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YTB and Multi-Level Marketing Travel Agencies
2008-06-07 17:26:00 A recent post on the Amateur Travel er discussion boards about becoming an online travel agent through a company called YTB led me to look into the company more. I have heard a number of things about them on the web and much of it sounded like too good to be true hype. It is very ... More About: Marketing , Level Marketing , Multi , Multi Level Marketing
10 Tips to Combat Jet Lag
2008-05-17 15:56:00 Don’t do the math. I just woke up in my hotel room in London when the alarm went off at 8:00 AM after flying in last night. My watch says it is 8:00 AM and my body needs to get used to the idea. Whatever I do, don’t do the math and figure out that ... More About: Tips , Combat
Come to Kenya, US ambassador tells US travelers
2008-05-12 17:50:00 It is a rare thing for a U.S. Ambassador to write an open letter to travelers urging them to consider visiting a country, but that is what the US ambassador to Kenya , Michael E.Ranneberger did this week. In light of the unrest Kenya and the resulting drop in tourism to the country Ranneberger’s remarks should ... More About: Tells
Why is Chicago O?Haire Airport ORD?
2008-05-11 17:48:00 If you have every had the experience, as I had, of arguing with a ticket agent in JFK for 15 minutes that he is about to send you bags to SJO (San Jose, Costa Rica) and not SJC (San Jose, California) then you understand the benefits of knowing the 3 letter abbreviation for the ... More About: Chicago , Airport
10 Most Comfortable Airline Economy Seats
2008-05-10 19:07:00 As someone who is 6 foot 3 inches tall but too cheap to buy a first or business class airline ticket i was very interested to read an article on GeekAbout.com for The 10 Most Comfortable Airline Economy Seats Their winner was Virgin America which is consistent with other reports I have heard. My only quibble ...
Woman?s Luggage Burned in Transit
2008-05-10 00:39:00 According to the Tampa Bay News Channel 10 (heard via Travelography) there might be something worse than having the airline lose your luggage. Oldsmar, Florida? Barbara Blewitt loves to travel and purchased a set of high quality Land?s End luggage last year. But on a recent trip to Atlantic City aboard Spirit Airlines she couldn?t ... More About: Woman , Luggage , Transit
Airlines Fly Slower, Save Gas
2008-05-09 18:16:00 In these days of $4 a gallon gasoline and sky high jet fuel costs airlines are always looking for ways to save on fuel. According to USA Today, some of the methods are familiar ones to many drivers. Drivers have long known that slowing down on the highway means getting more miles to the gallon. Now ... More About: Airlines , Save
You Are Complaining About What??
2008-05-08 23:51:00 MSN had a great article from the stranger side of travel called 10 wacky complaints about air travel. You might be surprised what people complain about. My favorite complaint was this one: Early bird. Complaints about late arrivals are so common that I recite the canned response by rote: ?I am sorry for your inconvenience. Please ...
TVTrip.com - Video Hotel Reviews
2008-05-08 18:30:00 There is a new player in the hotel review space which is TVTrip.com. TVTrip hosts video reviews of hotels. At this time they have “115 destinations, 5530 hotels, 494008 reviews, 4937 videos”. That is a very small percentage of the world’s hotels but the value of actually being able to see the hotel (if they ... More About: Video , Reviews , Hotel
Royal Caribbean Plans a Floating Park
2008-04-30 18:49:00 Royal Caribbean is working on a what should be the largest cruise ship in the world. The ship, called Project genesis, is scheduled to launch in 2009. The ship will carry 5,400 passengers and will have 16 decks. The most unusual aspect of the design is a park like interior with green plants. Many of ... More About: Plans , Park , Royal , Floating
Airline: ?Sorry, Your Kid is not Dead?
2008-04-29 17:41:00 What’s the worst news a parent can receive? That would have to be that your child is dead. But what if that news is incorrect? The Daily Telegraph reports: Briton Chris Miller was told a flight carrying his partner and children had landed in India because another passenger had fallen ill, the BBC reported. He also learnt ... More About: Dead , Airline
Eat for Free at Walt Disney World
2008-04-28 18:23:00 Budget Travel reports a surprising development at Walt Disney World . Something free from Disney? Cool. For the last few years, Walt Disney World has offered free dining plans in September to entice visitors during a notoriously slow month. Well, Disney announced yesterday that the Disney Dining Plan will once again be offered free with select vacation ... More About: Free , Walt Disney
Video: The Great London Fire
2008-04-28 18:06:00 As I get ready for my upcoming trip to London I have been doing my homework and stumbled across this video that is a great overview of the monuments in London that are related to the great London fire. Starting at Monument and winding along the streets of the city towards Spitalfields, this walk follows ... More About: Video , Great , Fire
Video: Hagia Sophia - Istanbul
2008-04-26 18:26:00 I stumbled across this video of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul . This beautiful building that was built by the Eastern Roman empire had a great influence later on the style of the Imperial Ottoman mosques. If you have listened to the Amateur Traveler then you have already heard how much I loved my trip to Istanbul ... More About: Video
Travel Agent Storys
2008-04-26 17:43:00 StrangePlaces.net gathers humour stories about travel. They have a list of actual stories told by travel agents in the United States. Their conclusion… Americans should never be allowed to travel. I had someone ask for an aisle seats so that his or her hair wouldn’t get messed up by being near the window. A client called in ... More About: Travel , Agent
2007 - No Deaths on Scheduled U.S. Commercial Flights
2008-04-25 18:35:00 Just when it seemed we needed some good news about air travel, any good news, the numbers have come out from the National Transportation Safety Board. You might have gotten the impression from the recent crack down on safety inspections that planes must be falling from the skies, but such is not the case. No ... More About: Commercial , Flights , Deaths
Think Israel, Think Bikinis?
2008-04-25 06:26:00 The Israel i government wants to show you another side of Israel than you usually see on the public beaches and is “sexing up” its image with bikini clad women. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Ftripinator.com%2F2008%2F04% 2F24%2Fthink-israel-think-bikinis%2F'; addthis_title = 'Think+Israel%2C+Think+Bikinis %3F'; addthis_pub = '';
Frontier Fights To Keep Flying
2008-04-21 04:24:00 The frontier has always been known as a place that is less safe and secure than more established lands. Frontier Airlines declared itself to be in a similar place this week when it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. When a company files Chapter 11 it is asking the courts to provide temporary protection from its ... More About: Fights , Flying
U.S. issues travel alert for Mexico
2008-04-16 17:02:00 The Los Angeles Times reported today: U.S. State Department officials have issued a travel alert prompted by drug violence in the north of Mexico , warning that victims have included foreign visitors and residents. American visitors are advised to be especially alert about their safety in the border region, and to avoid areas where there are high levels ... More About: Travel , Issues , Alert
Airlines Ground Flights - 100,000+ Travelers Effected
2008-04-10 18:06:00 Freep reported today: American Airlines canceled more than 1,000 flights Wednesday, more than one-third of its schedule, as it spent a second straight day inspecting the wiring on some of its jets — the same issue that caused it to scrub hundreds of flights two weeks ago. The nation’s biggest airline had already canceled 460 flights on ... More About: Flights , Ground
French Yacht Seized by Somali Pirates
2008-04-10 06:06:00 Pirates are not just featured in Johnny Depp movies these days, nor is high tech piracy limited to software. There really are still pirates some places in the world where real life pirates reside. From the Independent: A luxury three-masted cruise ship seized off the Gulf of Aden last week is in the hands of the ... More About: Pirates , French , Somali
Another Airline Down - Skybus Closes
2008-04-09 00:00:00 Skybus Airline s has ceased operations. With ATA and Aloha Airlines, Skybus makes the third airline in a week (4 if you could charter airline Champion Air) that has succumbed to the economic pressures, particularly the high cost of jet fuel. Whose next? Skybus Airlines will cease all operations effective Saturday, April ...
Bellevue - Looney Bin or 4 Star Hotel
2008-04-09 00:00:00 New York City is considering a plan that would turn Bellevue hospital, the famous mental institution, into a hotel. Just think of the great marketing campaign they could run using the famous "Crazy Eddie" (is he still alive?) of New York radio commercial fame. "Come on down our prices are ... More About: Hotel , Star
Air Travel A La Carte
2008-04-04 00:00:00 It seems like each day when I open my news reader, newspaper or email I see more information about additional fees that the airlines are charging their customers. Rarely this this a change in the ticket price itself. All of these fees are also additional to the taxes and airport ... More About: Travel , Air Travel
Heathrow Headaches
2008-04-04 00:00:00 London's Heathrow Airport opened its new terminal five to great fan fare. The new terminal is state of the art and will be the new home of all the British Air flights into London. The implementation of the Open Skies treaty was even delayed so this terminal could be finished. ...
National Geographic Traveler Seminar
2008-04-01 00:00:00 Last Saturday I had the pleasure of attending a photography seminar put on by the National Geographic called Putting the WOW in Your Nature & Outdoor Photography. The seminar was talk by Eddie Soloway and Tim Davis. Soloway and Davis have very different styles in photography with Soloway focusing on more ... More About: National Geographic , Seminar
San Francisco - Walk Through Chinatown
2008-03-28 00:00:00 When a friend was in town recently and we drove up to San Francisco . When we strolled around Chinatown we stopped at the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory. Now factory may bring up the wrong picture in your head. This small business located off an alley in Chinatown is not ... More About: Walk
Picking the ?Right? Flight - InsideTrip.com
2008-03-23 00:00:00 This week I had a rare business trip to Atlanta, Georgia. I booked the least expensive flight as usual using an airfare aggregation site. In this case I used Kayak.com as I often do. But fare alone is not the only measure of which is the best flight. I ... More About: Flight , Picking
Dinner In The Sky - Hors D?oeuvres and Vertigo
2008-03-22 00:00:00 Who thought this was a good idea? Well, you can bet it was not someone with a fear of heights. Dinner in the Sky is part theme park ride and part dining experience. 22 guests, chefs and waiters are raised up by a crane on a specialized platform. The website ... More About: Vertigo
Don?t Threaten to ?Kill the Crew?
More articles from this author:2008-03-22 00:00:00 The most recent episode of the wonderful "Fly with Me" podcast dealt with people behaving badly on flights. The host of the show Joe Dion, a commercial airline pilot, remarked that when you think about how unnatural a commercial flight is with so many people crammed so close together in ... More About: Kill , Crew 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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