by Victor Block | Apr 8, 2017
An island of environmental diversity One part of Puerto Rico is blanketed by the only tropical rainforest in the U.S. National Forest System. The setting is very different not far away, where a mountain range that blocks rain-producing weather systems has created a...
by Victor Block | Aug 30, 2014
A jet plane bearing the emblem of the U.S. Navy streaked low over a beach, dropped a bomb and returned to its base. The U.S. Navy was attacking a corner of its own country. Today, beach towels and colorful umbrellas line that stretch of sand. The only sounds are the...
by Charlie Leocha | Jan 26, 2013
BootsnAll.com is one of the leading sites in the world for independent travelers. Over the years, ConsumerTraveler has worked together with them on promotions and our management has collaborated on many issues. Every year, BootnAll starts the year out with their list...
by Ned S. Levi | Aug 29, 2011
Sunday a week ago, 145 passengers missed their cruise on Royal Caribbean’s Serenade of the Seas when it left San Juan, Puerto Rico early, to avoid Hurricane Irene. The ship had been scheduled to depart at 8:30 p.m., but according to Royal Caribbean, port...
by Janice Hough | Oct 2, 2009
My clients, who shall remain nameless, just wanted to go somewhere warm for five days around Thanksgiving week. And incidentally avoid their relatives. So from San Francisco, we looked at a number of packages to Mexico and Hawaii. Puerto Vallarta, only 1,500 miles...
