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With the 'journey' now being more stressful than ever (high gas prices! airport delays! flights canceled!) the destination needs to be more 'calming' than ever for need to chill out seekers.  For Value Budgeteers wanting self-care with a tad less emphasis on the 'self' (as in selfish) part-the non-profit Le Monastère Des Augustines, very accessible from the tourist destination-Old Quebec City...offers basic and contemporary rooms, healthy meals-dining (and snacks/picnics to go), multiple inclusive wellness packages or á la carte hands on holistic options of soothing pampering  massages and treatments,  mental respites in leafy green outdoor sanctuaries -including yoga, private meditations/movement sessions -and seasonal winter cross-country- downhill skiing on the slopes of nearby mountains. With a history of spiritualism combined with the healing -Le Monastère Des Augustines has reimagined and updated its historic architectural structures and thoughtfully ...

WHAT: A press event that introduced (and reaffirmed) the wonders of the great state of Vermont...that serves up a lot of beautifully scenic, fun outdoors, user friendly destinations for snow pursuits, gourmet dining and laid back good times...! From the northern Jay Peak Ski Resort -near the Canadian border-to the more southerly-   Hermitage Club at Haystack Mountain -a private forested-mountain oasis with a 90,000 sq foot slope side lodge with numerous facilities-and easy to get to from NYC and Boston,   Mt. Snow.  home to the largest freestyle terrain east of the Rockies...there was plenty of new exciting ventures planned for the upcoming 2016-2017 season-year round. Kudos to Killington's score of the  first WORLD CUP races to touch down on the east coast-Thanksgiving weekend. Very cool. Other top spots that beckon... Stratton,  (major thanks for our 2 bedroom condo+lift tickets-raffle win-CANNOT WAIT)  Okemo  (top rated snowmaking covering...

View looking up from the Panoramic View's beach-with cabana in the foreground PLUS: Cashmere Supreme@Christopher Fischer With the summer crowds gone...the surfer heavy Montauk -at the tip of Long Island----is largely absent of the glam types usually associated with the chic scene-ster set--- collectively known as the Hamptons. View from the terrace -even on a grey day...beautiful-oceanside pool if not up for the surf Sunrise- As of late-like since college, we've only been to the Hamptons mostly for funerals as many family-in-laws relatives have lived out there for decades --alongside influential American artists such as Jackson Pollack and William De Kooning-who were inspired by the natural light-and gobs of fishermen who were a mainstay economic force of  the area...and actually, still are. The not so secret, secret of the locals-and lucky second home owners, escapees from NYC---is that September is by far, the best month to visit---with war...

A guaranteed match... the all systems go "The Ski Channel"--- gives web surfers on this site- a one stop way to get the 411 on everything mountain related that a snow bunny or hare could want to know. THE SCOOP: An algorithm that functions like a Google search (easy to use for the Luddites out there)---- that breaks it down---including "expert's opinions within their fields of expertise higher and then blends those with ever changing consumer ratings and hard data like annual snowfall, uphill capacity, bed count, etc. to create the most accurate analysis of what resorts a consumer should choose to experience." THE LINK:http://www.theskichannel.com/resort-rater THE RESORT RATER. Travel details hit on include what's important TO YOU---like the best resorts with an airport, daycare, ski school, blue runs, dining etc. And fast too, considering that the Resort Rater ranks more than 500 resorts for those specific search criteria. PLUS: · Up-to-date w...