Do you love walking through massive formal gardens on huge estates, pretending you are one of the privileged ones who live there? Fortunately for most of us, many of these large estates are now open to the public. For a usually small admission price (necessary to cover the cost of maintaining these gems), anyone can stroll through the mazes, rose…

You may be heading out for a long weekend or leaving on a round-the-world cruise; either way, you want your time away from home to transport you to a different state of mind. This is why knowing how to prepare your home for an extended vacation is so important.