Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Plenty in New Zealand

The legendary Maori chief, Paikea.  Photograph by Janie Robinson, Travel Writer
Join Janie Robinson in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty, and discover Maori culture, scenic splendour and gleaming glow worms in her Toronto Star newspaper travel story. www.thestar.com/Travel/article/539892

Friday, November 7, 2008

From Midhurst to Mayreau

Saltwhistle Bay in Mayreau.  Photograph by Janie Robinson, Travel WriterJoin Janie Robinson in the palm-swaying paradise of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, in the Nov/Dec 2008 issue of Simcoe Life Magazine.

Friday, October 31, 2008

Ontario - Cheap and Cheery




Join CBC Radio Fresh Air columnist Janie Robinson on Fresh Air, Saturday November 1, 2008 between 8 and 8:30 a.m. for some cheap and cheery Ontario November weekend getaway ideas.

That's on CBC Radio One 99.1 Toronto, http://www.cbc.ca/freshair.

If you miss the show on Saturday, you can still catch Janie's travel chat at www.cbc.ca/freshair/2008/11/november_getaways.html

Janie's suggested websites for Ontario November weekend getaways include:
Ontario Travel http://www.ontariotravel.net/
Ottawa Tourism http://www.ottawatourism.ca/
Niagara Parks http://www.niagaraparks.com/
Toronto Tourism http://www.seetorontonow.com/
North of Toronto Travel http://www.400eleven.com/
Premier Spas on Ontario http://www.premierspasofontario.ca/
Algonquin Park www.ontarioparks.com/English/algoyurts.html
Science North http://www.sciencenorth.on.ca/
Niagara's Great Wolf Lodge www.new.greatwolf.com/niagara/lodge
Travelocity Canada http://www.travelocity.ca/
Expedia Canada http://www.expedia.ca/
Travelzoo Canada http://www.travelzoo.ca/
Entertainment coupon book http://www.entertainment.com/

Monday, October 20, 2008

Heart of the country

Little Alex. Photograph by Janie Robinson, Travel Writer Getting away from the beach resorts lets you discover the rural roots and hardy spirit of the Dominican people. Join Janie Robinson as she gets a glimpse of the rural life hidden away in the lush mountains and fertile valleys behind the all-inclusive beach resorts of the Dominican Republic, in her front page story of the Travel section in the Toronto Star newspaper www.thestar.com/Travel/article/517996

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Blue Adventures in The Bahamas

New beach-loading catamaran provides door-to-reef service for this education snorkeling adventure. Photograph by Janie Robinson, Travel Writer Many of the world's resorts are "going green" these days, but in the Bahamas, Atlantis is "turning blue." Blue Tourism is the Paradise Island resort's new initiative in eco-friendly travel, focusing on protecting and conserving the world's oceans. Janie Robinson discovers that being blue in the Bahamas is just the beginning of what's new on New Providence Island these days in her Toronto Star story www.thestar.com/Travel/article/505300

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Mail boat to Mayreau

Saltwhistle Bay in Mayreau. Photo by Janie Robinson, Travel Writer Join Janie Robinson in the Caribbean as she sails through St. Vincent and the Grenadines and discovers the tiniest treasure in the tropics on this front page story of the Toronto Star's Special Section on Caribbean Travel. www.thestar.com/Travel/article/502674

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Forget Florida this winter!

Janie Robinson at top of Mount Maunganui. Photo by Brian Quinn, Travel writer
Janie Robinson joins Canadian snowbirds escaping to New Zealand and Australia each winter in her September/October 2008 travel column in Simcoe Life Magazine.