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Plane Spotting: How COVID-19 Screwed This Up [Photos and a Ramble]

Decimated Travel Industry = No Airplanes In The Sky If you don’t know already, an offshoot of this website is It’s About Airplanes. One of the joys myself and my two youngest kids share is heading down to Toronto Pearson International Airport and watching the planes land for a few hours. Normally, this would be…Continue reading Plane Spotting: How COVID-19 Screwed This Up [Photos and a Ramble]

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SS Oceanic: Caribbean Cruise On Latest Luxury Ship (1965 Style)

The Travel Industry Has Changed It’s been around 55 years since this advertisement appeared in the Mississauga News. It certainly shows how different luxury travel was in 1965 compared to today. The ship was sent for scrap in 2012 but, the travel agency, now known as STS Travel, remains in the same location today. Today,…Continue reading SS Oceanic: Caribbean Cruise On Latest Luxury Ship (1965 Style)

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Paradise Lost In Cayo Coco, Cuba: The Abandoned Emperador Resort

On the original row of resorts at Cayo Coco, Cuba, the abandoned resort stands out like a sore thumb. What was to be the Iberostar Cayo Coco has not brought in guest in for an all-inclusive vacation since 2011. This area became a tourist destination in 1993 with the opening of the Guitart Cayo Coco.…Continue reading Paradise Lost In Cayo Coco, Cuba: The Abandoned Emperador Resort