Family Holidays

For those of you planning a trip anywhere, be it to the shopping centre or to another continent, then check out the applications that are available for you to download onto your iPad or smartphone. Honestly, is there an app for everything? When I asked my partner that I got a raised eyebrow and a sly look Okay! Maybe not EVERYTHING! For travellers, like us, the app explosion means that there are a number of useful apps we can download for whatever we are doing. Taking the pet on holiday with you? Check out a HolidayPets app. That will tell you every place on the planet, as well as in the UK, where your pet is welcome.[Readm More]

The last time we went on a family trip, the dog looked at us in such a way that I promised we wouldn't leave him behind again if we were going to stay in another place. Hotels, motels, hostels, camping grounds and even Bread and Breakfasts have woken up to the fact that some people are so attached to their pets that they will not holiday without them. So a niche market developed in which many of these accommodation places advertised them as ‘Pet Friendly'. Personally, I am not in favour of staying at those places so I am practising double standards, right? Yes, I am. The reason?

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There are so many cool things that you can do with photos that were taken during a family vacation or a traveling endeavour, so why on earth would anybody just want to stick those memories away in a photo album and save them to look at on a rainy day?

Well, the first thing you should do is digitize them. Since we're talking about precious memories here, it would be a shame to lose or damage the physical photographs, and then not have any means to revive them. By storing them securely online with the help of EverPresent or similar companies, you can rest assured that the photos will not be going anywhere. If you manage to damage the hard copy you have, you can use just the digital version to print new ones.

As for the physical photographs, here are some really awesome ways to display them that will keep those travel memories out in the open for everyone to enjoy. [Readm More]