Top Tips for Packing Light
When you’re heading off on your USA holiday, the last thing you want is to worry about carting around heavy suitcases. There’s the risk of having to pay weight penalties at the airport and it’s not much fun having to take several bags with you anyway. So how… Read More...
Top 10 Route 66 Attractions for the Ultimate Road Trip
U.S. Route 66, the Will Rogers Highway or the Mother Road, whatever you choose to call it, it’s the ULTIMATE American road trip. Established in 1926, RT 66 was a major road for people driving between Chicago, California and the many states in between, covering 2448 miles in total. Whilst… Read More...
Christmas & New Year Cruising on a Paddle Wheeler.
Step aboard the most opulent steam powered ship ever built, The American Queen steamboat and enjoy a unique luxury river cruise when you journey along the mighty rivers that serve as America’s natural highways. Along the way you’ll discover a side to America that few see, exploring the history, heritage… Read More...
Jazz in Heaven – New Orleans Jazz with Bon Voyage
Jazz in Heaven – New Orleans Jazz with Bon Voyage. The things that make life worth living – eating, drinking and the making of merriment – are the air that New Orleans breathes. There aren’t many places in the USA that wear their history as openly on their sleeves as… Read More...
The Coast Starlight – the Rail Trip of a Lifetime!
This "guest post" is written by Rosie Allen, a Bon Voyage customer, for whom we arranged a honeymoon aboard The Coast Starlight. Who doesn't dream of America's near-mythical West Coast? The swaying palm trees set against a glorious sunset; the iconic Hollywood sign nestled in the Los Angeles hills; the fragrant redwood trees of Yosemite. Oh yeah, and sunshine. Lots of it. And you know what? It's all true. The Best Coast, as all west-dwellers will tell you, provides a glorious diversity of landscapes and some of the world's most breath-taking scenery; from the lush lake-lands of Washington, the undeniable hipness of Portland and of course California, land of golden beaches and alarmingly white teeth. Read More...
The Harry Potter Bucket List
When the Wizarding World of Harry Potter opened at Universal Orlando resort in 2010, the fans went mad. For so long, they had waited for Harry’s world to become real and they were finally starting to see their dreams come true. Since then, it’s expanded to become a double attraction in two interlinking parks, allowing you to immerse yourself fully in the Harry Potter experience. So what are the must do’s at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando? Read More...
You Had Me at Aloha!
Theresa Wilson is the born and bred American of the Bon Voyage team. Hailing from Milwaukee, Wisconsin she also lived in Phoenix, Arizona and Fairbanks, Alaska before moving to the UK. But she had never travelled to the islands of Hawaii…….. Read More...
An Insider’s Guide to California
A little about me:- I’m 49, adore the Iron Man movies, think Dolly Parton rocks (this is me with the Smoky Mountain Song Bird, I was thinking at the time OMG, we’re touching breasts! ), disapprove of parents who pierce babies’ ears and smother mayonnaise all over my chips. Read More...
New York City -Take a Bite of The Big Apple
A Bite of The Apple…where to eat, shop and stay If you book an American city break anywhere this year, it simply has to be New York City. The Big Apple sees millions of tourists flock to its streets every year, in search of that buzz that only… Read More...
New York City – take a bite of “The Big Apple”
A Bite of The Apple…where to eat, shop and stay If you book an American city break anywhere this year, it simply has to be New York City. The Big Apple sees millions of tourists flock to its streets every year, in search of that buzz that only New… Read More...