Conde’ Naste Traveler Magazine just announced its 2010 Gold List.

About 20 years ago, my wife and I hired an unknown travel agent to book us a romantic trip to the Bahamas.  The brochures were beautiful, but when we got there we were completely aghast at this so called resort.  It more resembled someone’s backyard.

After only 15 minutes, we determined that we were not going to stay in this place, and set about to get our way to a more recognized resort.

From that day forward, we vowed to never again trust an unknown resource for travel, and certainly not trust the claims of a brochure.

The Conde’ Naste Traveler Gold List became a staple for us in choosing our resorts.  We have never been let down by this list.

The photograph above is from The Boulders Resort which happened to be one of our first choices from the Gold List many years ago.  We had an enchanted visit, and we now actually live right across the street from this Waldorf Astoria owned landmark resort.