Jan 30th, 2012 at 3:00PM:
For football fans, next weekend is the penultimate match up between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants. What does that mean for travelers? Stay the heck away from Indianapolis!
Kayak just released data showing that searches from New England to Indianapolis saw an increase of 28 times the average immediately following the Pats/Ravens game. New York Giants fans accounted for a ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Superbowl 2012 travel trends
Jan 30th, 2012 at 3:00PM:
For football fans, next weekend is the penultimate match up between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants. What does that mean for travelers? Stay the heck away from Indianapolis!
Kayak just released data showing that searches from New England to Indianapolis saw an increase of 28 times the average immediately following the Pats/Ravens game. New York Giants fans accounted for a ...Touring Dallas Cowboys Stadium during Super Bowl XLV Media Day
Feb 14th, 2011 at 11:00AM:
Super Bowl XLV. It was most certainly one for the record books. Well over 100,000 people flowed into Cowboys Stadium in the heart of North Texas to watch two of the NFL's most storied teams do battle. The Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers put on an amazing spectacle, and I was able to take part in one small way. I made my way into Arlington for Super Bowl Media Day -- a frenzied event ...Galley Gossip: Flight attendants trained to spot human traffickers at the Super Bowl
Feb 3rd, 2011 at 9:30AM:
What do hundreds of flight attendants, thousands of under-age prostitutes and the Super Bowl all have in common? Dallas. On Sunday they're all traveling to Texas. American Airlines, American Eagle, Delta, United, and Qantas hope to help stop human traffickers from pimping out women and children by holding training sessions that will enable flight attendants volunteering their time on the ground ...You can still watch the Super Bowl if you're traveling during the game
Feb 1st, 2011 at 4:00PM: Years back it used to be that if you were traveling by airplane you had very little chance of getting any updates about the big game. The best that you could hope for was for the captain to radio down to the towers during the flight to get updates -- and to relay it back to the passengers.
Now that we're in the information age that role might be switched. With TV and internet empowered users in ...Super Bowl or Ice Bowl? Deep freeze following Packers, Steelers to Texas
Feb 1st, 2011 at 11:15AM:
The current winter weather pattern stretching from the Midwest to the Northeast is snarling travel plans for more than half of the nation and has been called one of the worst winter storms the country has ever seen.
For those heading to Arlington for this weekend's Super Bowl, this travel could mean long delays and potentially canceled flights.
Teams arrived on Monday, but the ...
Tips for Steelers fans going to the Super Bowl
Jan 25th, 2011 at 3:30PM: Here We Go Steelers fans! It's time to get games faces on for your 7th (SEVENTH!) Super Bowl victory! Whether you have secured tickets or you're just planning to descend on Dallas for the party, let's get ready for a Super Bowl like no other.
First of all, Super Bowl or not, you couldn't be blamed for packing your towels and heading south. With temperatures in Dallas expected in the low to mid ...Tips for Packers fans going to the Super Bowl
Jan 25th, 2011 at 2:00PM: It's been a long, hard road, but the Packers have finally bested their rivals to the south and made it into the Super Bowl. Congratulations. Now it's time to pack up the queso dip, send the kids to their grandparents and make your way down to Dallas for the showdown.
Texas! The very word brings a tidal wave of emotions. It's a whole new ball game down there – different food, different ...Super Bowl XLV at sea? You bet
Jan 25th, 2011 at 11:30AM:
Just about every cruise ship has a sports bar. Many ships have huge LED outdoor screens. It just seems to be a natural pairing to add this year's Superbowl in for on-board programming. Cruise lines are doing just that and more.
Just to be sure the big game would be around for those sailing on Superbowl Sunday, Doug Parker of CruiseRadio got with each line to see what they had planned. "I've ...Super Bowl bound? Check out these ten travel friendly gadgets for your trip!
Jan 25th, 2011 at 9:00AM:
People who watch the Super Bowl at home use the big game as an excuse to shop for a new big screen TV - but can you use the game as an excuse to go gadget shopping? You bet you can.
We've collected ten gadgets that can make the trip to Arlington even more exciting - from a neat product that can send your Super Bowl photos to the Internet as soon as you make them, to a device you leave at ...Omni Chicago Hotel offers special rates for Bears, Packers playoff game
Jan 21st, 2011 at 9:00AM: Everyone is gearing up for Sunday's big game, especially Chicago hotels! We already brought you news about the Ritz-Carlton, Dallas', month-long Super Bowl promotions and the Chicago Kimpton's four hotel deals for this weekend's game. Now the Omni Chicago Hotel is joining the team and giving travelers a sweet deal for the playoffs.
The Omni Chicago Hotel, Michigan Avenue's only all-suite hotel, ...Chicago Kimpton hotels announce last-minute deals for Bears, Packers game
Jan 20th, 2011 at 2:00PM: Are you ready for some serious football? Chicago is! And Kimpton Hotels is gearing up to give travelers coming in for the historic NFC Championship game a deal they can't refuse.
The Chicago Bears take on the Green Day Packers this weekend, and the four Kimpton Chicago hotels -- Allegro, Burnham, Monaco and Palomar -- are offering an "End Zone" package to celebrate the matchup.
Guests who ...Ritz-Carlton Dallas plans month-long football promotions for Super Bowl
Jan 19th, 2011 at 2:00PM: Whether or not your favorite NFL team will play the Super Bowl is irrelevant. What matters is where you'll watch the game. The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas, is making things easy for you by offering month-long football promotions in partnership with Fearing's Restaurant.
With Super Bowl XLV scheduled to take place February 6, 2011 at Cowboys Stadium near Dallas, the luxury hotel and its neighboring ...Kensington Tours announces dream trips for sports fans
Sep 19th, 2010 at 8:00AM: Kensington Tours, a travel company that specializes in private-guided adventure travel, has announced a series of tours that are guaranteed to be a hit with sports fans. These trips include VIP treatment for travelers, offering up luxury accommodations, access to glamorous events, once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, and of course, excellent seats at some of the most well known and legendary events ...Miami Doubletree (temporarily) changes name to 'Bud Light Hotel'
Feb 5th, 2010 at 3:30PM: The Doubletree Surfcomber Hotel Miami-South Beach has changed its name... for the moment...
The hotel will now be known as the Bud Light Hotel South Beach (through Monday) - a creative way to give football fans a different kind of experience at the sold-out hotel during the Super Bowl. In preparation for the Super Bowl, the hotel will put new logos on everything including hotel staff uniforms ...Ski deals on Super Bowl Sunday: lift tickets from $19
Jan 29th, 2010 at 1:30PM: If cheering for the New Orleans Saints or Indianapolis Colts on Super Bowl Sunday just doesn't do it for you, how do $19 lift tickets sound?
Super Bowl Sunday is one of the best days to score ski deals, according to Liftopia.com. The online ski discounter has rounded up 44 deals for Super Bowl XLIV, including the $19 special from Canaan Valley Resort in West Virginia. Considering a full-day ...Miami hotels feeling Who Dat? fever
Jan 27th, 2010 at 2:00PM: The Saints are marching into Florida and blanketing Miami in black and gold. According to Miami hotel owners, more rooms are being sold to New Orleans Saints fans for Super Bowl XLIV, outshining the Colts fans in what some could say is an early upset for Indianapolis.
The Miami Herald reports that most callers seeking local rooms were of the Cajun persuasion. "The callers we're getting all ...Super Bowl attracts fewer private jets
Jan 31st, 2009 at 3:00PM: I've said it before, and I'll say it again: rich people feel pain, too. Super Bowl weekend is usually a big one for private jet rental, but a fierce recession is forcing more to take airlines or ... dare I say it ... watch the game at home. Around 750 private jets are expected to touch down in Tampa for Super Bowl XLIII, down 25 percent from last year's 1,000. The last time the Super Bowl was ...Strippers abound in Tampa, as expected, for big game
Jan 31st, 2009 at 11:00AM: There won't be many lonely nights in Tampa this Super Bowl weekend. Prostitutes, it seems, will be widely available. As one of these sex workers remarked, "Pimps see the Super Bowl as a moneymaking opportunity sent by God." So, if you're making the trek down to Florida for the biggest sporting event of the year, know that you won't be alone. Now, if street-corner encounters are not for you, ...Super Bowl impact on Tampa uncertain
Jan 26th, 2009 at 2:00PM: Playboy has canceled its Super Bowl party. Sports Illustrated has done the same. And, these are just two of the events that have been flushed as team owners and corporate sponsors try to navigate a difficult financial environment. The good news is that an estimated 100,000 visitors are expected to spend $150 million in Tampa this week, so the Super Bowl is good for something ... beside monkeys in ...Still have nowhere to stay for the Superbowl? Try the convent.
Jan 29th, 2008 at 5:20PM: In case you still haven't booked your Phoenix accommodations or were hoping for a last minute steal for the Superbowl, now might be your time to strike. The sisters of Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery have decided to rent out a few rooms in their convent for football fans, at the palatable rate of only 250 dollars/night (which isn't bad compared to some of the hotels charging upwards of 1000$). ...
