The word hello is something you say every day but probably don’t think much about. Like many English words, hello’s etymology is less than crystal clear, with scholars claiming its roots in both Old High German and Old French. Travel author Bill Bryson argues that hello is actually an abbreviation of a once-common phrase “hale [...]

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Our Featured Group Coordinator series shines a spotlight on some of the intrepid men and women who organize group tours with Go Ahead. Today, we get to know a little about Sue Montesi from University Center, Michigan. When she was still a young girl, Sue recalls taking a train ride with her grandmother. “We stayed [...]

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Recently, we asked our travelers via Facebook for their best travel tips. Our intrepid travelers came up with some outstanding tidbits and pieces of advice, ranging from how to pack your suitcase to how to let yourself go and embrace the moment while you’re on tour. Here now are our top ten traveler tips: -”Explore [...]

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One of our travelers, Margo McDonough, joins us today as a guest blogger. ************* “You take me on great trips,” read the childish scrawl on a Mother’s Day card my youngest son gave me, sometime ago, after his teacher asked the students to explain why their mothers were special. To me, that’s high praise. I’ve [...]

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Our Featured Group Coordinator series shines a spotlight on some of the intrepid men and women who organize group tours with Go Ahead. Today, we get to know a little about Barbara Krauss from Youngstown, Ohio. Barbara works as a classical music host for WYSU, a National Public Radio affiliate. She first caught the travel [...]

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