Stories

by Jamie Rhein (RSS feed) (2 hours ago)
When the five people who ranged from an R& B singer moving to NYC to seek her fortune-- to a young man trying to get to Hartford, Connecticut and his sick grandmother as quickly as possible, sidled up to the Greyhound ticket counter in Port Authority bus terminal in ...

by Scott Carmichael (RSS feed) (4 hours ago)
So, you met the love of your life when you were on the road? He or she is the one, and you are already thinking about the color you'll be painting the baby room? This is obviously pretty damn awesome if you can just drive to see him or her, but what do you do if you met ...

by Brenda Yun (RSS feed) (3 days ago)
Avalon travel writer, Joshua Berman, whose Moon Belize guidebook (8th edition) hit book stands in October, took time from his busy book tour to answer a few questions about travel, writing, and living and breathing idyllic Central America.
Don't forget to enter the ...

by Brenda Yun (RSS feed) (4 days ago)
Paniolo is the Hawaiian word for "cowboy" (though the literal translation of the word really means "sitting"), and the paniolo culture has thrived on the islands ever since 1809, with the arrival of a 19-year old sailor from Massachusetts named John Palmer Parker. As Parker ...

by Jamie Rhein (RSS feed) (6 days ago)
Happy Friday the 13th! Tributed to being an unlucky day thanks to wives tales, religion and mythology, this is a day when people might think about altering their travel plans. The thought is, why push your luck? Franklin D. Roosevelt was one such person. He never traveled on ...

by Jamie Rhein (RSS feed) (9 days ago)
Jason Barger already knew a fair amount about people before he headed off his 7-day, 7-airport travel spree to do nothing but watch them interact. He'd spent many a spring break leading adolescents and adults on house-building ventures in Mexico, a trip that took him through ...

by Jamie Rhein (RSS feed) (9 days ago)
It wasn't a wolf's huffing and puffing that led to the demise of a pig on the runway at the Harare International Airport in Zimbabwe last Tuesday. Nope, it was a MA60 60-seater attempting to take off. The wild bush pig may or may not have seen the Air Zimbabwe plane coming. ...

by Jamie Rhein (RSS feed) (10 days ago)
Back in April, Gadling reviewed Step Back from the Baggage Claim, a book Jason Barger wrote about human behavior based on a seven- day trip he took to seven airports without leaving any of them.
For the entire week he observed how people conduct themselves in airports and ...

by Jamie Rhein (RSS feed) (10 days ago)
If you want to find out which are the best state parks from the point of view of the director of each state park system, check out The Best of the Best State Parks at About.com
Darren Smith sent out a request to each director for his or her top choice. Because many ...

by Brenda Yun (RSS feed) (12 days ago)
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Change is upon Cuba, and American travelers are especially eager to capitalize on the end of the travel embargo. In ...

by Jamie Rhein (RSS feed) (13 days ago)
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by Brenda Yun (RSS feed) (13 days ago)
I don't know about you guys, but I'm really grateful it's Friday! I need the weekend to decompress, but these great reads have already helped me on my way.
I love companies that give back. Here are five travel outlets that make giving part of buying. [via Jaunted]
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by Jamie Rhein (RSS feed) (14 days ago)
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Greyhound bus drivers generally don't make national news. Pilots who overshoot airports, however, end up having their story ...
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by Brenda Yun (RSS feed) (14 days ago)
Men beware: driving with a woman in the passenger seat can make for a hazardous driving experience. I can't tell you how many times I've tried to give directions and been assaulted for getting us lost. Is it better, though, for a woman or a GPS with PMS to give directions? ...

by Jamie Rhein (RSS feed) (15 days ago)
Too bad Pamela Root, the latest woman to be kicked off a plane with her child because of her child's behavior, didn't have Lisa Belkin's method of calming down a screaming toddler. Not the whole method though, just part of it. The whole version is gross. And yes, it is ...

by Brenda Yun (RSS feed) (17 days ago)
It's GPS day here are Gadling, so I think it's only appropriate to offer up some GPS-themed travel reads for you today. Enjoy!
Prague has tons of wonderful galleries, but they are not always easy to find. [via NY Times]
Up for a geocache adventure in Portugal? Try your ...

by Brenda Yun (RSS feed) (21 days ago)
I find costumes scary and Halloween night even scarier. I may love to travel, but on this particular evening there's no better place than the comfort of my living room. For those of you who are a bit more brave and eager to set out into the spooky evening donning a custom ...

by Jamie Rhein (RSS feed) (22 days ago)
Even though Edgar Allan Poe's funeral do-over in Baltimore was a couple weeks ago, there are several locations where it's not too late to pay tribute to this literary master of horror. Poe, a traveler himself, moved between Boston, Charlottesville and Richmond, Virginia and ...
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by Jamie Rhein (RSS feed) (23 days ago)
For Gadling's day of posts centered on Vintage America, Scott treated us to 10 vintage airline commercials. Those commercials put airlines and their personnel in a positive light. Here's a video with another version of air travel thanks to one very cranky flight attendant. ...

by Brenda Yun (RSS feed) (24 days ago)
It's time to look at the festivals and events happening around the world, and this week has a particularly spooky selection of happenings. It is Halloween weekend after all. If you're close and have time, then you have no excuse to get out and go!
Denmark - Since the ...
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