Archive for Category: "Northeast"
Vote with Your Travel Dollars: 10 Reasons to Visit Boston
In the wake of the Boston Marathon, our thoughts remain with the city. We’ve told you how you can donate time and resources to help the victims, but you can also make a difference with your travel dollars. Here are our top 10 reasons to visit Boston along with some favorite things to do when [...]
Accessible Travel: How To Navigate New York City in a Wheelchair
New York draws crowds for the New Year’s Eve, but how accessible is the environment? Accessible travel experts Barbara and Jim Twardowski, RN, explore New York City to determine whether wheelchair users can comfortably navigate the hotels and attractions. Getting There Arriving at the Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, we retrieved our bags [...]
Travel Tip: Bike Share Programs in the U.S.
Bike sharing programs are no longer just a European phenomenon. They’re popping up in cities around the United States. In Denver, B-Cycle has 500 bikes you can rent from 50 stations. Just pick up or drop off a bike at the convention center, the Denver Art Museum, the 16th Street mall, the Denver Zoo or [...]
Hurricane Sandy Halts Northeast Travel: Complete Air, Rail & Road Report
Hurricane Sandy hit ground last night causing more than $20 billion in damage according to Bloomberg reports citing Kinetic Analysis Corp., a hazard-research company. As a result of the storm, there have been 11 deaths from toppled trees and fires and more than 6 million households lost power in 17 states (including 660,000 in New [...]
5 Tips for Rescheduling Flights During Hurricane Sandy
If you were planning to travel from the East Coast on Sunday or Monday, your flight was probably canceled due to Hurricane Sandy. In fact, United has already canceled select Northeast flights starting Sunday October 28 and is limiting and cancelling flights through Tuesday. And it’s not just the airlines taking precautions. The New York [...]
4 Ways to Prepare for Travel During Hurricane Sandy
Do you have upcoming East Coast travel plans? Watch out. It looks as if Hurricane Sandy, recently dubbed the “Frankenstorm” will be hitting hard and fast within the next few days. What does this mean for travel? Well, there might not be any. The storm is expected to cause a host of flight delays and [...]
Voluntourism Spotlight: Connecticut Food Bank
A volunteer vacation doesn’t have to be exotic; sometimes it can simply mean giving back a few hours and making a difference in your own country. This weekend, Peter Greenberg Wordwide will broadcast from Foxwoods in Connecticut, where the Connecticut Food Bank has a few programs that let traveling volunteers drop in and help out. [...]
Experience Nantucket Like a Native: 6 Off-Season Finds
September is truly the magic month for travel. For Peter, the magic is on Fire Island once the crowd leaves and the island reverts to what he remembers as a child. But that’s not the only magical off season. Up and down the coast, beach towns are free of the summer crowds. Now is the [...]
