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Ghost Town - Bodie, CA - Photo Friday
2008-10-31 07:28:00 Just to the east of Yosemite National park and north of Mono Lake is a town that time forgot. Bodie was a booming gold mining town before the mines played out. When the miners left they often just abandoned their houses and today Bodie is a California state park that preserves what is left of ... More About: Photo , Ghost , Friday , Town
John F. Kennedy National Historic Site - Monument Monday
2008-10-27 16:53:00 Not every park in the United States national park system is as large as the grand canyon. This unassuming house outside of Boston is the original Kennedy compound and in this house future president Kennedy was born. The house takes less than a half hour to tour. And in another half hour for the film ... More About: National , Site , John , Historic
Travel News - Drunk Pilots, Smiling Parisians, Amtrak Discounts, Iceland fo
2008-10-26 23:39:00 Good thing that Heathrow’s airport security was paying attention. ‘Drunk ’ United Airlines pilot arrested at London airport LONDON ? A United Airlines pilot was arrested at London’s Heathrow Airport on suspicion of being over the legal alcohol limit, police confirmed on Monday. The airline said the pilot, 44, was removed from service, adding that it would co-operate ... More About: News , Travel , Pilots , Discounts
Giggling in Granada - Photo Friday
2008-10-24 09:05:00 This photo of my wife Joan with a serious case of the giggles at the Alhambra in Granada Spain is one of my favorite travel pictures and one of my favorite pictures of her. You have to understand that our trip to Spain was one of our worst travel planning experiences. We traveled to Spain ... More About: Photo , Friday
What Do You Mean Europe Is Expensive?
2008-10-22 17:28:00 People go on about how expensive prices in Western Europe are. I’m sitting here in Paris sipping a decent red wine I bought for $3 a bottle. I can travel all the way across Paris?20 km? for $1.50. I can ride a bike from one part of the city to the other for free (Velib). My ...
Travel News - TSA Targets The Anxious, Ryanair Not Content to Be Hated just
2008-10-21 17:56:00 If travel makes you nervous already then you probably should not read the following story. TSA tests scanners to measure anxiety News paper accounts are using words like ?Orwellian? and ?the stuff of science-fiction nightmare? to describe a new kind of technology being tested by the Homeland Security Department and Transportation Security Administration. The technology would use an ... More About: Travel , Content , Ryanair
Hike a River - Zion National Park - Monument Monday
2008-10-20 18:18:00 With this post I hope to start a weekly series on America’s national parks and monuments. In southern Utah, only a few hours drive from Las Vegas is Zion National Park . Early mormon pioneers gave this spectacular valley heavenly names like Zion, Angel’s Landing, and The Great White Throne (of God). It is not surprising ... More About: River , Monday
Volunteering in Tijuana - Photo Friday
2008-10-17 17:53:00 I posted a video early this week to the Amateur Traveler site of my recent volunteer trip to Tijuana with Esperanza International. This photo is from an earlier trip also building houses in Mexico. The group I am with has formed a bucket brigade and is lift buckets of cement up a 15 foot drop ... More About: Photo , Friday , Volunteering
Virgin America Safety Video
2008-10-14 17:59:00 I appreciated the humor of the new Virgin America safety video. My favorite moment is the look on the bull’s face when the matador manages to operate a seat belt. So when can we stop telling people how this works? addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Ftripinator.com%2F2008%2F10% 2F14%2Fvirgin-america-safety-video%2F'; addthis_title = 'Virgin+America+Safety +Video '; addthis_pub ... More About: Virgin America
Travel News - Stronger Dollar, Free Disney Admission, 750 miles for a beer,
2008-10-13 07:23:00 It might not make sense to you (it does not to me) that when it seems like the U.S. economy is melting down the dollar is getting stronger but that is just what has been happening. Since mid-Summer the dollar has risen against many other currencies including the British pond and the Euro. Fans of the ... More About: News , Travel , Disney , Dollar , Beer
Las Vegas Airport Security Video
2008-08-21 17:22:00 When I was walking into the airport security in Las Vegas last weekend, this video that was playing caught my attention. It is both informative and entertaining as you learn how to pass through security in Las Vegas style. Blue Man group, magicians, clowns, celebrities and celebrity impersonators show you how it is done. ... More About: Video , Security , Airport
Travel Carnival - July 28th, 2008
2008-07-29 07:37:00 Tourists’ flight to wrong country A family who were bound for a week’s holiday in Lanzarote are back home after a check-in desk mix-up meant they caught a flight to Turkey instead. Charles Coray, his wife Tania and their nine-year-old daughter Phoebe did not realise the mistake until they landed and a hostess said “welcome to Turkey”. They ... More About: Travel , Carnival , July , 2008
Travel News Carnival - July 18, 2008
2008-07-19 06:33:00 Rape alert campaign on Greek beaches An anti-rape campaign has been launched by the [British] Foreign Office in resorts in Greece following alarm at the numbers of attacks on female British tourists. More rapes and sexual assaults are reported by British nationals in Greece than in any other tourist destination, according to research by the FCO. ... More About: News , Travel , Carnival , July , 2008
MS Volendam Cruise Ship Kitchen Tour
2008-07-16 18:02:00 How do you feed as many people as you will find on a large cruise ship like the MS Volendam from Holland America? The last time we were on the Voldendam we took a tour of the kitchens on the ship. An impressive number of people man the dining room and kitchen. The dining room ... More About: Kitchen , Tour , Cruise , Ship , Cruise Ship
Theme Based Cruises
2008-07-15 18:42:00 As the two actors Michael Elich and Christopher DuVal made a pass at each other with swords the audience was perhaps more nervous than usual. Stage fighting requires preparation but how do you prepare for the stage rocking back and forth with the movement of a cruise ship? The actors were performing one of three ... More About: Cruises , Theme
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
More articles from this author: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 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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