A Boomer Woman Who Knows About Cruising!

A favorite boomer woman who knows all about "cruising" is my friend Kathy Collins. Kathy is an agent with the company Cruise Planners. And let me tell you, she knows the ins and outs of cruising.

Boomer women love to travel and we are always looking for fun and wonderful places to visit. Gone are the vacations planned around our children and husbands. We are traveling for our enjoyment now! If the husband or significant other is included all the better, but if they are not interested, it is not stopping us!!!

Kathy will be celebrating her 7th year with the Cruise Planners franchise this year. Working with an agent with this amount of experience is a great way to go. Plus with someone at her level in the company, she can offer some great perks etc for your cruise experience. In fact, Kathy just passed on to me, that January through March is probably the best time to book due to so many specials offered during this period.

Bikinis and Bifocals worked with her to put together a group cruise and it was great fun! In fact, putting together a trip for small to large groups of women is something she loves to do. Kathy is a warm/friendly person and I think you will enjoy working with her. Never cruised before or have questions? Check out the various aspects of her website and get that cruising feeling today!

I have to say, a cruise is one of the most relaxing vacations I have enjoyed. And Kathy was a help in making it all seem easy. Happy Cruising!

"You are over-weight"

I don't know about you, but those are the words I dread. Not about me physically, as much as my luggage! It is so stressful when you are traveling and you have to worry if your luggage may be over the weight limit. Recently my husband and I traveled home from Florida and we both heard that dreadful statement - "your are over-weight".

I travel a great deal and typically pack with room for additions from my travels. But there is always that worry that my luggage will be "over-weight". And it is such a disappointment when I get to the airport and my luggage is more than 5 pounds under the limit. Darn, I could have shopped some more!

This last trip to Savannah the ticket agent asked if the larger piece of luggage was mine! NOT, actually it was my husbands. Mine was the cute luggage with the designer symbols! It seems more and more we are both getting closer to that limit. So much so, he is no help when I need some extra space for items. His luggage is full too!

It seems to me there should be a built in scale on our luggage. Or some weight standards we can use for judging when shopping and traveling. I have a former co-worker who said while on a business trip she came across an unbelievable sale and had to purchase more luggage to get everything home! That is my kind of woman!

We have gotten into the habit of weighing our luggage before we leave on a trip. That gives me a good indication of how much I can possibly add. We use a little inexpensive scale we found through a travel agent friend, but you can get them at places like Target, Walmart or on line.

I also saw one in the travel magazine on the plane, a little more expensive but it may pack a little better if you want to take it with you on trips.

You see, my husband has been putting on more and more pounds lately, not physically, but he is taking more and more paper items with him on the trips. Now that can really add to the weight of your luggage. Save a tree, if possible save to a disc or ship separately. That is what we always did when I went on business trips, shipped all the binders and paperwork to my office, never would I use up valuable luggage space!

I haven't checked lately but any of the new phones include a scale? I am working so hard attending jazzercise classes and watching what I eat, I know I am not over-weight. So when I hear that even if it is my luggage, it is not something I take lightly! Safe travels.