The Gilded Horizon
a travel blog
Discover The Gilded Horizon, Sunkissed Bliss Travel's blog offering expert travel tips, industry insights, and captivating stories from around the globe. Whether you're seeking trending destinations for 2025, family-friendly adventures, or luxury group travel ideas, our articles provide inspiration and guidance to elevate your journeys. Join us as we explore the world, sharing experiences and advice to make your travels unforgettable.
Why Multi-Generational Travel Feels Overwhelming and How a Travel Advisor Makes It Effortless
Thinking about planning a big family trip? Take a deep breath. Multi-generational travel brings some of life’s most meaningful moments, but it is rarely as simple as picking a destination and going. Families come to me every week feeling stressed, unsure where to begin, and worried about making a mistake that affects everyone else. There is a reason this type of trip has become one of my specialties. When multiple generations travel together, the logistics are bigger, the stakes are higher, and the opportunities for unforgettable memories are even greater.
Where Time Stands Still: Falling in Love with Croatia
From the foggy mountains of Zagreb, with its strong Central European influences, to the sun-drenched terraces of Dubrovnik, every day in Croatia feels like walking through time. Each turn reveals another layer of history: Roman ruins transformed into lively squares, medieval walls framing Adriatic views, austere communist-era buildings, and fishing villages that still move to the rhythm of the tides.
Discover Costa Rica: A Family Adventure from Rainforest to Coast
Planning an adventurous international trip for your family can feel overwhelming, especially when you’re busy juggling work, school calendars, and the daily chaos of family life. That’s why I’ve partnered with G Adventures and National Geographic Family Journeys to create something truly special: a fully-guided, community-based, expertly curated family group trip through Costa Rica that you can simply show up and enjoy.
From Oaxaca to Mexico City: A Women’s Trip for the Memory Books
I share all this to say that I am an experienced group traveler and a recovering summer camp kid. There’s nothing like forced proximity, new experiences, and exploring a destination that nurtures new friendships, increases empathy, and fosters an environment that is ripe for meaningful connections.
That’s why I’m incredibly excited about Come TogetHER IL’s spring trip to Central Mexico and grateful that they asked me to plan it for them. It doesn’t hurt that Central Mexico is a vibrant place, bursting with flavor, history, personality, art, and natural beauty.
A Hack for Multi-City Itineraries
If you're anything like me, you hear the words “group travel” or “organized tour” and you cringe. The phrases conjure images of giant tour buses laden with octogenarians and a peppy guide in uniform. But having recently experienced a 9-day escorted itinerary, I can personally attest that those stereotypes no longer apply to all tours. Better yet, there's a way to make this mode of travel work for you that you may have never considered before.
Group Golf Trips Grow in Popularity
Golf trips among male friends has been a popular group vacation for decades and as the boomers are retiring and their children are hitting their career stride, golf resorts are pulling out all the stops to impress multiple generations in this surging market.
Virgin Voyages
From the moment I started designing travel, I knew that I wanted to try Virgin Voyages. They are racking up awards left and right, shaking up the cruise industry, and I kept hearing that they are unlike any other cruise line on the market.
So when three of my girlfriends expressed the desire to take a trip together, it wasn’t hard to convince them to try a Virgin Voyages sailing with me. We sailed out of Miami on the Scarlet Lady and went to Key West and Bimini, The Bahamas. Here are some of things that set Virgin apart from the pack, or should I say fleet?