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Trips of a Lifetime

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Since 1971, Travel + Leisure editors have followed one mission: to inform, inspire, and guide travelers to have deeper, more meaningful experiences. T+L's editors have traveled to countries all over the world, having flown, sailed, road tripped, and taken the train countless miles. They've visited small towns and big cities, hidden gems and popular destinations, beaches and mountains, and everything in between. With a breadth of knowledge about destinations around the globe, air travel, cruises, hotels, food and drinks, outdoor adventure, and more, they are able to take their real-world experience and provide readers with tried-and-tested trip ideas, in-depth intel, and inspiration at every point of a journey.

A safari through Tanzania with friends. Cage diving with great white sharks in Australia. Boarding the highest railway in northern Europe. We all have our definition of a “trip of a lifetime,” but no matter what yours is, some experiences are so extraordinary, they change how we view the world. And while they're not always easy to reach, often requiring multiple modes of transportation (and even an adventurous spirit), the effort is always well worth the reward.

At Travel + Leisure , we’re devoted to turning our (and your) travel wishes into memories, so let this be the year you stop fantasizing about that once-in-a-lifetime trip and finally book it. Ready, set, get inspired.

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2,500 Wishes After Founding, Wish of a Lifetime From AARP Dreams Bigger

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In 2008, Jeremy Bloom, a three-time skiing world champion and two-time Olympian, founded a charity as a tribute to his grandmother. He had witnessed the kindness and respect elders were given in many countries around the world, and he wanted to bring more of that culture to the United States.

That was the beginning of what is now known as  Wish of a Lifetime From AARP , a charitable organization that grants wishes to people 65 and older in recognition of their special accomplishments, contributions and sacrifices. Fifteen years after its founding, the group just marked the granting of its 2,500th wish, and it is growing and accelerating its ability to provide the wishes of those it serves.

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The landmark wish “just shows that we’re continuing to make a really deep impact on a notable number of people’s lives,” said Tom Wagenlander, vice president and executive director of Wish of a Lifetime. “And I would also say, for future beneficiaries, it means we’re here to stay,” he added. “You know, there are not a lot of groups out there doing this kind of work, but we still very much feel like we’re just scratching the surface and that this number is going to continue to grow.”

The 2,500th wish recipient was Howard Shapiro, 74, of Las Vegas. “All my life, I was scared and never built a real life for myself,” said Shapiro, adding that he lived most of his life with low self-esteem, in part because only a few friends knew he was gay for much of his life.

But Shapiro discovered theater in his 50s, joining a community theater group, and his wish was to perform on Broadway. Wish of a Lifetime, in collaboration with the New York City Department of Education’s arts office and the Shubert Foundation, arranged for Shapiro to perform onstage at the Broadhurst Theatre during the 9th annual High School Theater Festival. He sang “To Life” from  Fiddler on the Roof  with 26 teenage artists at the festival, along with a Broadway orchestra.

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“When I got into the theater is when I felt more comfortable with things. This is when I came out of my shell and I could express myself fully for the first time,” said Shapiro, who now is a retiree and theater performer at The Center in Las Vegas, which offers support groups, services and programs for the  LGBTQ+ community  of southern Nevada. ​​Shapiro said he was “honored to perform alongside such talented young people and to share my story with future generations. I want them to know how fortunate they are to have the opportunity that I never even knew existed.”

The wishes granted by Wish of a Lifetime vary widely, covering everything from reuniting old friends who had been apart for decades to arranging for recipients to skydive. The organization says it has granted:

• 718 wishes that celebrated or reignited passions
• 939 wishes that fulfilled lifelong dreams
• 493 wishes that reconnected loved ones
• 350 wishes that commemorated service

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One of the group’s best-known efforts is  Cupid Crew , which has hand-delivered more than 750,000 roses and cards since 2014 to older adults around Valentine’s Day. It enlists volunteers across the country in the effort. In 2023, there also were pop-up Cupid Crew locations in Denver; Washington, D.C.; and Tallahassee, Florida, where passersby could receive a rose or a card.

In 2020, the group increased its potential reach and gained new resources by joining forces with AARP as a charitable affiliate. “By bringing Wish of a Lifetime into the AARP family, AARP believes that its important work can reach more people — those who want to give help as well as the wish applicants — and ultimately combat the negative effects of isolation, strengthen social ties and intergenerational connections, and help wish recipients achieve a lifelong dream,” Scott Frisch, AARP executive vice president and chief operating officer, said in announcing the move.

Some of the subsequent wishes the group has granted include  sending a recipient to New York City  to see the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade as a VIP, helping a 102-year-old veteran to “travel” through a  virtual reality headset experience , and  reuniting two sisters  who had been separated during World War II and had not seen each other in more than 20 years.

Volunteers are at the heart of many Wish of a Lifetime efforts . In addition to providing overall support, “volunteers help us identify the most deserving older adults — those who may have fallen through the cracks in our society — and they also help provide a face to the wish-granting experience,” Wagenlander said. “They help us spread the word about what we’re doing here, and so they’re a big part of the organization.”

He added: “We’re out there trying to imagine a world where loved ones are always connected, where service is never forgotten and where people are really empowered to age with joy and purpose. And that’s our dream, our goal, but we also need a lot of people to join us in that effort. And in doing so, you’re really offering a profound impact to a very deserving individual’s life.”

As the organization looks ahead, “I’m just excited and thrilled to be at this moment, Wagenlander said. “But I’m even more excited to see where this is going to take us. I can’t wait to have the next milestone moment and talk about how far the organization has come.”

To learn more about Wish of a Lifetime From AARP, to submit a wish or to volunteer, visit wishofalifetime.org .

Randy Lilleston is the homepage editor for AARP.org. He previously served as editor-in-chief for business news publisher Industry Dive and was a senior digital editor for NPR , USA Today and CNN.

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How the 10-Day Trip of a Lifetime Really Gets Funded

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Did you ever wonder who funds Birthright Israel trips? Did you ever wonder how much does it cost to send each participant on the 10-day trip? While it previously cost $3,500 to send each participant on a 10-day Birthright Israel trip, over the past two years, with rising inflation impacting everything from airlines to hotels to restaurants, the $3,500 trip fee increased by 30%. Multiply that by 800,000 participants since inception or tens of thousands of participants annually and you can do the math: While demand is skyrocketing, Birthright Israel is a massive financial undertaking.

Yet the funding around Birthright Israel has long been vague or misunderstood by the Jewish community; in fact, it’s a common myth that funding comes from very few major donors and the government of Israel. In reality , it’s a collective pool of 40,000 donors, including Foundations, Federations, individual donors, parents, and trip participants, who regardless of how much they donate, share our mission of giving every young Jewish adult the opportunity to visit Israel.

Another common myth is that the funding exists for years to come but the truth is that the Birthright Israel Foundation in the US and the fundraising arm for worldwide donors based in Israel are working tirelessly each year to secure the necessary funds for the next year of operation.

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Many Jewish children and young adults grow up in a world where the 10-day trip is a rite of passage to look forward to—a birthright in every sense of the word. Our values extend beyond the “free trip”; it affords participants the opportunity to forge a powerful connection to their Jewish Identity and the Jewish homeland. Sleeping under the desert stars, hiking Masada at sunrise, floating in the Dead Sea, and eating delicious, traditional Israeli cuisine : these are the moments young Jews dream of, and we need your help to ensure these transformational life moments stay a reality.

The reality is that in 2023, we left 25,000 applicants behind due to financial challenges beyond our control, including rising costs and elevated demand. And now it is only with the broadest support of our community that we will be able to achieve our mission in 2024 and beyond.

Today we are calling on the Jewish community to help us ensure the program remains available to as many young Jewish adults as possible and keep our promise to fulfill their Birthright.

Although over 800,000 Jewish young adults have gone on a Birthright Israel trip, only a small percentage of those participants have donated to the Birthright Israel Foundation. If every Birthright Israel alumnus donated only 50% of the trip deposit, we could gift 1,200 more participants their birthright every year . It can turn out to be your best friend, next-door neighbor, or a family member.

Whether you are a recent or past alumni, please join our 40,000+ donors and help sustain these life-changing trips for the years to come. No gift is too small to make a difference. The future of the Jewish people is a shared responsibility, and every dollar contributes to a stronger future for us all. Donate here !

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Charity anthology review: mild curiosities: the stowaways, and trip of a lifetime.

We’re back, with another charity anthology review! Today we’ll be looking at  two  entries, and you’ll see why when we get there. We’re continuing our look at the Ian and Barbara anthology,  Mild Curiosities , with the end of chapter II, and the fifth and sixth entries: Peter Cumiskey’s  The Stowaways , and Beth Axford’s  Trip of a Lifetime .

As always,  there will be spoilers ahead!  I do this when reviewing charity projects, because these projects are generally only available for a limited time or in limited quantities, and because they get little in the way of documentation. Although I would not give the text away for free, I believe these stories deserve to be remembered, and also to be catalogues and accessible in some way. Therefore, I include plot summaries, which are naturally heavy in spoilers. (But don’t let that stop you from buying the anthology and appreciating the work firsthand! Purchase link is at the end!)

With that said, let’s get started!

The Stowaways : The Doctor and his companions have just left Vortis, the world of the insectile Zarbi and Menoptera. Ian and Barbara have come away from this adventure lightheartedly enough—and so, it seems, has Vicki. The girl comes crashing into the TARDIS’s living areas with the Doctor in pursuit—and it instantly becomes clear why. Accompanying her is a squat, odd-looking, snub-snouted creature that the others immediately recognize: A venom grub, one of the living weapons of the Zarbi. Vicki begs Barbara to let her keep it (playing, perhaps, on Barbara’s feelings, as Barbara was once responsible for the death of Vicki’s original pet, the sand beast Sandy); but Barbara directs her to the real decision-maker here: the Doctor, who chooses that moment to make his entrance. He arrives wearing a long-suffering but parental expression; and so Ian and Barbara give them the room.

In the console room, Ian and Barbara take a moment to talk about their experiences on Vortis. It was, Barbara thinks, the first truly alien place they’ve visited, and it has made its mark on her. Ian, meanwhile, admits to having felt that way often, even traveling into Earth’s past; history, after all, is not his field. It truly has been a voyage of discovery—even if the thing they have discovered most is themselves.

Vicki is despondent at the thought that the Doctor won’t let the creature stay. He comforts her a bit, in his usual gruff manner; but still, the creature must be addressed. He is surprised to discover that the creature snuck aboard, rather than being brought aboard by Vicki. They are interrupted by a loud crash before they can speak further.

The Doctor and Vicki race to the console room, where they find the hat-stand lying on the floor. And tangled in the coats, they find…a second venom grub?! The first joins it eagerly. It seems the TARDIS has an infestation! But it’s not that simple; it seems the second creature has punctured holes in the tubing of the astral computer. Perhaps it was scavenging for food, as Vicki theorizes. But for what, exactly? It is Ian and Barbara who piece it together: Based on the beams of energy the creatures emit, perhaps what they eat is connected to electricity, somehow? The Doctor is intrigued by the idea; quickly, with Vicki’s help, he assembles a trail of wires from the computer, to which the grubs quickly apply themselves, feeding on the power.

This leaves the question even more urgent, however: What to do with the grubs? They can’t feed on the equipment indefinitely; therefore they can’t stay; and the Doctor can’t navigate back to Vortis. However, he assures them, he can find them a suitable world elsewhere.

It takes three days, but at last they find it: A world that is technologically advanced enough to feed the grubs, but with peaceful and welcoming lifeforms. The world in question is in the Isop Galaxy, distant enough from home, but still the same galaxy as Vortis. Barbara watches with a bit of odd jealousy as Vicki says her goodbyes; these creatures have found a home, but they have yet to find theirs. As the TARDIS slips away, Vicki asks the name of the planet. The Doctor can’t get it quite right; but the future would remember the name of Raxicoricofallapatorius.

Later, as the Doctor pilots his ship and Vicki dozes, Ian and Barbara talk over the events of the week. It’s a bit hard for the venom grubs, perhaps; they’ll never see their home again. Ian, though, thinks that it’s not so different from himself and Barbara—perhaps the grubs, like them, knew what they were doing when they entered the TARDIS, even if they didn’t know where it would take them. But one thing is true: Like the grubs, Ian and Barbara are light years from home, but they have found a place they can call home.

One of the beautiful things about the Doctor Who universe is the sheer depth of its lore. One can spend hours digging into the minutiae of the various eras of the series, its stories and its locations and its people. This story works a bit of magic in that regarding, pulling together two very obscure coincidences and building a story around them that—to my pleased surprise—works.

In the classic First Doctor serial  The Web Planet , the antlike Zarbi use smaller creatures as weapons. Those creatures are called “larvae guns”; but in the novelization by Bill Strutton, they are referred to as “venom grubs”. (Notably, this is NOT a Target novelization; it predates that range, and is only the second Doctor Who novelization to be published.) Meanwhile, in the NuWho episode  Boom Town , Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen makes reference to venom grubs on her homeworld of Raxicoricofallapatorius (where they are admittedly more carnivorous). Also coincidentally, Vortis—the Zarbi world—was first noted to be located in the Isop galaxy, which is also the location of Raxicoricofallapatorius. Combining these two coincidences, Peter Cumiskey gives us an origin story for the Slitheen-affiliated venom grubs: Basically, the Doctor did it! It’s a clever bit of correlation, and I like it.

This is more a Vicki story than an Ian and Barbara story, although Ian and Barbara are the viewpoint characters. In tone, it feels very similar to the Fifth Doctor/Erimem audio  No Place Like Home , which also features the TARDIS experiencing an unwelcome infestation. (You can get that audio for free from Big Finish, so I won’t spoil it.) Most of all, this story serves to show how life in the TARDIS had begun to grow on Ian and Barbara, and how they had come to consider it, if not home, at least a home away from home. (I find that ironic, as it was during the filming of  The Web Planet  that William Russell, Ian’s actor, decided to depart the series.)

The next entry is a short poem by Beth Axford, titled  Trip of a Lifetime . This isn’t a story, per se, and therefore I can’t summarize it in the usual way; to do so would be to retell the poem. It recaps the beginning of Ian and Barbara’s journey with the Doctor, and muses on how they had no idea what they were getting into—but they would come to appreciate it and enjoy it just the same. Anything else I could say would ruin it for you—check it out!

Next time: We’re on to chapter three, “Down to Earth”, with perhaps the oldest entry in the anthology: Adam Christopher’s 1995-penned story titled  Homecoming . (If anyone would like to read this one first, and get a taste of what this anthology has to offer, you should note that it was originally published in  Timestreams 5 , which you can download  here , courtesy of the New Zealand  Doctor Who  fan club. You should note that the version I’ll be covering, from  Mild Curiosities , has been revised and updated, so it won’t be exactly the same—hence I feel justified in linking to the original.) See you there!

Mild Curiosities  is published in support of Breast Cancer Now, the UK’s largest breast cancer charity and research organization. You can learn more about them  here . The anthology can be purchased in digital form  here  for a limited time.

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Dive deep into what makes Zicasso's experiences exceptional with our 12 trips of a lifetime.

As you anticipate your travel plans, explore how you can make strides in discovering the right trip for you, whether embracing the epic beauty of Patagonia and Antarctica, exploring the vast treasures of the Mediterranean, or uncovering the ineffable beauty of nature in Australia and New Zealand.

Your gateway to a dream vacation starts with exploring the vast array of options to find the trip that fits your interests and goals, that will help bring your dream trip to life.

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4. patagonia and antarctica, 5. italy, france, and greece, 6. east africa safari, 7. australia and new zealand, 8. galapagos and peru, 10. thailand, vietnam, and cambodia, 11. southern africa safari, 12. around the world, make your next trip of a lifetime happen.

Ravello, Italy

Italy captures the best of Europe, offering a glimpse into a world where the past and present converge. One of our Italy travel specialists designed the Elegant Italy: Art, History, Food, and Wine tour as an immersive discovery of life’s essential pleasures as you travel from Venice to the Amalfi Coast.

When visiting Italy, you can also explore Rome in a vintage Fiat 500, learn the art of pizza-making from a Neapolitan chef, witness the traditions of the Venetian islands, and enjoy the art history of Florence on a tour that intertwines luxury and wonder. Our trip ideas for the Art Enthusiast can place you in front of some of the world’s most widely regarded masterpieces, but Italy stands out as a treasure trove of artistic development through the ages.

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Barossa Valley Estate Vineyards. Photo courtesy of South Australia Tourism / Simon Griffiths

Australia is always full of surprises and Immersion into Australia: Outback to Wine Country , designed by a Zicasso Australia travel expert, demonstrates the endless possibilities for luxurious experiences and stunning natural beauty.

From indulging in the foodie culture to embracing the vines in the country’s oldest wine-growing region, enjoying a sumptuous spa, or finding wild kangaroos, this trip gives you an entirely different perspective of the Land Down Under.

Enjoy your introduction to the beauty of the winelands, from New South Wales to southern Australia, Victoria to Tasmania, as you balance the scenery’s beauty and raw power with the welcoming indulgences of an adventurous getaway.

Malaga, Spain

With passion and sophistication, Spain can capture your imagination with a simple aroma or a spirited dance, a heartfelt song or a golden beach.

The epic landscape has shaped the heritage and the preserved culture remains part of daily life that you can experience on the 20-Day Traditions of Spain tour, designed by a Zicasso travel specialist specifically as a Trip of a Lifetime to Spain. The past and present collide in charming villages and along the streets, with each new destination revealing how the diversity of cultural history has informed the country’s charisma.

Spain is home to some of the world’s most celebrated restaurants and gastronomic history, inspiring new ways to explore trip ideas for the Culinary Traveler . When in the country, you can indulge in the majestic ambiance of the Mediterranean, sample the essential spices of paella, and stroll along preserved medieval walls, each day giving you new insight into local and national essence.

Torres del Paine, Patagonia, Chile

Mesmerizing Patagonia and Antarctica is the perfect adventure for nature lovers and those looking for a unique experience far from crowded city streets. Patagonia's combination of forests, mountains, lakes, rivers, and glaciers leads to visions of guanaco, choique, and condor resulting in the ultimate experience in South America.

Zodiac boats around towering glaciers in Antarctica reveal squawking penguins, breaching whales, or sweeping panoramas of the endless tundra. By working with boutique luxury lodges and small boats, you can have a very personalized experience, whether you prefer private excursions or traveling in small groups.

Positano on the Amalfi Coast in Italy

Europe fascinates travelers with promises of distinctive, yet connected cultures with millennia of history. Many visit countries like France or Italy to experience the different paces of life and the Ultimate European Explorer Tour: Italy, France, Greece was designed to celebrate simple pleasures.

From the taste of morning coffee to the sunlight glinting against the river, this carefully designed 28-day customizable itinerary leaves space to travel with intention.

The cultural heritage of France, Italy, and Greece is unique. With the contrast in culture, food, art, architecture, and the diverse stunning landscapes, this trip is rich in unforgettable experiences, with each day focused on a new perspective. You can also find new ways to enjoy these Mediterranean countries and more with our trip ideas for the Wine Lover .

Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

An East African safari provides the soul-shifting experience of getting up close and personal with wildlife. Lifetime memories are made of specific moments; to be within arm’s reach of a mountain gorilla or hear a lion roar a mere few feet away.

Designed by Zicasso safari experts, the Unparalleled East Africa Safari Experience brings you the best of safari.

From walking through the wilderness with a specialist guide in search of resting lions to horseback riding alongside sprinting zebras, a private, outdoor bath overlooking the riverbanks to trekking for gorillas in dense jungle terrain, or even following rangers to learn more about conservation efforts to protect the likes of elephants and rhinos, the opportunities are endless.

Look for more ways to embrace nature and the natural world with our trip ideas for the Wildlife Enthusiast .

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Oceania Trip of Lifetime: Best Australia and New Zealand Tour is the way to truly experience the mixture of culture, history, and immersive scenery. Australia encompasses the rich jungle terrain of Daintree National Park and offers a peaceful respite amongst the radiant sunshine of Uluru at the Red Centre, with the diversity of biospheres giving way to intimate connections to ancient local cultures.

90 percent of visitors to Australia never meet an Aboriginal person, but the focus of this trip of a lifetime allows travelers to connect with the landscape and local communities to discover a remarkable history of interconnectivity.

Beyond heritage, Oceania flows with incredible wine and food, as well as inspiring wildlife experiences, among them koalas nibbling on eucalyptus, kangaroos hopping across open plains, and sightings of New Zealand’s famous flightless kiwis or the masterful flying albatrosses, with their eight-foot wingspans.

Machu Picchu, Peru

Nature and the Incan Empire's unique history represent distinct perspectives that nearly equal their mythological intensity and drama.

Many visit countries like Ecuador and Peru for fascinating endemic wildlife and Incan culture woven into the fabric of the Andes. Designed by a Zicasso travel expert, the Exceptional Galapagos and Peru Tour of a Lifetime displays the complexities of the ecosystems and massive stone ruins.

Over the course of 18 days, the Galapagos Islands will capture your imagination as you snorkel in clear waters, while the majestic ambiance of Machu Picchu leads to floating islands and the high-altitude lakeshores of Lake Titicaca in Peru.

You can find more ways to enjoy an immersive experience among islands, mountains, and more with our trip ideas for the Nature Lover .

Kyoto, Chureito Pagoda with Mt Fuji in Fujiyoshida, Japan

The Premier Enchantments of Japan Tour focuses on the nation’s incredible diversity, whether Tokyo’s ultra-modern ambiance or the customary inns hidden in the mountains. Late October and early November are filled with bright red, yellow, golden, and brown colors adding to the natural beauty Japan displays around every corner.

Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples dating back to before the construction of Europe’s intricate cathedrals unveil elaborate designs and a connection to surrounding nature. Tradition is preserved and celebrated in ceramics and textiles, while cedar groves and cherry trees lead to bubbling hot springs.

Culinary delights embody customs and push new boundaries, constantly changing with the seasons. Through the eyes of the traveler, Japan feels part myth, part treasure, where enchanting gardens highlight antique collaboration and modern boutiques reflect a global and historic perspective.

Food market in Vietnam

Ancient wonder, modern majesty, cultural complexity, and culinary mastery capture the essence of what you can discover on the Culinary Journey of a Lifetime to Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia tour. Whether a foodie at heart or eager to travel beyond the familiar, Southeast Asia offers experiences in authentic local cuisine and beyond.

Travelers can expect rare visits to places where some of the raw ingredients are grown, see Asian organic farming techniques, and learn from experts, chefs, or farmers about the different uses of fresh, local produce, herbs, spices, tea, and infusions. Spectacular soaring karsts, winding mountains, historic kingdoms, and raw jungle only accentuate the fusion of dramatic flavors.

Okavango Delta, Botwana

A thrilling puzzle of enticing landscapes, mesmerizing wildlife, and the classic thrill of searching the remote wilderness while indulging in contemporary luxuries embodies the welcome drama of The Best Southern Africa Vacation: Evocative Safari Experiences .

Botswana and Zimbabwe combine some of the best overall wildlife in the most pristine environments in Africa. By visiting three unique ecosystems, each offering a wide range of activities, from day and night game drives, boating, canoeing, tiger fishing, walking, and cultural interactions, you can enjoy a much richer safari experience.

A specialist guide will offer you a wealth of knowledge as they showcase their skills during a game drive, guided walk, or canoe safari. You may learn the art of tracking while getting up close to animals like elephants, buffalo, wild dogs, and more.

Kirkjufellsfoss and Kirkjufell on the Snæfellsnes peninsula, Iceland

The Around the World Trip of a Lifetime fulfills dreams. A Zicasso global travel specialist designed a trip inspired by childhood, storybooks, and the promise of adventure.

From a young age, we are transported to other lands in our favorite books and movies. We long to see the most incredible mountains, witness majestic animals, traverse untouched deserts, and lounge on private beaches. This trip captures the spirit of childhood dreams with a journey around the globe taking you from Iceland to Petra, Mongolia to Nepal, the Maldives to Southern Africa, and Patagonia to Belize.

As we travel the world to find the clear waters in Belize and the pampas of Patagonia, the open plains of South Africa, and the mists of Victoria Falls, you can take comfort in the mixture of seclusion and luxury when guided by a world travel expert. No matter your preferences, you will be treated like royalty every step of the way.

Whether looking for wildlife in its natural habitat or finding new ideas in the trips of others, you can explore Zicasso's Staff Collection for inspiration about where in the world our travel team is interested in visiting.

Sand dunes in the Gobi desert, Mongolia

Every Zicasso trip is customized for you. Whether seven days or seven weeks, your itinerary is built to your preferences. Being in the hands of a destination expert is essential, as they provide knowledge and access to experiences you may never have known existed without their localized expertise.

From indulging in the luxuries of the ultimate African safari to embracing the mixture of tropical beauty and ancient history in Southeast Asia, looking to experience trip ideas for a Milestone Celebration or interested in trip ideas for the Romantic Traveler , Zicasso can make your trip of a lifetime a reality. Find more ideas, information, or inspiration with our Trips of a Lifetime travel guide .

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Trip of a Lifetime – Sapphire Coast

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TV SERIES ADVENTURE ALL STARS TO SHOWCASE SAPPHIRE COAST

Socially conscious TV travel show,  Adventure All Stars , visits the Sapphire Coast in tonight’s episode.

Featuring the owners of Ultimate Campers in Moruya, Bronwyn and David Rodgers as well as celebrity guest, Tathra’s Frankie J Holden,  Adventure All Stars  shows 12 authentic cast members from across Australia experiencing some of the best the Sapphire Coast has to offer including an oyster tour, surfing, mountain e-biking, gin school, a visit to Magic Mountain in Merimbula, and a coastal wildlife tour.

Prior to the commencement of filming, all cast members including Frankie J. raised funds for Australian charities, and their reward is the trip-of-a-lifetime with Adventure All Stars.

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The Trip of a Lifetime

“You’ll be laughing in one breath, crying in the next… If you haven’t discovered McInerney yet, now is the time to do so.”

– Better Reading, Australia

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Shortlisted for General Fiction Book of the Year in the 2018 Australian Book Industry Awards.

‘I always thought memories were unchangeable. Set in stone, shaped by the years. But there are always others too, ones you haven’t let yourself remember . . . ’

The wilful and eccentric Lola Quinlan is off on the trip of a lifetime, taking her beloved granddaughter and great-granddaughter with her. More than sixty years after emigrating to Australia, she’s keeping a secret promise to return to her Irish homeland.

But as she embarks on her journey, the flamboyant Lola is still hiding the hurtful reasons she left Ireland in the first place. What – and who – will be waiting for her on the other side of the world?

The Trip of a Lifetime  is a big, bold, beautiful book about the light and dark times of life, and all the wonders in between. Moving from the Clare Valley of South Australia to the lush Irish countryside, this is a delightful, emotional story about a colourful and huge-hearted family that you’ll want to call your own.

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The Trip of a Lifetime addresses the delights and challenges of family relationships, with her trademark attention to details and a keen understanding of the way the different generations think, speak and behave.

A cosy read that will make you reflect on what being family means.

The Trip of a Lifetime, a bright, bold book by Australian-born, Dublin-based writer Monica McInerney, is a wonderful story about family, about relationships, about the good and bad times and about secrets and lies. But most of all it is about the true meaning of family and the true meaning of home.

This heartwarming novel celebrates love, life, family, and the importance of letting go.

The Trip of a Lifetime is a warm, engaging read with a big heart. There is a real sense of family throughout, and all the characters are quirky and well-drawn. But Lola is the clear star of this novel with her funny one-liners, her colourful, over-the-top outfits, and her sense of fun and adventure. But it’s also a novel about Lola’s past, one that has been hidden from her family for all her adult life – and how the trip to Ireland brings old hurts to the surface again. Monica McInerney is a fabulous storyteller. This is a light, easy read that will make you smile. It oozes with warmth and laughter, and the messiness of family life and love.

…its bittersweet, life-affirming story is a see-saw of emotion – you’ll be laughing in one breath, crying in the next…. Once you meet the Quinlans, there’s no turning back: The Trip of a Lifetime will quench the thirst of fans waiting for another instalment, and inspire a new obsession for those who are just getting to know them. If you haven’t discovered McInerney yet, now is the time to do so.

CHAPTER ONE

Bett Quinlan had a weekly ritual. Every Wednesday morning – the day the local newspaper she edited was published – she would walk up one side of the main street of the town of Clare and then down the other. She’d pass the bakery, the chemist, the charity shop, the hardware store, the butcher, the banks. Sometimes she even did the walk twice.

It delivered better feedback than any market research. On an average Wednesday, she would be stopped at least eight times, with townspeople expressing their opinions about the stories on the front page, or the back page or indeed, any of the pages inside. Rarely was everyone happy. It was usually the unhappy ones who stopped her. But without fail, it helped her with what she called ‘taking the temperature’ of the Clare Valley’s citizens.

‘Have you ever thought about wearing a bullet proof vest?’ her grandmother Lola asked one week, when the front page story was a particularly spicy one about local politics. ‘Or a disguise?’

‘I’m hoping you’ll come with me next time,’ Bett said. ‘Who would pick on me if I was helping a frail, elderly Irishwoman stretch her frail, elderly Irish legs?’

‘Your frail elderly Irish grandmother is busy elsewhere most Wednesdays, fortunately,’ Lola said.

‘Out with the Golden Oldies?’

‘We’re not called that anymore. We took a vote. We’ve got a new name now. The One Footers. As in one foot in the grave. There’s nothing golden about being olden, in my eyes. Not that I can see too well either at the moment. Or hear too well. Or move too well. See how apt the new name is?’

‘So what are you all doing this Wednesday? Apart from listing your ailments to each other?’

‘Water-skiing, I think. Or maybe whitewater rafting?’

‘In the one inch of water in the local creek?’

‘Perhaps. I can’t remember. My memory’s going too.’

Bett’s latest weekly walk delivered the goods again. The previous evening, her assistant had read the front page headline – “Fiery scenes in council chambers” – and given her a knowing look. ‘That’ll be one lighthearted stroll tomorrow,’ he said.

He was right. She’d barely left the office the next morning before a passerby stopped her. She had the story all wrong, she was told. Ten metres on, another person grabbed her hand and shook it vigorously. She had it absolutely right. Up and down her approval ratings went as she walked along the street.

Halfway down the opposite side, she was glad to see a friendly face. An old schoolfriend, Jenny Randall. She was now the occupational therapist at the local old folks’ home.

‘Have you got a minute, Bett?’ Jenny asked.

‘Do you want to abuse me?’ Bett said. ‘Then no. Do you want to praise me? Sure, I’ve got hours.’

Jenny smiled. ‘It’s not about the paper. But if it was, I’d praise you. I think you got that story spoton.’ She dropped her voice. ‘It’s actually about Lola.’

Six months previously, Bett and Jenny had met for a confidential conversation about Lola. At the age of eighty-five, Lola had started dropping hints to Bett that she might, not immediately, not exactly now, but one day perhaps give some thought to moving into a room at the old folks’ home. For now, she had assured Bett, she was more than happy sharing a house in the town with her friend Margaret. It was working beautifully. But just looking ahead…

Bett had spoken to Jenny about it, informally. Lola’s name had – equally informally – been added to the waiting list. Bett had just as casually told her grandmother.

‘”Waiting list”? As in, I move up a spot when someone dies?’ Lola had said. ‘That’s the most sinister list in town.’

‘Who died?’ Bett said to Jenny now. ‘Sorry, you know what I mean.’

‘I do and don’t worry. It’s not about a room.’ She hesitated. ‘Bett, is Lola okay at the moment?’

Bett thought about it. ‘Okay’ seemed far too ordinary a word to describe Lola. She pictured her grandmother. Tall, slender, straight-backed even at her age. White hair cut short, often decorated with a sparkly hair-pin or an artificial flower or two. As for her unique approach to clothes… What would she be wearing today, for example? One of her daytime outfits, perhaps a leopard-skin cape with purple leggings and a jaunty feather-trimmed hat? Or something a little more festive, for midweek wear? One of her bright orange ponchos – she had two – teamed with a vertically striped pair of flares? Lola’s volunteer work in the local charity shop aided and abetted her wardrobe choices, but Bett was sure she’d have no difficulty sourcing the outfits from elsewhere if necessary. There had been a suspicious number of parcels arriving at Lola’s house recently, since she’d discovered online vintage shopping.

Jenny elaborated. ‘How does she seem mood-wise to you?’

‘Just the same,’ Bett said. ‘But I’ve only seen her briefly this week.’ The start of the week was Bett’s busiest time, juggling her editing with sharing the care of her twin son and daughter with her husband Daniel. He worked in two jobs, as a weekend wedding photographer and a part-time production manager on a newspaper in Gawler, an hour away.

‘I’m worried about her, Bett. She’s not herself. You know I started holding those drop-in classes?’

Bett nodded. She’d written an article about the programme Jenny had devised for her residents and any interested locals. Music afternoons. Craft sessions. Poetry readings.

‘Lola’s been to all of them,’ Jenny said. ‘Without fail. For the past three weeks. She’s waiting outside the activities room before I open the door and she’s always the last to leave.’

‘Is that a problem? Has she been misbehaving? Upsetting the other residents? Insulting anyone?’

‘No more than usual. It’s just not like her to be there all the time. She’s always had so much else going on in her life. The charity shop. Her friends. But now, it’s as if we’re all she has. She asked me if there was any possibility of weekend activities. She suggested a poker game on Saturdays. And a DVD night each Sunday.’ Jenny paused. ‘Bett, I think she’s really lonely. Lonely and bored. And possibly depressed.’

Before she could insist that of course Lola wasn’t any of those things, Bett’s phone rang. It was the office, her assistant. An urgent query. Was there any chance Bett could –

‘I’ll be there in five minutes,’ she told him. She turned to Jenny. ‘Thanks for telling me. Can you leave it with me and I’ll ask her myself?’

‘Of course. As I said, she’s still a few people down on the waiting list, but if you think it’s getting urgent, that it might be time for her to come to us full-time, I could –’

‘Move her up a few spots? Jenny Randall, I don’t even want to imagine how you’d do that.’

Jenny grinned. ‘It’d make a great front page for your paper, put it that way.’

An hour later, the crisis dealt with at work, Bett stepped outside to make two private calls. The first was to her husband. On Wednesdays Daniel stayed home with the twins. It took him a long time to answer. When he did it was hard to hear him. Yvette and Zachary, nearly two years old, had recently discovered the joys of spoon-and-saucepan musical instruments. She and Daniel had a brief shouted conversation, Bett confirming she’d be home by six and would buy dinner on the way.

Her second call was to Lola. Her grandmother answered before the second ring.

‘Bett! Are you going to visit? Great! See you soon.’

‘Don’t you say hello anymore?’

‘It wastes time. Wonderful. I’m here. Come whenever you can. Come now. I’ll put the kettle on.’

Without another word, Lola hung up.

A quick explanation to her assistant, and Bett was on her way. She was glad she’d taken her coat, even for the short walk to Lola’s house on the edge of the town. It was late April, an autumn chill creeping into the Valley as the vineyards all around transformed into warm reds and oranges. The trees lining Lola’s street were also in full autumn glory. It was Bett’s favourite time of year.

Lola had moved into her friend Margaret’s house a year earlier, an arrangement that suited them both. Margaret, a widow in her late sixties, had raised her three children there. It was spacious enough for she and Lola to not only have their own bedrooms, but their own separate living areas, one at each end of the house. They shared the cooking and cleaning duties.

As Bett knocked and obeyed her grandmother’s call to come in, she heard the whistling of the kettle. Lola was in the kitchen preparing a tea-tray. Bett had been close with her wardrobe guess. Lola was indeed wearing the orange poncho, although not with the striped flares. She’d teamed it with a green taffeta skirt. With her white hair she looked like a walking Irish flag.

‘Nice outfit,’ Bett said, kissing her grandmother’s heavily-rouged cheek. ‘Happy St Patrick’s Day.’

‘You’re a disgrace to your Irish ancestry. You know very well that was in March,’ Lola said cheerily.

She handed Bett the tray and the two of them made their way from the bright kitchen into Lola’s even brighter living room. It was a riotous clash of colours, from the vivid blue curtains to the rainbow swirls on the mat. The shelves were filled with books, coloured glass vases, ornaments and other bric a brac, all sourced from the charity shop in which Lola volunteered. Family photos and framed prints and paintings, mostly of flowers, filled the space on every wall. The previous year Lola had gone through a phase of collecting paintings of seascapes. Before that, it was animals.

The windows were wide open, fresh air and autumn sunlight filling the room. The view was of the side garden, now full of late-blooming roses, a vibrant green hedge and a plum tree on which Lola had hung several bird feeders. Bett could hear bird song, as well as the music coming from Lola’s ancient stereo. Lola generally had a soundtrack to her day, either gentle piano music, old show hits, or lavish orchestral arrangements. Today it was piano. Bett named it, Chopin’s Minute Waltz, and received a satisfied nod from Lola.

‘That’s my Bett. All those years of piano lessons paid off, didn’t they?’

‘If only listening counts. It’s months since I’ve played a note.’

‘It was such a shame you couldn’t have the piano from the motel.’

‘Don’t worry. The only time I’d get to play it would be in the middle of the night. I’m not sure how Daniel and the twins would feel about that.’

‘You could always play Brahm’s ‘Lullaby’, couldn’t you? Or Beethoven’s ‘Für Elise’. That always put me to sleep.’

Bett had grown up playing the piano, first as Lola’s reluctant pupil, then because she loved it so much. The feel of the keys, the soothing sounds, the way she could lose herself in the familiarity of well-remembered tunes or in the concentration necessary to learn new pieces. When her parents had left their family motel in the Valley the previous year, she’d secretly hoped the piano in the function room wouldn’t be part of the lease deal. She was disappointed. The new managers hoped to have occasional sing-along sessions, apparently.

As they settled into the floral-patterned armchairs, Bett got to the point. ‘I ran into Jenny Randall in the street today.’

‘I hope you weren’t in your car.’

Bett ignored that. ‘She was talking to me about you.’

‘I’ll sue her for libel.’

‘She was telling me you’ve been attending her classes at the home.’

‘Is that a crime?’

‘All her classes. Five a week. Most people only go to one a fortnight, if that.’

‘I always was a keen student.’

‘Jenny said you’re first there and last to leave.’

‘Good time-keeping is a virtue.’

‘She said you asked her to put on extra classes.’

‘She has a big mouth.’

‘Lola, she’s worried about you. And so am I now. Jenny asked me if I thought you were okay. If I thought you might be –’ Bett hesitated.

Lola stayed silent.

‘A bit lonely,’ Bett said. ‘And a bit bored.’

‘She’s got that wrong,’ Lola said.

‘She has?’ Bett said, relieved.

‘I’m desperately lonely, not just a bit lonely. And I’m incredibly bored, not only a bit.’

‘But all those classes you’re doing – ’

Lola made a scoffing sound. ‘Nothing against your friend, but I may as well enrol at the kindergarten for the amount of mental stimulation I’m getting at that home. An hour’s music we were promised. You know what we got? Forty minutes of warbling ‘Shine on Harvest Moon’, over and over again. The poor old dears couldn’t remember anything else, apparently. As for the craft class. I thought I might get a fruit basket or something to bring home. No. We painted ice-cream sticks. Dozens of them. I’m still not sure why. To keep the fire going at the crematorium, perhaps?’

‘I passed the scouts clubroom on the way home yesterday. I nearly joined up. At least I’d get a few camping trips. They have to let females in now, don’t they?’

‘I think so. I’m just not sure how they feel about eighty-five year old females.’

Lola put her head back against the chair and sighed. ‘It could be worse, Bett. I could be addicted to online gambling in an attempt to amuse myself.’

‘As well as online shopping?’

‘That’s just a hobby. I don’t buy anything. I try it on, then send it back. It gives me an excuse to go to the post office too.’

‘Lola, what’s happened? When did this all start?’

‘My long glorious life? Bett, haven’t you been paying attention? I was born eighty-five years ago in the county of Kildare in Ireland –’

‘Not your life. This boredom. This loneliness. I’m so sorry, I know we haven’t seen you as much as usual. Daniel’s been busy with all those weddings, I’ve been busy at work too, and with the kids –’

‘Stop that, please. If I wanted to be at your house, I’d invite myself, you know that.’ Her smile took away any sting. ‘Carrie said the same thing. Apologised for not having me over every day.’

‘You’ve talked to Carrie about this already?’ Bett was surprised by a sudden fizz of jealousy at the mention of her younger sister.

‘Yes, of course. She’s always been my favourite of my three granddaughters. I had a séance and talked to Anna about it too.’

‘Lola!’ Anna, Bett’s beloved older sister, had died of cancer five years earlier, leaving behind her young daughter Ellen, husband Glenn and her devastated family. Bett didn’t think she’d ever be able to joke about her death.

‘I’m sorry, Bett. I haven’t spoken to Carrie or to Anna. I wouldn’t be speaking to you either if it wasn’t for Big Mouth Randall.’

‘She’s not a big mouth, she was concerned. I am too.’

‘Don’t be. All that’s happened is I’ve realised something. I’ve known it for years, but lately it has really hit me.’

‘What has? Are you sick?’

‘No. Nothing new anyway. The same aches and pains. The new hips that are now old hips. But I’m facing facts, Bett. I’m eighty-five. I can still walk, still talk, but for how much longer? I’ve been on borrowed time for years already. Look what happened to my Alex. Here one day, gone the next. Without any warning.’

Bett noticed a sudden tremor in Lola’s voice. She knew Alex had been the love of her grandmother’s life. After meeting him in her early years in Australia, as a single mother, their brief, intense romance had been cut short when he’d had to return to his home country of Italy. They had been separated for fifty years, until a chance reconnection the year before had brought unexpected joy into both their lives. They had spoken daily on the phone, Lola in the Clare Valley, Alex in Melbourne. Until Alex had tragically died before he and Lola had been able to meet in person again.

‘I can’t avoid it any longer, darling,’ Lola said. ‘If there is anything left for me to do, I’m running out of time to do it. I need to seize the day while I still have a day to seize.’

‘Draw up a bucket list, you mean?’

‘Not a ‘list’, exactly. More of an ‘item’.’ Lola stood up. ‘But I need to give it some more thought. And you’ve a job to do. Off you go and find a scoop somewhere, there’s a good girl.’

‘I already did. It’s on the front page.’ She handed her grandmother a copy of the newspaper.

‘Oh, very controversial. Excellent,’ Lola said. ‘Thank you, darling. I’ll read it closely when I get back.’

‘From where?’

‘The library. I’m doing a creative writing course there every Wednesday afternoon. Last week was memoir writing. Today it’s ‘how to make your love scenes sizzle.’ I can’t wait.’

‘How do you actually find the time to get lonely or bored?’

‘It’s just a knack I have. Goodbye my darling. Close the door on the way out, won’t you?’

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10 Trips of a Lifetime to Take in 2024

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Let 2024 be the year you stop dreaming about that bucket list trip and finally book it. From riding the rails through Alaska’s stunning scenery to hiking along Japan’s under-the-radar coastline, these are the best trips to take in 2024. 

Paris, France: Olympics Travel Package

The City of Light will be even more abuzz than normal as Paris hosts the 2024 Summer Olympics. The games will be hosted in iconic locations, so this is your once-in-a-lifetime chance to watch skateboarding in the Place de la Concorde, beach volleyball in the Champ de Mars, and equestrian events in the Palace of Versailles. 

If snagging a hotel room and tickets to a game seems impossible, don’t worry—official packages that combine Olympic tickets and accommodations are available. 

Torres del Paine National Park, Chile: Journeysmiths

Located towards the bottom of Chile, Torres del Paine National Park feels like the end of the earth. This rugged and wild place rewards intrepid visitors with stunning scenery around every turn. The best way to see the highlights of Torres del Paine is via the W Trek, a hiking trail that leads to the views of the most iconic sites in the park. 

Although the W Trek traditionally involves camping or sharing rooms in a hostel-style refugio, bespoke travel company Journeysmiths can plan a custom trip along the trek with luxury resort accommodations instead of tents.  

Hidden Gems of the Greek Cyclades, Greece: Kensington Tours

If every time you opened a social media app recently you saw another friend in Greece, it’s not a coincidence—tourism to this vacation hotspot has exploded over recent years. Enjoy all the best parts of Greece, without the crowds, on Kensington Tours’ Hidden Gems of the Greek Cyclades tour , which visits the lesser-known islands of Milos and Naxos. 

The itinerary includes unique experiences like a citron liquor sampling at a local distillery and a private tour of Byzantine and Venetian relics.

Under the Northern Lights: Iceland & Greenland: Exodus Adventure Travels

To spot the Northern Lights, it’s best to head somewhere with minimal light pollution—like the middle of the Arctic. Exodus Adventure Travels’ Under the Northern Lights trip does just that, taking guests on a cruise around the remote coasts of Iceland and Greenland. 

Although seeing the aurora borealis, polar bears, and whales isn’t guaranteed, you’re sure to see incredible mountains, fjord, and massive icebergs along the way.

Madagascar Adventure: World Expeditions

Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world, and this remote island is home to an incredibly diverse ecosystem where you can find lemurs, chameleons, Baobab trees, and rainforests.  

Traverse this unique country on World Expeditions’ 21-day Madagascar Adventure trip. On this extended tour, you’ll hike colorful sandstone canyons and swim in natural pools in Isalo National park, hike through the limestone pinnacles of Tsingy de Bamaraha, canoe along the Manambolo River, and more.

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Alaska Railroad, Glaciers, Rails, and Trails Package

An Alaska trip might conjure up visions of cruises, but there’s a better way to immerse yourself in The Last Frontier—on a land-based trip, like Alaska Railroad’s Glaciers, Rails, and Trails journey . This 11-day package includes a variety of day trips featuring scenic train rides, glacier and wildlife cruises, glacial river float trips, and jetboat tours.

You’ll see the state’s highlights with stops in Kenai Fjords National Park, Denali National Park, and National Wild River Park.

Japan: Kyoto, Tokyo & the Michinouk Coastal Trail: G Adventures

Long known for its backpacker-budget trips, G Adventures recently branched out and launched The Geluxe Collection . These upgraded experiences combine active adventures with luxury accommodations and transport. Check out the new travel style on G Adventures’ Japan: Kyoto, Tokyo & the Michinoku Coastal Trail trip , an 11-day journey highlighting the best of Japan. The trip starts in Kyoto and ends in Tokyo, and visits Lake Tazawa and Jodogahama Beach along the way.

During the day, you’ll enjoy unique activities like creating crafts using bark from wild cherry blossoms or tasting sake at a 330-year-old brewery. At night, you’ll stay in four-star accommodation like the lakefront Tazawako Rose Park Hotel.

Cycle New Zealand: Otago Rail Trail: Intrepid Travel

The best way to see New Zealand? On two wheels. Intrepid Travel’s Cycle New Zealand Otago Rail Trail trip follows the spectacular Otago Central Rail Trail, a flat and traffic-free path that was voted New Zealand’s favorite ride for two years in a row.

The biking journey takes you on a loop from Queenstown to Omakau Ophir, Wedderburn, Hyde, and Middlemarch. In addition to cycling, there are opportunities to add some adrenaline in the form of bungy jumping or jet boating.

Sailing the Caribbean: National Geographic Travel

See the gems of the Caribbean in style on National Geographic Travel’s Sailing the Caribbean tour. This eight-day cruise takes place aboard the elegant square-rigger ship the Sea Cloud, a beautiful historic boat that was once the private yacht of Marjorie Merriweather Post. This elegant ship has just 30 staterooms, allowing for a much more intimate experience than a typical cruise.

The itinerary travels through some of the Caribean’s lesser-visited islands, including Dominica, Bequia, and Terre-de-Haut.

Disney Parks Around the World: Adventures by Disney

The Disney Parks Around the World trip is the ultimate splurge for true fans of the mouse. This luxury adventure costs $114,995 per person for 24 days and visits 12 Disney theme parks as well as three iconic real-world landmarks (the Taj Mahal, Pyramids of Giza, and the Eiffel Tower.)

You’ll travel in style on a private jet, and receive special behind-the-scenes access at many of the parks. 

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Arthur J. Gregg, Trailblazing Army Officer, Is Dead at 96

The first Black officer to achieve the rank of lieutenant general, he lived to see an Army post in Virginia renamed in his honor.

By Trip Gabriel

Arthur J. Gregg, the first African American Army officer to reach the rank of lieutenant general and the only person in modern history to have a military base named for him in his lifetime, died on Aug. 22. He was 96.

The Army announced the death on its website, but did not cite a cause or say where he died.

In April 2023, Fort Lee in Virginia was renamed Fort Gregg-Adams in honor of General Gregg, who in 1977 became the Army’s first Black three-star general, and Lt. Col. Charity Adams Earley , who was the highest-ranking Black woman to serve as an Army officer in World War II.

The new name was recommended by a congressional commission charged with rechristening nine military bases named for Confederate officers, as part of a national self-examination around race set off by the murder of George Floyd in 2020.

Fort Lee was named for Robert E. Lee, one of eight Virginians at the outbreak of the Civil War who were West Point graduates and U.S. Army colonels. Among them, the renaming commission noted, only Lee chose to take up arms against the United States. “The main difference” separating Lee from the others “was that Lee and his family enslaved other humans,” the commission’s report stated.

Fort Gregg-Adams, about 30 miles south of Richmond, has long been a hub of Army logistics, the field in which General Gregg made his 35-year military career. He commanded a 3,700-soldier logistics battalion in Vietnam, based in Cam Ranh Bay, and rose to be deputy chief of staff for logistics for the Army, overseeing support services around the world.

He was posted to Fort Lee as a young officer in 1950 to train in logistics. Although President Harry S. Truman had ordered the desegregation of the military two years earlier, the facts on the ground had changed little.

“We had two armies, one Black, one white,” General Gregg recalled last year in an interview with The Washington Post.

A training manual used by quartermasters at the time instructed them to compute the ability of Army units to complete a task based on whether the units were all white, all Black or composed of Black soldiers and led by a white officer.

General Gregg ignored the racist manual, according to an oral history of his life he recorded for the U.S. Army War College.

Military logistics was not his first choice as a career path. Growing up in poverty in the rural South, one of nine children in a home without indoor plumbing or electricity, he had hoped to work as a technician in a medical lab.

At 17, he completed a training course at the Chicago College of Medical Technology and got a job in a city hospital. But he was told he could not visit the bedsides of white patients.

He quit and enlisted in the Army in 1946, hoping it would offer a path to a medical tech job. Sent to occupied Germany, he was told there were no jobs for Black soldiers in medical facilities; instead, he was assigned to an all-Black unit of the Quartermaster Corps.

It was a role he ended up embracing: He advanced to sergeant at 18 and, after completing officer candidate school, became an instructor at the Quartermaster Leadership School at Fort Lee.

The commission that eventually recommended the renaming of Fort Lee in General Gregg’s honor noted that while Army support services, including the Quartermaster Corps, broadly known as “sustainment,” might not be the military’s most prestigious field, it had an illustrious history dating to the Civil War.

“Behind every rightly heralded story of battlefield bravery lies the often overlooked story of how Army sustainment professionals brought fellow troops the bullets, food, water, gasoline, armor, and — in recent years — networking services that sustain them in battles on behalf of the United States,” the commission wrote.

Arthur James Gregg was born on May 11, 1928, outside Florence, S.C. He was the youngest child of Robert and Ethel Gregg, subsistence farmers who grew cotton and tobacco and raised livestock on 100 acres.

Besides helping on the farm, Arthur walked three miles to a small, rudely built segregated school.

“The white children had a consolidated, very modern brick school and were provided with bus transportation from their homes,” General Gregg recalled in an interview published on the Army’s website in 2023. “It was a different situation based on race at that time.”

His mother died when he was 11, and he went to live with an older brother in Newport News, Va., where he attended Huntington High School.

He added to his academic credentials once in the Army, earning a degree in business administration from St. Benedict’s College (now part of Benedictine College) in Atchison, Kan., in 1965. He graduated from the Army War College in 1968.

His wife, Charlene (McDaniel) Gregg, died in 2006, and his daughter Sandra Gregg died in 2009. His survivors include another daughter, Alicia Collier, and three grandchildren.

General Gregg was awarded his first star in 1972, when he was promoted to brigadier general. The next year he was sent to Munich, where he oversaw the Army and Air Force Exchange System, the network of stores and restaurants on military bases.

He was promoted to major general in 1976. The next year, President Jimmy Carter named him logistics director for the Joint Chiefs of Staff and approved his promotion to lieutenant general.

He went on to become deputy chief of staff for logistics for the Army. In that post, the Army’s highest logistics job, he was responsible for support services around the world.

He retired in 1981.

General Gregg lived to see Fort Lee rechristened Fort Gregg-Adams. At the time he said that despite the barriers he had faced growing up in the Jim Crow South, in the segregated military and in the imperfect transition to an integrated Army, he “always believed there were opportunities.”

“Even though you realized they were limited by race to a large degree, they were still there,” he said. “Frankly, I tended to dwell on the possibilities and did not become bitter.”

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31 of Princess Diana’s Most Inspiring Quotes on Motherhood, Kindness and More

Nearly three decades after her death, Princess Diana's charitable efforts and words of wisdom continue to leave their mark on the world

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Princess Diana left behind a legacy that continues to be felt more than 27 years after her tragic death on Aug. 31, 1997.

The late Princess of Wales is widely hailed for her revolutionary humanitarian work during her lifetime, which included helping to change the stigma around HIV and AIDS , opening the conversation surrounding mental health and eating disorders, advocating for the homeless and working for the removal of landmines . The Diana Award , the only charity to bear Princess Diana’s name, now honors young philanthropists who continue to carry on her spirit of giving in the world.

In addition to Princess Diana’s charitable efforts, her spirit is also kept alive through her two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry . The brothers have both spoken about how even though she’s not physically here, “Granny Diana” is still a strong presence in the lives of their children: William’s sons, Prince George and Prince Louis , and daughter, Princess Charlotte , and Harry’s son, Prince Archie , and daughter, Princess Lilibet .

“ I see my mum’s legacy when I look at my own children every day,” Prince Harry told Diana Award recipients in 2021.

Prince William shared a similar sentiment in the 2017 documentary Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy : “It's important that they know who she was and that she existed.”

Beyond her charitable efforts and her children (and now grandchildren), Princess Diana’s memory lives on in the moving words she spoke throughout her lifetime. Read on for a collection of Princess Diana’s most inspirational quotes on motherhood, kindness and more.

Princess Diana on Motherhood

• “If we all play our part in making our children feel valued, the result will be tremendous.” — speaking at the European Drugs Conference in 1992
• “We have an obligation to care for our children in ways which clearly show our children we value them. They, in their turn, will then learn how to value themselves.” — speaking on eating disorders in April 1993  
• “A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.” —  speaking on motherhood
• “Family is the most important thing in the world.” — speaking on motherhood
• “I want [my boys] to have an understanding of people’s emotions, people’s insecurities, people’s distress and people’s hopes and dreams.” — Martin Bashir’s 1995 interview on BBC’s Panorama
• “We, as a part of society, must ensure that young people — who are our future — are given the chance that they deserve.” — a July 1995 speech to the charity Centrepoint
• “For those mothers and children already living under the dark shadow of AIDS, we need to help them back into the light. To reassure them. To respect and support their needs. And maybe we will learn from them how to live our own life more fully — however long it is.” —  speaking at the International Conference on HIV/Aids in Mothers & Childre n in September 1993

Princess Diana on Love and Kindness

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• “Hugging has no harmful side effects.” — speaking at the European Drugs Conferenc e in 1992
• “Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.” — a famous quote shared by Meghan Markle and Prince Harry in a tribute on Instagram
• “Health and happiness taken at the cost of other’s pain and suffering cannot be acceptable.” — speaking on mental health at a Turning Point conference in January 1993
• “I think the biggest disease this world suffers from in this day and age is the disease of people feeling unloved, and I know that I can give love for a minute, for half an hour, for a day, for a month, but I can give — I’m very happy to do that and I want to do that.” — Martin Bashir’s 1995 interview with Princess Diana on BBC’s Panorama
• “Each person is born with individual qualities and potential. We, as a society, owe it to women to create a truly supportive environment into which they too can grow and move forward.” — speaking on mental health at a Turning Point conference in January 1993
• “Everyone of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves.” — speaking on motherhood
• “Everyone needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something back, if only they had the chance.” — a July 1995 speech to the charity Centrepoint
• “If you find someone you love in life you must hang on to it and look after it, and if you were lucky enough to find someone who loved you then one must protect it.” — Martin Bashir’s 1995 interview with Princess Diana on BBC’s Panorama
• “HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug. Heaven knows they need it.” — speaking against the stigma of AIDS and HIV at the Children & Aids Conference in 1991
• “Let’s not wait to be prompted. Let us go out today, tomorrow and the days that follow and let us demonstrate our humanity.” — accepting the Humanitarian of the Year award in New York in December 1995 

Princess Diana on Being a Role Model

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• “I don’t go by a rule book … I lead from the heart and not the head.” — Martin Bashir’s 1995 interview with Princess Diana on BBC’s Panorama
• “Don’t call me an icon. I’m just a mother trying to help.” — speaking on motherhood
• “I’d like to be queen of people’s hearts, in people’s hearts.” — Martin Bashir’s 1995 interview with Princess Diana on BBC’s Panorama
• “I can do this job so much better on my own.” — Princess Diana: In Her Own Words
• “Each time I was knocked down, I came back up again.” — Princess Diana: In Her Own Words
• “Someone’s got to go out there and love people and show it.” — Martin Bashir’s 1995 interview with Princess Diana on BBC’s Panorama 
• “People think that at the end of the day a man is the only answer. Actually, a fulfilling job is better for me.” — Martin Bashir’s 1995 interview with Princess Diana on BBC’s Panorama
• “I am not a political figure, I am a humanitarian figure, and always have been and always will be.” — speaking during a 1997 Red Cross trip to Angola

Princess Diana on Womanhood

• “A woman’s instinct is a very good one.” — Martin Bashir’s 1995 interview with Princess Diana on BBC’s Panorama
• “Those women who have taken on the heavy burden of attending to others need also to be attended — not just for their own sake, but for the good of us all.” —  speaking on mental health at a Turning Point conference in January 1993
• “Every strong woman in history has had to walk down a similar path and I think that it’s the strength that causes the confusion and the fear.” — Martin Bashir’s 1995 interview with Princess Diana on BBC’s Panorama 
• “Women have a right to their own peace of mind.” — speaking on mental health at a Turning Point conference in January 1993
• “Isn’t it normal not to be able to cope all the time? Isn’t it normal for women as well as men to feel frustrated with life? Isn’t it normal to feel angry and want to change a situation that is hurting? Perhaps we need to look more closely at the cause of the illness rather than attempt to suppress it.” — speaking on mental health at a Turning Point conference in January 1993 
• “If we as a society continue to disable women by encouraging them to believe they should only do things that are thought to benefit their family even if these women are damaged in the process … If they feel they must sacrifice everything for their loved ones even at the cost of their health, their inner strength and their own self worth, they will live only in the shadow of others — and their mental health will surely follow.” — speaking on mental health at a Turning Point conference in January 1993

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