Willow Grove Park. We had many wonderful 0yourimanitravel@comcast.net (Cheryl Benion)