Archive for January, 2009
Save Money on Food and Dining
Besides airfare and accommodations, it’s not a big surprise that much of our traveling budget goes to food. So here are some tips for saving on your dining dollars.
Grateful Traveler: The Rewards of Voluntourism
One of the interesting aspects of travel is that before you ever step on the plane, sit down in the car or board that train, you’ve already taken a process-driven journey. First, there is deciding where to go—beach to de-stress or Paris for culture? Next there are the pocketbook issues. Will the wallet allow for [...]
Sundance Film Festival: When Hollywood Takes Over a Small Mountain Town
If you live in Park City, Utah, you’re used to the Sundance Film Festival taking over your town for 10 days in mid-January. You’ve adjusted to the tsunami of movie stars and executives who fly in from Los Angeles and New York during the first weekend. You know you can’t get a room for an [...]
January 31st Selected Radio Interviews
Peter will be broadcasting this Saturday from the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa in Ojai, California. Charles Veley, the World’s Most Traveled Man, will talk about his recent travels to the island of Fernando de Noronha in Brazil. Jerry Dunn, writer for National Geographic and long time Ojai resident, will speak about what makes Ojai [...]
Money Saving Tips for Theme Parks
In these tough economic times, budgeting for a theme park trip, or even a theme-park-oriented vacation can be hard on the wallet. Here are some tips on saving.
Snow Storms Disrupt Travel in Midwest, South
As ice storms and foul weather stretch over large portions of the country from Texas to New Jersey, fliers and drivers are facing delays and treacherous conditions as they hit the road and the skies. Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma have been particularly hard hit by sleet, freezing rain and sub-zero temperatures, which have turned [...]
Airline Industry Losses and the Transcontinental’s Golden Anniversary
There was lots of stuff going on in travel news last week, and most of it was bad, namely that every airline has reported their quarterly earnings. Continental Airlines took in a $179 million charge in the fourth quarter and $234 million in charges for the whole year. And here’s another surprise: Southwest Airlines announced [...]
Heritage Travel Tours for Africans, Jews, Chinese and Native Americans
You may be familiar with heritage tours that help you track your roots in countries like Ireland, Scotland and Eastern Europe. But now there are programs to help people track their family trees in other parts of the world as well.
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