Dr. Mary Travelbest

Want to learn more about Independent Travel from Dr. Travelbest. Here's a short video on the topic of why you should GO! Dr. Travelbest wants to know your travel questions and what's on your bucket list. Here is a sneak peek at our future podcast  on travel. Be sure to let me know you heard it and if you like it, join our Facebook Group for more info. I want to hear from you.

Are you travelling in the great Northwest this year? If you are, what is your favorite activity to do on the road? We just returned from a 4500 mile car trip, the ultimate road trip, really. We went north through all of the US through to Canada and even up into Banff and Jasper National Parks, before going west to Vancouver, then down through Washington and Oregon before returning to San Diego, California. This image includes some of the activities in Oregon (top two) and Washington (bottom two). The top left is on the beach in Brookings, Mill Beach. A residential area with only about 5 parking spots, so I doubt this will ever be a busy beach. Brookings is just north of the California border on Highway 5. The top right photo, also Brookings, shows a man on a boat called Lady Louise who sells crabs. These are the freshest crabs that I ever tasted. He catches them using traps during the morning, sells them all that day. He offers a fair price and then steams them for you. You will fin...

The World's First Guide to Independent Travel for Active Senior Women Learn about the newest guide from Dr. Mary Travelbest, for active senior women. We hope you enjoy this free sample of Book Chapters in the link. Below you see some original images and a description of the newest version, and pre-order. We are grateful for your comments, too.   https://publishizer.com/the-worlds-first-guide-to-independent-travel/ You say you want to go, but don’t take the steps you need. Why not? Because you aren’t yet ready. This Independent Travel Guide, the original title, with hundreds of thousands of satisfied readers, will take you where you need to go, down the path to Independent Travel as an active senior. What trips are on your Bucket List? We want to inspire and guide you toward finding your journey and making the most of it. 25 years ago, we identified the Independent Traveler and published the first-ever guide, and now we want to guide the Active Senior Trav...

Are you on the road this weekend? If it's a holiday, you'll think about it. How many people will be travelling with you this season? (Source: http://www.san.org/Flights/Flight-Status#3438191-departures) Three out of five flights are delayed leaving San Diego now. Three different airlines. It's one of the busiest travel days of the year. Sunday after Thanksgiving Holiday. Funny, we have every holiday named except for today. We could call it "Delayed Sunday". If you're travelling, you're like the hundreds of millions of people worldwide who are going somewhere, or returning from somewhere. Then there are the rest of us who are happy to be stationary and just wait for the next best time to travel. Next week, for example, is an off-week for busy travellers, so a good time to get a discounted ticket on any airline and probably less highway traffic to experience. However, if you have school age children, then this may not be the ideal trip time, as ...

Barb Ayers talked me into this in 1989. I have no regrets. What a great location. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/africa/seychelles/articles/why-the-seychelles-are-the-most-beautiful-islands-on-earth/

I want to travel independently, does that makes sense? Written by: Lizandra Jimenez Rodriguez When traveling becomes a great passion, you usually keep a bucket list framed at your desk or in the lock screen of your phone. You never stop planning or deciding when, where, and how to get to the next place. There are tons of ways to travel, however, independent travel has been always a popular one for those seeking adventure, exploring on their own, or simply trying to get away from the traditional and superficial (for some) tourist routine. A myth we need to forget is that independent travel is not all about backpacking in Europe or climbing the Everest; in fact, it can be done in many ways including different levels of budget and luxury. Also, independent travel can be done solo or with an affinity group with a particularly crafted itinerary. This makes it very different from escorted traveling of course. Companies have understood how escorted traveling is not for everyone and to...