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When NOT to take a trip
We all know that traveling around major holidays like Thanksgiving is only for the desperate and the clinically insane, but these aren't the only times of the year that are best avoided. Travel tipster Chris Elliott recently offered advice on other times to keep your butt planted firmly at home, in his article "Stay home! 4 days when you shouldn't travel."
He writes that, with the US presidential elections well underway, you should steer clear of both parties' conventions-- the Republicans in Minneapolis from Sept. 1-4, and the Dems in Denver from Aug. 25-28. During these times, getting around a city and finding a decent restaurant will be a major logistical nightmare, Elliott writes.
Also be careful to not visit a place in which Mother Nature "is in one of her moods." Elliott writes that "late summer and early fall is the peak of storm season. Mark those as blackout dates if you're considering a trip to Florida, Louisiana, the Caribbean, or anywhere along the Atlantic coast of the United States, for that matter."
Of course, if your travel dates aren't very flexible, hell, go anyway. How many people can say they experienced a tropical storm on their vacation?
Check out Elliott's full article for more tips.
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Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
Jen Feb 3rd 2008 3:16PM
If you go to www.gopconvention.com it lists the convention as occurring in Minneapolis-St. Paul.
KB Feb 3rd 2008 3:22PM
What can i say, the gop is incorrect. The AIRPORT is combined. The cities are not. The convention is being held 6 blocks from my house. I don't live in Minneapolis-St Paul. I live in St Paul.
Ken Detviler Feb 3rd 2008 4:24PM
Unfortunatly, the Republican convention is in St. Paul,
not Minneapolis. St. Paul is the capital of Minnesota and a proud blue collar city.
Ken Detviler Feb 3rd 2008 4:23PM
Unfortunatly, the Republican convention is being held in St. Paul, not Minneapolis. St. Paul is the capital of the state of Minnesota and a proud blue collar city.
jim Feb 3rd 2008 7:19PM
If you are from Saint Paul it is an insult to be thrown in with Minneapolis(which is a dump now). I guess I-35 connects if you want to drive about 40 miles to get where you could have gotten in 15 miles. There are many suburbs in between the two. Just like Dallas/Fort Worth. I've lived in both areas. Both are about as spread out.
Gladys Feb 3rd 2008 8:25PM
We are planning a cruise maybe in June! Any suggestions - negative or positive?