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Again thank you for dropping by and before you leave check out a few of our recent articles below.
Todays Image • Point Atkinson Lighthouse
For thousands of people each year seeing this Canadian lighthouse means they are on their way to Alaska. Most north bound Alaska cruise ships from both Vancouver and Seattle will cruise through this stretch of Canada’s Inside Passage bound for Alaskan waters. The Point Atkinson Lighthouse was built in 1888 on the western tip of…
by The Intentional TravelerJune 2024
Packaged Tour To South Africa • A Review
Traveling Again With Exoticca To South Africa After our experience traveling with friends to South America using Exoticca we booked another trip with them. This time we went to South Africa for almost three weeks, just the two of us. Our View Of Packaged Travel Tours We’ve always been skeptical of packaged travel tours and…
by The Intentional TravelerJune 2024
Todays Image • We Didn’t Feed Them!!
A Short Story Those signs are everywhere, but apparently the monkeys can’t read. In a picnic area in South Africa’s Kruger Park the trees are filled with monkeys and if you don’t hold onto your bag lunch they’ll drop down, grab it and be back in the trees before you can blink. Two girls sharing…
by The Intentional TravelerJune 2024
Explore Ports of Call With Us
Booking a cruise? We’ve plenty of information on several hundred ports of call on The Intentional Travelers. It’s a great place to help you make plans for that day in port. To access information on cruise ports click on any image below or to find a specific port enter the name below in the Search…
by The Intentional TravelerJune 2024
Todays Image • Lunch In Budapest
Summer in Budapest is normally a great time and what better way to take advantage of the fantastic weather than to dine el fresco. Budapest is famous for its restaurants and you’ll find opportunities for outdoors dining in dozens of locations. Bon Appétit! Mathyas Church stands behind chef Jamie Oliver’s Italian restaurant in the Buda…
by The Intentional TravelerJune 2024
EXPLORE CRUISING
We’re avid cruisers and with over fifty cruises, on all the world’s oceans, we’ve gained some experience regarding ships, itineraries and cruise life along the way. We’ve added a whole section about the Cruise Life as a part of The Intentional Traveler. There’s information on saving money on booking, ideas on selecting a stateroom, taking advantage of loyalty programs, selecting cruise itineraries and what you can expect when visiting over one hundred cruise ports of call.
OUR STORY
We’re Judi & Dennis and we are The Intentional Travelers. We’re a retired American couple that often traveled the world for years with our business. Now in retirement we just can’t seem to shake that wanderlust.
We’re avid cruise enthusiasts, love hiking and have now visited over eighty countries, hundreds of cities and have cruised all the worlds oceans.
It’s our nature to be frugal and firmly believe the less we spend the more places we can visit. For that reason on our site you’ll find lots of ideas to help you travel for less. Occasionally we’ll slip in a story or two from the road.
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Welcome fellow travelers, we are The Intentional Travelers and we’re glad you stopped by. Thanks for spending a few minutes with us. We hope you’ll find us worth the visit and please come back soon.
Looking for travel inspiration?
EXPLORE THE WORLD WITH US
GO TAKE A HIKE
Again thank you for dropping by and before you leave check out a few of our recent articles below.
Todays Image • Point Atkinson Lighthouse
For thousands of people each year seeing this Canadian lighthouse means they are on their way to Alaska. Most north bound Alaska cruise ships from both Vancouver and Seattle will cruise through this stretch of Canada’s Inside Passage bound for Alaskan waters. The Point Atkinson Lighthouse was built in 1888 on the western tip of…
by The Intentional TravelerJune 2024
Packaged Tour To South Africa • A Review
Traveling Again With Exoticca To South Africa After our experience traveling with friends to South America using Exoticca we booked another trip with them. This time we went to South Africa for almost three weeks, just the two of us. Our View Of Packaged Travel Tours We’ve always been skeptical of packaged travel tours and…
by The Intentional TravelerJune 2024
Todays Image • We Didn’t Feed Them!!
A Short Story Those signs are everywhere, but apparently the monkeys can’t read. In a picnic area in South Africa’s Kruger Park the trees are filled with monkeys and if you don’t hold onto your bag lunch they’ll drop down, grab it and be back in the trees before you can blink. Two girls sharing…
by The Intentional TravelerJune 2024
Explore Ports of Call With Us
Booking a cruise? We’ve plenty of information on several hundred ports of call on The Intentional Travelers. It’s a great place to help you make plans for that day in port. To access information on cruise ports click on any image below or to find a specific port enter the name below in the Search…
by The Intentional TravelerJune 2024
Todays Image • Lunch In Budapest
Summer in Budapest is normally a great time and what better way to take advantage of the fantastic weather than to dine el fresco. Budapest is famous for its restaurants and you’ll find opportunities for outdoors dining in dozens of locations. Bon Appétit! Mathyas Church stands behind chef Jamie Oliver’s Italian restaurant in the Buda…
by The Intentional TravelerJune 2024
EXPLORE CRUISING
We’re avid cruisers and with over fifty cruises, on all the world’s oceans, we’ve gained some experience regarding ships, itineraries and cruise life along the way. We’ve added a whole section about the Cruise Life as a part of The Intentional Traveler. There’s information on saving money on booking, ideas on selecting a stateroom, taking advantage of loyalty programs, selecting cruise itineraries and what you can expect when visiting over one hundred cruise ports of call.
OUR STORY
We’re Judi & Dennis and we are The Intentional Travelers. We’re a retired American couple that often traveled the world for years with our business. Now in retirement we just can’t seem to shake that wanderlust.
We’re avid cruise enthusiasts, love hiking and have now visited over eighty countries, hundreds of cities and have cruised all the worlds oceans.
It’s our nature to be frugal and firmly believe the less we spend the more places we can visit. For that reason on our site you’ll find lots of ideas to help you travel for less. Occasionally we’ll slip in a story or two from the road.
Please Join Us By Subscribing
We understand that the last thing you want is to add you name to another mailing list but we promise to work hard to make this worth your while. By subscribing you add to our online rating which encourages us to continuing to add content. So please give us a try and if we don’t measure up you can always unsubscribe at any time (our unsubscribe really works).
Sign up now – you won’t be sorry and this really means a lot to us…
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Thanks For Visiting
And Come Back Soon.
Looking for specific travel or cruise information? Search our site using a specific word or phrase.
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“I haven’t been everywhere but it’s on my list.”Susan Sontag
Welcome fellow travelers, we are The Intentional Travelers and we’re glad you stopped by. Thanks for spending a few minutes with us. We hope you’ll find us worth the visit and please come back soon.
Looking for travel inspiration?
EXPLORE THE WORLD WITH US
GO TAKE A HIKE
Again thank you for dropping by and before you leave check out a few of our recent articles below.
Todays Image • Point Atkinson Lighthouse
For thousands of people each year seeing this Canadian lighthouse means they are on their way to Alaska. Most north bound Alaska cruise ships from both Vancouver and Seattle will cruise through this stretch of Canada’s Inside Passage bound for Alaskan waters. The Point Atkinson Lighthouse was built in 1888 on the western tip of…
by The Intentional TravelerJune 2024
Packaged Tour To South Africa • A Review
Traveling Again With Exoticca To South Africa After our experience traveling with friends to South America using Exoticca we booked another trip with them. This time we went to South Africa for almost three weeks, just the two of us. Our View Of Packaged Travel Tours We’ve always been skeptical of packaged travel tours and…
by The Intentional TravelerJune 2024
Todays Image • We Didn’t Feed Them!!
A Short Story Those signs are everywhere, but apparently the monkeys can’t read. In a picnic area in South Africa’s Kruger Park the trees are filled with monkeys and if you don’t hold onto your bag lunch they’ll drop down, grab it and be back in the trees before you can blink. Two girls sharing…
by The Intentional TravelerJune 2024
Explore Ports of Call With Us
Booking a cruise? We’ve plenty of information on several hundred ports of call on The Intentional Travelers. It’s a great place to help you make plans for that day in port. To access information on cruise ports click on any image below or to find a specific port enter the name below in the Search…
by The Intentional TravelerJune 2024
Todays Image • Lunch In Budapest
Summer in Budapest is normally a great time and what better way to take advantage of the fantastic weather than to dine el fresco. Budapest is famous for its restaurants and you’ll find opportunities for outdoors dining in dozens of locations. Bon Appétit! Mathyas Church stands behind chef Jamie Oliver’s Italian restaurant in the Buda…
by The Intentional TravelerJune 2024
EXPLORE CRUISING
We’re avid cruisers and with over fifty cruises, on all the world’s oceans, we’ve gained some experience regarding ships, itineraries and cruise life along the way. We’ve added a whole section about the Cruise Life as a part of The Intentional Traveler. There’s information on saving money on booking, ideas on selecting a stateroom, taking advantage of loyalty programs, selecting cruise itineraries and what you can expect when visiting over one hundred cruise ports of call.
OUR STORY
We’re Judi & Dennis and we are The Intentional Travelers. We’re a retired American couple that often traveled the world for years with our business. Now in retirement we just can’t seem to shake that wanderlust.
We’re avid cruise enthusiasts, love hiking and have now visited over eighty countries, hundreds of cities and have cruised all the worlds oceans.
It’s our nature to be frugal and firmly believe the less we spend the more places we can visit. For that reason on our site you’ll find lots of ideas to help you travel for less. Occasionally we’ll slip in a story or two from the road.
Please Join Us By Subscribing
We understand that the last thing you want is to add you name to another mailing list but we promise to work hard to make this worth your while. By subscribing you add to our online rating which encourages us to continuing to add content. So please give us a try and if we don’t measure up you can always unsubscribe at any time (our unsubscribe really works).
Sign up now – you won’t be sorry and this really means a lot to us…
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And Come Back Soon.
Everyone has an opinion as to why they love a city. Often a favorite is the result of a great experience than the city itself. Thinking about cities you’ve visited what actually made them appealing? Over the years we’ve come to some conclusions on what makes a great city. Most of all they make you feel welcome and leaves you wanting to stay longer.
The first thing that struck us is that most cities that we really enjoyed are clean. Very little litter. Trash really says a lot about the livability of a place along with graffiti. If the locals don’t care how their city looks they can’t be happy living there. Unfortunately this often is the fault of government policies and enforcement than the people themselves.
Graffiti, just like cleanliness, speaks with a load voice. In many cites graffiti is ugly and nasty and says that this is not a nice place to be. Sometimes it’s threatening like gang signs. But there are many cities where much of the graffiti is actually street art that actually adds to the mood of a place.
That leads to the next characteristic – friendliness. I think the attitude that keeps a place clean is also the same attitude that lifts people’s spirits and makes a city seem friendly. It doesn’t take long once you are in a city to feel that difference. We’ve all experienced cities where all you had to do was act a little lost and people would come up to you asking if they could help. Not all cities are like that.
Mass transit is another big major attribute and just like cities are different so is what you find in mass transit. Cleanliness, cost, coverage are all factors. In Singapore the trains and stations are spotless, the system is easy to understand and generally the riders friendly. More than once young people not only offered us seniors their seat but were insistent. In New York – don’t expect that.
A city’s culture and history are also very important and often are what bring us to visitors to the city. Besides the historic sites, the older a city the deeper the culture and that includes food, customs and overall character. It’s the difference in how a place feels.
So, taking everything into consideration here’s our top ten picks…
- Budapest
- Bangkok
- Amsterdam
- Singapore
- Cape Town
- Lima
- Buenos Aries
- Florence
- Athens/Pireaus
- Dublin
We know you think that we missed a few and we’ll admit that everyone should have Rome, Paris, Lisbon, Venice and a number of others on their bucket list, but these are those cities that we can return to over and over again…
Budapest, Hungary
Budapest is probably our favorite city and the competition is stiff. This city has it all; it’s beautiful with amazing landmarks and history. The public transportation is inexpensive and extensive. Being clean doesn’t begin to tell the story and the people are helpful and friendly. There is nothing, anywhere that compares to strolling the banks of the Danube after sunset.
Bangkok, Thailand
Bangkok is our second favorite city. The people are amazing, the sights are exotic as well as incredible and the culture has to be experienced. Public transportation can be a bit different but we adore the food.
Amsterdam
For a Western city Amsterdam has a culture all its own. The reputation is drugs, sex and
Singapore
When asked about Singapore our response is “we’ve seen the future and it’s Singapore”. Modern, historic, really clean, fun and very friendly. This beautiful city has very little if any crime, a fantastic mass transit system and more five star restaurants that maybe any other city. Everyone should experience Singapore.
Cape Town, South Africa
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Dublin, Ireland
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