Simply Smart Travel

Tips, Trips and Travel Tales For Smart Over-50 Travelers

Welcome Aboard Simply Smart Travel. Whether you travel for business, pleasure, health, love of learning , adventure, the love of others, to explore the open road or to just get there, we know that your primary goal is to travel with as little hassle and the most pleasure possible. We’re here to help you do that.

  • While we focus on providing superb information for travelers over 50 (yep, that includes us) that’s not all. We know we have readers and followers of all ages.
  • We love learning and provide advice on how you can enjoy learning from and about your specific destination, from museums to cultural events and a whole lot more.
  • We also love to explore Florida and report on our explorations so you can benefit from our love affair with this gorgeous state.
  • We also simply adore traveling by train so we including a lot on that subject too. Our goal is to weave together ideas and tips to help make your traveling easier, more enjoyable and help you squeeze more value from your precious time and money.

We invite you to look around, use whatever might be useful and, if you like what you see, to please join our little online travel club (it’s free and always will be) so we can keep you in the loop about what we have learned, pass on any deals and discounts we unearth and number you among our travel friends.

If you have ideas, tips and experiences you want to pass on to others, we invite you to select the Contact Us link above and submit them.

Thanks for traveling the information highway with us. We hope you enjoy the trip.

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Traveling Like A Railroad Baron: Private Train Across The Cascades

September 6, 2016

Traveling Like A Railroad Baron Uncommon Journeys Private Train Across the Cascades Moira, our tour guide, led us out a […]

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Revisiting Fort Lauderdale: It Still Deserves The Title Of Tourist Magnet Extraordinaire

June 28, 2016

Before our migration from Boca Raton on Florida’s Atlantic coast to Sarasota on the Gulf coast in early 1999, we […]

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From Toronto to Vancouver By Train: Watching A Continent Unfold From A Luxury Dome Car.

April 14, 2016

VIA Train # 1 From Toronto to Vancouver One of the Finest Train Trips In The World There was a […]

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Photos From Our Recent Trips

March 2, 2016

Scroll down to see some photos we took on our recent trips. Please check this page regularly as we update it […]

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Food, Drink & Lodging For The Simply Smart Traveler

March 2, 2016

Simply Smart Travel Recommended Restaurants, Wineries and Places to Stay.   We love to eat good food no matter what […]

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Autumn In Florida: Paradise Enjoyed

October 19, 2015

                           Fall In Florida By Jeffrey R. Orenstein, […]

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By Train Through Quebec Along The St. Lawrence River

October 18, 2015

  By Train Along The St. Lawrence River By Jeffrey R. Orenstein, Ph.D., Simply Smart Travel September, 2015  As our taxi […]

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Travel Tips For The Over 50 Set

June 2, 2014

Boomers On The Move: Travel Tips For The Over 50 Crowd It may be a cliché, but the oft-heard observation […]

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Welcome To Florida SunRail!

April 29, 2014

Welcome To Florida SunRail Florida is finally on a fast track for good rail service. SunRail, the greater Orlando commuter […]

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Summer In Florida

April 29, 2014

A Saturday In Tampa Slightly Off The Beaten Path  If you’re ever in downtown Tampa on a business trip and […]

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