packages posts
by Aaron Hotfelder (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Nov 23rd, 2010 at 3:30PM:
In honor of tomorrow's planned National Opt-Out Day, we offer you this year's hottest holiday gift: the TSA bumper sticker. Warning: It's probably best not to post these on your luggage. We all know how the TSA feels about bumper stickers.
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by Katie Hammel (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 12:30PM: Despite the advertised low rates for many cruises, I've always thought that the extra fees for alcoholic drinks would make the final price rise far above the base cost. Even for a moderate drinker - a few glasses of wine or beer with dinner, a pina colada here, a strawberry daiquiri there - the cost for a few days of booze for two people on a cruise could come out to a couple hundred dollars over ...
by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Oct 14th, 2009 at 4:00PM:
The problem with most vacation packages is that they're ... well ... packaged. You may have some room for a little tweaking, but you aren't going to stray far from the menu. As an alternative, you could reach out to an upscale travel agent or concierge, but you'll probably wind up with an experience centered on destinations rendered inaccessible only by price – which, for a particular ...
by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Jul 21st, 2009 at 8:00AM:
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The United States is the largest leisure travel market in the world – by far. The closest point of reference is the entire European Union. We're three times larger than our closest competitor, the United Kingdom. Yet, despite our size, we just don't spend as ...
by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Jul 8th, 2009 at 3:00PM: For the average traveler, definitions don't matter much. You figure out the type of trip you want to take, whip out your credit card and do the deed. It's really pretty damned simple. But, for every purchase you make, there are countless eyes watching. Nothing nefarious is going on; it's all actually quite innocent. When you think about how many people rely on your willingness to open your credit ...
by Annie Scott (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
May 13th, 2009 at 5:30PM: Come out of hiding, closet Dan Brown fans. Come out of hiding and get thee to The Westin Excelsior in Rome! In conjunction with the release of the new movie of Angels & Demons, The Westin Excelsior Rome (above) has partnered with Sony Pictures to create a lavish Angels & Demons Experience package that will run until early 2010. The Angels & Demons Experience includes:
Luxury ...
by Abha Malpani (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
Sep 7th, 2008 at 10:30AM: To celebrate their 80th birthday, Leading Hotels of the World is running a promotion where you can stay in almost 100 of their properties around the world for US$19.28. At 12 noon GMT (8 a.m. EST/Eastern Standard Time) on October 1, 2008, LHW will release a limited number of rooms in these properties for 80 minutes only, in which you can try to secure rooms for US$19.28. You can pre-register ...