Travel

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The Wanderlost Blogs

6 Ways Traveling Makes You Happier

Travel speaks to the core of my being and who I am. It whispers to me softly from deep within calling me to explore, adventure, connect...

Dorina

5 min read

5 Great Getaways with the Girls

If you’re like me, you love getting away with your gal pals. But where to go? These five ideas will get your wanderlust heart dreaming!

Dorina

2 min read

Why Ireland Should Be On Your Destination Bucketlist

The first time I visited Ireland, I had adventure in my heart. I had graduated from University and it felt like so many people I knew...

Dorina

4 min read

Charming Prague

Prague is a quirky little slice of heaven. I honestly don’t really know how better to describe it. If it’s not on your travel wish...

Dorina

5 min read

Shifting the Paradigm of Sustainable Volunteerism; How One Little Girl Shattered My Worldview

One of Dorina Brown Travel’s Guiding Principles is that we value sustainability. I look for suppliers who are environmentally conscious,...

Dorina

6 min read

Do I really need Travel Insurance?

As a Travel Professional, a question that comes up a lot is “Do I really need Travel Insurance?” The short answer is yes, always. The...

Dorina

7 min read

How to Help the Post-Vacation Blues

You spend weeks, months, years even planning the perfect vacation. You get all your hotels, flights, excursions lined up, passports good...

Dorina

5 min read

Banff Gondola vs. Mt Norquay Look Out: Choosing "This or That" in the Rocky Mountains

It didn’t take much to convince my mom that we needed a weekend away. She’d been busy with work, I’d been busy with putting the house on...

Dorina

4 min read

Gifting Memorable Moments: Ideas for Giving the Gift of Vacation

With the holidays closing in (my hometown has looked a bit like Christmas since late September), I know I’m starting to contemplate my...

Dorina

6 min read

Tips for Improving Personal Hotel Safety

I LOVE staying in hotels. There’s just something about being away from home, no matter how far you are from your house, which gives...

Dorina

7 min read

10 Creepy Museums Around The World

Welcome to Part Three of our three part Halloween Blog! Today we have ten museums around the world that explore the strange, the bizarre...

Dorina

5 min read

13 Terrifying Destinations Not For The Faint of Heart

In Part Two of our three-part Halloween blog series, we leave the land of stories rooted in reality and take a step into a world...

Dorina

7 min read

6 Dark Tourist Spots You Can Visit

If you know me, you know that I love the weird, the quirky, the dark, and the mysterious. So for Halloween this year, I wanted to write...

Dorina

7 min read

Northern Lights: Part Two - Where and How

Welcome to Part Two in our two part series on the Northern Lights. If you missed Part One, we explored some folklore and myths about the...

Dorina

6 min read

Northern Lights: Part One - Folklore and Science

Over the past few weeks I've held a competition on my Facebook page where followers voted on what they thought the best Natural Phenomena...

Dorina

4 min read

A Day at Xcaret Park

During the last week of September 2018, I took my mom on a trip down to Mexico. During our stay we received complimentary passes to visit...

Dorina

7 min read

Are We There Yet?: Five Tips for Surviving Multi-Generational Family Group Travel

Families can be stressful. Vacation planning for many can be stressful. Combine the two and you have a recipe for potential disaster. But...

Dorina

4 min read

Ten Films to Feed Your Wanderlust

It's happened to all of us, I'm sure. You're sitting, watching a movie and all of sudden - you want to travel. You want to see the...

Dorina

3 min read

Scams While Traveling: Avoiding the Avoidable

There is literally nothing worse than enjoying a vacation, exploring a city and falling in love with it only to find that you've been...

Dorina

7 min read

Haggling and Bartering: Tips and Tricks

I. LOVE. Haggling. Seriously folks, I live for a good deal and the act of haggling means I get to walk away from a purchase knowing I...

Dorina

5 min read