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Archive for May, 2010

Packing With Purpose: Donating When You Travel

Packing With Purpose: Donating When You Travel

Whether you rely on a checklist or have the process down to a science, packing for a trip is no easy tasks. But did you know that items in your suitcase can affect another life? Leslie Garrett, The Virtuous Traveler, investigates how travelers can pack their bags with the goal of helping others.

Quick Travel Tip: JetBlue’s Last-Minute $10 Tickets

Quick Travel Tip: JetBlue’s Last-Minute $10 Tickets

If you’re an impulse flier, this one’s for you… JetBlue Airways is celebrating its 10-year anniversary by selling all remaining non-stop seats on Tuesday, May 11 and Wednesday, May 12 for $10 each way! These $10 fares are available to 59 JetBlue destinations while supplies last. Tickets must be purchased online at jetblue.com by 11:59 [...]

Discovering Secret Restaurants & Underground Supper Clubs

If you enjoy discovering offbeat culinary experiences, you may be interested in secret dining societies. We’re talking about underground supper clubs, and here’s how you can join the party…

Weekly International Travel News Roundup

Weekly International Travel News Roundup

The world of travel changes fast, and if you blink you might miss something. But if you think you might have missed some of the week’s top travel news, don’t miss this Weekly International Travel News Roundup. It’s got all the week’s major travel news rounded up in one convenient post, from the chaos in [...]

Peter’s Travel Trends Keynote Dissects Latest Tourism Marketing Schemes

Peter’s Travel Trends Keynote Dissects Latest Tourism Marketing Schemes

Peter is known as the contrarian traveler, eschewing glossy brochures and lovely destinations for hard travel news. Knowing that, it may seem ironic that he was in Santa Barbara, California, this past week, a coastal destination known for its beautiful natural scenery and glitzy mansions. But Peter was in town to give the keynote address [...]

Finding Cheap Tickets: Airline & Airfare Deals Scarce This Summer

Finding Cheap Tickets: Airline & Airfare Deals Scarce This Summer

AirTran Airways is kicking off an otherwise lackluster summer airfare season today with a 24-hour sale offering low price fares to more than 3,000 routes. These special low fares are available until midnight tonight and are good on travel from May 14 through June 16, 2010. Sale prices start at $44 for a one-way ticket [...]

Things To Do On Mother’s Day – Museum Guide

Things To Do On Mother’s Day – Museum Guide

If you think Mother’s Day is nothing more than a trumped-up Hallmark holiday, think again. It took a number of influential people to make Mother’s Day an official event. So why not celebrate Mom at one of these historic sites that pay tribute to this special day? From the campaigns of Anna Jarvis and Julia [...]

Planning Ahead to Avoid Travel Disasters

If the disasters in Haiti and Chile have shown us anything, it’s that sometimes life takes us by surprise. But there may be ways to prepare yourself ahead of time.