Planning
24
Mar
20
Feb
Airlines are laying off workers, cutting back services and charging new fees, hotels are seeing record-low occupancy rates, and cruise lines are practically giving away cabins.
Now the online travel booking industry is also feeling the pinch from the recession.
Expedia.com, which also operates Hotels.com and Hotwire.com, announced today that its revenue dropped 6.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008 amid an 11 percent decline in business.
17
Feb
Mardi Gras week starts tomorrow—are you ready?
Starting February 18, hundreds of thousands of people from all over the country will descend on New Orleans, the traditional home of Mardi Gras, to party in the streets and watch more than 30 parades.
Mardi Gras (which translates into “Fat Tuesday” in English) is the final day of the decadent revelry that starts on January 6, the Feast of the Epiphany, and ends at midnight on the Tuesday preceding Ash Wednesday.
30
Jan
Those viewing, please make sure that you have your safety glasses on and prepare for the test.
The blast will occur in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!
Atomic tourism is a new style of travel that involves visiting places that are significant to atomic and nuclear history such as real explosion sites or museums.
Here are just a few of the glowing highlights:
14
Jan
So you scored one of the 240,000 tickets to the Inauguration, and even managed to find yourself a hotel room in Washington DC?
Congratulations!
You’re all set to party, party, party in honor of the new President and a new era in the White House.
Now that’s all well and good, but it’s time to start thinking logistics.















