Alabama
A Day Out at the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo
The Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo is a great place to bring kids for a fun day in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Located off the island of Gulf Shores, the zoo re-opened with this location in 2020. If you’re a fan of Animal Planet, you may have heard of the show called “The Little Zoo That Could”. Gulf Shores Zoo is the setting of the show. It focuses on how the zoo is rebuilding after multiple hurricane evacuations in the mid-2000s. Here’s what to expect at the Alabama Gulf Shores Zoo. This post is part of our Gulf Shores and Alabama series. Here are a few more posts: How much is admission…
Turquoise Place: A kid-friendly hotel in Orange Beach, AL (Review)
Traveling with kids is always challenging, so we look for hotels with kitchens whenever we travel. This helps us cater to our child who’s a picky eater and helps lower our travel costs by catering when we don’t feel like going out. On a recent trip to Orange Beach in Alabama, I’ve had a chance to stay at Turquoise Place, a condo-hotel, by Spectrum Resorts. Here’s a review of the property and why you should consider staying here for your trip to the Alabama Beaches. This post is part of our Orange Beach, Gulf Shores, and Alabama content. Here are a few more related posts: The Rooms at Turquoise Place…
2021 Year in Review
It’s that time of the year again where we look back at what we have been up to for the past year. This year (2021) is not much more different from 2020 as we try to navigate traveling with a baby-turned-toddler amidst a global pandemic. That’s on top of raising the baby, looking after our financial lives and holding full time jobs. Here’s our 2021 year in review where we talk about travel and link back to posts to help you plan your trips! You can also read about our 2021 in armchair travel on a separate post on this site. The start of 2021 was fun. My husband and I…
8 Best Points Hotels in Huntsville AL
So you’ve booked your flight or are planning a road trip to visit Huntsville, AL. Now you just need a place to stay. Here’s a list of the 8 best points hotels you in Huntsville, AL. You could choose to use this guide to burn some of your points, or even be aspirational as places that you’ll want to use the points that you’ll earn. Note: Since we’ve only been to Huntsville once, we have only personally stayed at two of the hotels on the list below. We are basing our list based on the proximity to the major Huntsville city sights, as well as the ease of using…
Breeze Airways from Tampa (Review)
When Breeze Airways launched their new flights last May 2021, the company had introductory fares for $39 one way, $78 round trip. New ultra-low-cost airline? New non-stop destinations to one of our favorite airports in Florida? Sign us up! Here’s our review of Breeze Airways from Tampa, FL to Huntsville, AL. Breeze Airways Destinations from Tampa The first thing we wanted to see was which destinations Breeze was going to from Tampa. There were a few choices, including: Huntsville, Alabama Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Tulsa, Oklahoma Bentonville/Fayetteville, Arkansas Charleston, South Carolina Norfolk, Virginia Richmond, Virginia Columbus, Ohio Akron/Canton, Ohio Louisville, Kentucky One of the destinations that immediately caught our eye was…
