Now that Thanksgiving is underway, it's time for many of us to start thinking about our immediate futures. The holiday season and our travel schedules for the new year are all on deck.
Here's one very appealing idea for travel in the new year.
Tamara Reynolds and Zora ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Forking Fantastic hits Morocco with Brown & Hudson culinary tour
Now that Thanksgiving is underway, it's time for many of us to start thinking about our immediate futures. The holiday season and our travel schedules for the new year are all on deck.
Here's one very appealing idea for travel in the new year.
Tamara Reynolds and Zora ...Ryanair passengers stage sit-down strike
What would travel bloggers do without Ryanair? From trying to get rid of co-pilots to arresting passengers for complaining about the sandwiches, the budget airline provides endless grist for our mill.
Yesterday more than a hundred passengers refused to leave their plane ...Top five uses for Ziploc® bags when traveling
Over the years, I've become a bit of a bag lady. I'm always finding new and surprising uses for Ziploc® bags or their generic counterparts when I travel. I'm also a rabid recycler, so I like getting extra mileage out of my airport security "liquids and gels" ...Top ten cities to visit in 2011, according to Lonely Planet
Another decade is about to bite the dust, but the savvy travelers at Lonely Planet have given us a jump start on the hot list for 2011. They've just announced their picks for the world's best cities to visit next year, and while you'll find some of the usual suspects (New ...Travel writing tips: Four seeds from the garden of Susan Orlean
Earlier this month I had the exhilarating opportunity to interview Susan Orlean on stage as part of the National Geographic Traveler Conversations series. I've been a fan of her work in The New Yorker and elsewhere for many years, but had never met her until early this year ...Letter from Morocco: the mosque and a sock merchant in Fes
Fes is one of the great survivors. A medieval Muslim city, barely changed in a thousand years, it offers a vision of a world when the clash of civilisations involved Barbary pirates and white slave traders. Still enclosed within high walls, still threaded by a labyrinth of ...Women travelers have the world at their fingertips with Pink Pangea's website
I'm usually allergic to pastels and anything labeled "women-specific," but Pink Pangea has won me over. The new women's travel site was launched in June, by world traveler Rachel Trager and two similar-minded female friends. The trio work for an organization that finds ...Photo of the Day (8.3.10)
Fancy an expedition in the desert of North Africa? Then add Merzouga, Morocco to your list. Merzouga is a small village in southeastern Morocco that is famous for its proximity to one of Morocco's two massive ergs (large dunes formed by windblown sand) - Erg Chebbi.
...Hotels keeping up the pace with new technology
iPod docking stations are so last year. Today, hotels are making a more concerted effort to upgrade their guest rooms and common areas with the newest technology that keeps guests connected, educated, and often times inspired, during their stay. While many hotels bring in ...Morocco travel writing contest
Have you been to Morocco? Did you love it? Now's your chance to tell the world and make a little money. Hey Morocco, the Morocco travel blog, is sponsoring a Morocco Travel Essay Contest.
The rules are simple. Submit one essay or journal entry of at least 750 words about ...Top 10 best international cities for shopping
It's a familiar feeling... The sweaty palms, a racing heartbeat, shortness of breath. You've dreamt about this moment and it's finally here - staring you in the face with a come hither look that says, "You know you want me" and the reality is, you do. You fumble for your ...Travel Q&A with author & cook Tamara Reynolds
Tamara Reynolds is a the co-founder (with Zora O'Neill) of The Sunday Night Dinner, an Astoria, Queens-based supper club. The Sunday Night Dinner, which continues to thrive, was well ahead of what has become a supper club trend. Out of the Sunday Night Dinner came a fabulous ...Daily Pampering: Guided walks around the world
Usually when we discuss the luxe life, we talk about things being brought to us, not about things we have to go out and get ourselves. After all, the very foundation of 'pampering' comes from people being waited on, so why would anything in Daily Pampering ever require us to ...Travel Recommendations for The Office
Back in the olden days, long before the Internet was born, there was this thing called a travel agent--typically semi-self-aware, middle-aged ladies who helped you pick out a nice vacation destination, find a hotel that was "so you" and then book your plane tickets printed ...Give dad a custom vacation from Kensington Tours this year
Father's Day may still be a couple of weeks away, but if you're struggling to figure out what to give dad this year, than Kensington Tours is here to help. The travel company, which specializes in private guided adventure travel to more than 80 countries around the globe, ...Abercrombie & Kent: Five cinema-cations around the world
You may not have that look that Hollywood craves, but you still want to get close to the action, right? You want to touch the greatness that comes with being splashed across screens from coast to coast. Thanks to the latest concept from luxury travel company Abercrombie ...Ten great markets around the world
All too often, the first stop on our tourist itineraries is at the local museum, mosque or castle. But an arguably better place to start your visit is at the market. A visit to a local market is the perfect place to pick up some souvenirs, try out the local cuisine and ...Trade Mocked
You were a cheerleader, you dated a cheerleader, or you hated the cheerleaders. As I recall, that's how high school worked.
Thanks to travel PR, that same primeval paradigm lives on long after graduation. That miniskirts-shouting-slogans thing still works, whether you're ...The Marathon des Sables begins today
One of the longest running and most challenge endurance races on the planet gets underway today when the 24th annual Marathon des Sables, or Marathon of the Sands, begins in Morocco. Over the course of the next week, competitors from around the globe will challenge ...20 great destinations for shopping
Shoppers of all kinds will fall in love with the places that made this list of the top 20 cities for shopping. Whether you live nearby or are planning a trip, this list offers places ideal for anyone in need of some retail therapy.
New Orleans, Louisiana
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