To Boldly Travel with Michel, Las Vegas, NV (2026)

08/31/2026

🌍✈️🚢 on the drawing table.

Okay… this is starting to look a little crazy. 😂

So far, the plan is taking shape:

🇦🇪 Dubai — a few days to start the adventure
🇯🇵 Tokyo — then off to explore Japan
🚢 12-night Japan to Japan cruise
🇦🇺 Melbourne — flying down to Australia
🇦🇺 Brisbane — boarding a 25-day Transpacific cruise
🌴 Tahiti
🌺 Hawaii
🇺🇸 Seattle

…and then?

Who knows. 😜

One tiny detail: I haven’t actually set an END DATE for this World Tour yet. 😂

So I can’t tell you how many days will be… because apparently I forgot the part where you’re supposed to decide when you’re coming home. 🤷‍♂️🌎

For now, I’m just connecting the dots, one adventure at a time.

Dubai ➜ Japan ➜ Australia ➜ South Pacific ➜ Hawaii ➜ Seattle ➜ ???

And something tells me… there’s a LOT more to come. 👀

To Boldly Travel ✈️🌎

08/27/2026

𝐀 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞… ❤️

Over the years, To Boldly Travel has grown far beyond what I ever expected. I travel because I genuinely love discovering the world, and sharing those experiences with you has become a huge part of the adventure.

𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥, 𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬. 😊

For about $1.80 USD per month, you can become a subscriber. There will be a few little extras along the way — members-only content, behind-the-scenes moments and early access — but really, the main reason to subscribe is simply to help support the channel and the content I create.

There is absolutely no obligation. Watching, commenting, sharing my posts and following the adventures already means a lot to me. ❤️

𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞? 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲:

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👉 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
👉 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐢𝐭! 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬. 🌎

But I also like to think of subscribers as being in the front row of the adventure. 🌎

With so many posts, pages and videos constantly competing for space in our feeds, it’s easy to miss things. As a subscriber, you’ll have a more direct connection to To Boldly Travel, along with members-only content, behind-the-scenes moments, early access and little extras along the way.
Every little bit helps, and I truly appreciate it.

And whether you subscribe or simply continue following along, thank you for being part of this crazy journey around the world. ❤️

To Boldly Travel
Let’s see the world together. 🌎✈️🚢

08/25/2026

𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚 7 ⭐️ 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧-𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐥? ✨

Well… welcome to Dubai. 🇦🇪 And welcome to Cloud 22 at Atlantis The Royal.

Dubai has a way of taking the word luxury and saying, “Cute… but we can do better.” 😂

Cloud 22 sits on the 22nd floor of Atlantis The Royal, about 96 metres above Palm Jumeirah, with this spectacular infinity pool seemingly suspended between the sky and the Arabian Gulf. From up here, you get panoramic views over The Palm, the sea and Dubai’s incredible skyline.

And those white platforms you see floating in the middle of the pool? Yep… I rented one. 😎

They are actual floating day beds inside the infinity pool. You basically spend the day surrounded by water, with drinks and food brought to you, music playing in the background and Dubai stretched out in every direction. Cloud 22 also has private cabanas with plunge pools and even a two-storey VVIP cabana with its own infinity pool—because apparently one infinity pool isn’t enough in Dubai. 😂

The hotel itself, Atlantis The Royal, is an experience before you even reach the rooftop. The architecture is spectacular—almost like giant blocks floating in the sky—with enormous open spaces, pools, fountains, celebrity-chef restaurants and some seriously over-the-top suites and penthouses. Atlantis describes it as an “ultra-luxury experiential resort,” which is probably the most Dubai description possible.

But Cloud 22 was definitely one of those places where I stopped for a second and thought…

Okay Dubai, you win. 😂

Floating in an infinity pool, lying on our own little island in the sky, looking across Palm Jumeirah with the Dubai skyline in the distance.

Completely unnecessary.
Completely extravagant.
And completely unforgettable. ❤️

Welcome to Dubai. 🇦🇪

08/23/2026

🎂 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲… 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐡â𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲? 🇫🇷🏰

Okay, technically I’m not moving into Versailles, I have not suddenly inherited a French title, and as far as I know, nobody has to call me Monsieur le Comte. 😂

But for a few days, I’m going to enjoy a little taste of la vie de château at Les Hauts de Loire, right in the beautiful Loire Valley.

So this birthday will be a little different.

No huge party planned. No crazy celebration. Just a few days in the French countryside, exploring the châteaux of the Loire Valley, floating over them in a hot-air balloon, eating way too much French food… and sleeping in a château. 😜🥂

I mean… I’m getting older.

I might as well do it somewhere with better architecture. 😂🏰

And I love that this place actually has some history behind it. The estate dates back centuries, while the residence we see today developed in the 19th century and is generally described as a former hunting lodge dating from around 1860. It eventually became a hotel in the 1970s and joined Relais & Châteaux in 1974. Today, it sits in an enormous 70-hectare park, surrounded by forest, gardens and ponds.

Loire Valley Birthday — Fall 2026. 🇫🇷

To Boldly Travel.

08/23/2026

Same ship. Same spot. Same guy. 12 years apart. ❤️🚢

2007 ➡️ 2019.

Both photos were taken aboard Freedom of the Seas, standing almost in the exact same location on the Royal Promenade.

I still remember that first picture in 2007.

Freedom of the Seas had only been sailing for about 1 year and was still one of Royal Caribbean’s absolute stars. When she launched in 2006, she became the largest passenger ship in the world.

And back then… WOW. 😳

Walking onto that Royal Promenade felt insane. A street? Inside a ship?! Shops, restaurants, bars, balconies overlooking everything… we honestly wondered how they could possibly build a cruise ship any bigger than this.

Well… apparently Royal Caribbean took that as a challenge. 😂

Fast-forward to today and look at ships like Legend of the Seas. Freedom, which once looked almost impossibly gigantic, suddenly feels… dare I say it… almost cozy. 😂

But that’s what I love about these two pictures.

The ship changed.
Cruising changed.
I definitely changed. 😂

But somehow, 11 years later, I ended up standing almost in the same position, in the same place, on the same ship (yes yes on purpous 🙂 for the photo).

Sometimes you don’t realize how much time has passed until you put two photographs beside each other.

And apparently somewhere along the way… Freedom got smaller and I grew a beard. 😂😂

🚢 Freedom of the Seas — 2007 & 2019

To Boldly Travel

08/23/2026

𝟏𝟔𝟓,𝟎𝟎𝟎!!! 🥳🌎✈️

Another milestone reached! Thank you to every single one of you for following my crazy adventures around this beautiful planet. ❤️

But we’re not stopping here…

🎯 Next goal: 200,000 by the end of the year!

𝐒𝐨 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥, 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫… 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐁𝐈𝐆 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠. 👀✨

165K today. 200K next. Let’s do this! 🚀

08/23/2026

𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐇𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐄 🇬🇧 — 𝐌𝐲 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞

There are places you visit because they’re famous… and then there are places that somehow make you feel something you weren’t expecting.

Stonehenge was one of those places for me.

It was my first time seeing it, and I’ll admit, I expected to walk up, look at a bunch of very old stones, take a few photos and think, “Okay… Stonehenge. Check. ✔️” 😅

But it was completely different.

Standing there, looking at something that has been in that exact spot for roughly 5,000 years, was surprisingly powerful. Civilizations came and went. Empires rose and disappeared. Generations upon generations lived their entire lives…

…and those stones were still there.

There was something strangely nostalgic about it — which makes absolutely no sense considering I definitely wasn’t around when they built it. 😂

Maybe that’s what impressed me most. Stonehenge isn’t huge or flashy. It doesn’t need to be.

It simply stands there, quietly reminding you just how incredibly short our little chapter is in the enormous story of humanity.

I went expecting to see Stonehenge.

I left thinking about time. ❤️

To Boldly Travel

08/21/2026

🇫🇷 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐇 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐑 — 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 🍂 5 days Express.

Well… my fall travel plans just went through a FULL SHUFFLE. 😂✈️

The original plan was actually pretty epic: fly to Munich for a few days, then head to Rome, and from there board a transatlantic cruise back to Miami. Altogether, I would have been gone for almost another month to five weeks.

But… I cancelled it.

And for once, the reason is pretty simple: I need to stay home! 😂

Over the last nine months, I’ve been away for a total of 210 days. Between cruises, flights, countries, hotels and constantly unpacking just to pack again, I realized I actually have a LOT to catch up on in Montreal.

So instead of another massive trip, I completely reshuffled the fall.

And honestly? I LOVE the new plan. ❤️

🇫🇷 France. Just France.

Three destinations. Three completely different experiences.

🍷 Toulouse — La Ville Rose, with its pink-brick streets, cafés, food, history and that beautiful southern French vibe.

🏰 Carcassonne — a perfectly preserved medieval fortified city where I fully intend to walk around pretending I somehow travelled back 800 years. 😂

👑 The Loire Valley — castles, vineyards, beautiful villages… a hot-air balloon ride over the châteaux… and maybe a few experiences that will make me feel slightly more royal than necessary. 😏

No Munich.
No Rome.
No transatlantic.
No crazy month-long itinerary.

Just Toulouse → Carcassonne → Loire Valley.

Three stops. One country. One beautiful French fall. 🍁🇫🇷

After spending so much of this year travelling around the world, maybe slowing things down a little isn’t such a bad idea.

Sometimes travelling isn’t about seeing more places.

It’s about having more time to actually experience them.

France… I’m coming back. ❤️🇫🇷

08/20/2026

🍂 The Loire Valley, France — Fall 2026 🇫🇷

There are places you visit for one famous landmark… and then there’s the Loire Valley, where it feels like someone decided to scatter castles everywhere. 😂🏰

The Loire River winds gently through the French countryside, surrounded by vineyards, forests, tiny villages and hundreds of châteaux — from enormous royal palaces to smaller estates hidden among the trees.

But why so many castles here?

For centuries, the Loire Valley was basically the playground of French kings, queens and nobility. Its location was close enough to Paris and politically important, but far enough away to escape the chaos of the capital. The fertile land, mild climate, beautiful countryside and abundant hunting grounds made it the perfect place for the French court.

And once the kings started building here… everybody wanted to be their neighbour. 😏

During the Renaissance especially, medieval fortresses slowly gave way to spectacular residences designed less for war and more for luxury, parties, gardens, art and showing off a little. Very French. 😂🥂

So this fall, I’ll be following the winding Loire through the countryside, discovering its villages, vineyards and some of its legendary châteaux.

Chambord. Chenonceau. Amboise. Blois… and wherever the road takes me.

France in the fall, château hopping through the Loire Valley?

Yeah… I think I can handle that. 🍂🏰🍷🇫🇷

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