Advice for celebrating Christmas on a ski trip
December 7, 2009 ·
There’s a new Web site for skiers, and it offers a lot more than deals. SkiResorts.com also has features on all aspects of the ski experience. Readers can check out profiles of resorts like Loon, N.H., or learn nicknames for various types of snow, from fluffy champagne powder to that heavy sticky stuff also known [...]
Washed-out Florida road gives hikers a beach paradise
December 7, 2009 ·
It’s a 70-degree fall weekday, and I’m sitting on a powdery white beach lapped by gentle turquoise waves as I eat a pear and “work” on my travel story about Gulf Islands National Seashore. It seems life couldn’t get much better — but it does. I’ve encountered only one other bicyclist so far on my [...]
Holiday travelers waited longer to book this year
November 23, 2009 ·
Holiday travelers waited a little longer to book their flights this year, likely holding out for better deals and waiting to see if they would still have a job. And some aren’t going at all. Travelocity reports that the average advance purchase fell to 55 days for Thanksgiving travel this year. That’s 2.6 days later [...]
AirTran giving double rewards for Milwaukee travel
November 20, 2009 ·
Discount carrier AirTran Airways, a unit of AirTran Holdings Inc., said Friday that it will offer double reward credits to all of its frequent flier club members when they travel between Milwaukee and any AirTran destination through Feb. 10. When A-Plus Rewards members purchase travel, they will earn four A-Plus Rewards credits for every roundtrip [...]
45 percent in survey will travel in next 4 months
November 16, 2009 ·
Forty-five percent of U.S. consumers will take a vacation or leisure trip between Thanksgiving and March that involves paying for overnight accommodations, according to a new survey released Monday by Deloitte LLP. Eighteen percent of those surveyed said they would take a trip during Thanksgiving week and weekend. Twenty-two percent said they would travel at [...]
Solo travelers team up for good times — most of the time
November 12, 2009 ·
Consider yourself warned: If you’re uncouth or uneducated or unstable, don’t go on a trip with Jenny Hetherington. She’ll drop you like a heavy suitcase and journey on without you. “When things don’t go well, I’ll just leave. I’d rather continue on by myself,” Hetherington said. Hetherington has visited 67 countries in her 69 years, [...]
