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Mileage run: Reflections of seven-city sleepover tour
It certainly wasn’t a business-as-usual trip. I packed a small carry-on bag, my laptop, and headed to our airport in Columbus, Ohio. Over the next seven days, I traveled from Columbus to Boston to Miami to Chicago to Minneapolis to Seattle to San Diego – without ever leaving the airport.
Destinations
The soul of New England skiing and snowboarding
After a wild week of repeated snowstorms, New England’s ski and snowboarding terrain is beckoning with a hefty blanket of pre-Christmas snow. Plus, with fewer seats carrying skiers and snowboarders to the West and the dropping price of gas, it looks like a banner year for New England’s resorts that have their own special mountain magic and provide a far different experience from the resorts out west.
Tripso Traveler
New Orleans — gumbo, jazz and snow at Christmas
What do you do when you have five days of vacation to use before the end of the year and two Air Tran certificates purchased at a charity auction? Marge Purnell decided on Christmas in New Orleans. Her favorite US city did not disappoint. It even snowed!
Monday edition
The first run of 2009 (ouch!)
Getting your ski legs isn’t always easy. Here’s what happened to Christopher Elliott when he took his first run of 2009 at Whistler-Blackcomb yesterday.
What really happened to the Muslim passengers who were kicked off the plane?
Nine Muslim passengers were ordered off an AirTran flight, cleared of wrongdoing by the FBI, yet were refused a rebooking. What happened?
Not heading to the inauguration? It may still affect your travel plans
The media loves a good party. Almost as much as they love a good story. But the story on Barack Obama’s inauguration is already a mass of doom and gloom travel predictions for Washington.
San Francisco Airport to offer carbon offset kiosks
A new program would make San Francisco the first airport in the nation — and possibly the world — to offer fliers the opportunity to purchase carbon offsets.
Will 2009 be the year of the steep cruise discount?
While stores make most of their income during the Christmas season, the first quarter of the year is a make-or-break time for cruise lines. Get ready for an onslaught of steeply discounted cruises to start popping up all over the Internet. And, if a 50 percent discount isn’t enough, you’ll find cruise fares slashed even more.
The State Department is warning about what?
The US State Department has issued a travel advisory today warning Americans about potential petty crimes exploding in the UK. Another alert concerns the Gaza Strip where rockets and bullets are flying. Where is the State Department’s sense of perspective?
Make London your oyster
Now that the British pound has lost about 25 percent of its value against the dollar, London is looking like a more affordable destination for Americans again. Transportation around London can still be pricey though.
Amid Vegas glitter and glamour, two churches keep watch
If you ever find yourself in Las Vegas committing the seven deadly sins and you feel the need to confess, two nearby Churches stand ready to hear you.
International Travel to US is up in 2008 versus travel in 2007
Guess this is a glass half-full versus the glass half-empty point of view. International travel in 2008 (until September) to the US was running ahead of the 2007 rates. But since these figures, the international economic collapse has blossomed. Worse, our incoming travel figures are still running behind 2001 pre-9/11.