Extended Weekend Getaways - April 2024 Issue

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From the Editor

There is no April Fool to this issue. It really is full of great ideas for your next extended weekend getaway.

The intention of many of the following articles are to help you make sure you don’t miss the “must-visit” opportunities in each destination. So often, I’ve headed out to a new place for the first time and had no idea what awaited me until I arrived. After passing by all the alluring signs along the road on my way to the hotel and browsing the local brochures in the lobby, I would always find I had missed several places to go, things to do or people to see that I hadn’t fit into my already full schedule.

Upon returning home, friends would inevitably ask me, “Oh did you go see the ....?” And I would have to answer no. Then they would describe the best time they had ever had at the very location I just returned from without experiencing the fun I should not have missed.

So what is popular in each area on our bucket list? How do we keep from missing out on the can’t-miss destinations? This issue is a perfect beginning to your plans as the main theme this month is “Destinations 101.” Our writers have shared their experiences with the absolute best places to go, things to do and people to see in each of their articles. As I read through each page, I find yet another place to visit that will go on my already very long bucket list.

The point to this story is: My best advice before deciding where to go, what to do or who to see on your next extended weekend getaway, is to look to those who have already been there once or twice or ten times. They can give you pointers on what not to miss and what you MUST include in your itinerary. And THIS issue’s contributors are doing just that!

Happy Spring and Happy Travels

Kathy Barnett, Editor In Chief

Where in the World should we go next? This issue has more than 100 ideas for Spring weekend getaways. See ALL the pages. . .