Jamie over at Gadling wrote a very interesting post yesterday that got us talking. It’s not just about the news and places. Traveling has always expanded our personal perspectives and at the same time made the world seem like a much smaller place. We’re happy to share our own impressions as people from all over call and email us with questions about renting their ideal vacation home.

A Destin vacation home? Yes, we’ve been to Destin. The whole area, right on the Gulf of Mexico, has beautiful sandy white beaches. It was an ideal, scenic backdrop for a friend’s wedding a couple years back. And, by the way, Fort Walton Beach also has a state-of-the-art hospital with wonderful staff should you need it…which I unexpectedly did.

You say you like to golf, but want to go somewhere other than Florida? Yes, we’ve been on golfing vacations. Have you stayed in a Myrtle Beach vacation home? That area in South Carolina has lots of golf schools for beginners and great courses for low-handicappers. Out West, Palm Springs and Phoenix are ideal places to stay and play a few rounds in the winter time–although you need to bundle up a bit if you’re the first couple tee-times of the day. The early morning chill stays in the air a little longer than you expect, at least it did last winter playing Phoenix’s South Mountain course.

Where were you thinking in Colorado? We have Vail vacation rental homes, Breckenridge vacation condos and villas, Aspen vacation homes, Pagosa Springs vacation rentals, and Telluride vacation rental homes. Colorado is beautiful all the way across the state. We drove much of it last Fall. Aspen was terrific. We walked to lots of places around town. It’s got a wonderful small-town atmosphere with a really good and affordable local chili place right next to a five-star restaurant.

Travel somewhere and you’ll find memories of your stay surface just at the mention of the destination. A great vacation stays with you forever.