Guests of Wequassett Resort and Golf Club in Chatham, Massachusetts, will feel as if they’re visiting a friend’s beach house, well, actually a luxury beach house with an excellent “household staff.”

The first time we stayed at Club Med Sandpiper in Port St. Lucie, FL, our oldest daughter was 18 months old. Eleven years and seven or eight visits later (we lost count!), we found during a recent trip that our loyalty to Club Med Sandpiper is not unique, with many families returning year-after-year for a similar reason we do: it’s all about the kids.

It’s not often a story on a destination spa would start with the food, but in the case of The Lodge at Woodloch, the culinary experience is just the beginning of the superior offerings guests can expect of this property located in Hawley in the Lake Region of northeast Pennsylvania.

Pampering is intrinsic to a Celebrity Cruises experience and when it’s the cruise line’s newest ship, Celebrity Silhouette, you know there will be plenty of special extras and moments.

When travelers with deep pockets seek out a Caribbean beach resort, their needs are extravagant and over-the-top. The resorts we’ve featured in this piece cater to just that clientele, creating the utmost in luxury lifestyle with the sun and sand thrown in.

The hard rockin’ Hard Rock Hotels and Resorts are on a hot riff with a score of expansion plans in 2012, both close to home and across the globe.

The 582-room Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes and its sister property the 1,000-room JW Marriott sit within their own special complex removed from Orlando’s never-ending list of attractions, but close enough to step into that whirlwind of theme park activity when a guest so chooses (it’s hard not to be lured by Ariel’s siren call).

Holland America’s Veendam is certainly not the largest ship, nor the newest ship out there right now, but those just may be its strongest selling features for some clients.

For the fourth year in a row, Rail Europe, which represents 35 European railroads, has won Recommend’s Readers Choice Awards in two categories: Best Rail Vacation Provider andBest Rail Vacation Provider for Travel Agent Support. Frederic Langlois, president and CEO of Rail Europe, Inc., says the company values agents.

Hertz has proven itself to agents and consumers as a favorite in the car rental industry.