All Entries in the "Baby boomer travel" Category
Baby Boomers and RVs
RVs. Recreational vehicles. Either baby boomers love them or hate them. There seems little middle ground.
Munich: Surf City Europe
Where will we go when we have time to go somewhere? Where will we live when we have time to retire? BoomerCafé publisher and co-founder David Henderson has found one place that never entered his mind … until he got visions of the Beach Boys at Surf City.
California’s Mural Towns
Amid all the diverse art and culture in California are its murals … large murals created over the last several decades, and located mostly in smaller towns. San Francisco-born art historian Kevin Bruce has traveled the state to write about its murals for a new book, “Large Art in Small Places: Discovering the California Mural [...]
A Sailing Getaway
If you’re into sailing and maritime history, you’ll find this news release from the Annapolis and Anne Arundel County visitors bureau pretty exciting, and it’s just 50 miles from the nation’s capital, reports Ruth and Rich Carlson for the Examiner.com.
Annapolis Maritime Museum officially reopened to the public in December 2008 following a $1.2 million renovation. [...]
First-Class and Affordable Boomer Vacation
Overseas trips are getting more expensive, and in this economy, money’s getting tighter. That’s why we like it when we hear about a first class vacation that’s just right for boomers, right here at home. Brian Meshkin found a place with a famous name that has everything we might want.
With the full spectrum of [...]
Washington’s Cherry Blossoms – 2009
Each year in early April, the famous cherry and tulip trees burst into bloom around the Jefferson Memorial and the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. It’s the city’s biggest annual tourist attraction. Hundreds of thousands of visitors come from around the world for the cherry blossom festival and just to walk beneath the canopy of [...]
Mexico Remains Popular Among Boomers
Despite the troubling headlines about drug-related crime and violence in parts of Mexico, the country continues to be a popular tourist destination, especially for baby boomers, according Diana Rowe of the Denver Travel Examiner.
Vacationers are still heading to Mexico to plunge their toes in the sand and bask in the tropical sun, while taking advantage [...]
A Magical Place called Český Krumlov
BoomerCafé co-founder and publisher David Henderson has travel in his blood. And writing. And photography! In combination, it makes for a worthy piece of guidance about where you can go if, like David, you have the opportunity to strike out and see the world. As David describes it, it’s a magical [...]
To Be Thankful for Clean Water
During this time of sharing and reflecting upon what’s good in the world, BoomerCafé Co-Founder and Executive Editor Greg Dobbs has visited a desperate part of the world, Indonesia, which is suffering from scarcity of clean water. He was preparing a report for his “day job” as a news correspondent for HD Net. Greg shares [...]
Boomers Expected to Cutback this Holiday Season
Blame it on the Grinch … the economic market Grinch, that is. Many baby boomers expect to cut back on their 2008 holiday giving, spending and travel due to market concerns, according to a national survey of 947 Americans age 45-64.
The poll, conducted for Thrivent Financial for Lutherans in the midst of market turbulence Oct. [...]
Trends in Global Vacation Market
Provided we can survive the economic downturn, Rob Käll, President of Bookt predicts six industry trends are impacting the Global Vacation Rental Industry.
Vacation rentals are one of the fastest growing segments of the global leisure travel industry; in the US alone, it’s an estimated $63 billion market already. This growth has been fuelled by substantive [...]
Baby Boomers Losing Interest in Campgrounds
For decades, many Americans – including lots of baby boomers – have driven north, across the border to Canada for vacations at remote campgrounds and lodges, perhaps deep in a forest. But the trend today is on the decline as boomers seek other directions, usually with more creature comforts.
The traditional no-frills campground is becoming a [...]
Baby Boomers Embrace Motorized Bicycles
Baby Boomers are fueling demand for bicycles with gasoline or electric engines, even though some cities aren’t sure whether they should be allowed on the street.
The vehicles, with top speeds of 20 mph, get about 150 miles to the gallon. Kits to retrofit bicycles with engines start at about $200.
Many lifelong riders who started commuting [...]
