I play tennis with a girl who cringes when I tell her about my vacations. They’re too busy and strenuous for her. Her idea of getting away is planting her bum on a beach under the sun with drink service. That’s like maybe a half day kind of activity forContinue Reading

I’m pleased to invite one and all to Haunt Jaunts first ever group event: Halloween in the Bermuda Triangle with special guest investigators Ghost Eyes aboard Royal Caribbean’s Majesty of the Seas. You can find complete details and booking information on the Halloween Cruise 2012 page. However, let me giveContinue Reading

This is a guest post by Selina. At this time of year ghosts and ghouls are never far from our minds. But did you know that you can raise the spirits of your favorite ghost hunters all year long with Ghost Tour experience gifts from Xperience Days? Here’s a spooktacularContinue Reading

This morning, courtesy of Matt Lauer and his “Where in the World” exploits, I traveled to Namibia. It reminds me of Costa Rica in that the people of each country are both very proud and very respectful of their lands. They place an emphasis on environment and education. They realizeContinue Reading

Back in October of 2010 I got an email from a reader named Renee wondering the following: I am looking for a birthday cruise next year 2011. I will be 30 on October 28, 2011 and love your cruise idea!! I’m looking for rates if you have them. And groupContinue Reading

At the start of the year, I mentioned that one of the things ahead for Haunt Jaunts in 2011 was a book. Specifically, one along the lines of the Travel Guide for Restless Spirits that I had first originally envisioned Haunt Jaunts to be, well before I decided to put it inContinue Reading

Where in the world are the hottest hot spots for paranormal tourism? Using sites like Ghost Tour Directory, Ghost Tours of Canada, and Ghost Tours pty Ltd’s Australia, Europe and UK Listings from HJ’s Find Real Haunted Places page, I researched which countries: Most actively promote their paranormal tourism (meaning which individual haunted placesContinue Reading

It seems some parts of Australia have become somewhat “mean-spirited” when it comes to paranormal tourism. Some Aussies don’t seem to want ghost enthusiasts poking about their allegedly haunted places. EXHIBIT A: CLOSURE OF THE PICTON GHOST TOUR At the beginning of this year I wrote about the closure of the Picton GhostContinue Reading

Last week I wrote how one of the hazards of haunt jaunting is the paranormal posers I come across. But there’s also another kind of paranormal poser. The shady ones. The haunted places that aren’t even actually haunted and falsely advertise their paranormal activity for publicity and profit. Those kind aggravate me to no end.Continue Reading

Do you ever feel like kicking yourself? I just had one of those moments. If you read about my jaunt to Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1 in New Orleans you may recall I said we ended up there on accident. There I was in one of the most haunted places in the U.S.Continue Reading

Marilyn is one of HJ’s Facebook pages most active commenters even though she also maintains her own Facebook group, The Unexplained and Paranormal Phenomena Group. She had made a comment on her group’s page recently about she hopes to go on a ghost hunt in 2011. I know others feel likeContinue Reading

In recent weeks one country in particular keeps popping up in my Google alerts for haunted places, ghost tours, and paranormal travel like never before: Australia. England and America usually always have some ghost related links, Scotland emerges with its fair share of stories and so does Canada, but AustraliaContinue Reading