All Entries in the "Baby boomer travel" Category
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 [...]
Cuba: Baby Boomer Opportunities?
Could Cuba become the next and more affordable mecca for baby boomers who are thinking of retirement or just getting away?
With its crumbling colonial architecture, little changed since the days of Ernest Hemingway, and streets full of battered 1950s Buicks and Chevrolets, Cuba has long been caught in a time warp. Yet there is change [...]
Corn Islands: Next Baby Boomer Paradise?
Nicaragua’s Corn Islands are a veritable paradise fringed by white-sand beaches, undisturbed coral and the refreshing turquoise waters of the Caribbean Sea.
They are a snorkeller’s and diver’s dream. Not yet jaded by mass tourism, the island people are warm and genuine, and the blend of Spanish and Creole cultures makes local cuisine distinctive and a [...]
Sardinia Has the Best Donkey
David and Veronica James, publishers of The Gypsy Nester, send us this dispatch from Sardinia:
The Italian island of Sardinia (Sardegna) brought out the adventurer in us. Our first stop was Sassari, a city of about 120,000 with a rich history dating back to the early Middle Ages. A college town, home to the University of [...]
Newfoundland for Baby Boomers
One beauty for many boomers these days is time. Time to travel, time to explore. Jane Paznik-Bondarin lives in New York City, so she constantly feels the pull. One of her favorite places is off the beaten track, and she shares it with us at BoomerCafé. It’s about Mrs. Paine, who [...]
Scott Simon Muses on Air Travel
National Public Radio’s Scott Simon, host of Saturday Morning Edition and himself a baby boomer, recently amused us with a timely essay on air travel. He has given us his permission to share with the gang at BoomerCafé …
The Transportation and Safety Administration, which is often assailed for wasting resources by checking infants in strollers [...]