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The Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort and Spa is located in Rancho Mirage, California, near Palm Springs. It has an impressive 444 rooms (including suites), an impressive 20,000 square foot spa for pampering, five restaurants, and a water park on its grounds. There’s also a separate facility that measures 84,000 square feet designated specifically for meetings, conferences, and events, so those who are there attending one of these things won’t necessarily bump into guests there o

Going on a big trip with your family? Before you catch your flight, make sure you have these 20 great apps downloaded before takeoff, and your travels will be happier. 1. Trip It When your booking a flight, catching a train, renting a car and booking multiple hotels, it’s difficult to keep everything in check. That’s where Trip It comes in. Trip It tracks everything for you, and you can sync these plans with your mobile calendar to make sure you never miss a train. Cost: Free

A credit card is a crucial travel tool – imagine trying to book a hotel room or purchase plane tickets without one! They provide security in case your card numbers are stolen overseas, make it easier to buy something in a foreign country without needing to worry about cash exchange rates, and generally make international travel – as well as domestic travel – easier. Some credit cards are purposely designed for travelers, complete with air mileage programs and other perks. But

Have you ever been in a situation where you want to travel & see the world, but family or friends can’t come with during that time? Do you meet people who have the same interest of seeing the same place as you? Are you afraid to travel internationally alone? Are you looking for a group to travel with? All of those questions can be answered by finding your travel companion here! Start your new adventure with a travel friend by your side Travel Companion Page When you are travel

About the interviewee: Brett Andrew Stone He is a photography representative at Mike’s Camera in Mill Valley, CA. He has a unique wealth of knowledge about photography, and teaches photography classes in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is also an amazing freelancer photographer. In your opinion, what are some photography basics us amateurs should be aware of? 1. It’s important to take pictures from different perspectives, try to move around shoot from different angles. For ins

About the interviewee: Martha Merle Martha is a global travel advisor who specializes in customizing trips to your liking. Her platinum “concierge” service is worth it at many different levels. How did you get into the Travel industry? Curating luxury travel was a career change for me several years ago. Previously I worked in Sports Marketing for various professional leagues and teams. But that work was always in a client-facing sponsorship role with service and hospitality a

About the interviewee: Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove Dr Maria Van Kerkhove is the Head of the Outbreak investigation task force at Institut Pasteur in Paris, France. She holds a Ph.D. in Infectious Disease Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, has been published in multiple prestigious medical journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Science and the Lancet. In her spare time, she loves to spend time with her family, travel, enjoy good food, a

About the interviewee: Tracy Morris Tracy is Fitbit’s Nutritionist. With a master’s degree in nutrition and dietetics from South Africa, she’s also an Australian Accredited Practising Dietitian, and an international member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics in the US. Over the past 15 years, Tracy's lived in five different countries, inspiring people around the globe to be healthy. Currently, she happily lives in Northern California where she writes, practices Pilates,

About the Interviewee: Mikaela DeMartini Mikaela is from the San Francisco Bay Area. She was raised in a large Italian family and has twenty first cousins. Mikaela graduated with honors from Sonoma State University with a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Early Childhood Studies. She currently work as a Preschool Teacher and is pursuing her career in getting her Masters in Education. Mikaela has always had a passion for working with children since she was a young girl. What is your

In today's world children are being exposed to technology at a much early age. Instead of sheltering them from our constantly evolving world, we need to guide them in the appropriate way. Children are sponges and soak up a lot of information. With that being said, it is important when you are traveling with children and you are allowing them to play a game on the iPad, that the game is developmentally appropriate and educational. “Screen Time” should be limited and only taken