Vive Mexico: Swine flu down, bargains up in Mexico
June 15, 2009 ·
The last time Bud Olson visited Mexico, he ended up in a hospital with kidney stones and missed the ancient Mayan ruins in the seaside town of Tulum. So when he heard that swine flu was sweeping through Mexico just weeks before he was to return this year, the 43-year-old Seattle, Washington, resident and his [...]
Tourist spots bank on people staying close to home
June 15, 2009 ·
Steve Puricelli admits he couldn’t have picked a worse day to buy a motel — Sept. 15, 2008. “We were signing the papers when the market was crumbling,” said Puricelli, recalling the day Wall Street took a sharp fall, with the Dow Jones industrial average losing more than 500 points and marking the unofficial start [...]
Some Virginia’s attractions offer 40 percent off
June 8, 2009 ·
Virginia is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the state’s famous “Virginia is for Lovers” tourism slogan with discounts at 200 hotels, museums and attractions. The “40 Off Program” includes deals worth $40 off, 40 percent off and “buy three, get one free” deals for tickets and nightly stays, depending on the venue. Expiration dates for [...]
How to run a bed and breakfast
June 3, 2009 ·
It sounds like a dream job: You have a beautiful old home with extra bedrooms in a location with lots of tourists. You’re a great cook and a people-person. Why not open a bed-and-breakfast? Mary White, president of BnBFinder.com, has written a new book to help you fulfill your fantasy called “Running a Bed & [...]
National parks plan 3 free summer weekends
June 3, 2009 ·
The National Park Service is looking to stimulate summer vacations at national parks. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Tuesday that entrance fees at 147 national parks and monuments — including the Grand Canyon and Yosemite — will be waived on three weekends this summer. The weekends are June 20-21, July 18-19 and August 15-16. “During [...]
San Antonio expands size of River Walk
June 1, 2009 ·
For decades, the channel of the San Antonio River north of the popular restaurants and retail shops downtown was overgrown and blighted — the kind of place tourists went only if they made a wrong turn. But not anymore. A $72 million overhaul — essentially doubling the size of the River Walk — has transformed [...]
Inaccurate forecast riles British tourism official
May 28, 2009 ·
There are few pastimes more British than a good moan about the weather, and few things more longed-for than a hot and sunny long weekend. So woe betide any forecaster who keeps people in the dark about a brilliantly summery day, as happened earlier this week in the pretty seaside town of Bournemouth. Britain’s weather [...]
