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Bucket List Retirement Trip: The (Other) Land Down Under
March 27, 2026 -- People have many different reasons for choosing where they go on their retirement bucket list trips. But if outdoor adventures and amazing scenery make it to the top on your list, start planning your trip to New Zealand! Topretirements just completed our long anticipated trip to the land of kiwis …and it was great! New Zealand,…...
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Pacific Grove is a beautiful and quaint coastal city located at the tip of the Monterey Bay Peninsula in Monterey County, California, and sits between Pebble Beach and Monterey. The town was founded in 1875 as Methodist retreat and modeled after the Methodist Sunday school teachers' training camp established in 1874 at Chautauqua Lake, New York, and soon after attracted…...
Bahia de Caraquez is a laid-back resort community of about 30,000 on a peninsula on the west coast of Ecuador. It's a pretty, subdued seaside location with clean streets, low crime (especially by Ecuador's standards) and white sandy beaches....
From a small timber and fishing village, to a top destination in the West, Sandpoint, Idaho, located in northern Idaho along the shores of Lake Pend Oreille, has become both a tourist destination and a popular retirement community. With a population of just over 8,000, about 20% are retirees who enjoy the great outdoors with biking, fishing, boating, skiing and…...
Blowing Rock is a very tiny but affluent town in northwest North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains. It got its name from some unusual rocks above the town that cause vertical wind currents. After the Civil War, summer residents began to come up from the nearby city of Lenoir to enjoy the cool fresh air and magnificent mountain views. The village…...