Airlines ratchet up holiday surcharges
November 3, 2009 ·
If you plan to travel around the upcoming holidays, prepare to pay a little more — again. Most of the largest U.S. airlines have increased a surcharge for travel on the busiest travel days to $20 each way, up from $10. The surcharges apply to a large number of flights within the U.S. on more [...]
Thanksgiving travel options by the numbers
October 21, 2009 ·
Holiday surcharges. Bag fees. Fees for just about everything. Long airport security lines. Flying might not be your cheapest, quickest or most comfortable option to travel to grandma’s house this Thanksgiving. Consider taking the bus or Amtrak, driving or even renting a recreational vehicle for a family adventure. At an average $2.57 a gallon this [...]
Memphis on a budget: Trolleys, barbecue and Elvis
August 17, 2009 ·
Memphis is where you go to celebrate everything Elvis. Sun Studio is where Presley got his start as the King of Rock’n’Roll, and Graceland is a few miles south of downtown. But other styles of music — the blues and soul — also have deep roots in this city on the Mississippi River, with legendary [...]
Weak economy will zap holiday trips, AAA says
June 24, 2009 ·
Economic instability will trump cheaper gas this July Fourth holiday, with more people choosing to stay home rather than hit the road, according to a survey released Wednesday Auto club AAA said it expects 37.1 million travelers — 12 percent of the U.S. population — to take a trip of 50 miles or more from [...]
More snow, ice vexes travelers in northern states
December 24, 2008 ·
Hundreds of holiday travelers spent the night in the nation’s second busiest airport and others faced delayed or canceled flights and highways choked by snow and ice as storms kept up their assault on northern states. More snow fell Wednesday in the Midwest, where the National Weather Service said up to 4 inches was possible [...]
Thousands celebrating Christmas in Bethlehem
December 24, 2008 ·
Thousands of tourists and Palestinians are celebrating Christmas in Jesus’ traditional birthplace of Bethlehem. Celebrations began in Manger Square Wednesday and were expected to last all night long. The highlight is Midnight Mass at the Church of the Nativity. Jesus is believed to have been born there. Boy scout bands marched through town as a [...]
Obama heading to Hawaii for family vacation
December 19, 2008 ·
President-elect Barack Obama, his wife, Michelle, and their two daughters will spend the holidays in the Hawaiian islands, trading frozen Lake Michigan for warmer waters. They are planning a beachside vacation with friends at one of Oahu’s most exclusive properties. Obama last visited Hawaii in October to see his ailing grandmother, Madelyn Payne Dunham. Dunham [...]
