Mar 14th, 2013 at 9:00AM:
For the college crowd, spring break typically means one thing: raging parties. For everyone else, however, spring break brings on more of a raging headache.
Those traveling at the same time as the party crowd are faced with a number of dramas, ranging from laying wide awake at night listening to thumping music piercing the paper-thin walls of their hotel room, to having to explain to their ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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8 Strategies For Avoiding The Spring Break Crowds
Mar 14th, 2013 at 9:00AM:
For the college crowd, spring break typically means one thing: raging parties. For everyone else, however, spring break brings on more of a raging headache.
Those traveling at the same time as the party crowd are faced with a number of dramas, ranging from laying wide awake at night listening to thumping music piercing the paper-thin walls of their hotel room, to having to explain to their ...Haiti Bills Itself As The Next Caribbean Vacation Hotspot
Jan 30th, 2013 at 5:00PM:
The Caribbean nation of Haiti is launching an ambitious campaign to market the country as a vacation hotspot. Unlike other islands in the region, which draw huge numbers of leisure travelers seeking sun and surf, Haiti is largely overlooked by tourists.
The country is one of the poorest in the Western hemisphere with around 80 percent of its people living in extreme poverty. It was thrown ...How To Get The Most Out Of A Short Vacation
Jan 20th, 2013 at 10:00AM:
Americans have never been ones to take long vacations. That's not exactly surprising - after all, the average employee only gets 14 days of paid time off each year. Still, the amount of time we spend on vacation has been dwindling over the years, and now our average vacation is just 3.8 days long.
Hopefully, you'll be able to take more than four painfully short days off in a row, but if ...Photo Of The Day: A Hammock View In Florida
Aug 14th, 2012 at 6:00PM:
Whenever I start to feel the weight of the world on my shoulders, I conjure up a mental image that is very similar to today's Photo of the Day, taken from a hammock at the Gulf View Waterfront Resort in Marathon, Florida. "This was a great place to take a nap," says Flickr user Chuck Oliver. Oh, the joys of vacation.
What personal travel photos stroke your wanderlust? Upload your shots to ...10 Extraordinary Islands To Visit On Your Next Vacation
May 10th, 2012 at 10:00AM:
Summer is the time of island vacations. It is time to put as much distance between you and the real world as possible. It is time to stand outside of your everyday life and to see how it all looks from a paradise perspective. Here is a collection of islands for escape – places to recharge, gain perspective and explore. From an island in the land of the gods to a tropical Amsterdam at ...A Traveler in the Foreign Service: where paid time off is taken seriously
Feb 13th, 2012 at 10:00AM: After a long weekend, have you ever thought- 'if only every work week lasted only four days?' Flex time and four 10-hour day work weeks are becoming more common, but most of us are still stuck working at least five days a week.
I wouldn't advise joining the Foreign Service solely because you want more vacation time and travel opportunities, but I'd be lying if I didn't admit that these are two ...Budget Vacations 2012: Ghana
Jan 5th, 2012 at 9:00AM:
For those looking to travel on a budget, Ghana, Africa, is a prime destination. According to exchange-rates.com, as of December, 2011, $1 was equivalent to about 1.63-1.65 Ghanaian Cedis.
It is not hard to travel around Ghana and spend very little money. While taxis are considered the "expensive" form of transportation, you can still get pretty far for $5 or less. The more economical form of ...Ireland's Powerscourt Estate: beauty, luxury, and a Ritz-Carlton just an hour from Dublin
Feb 23rd, 2011 at 12:00PM:
Myself, like many Americans, fantasize about visiting Ireland. We've all seen the calendars scattered throughout malls and bookstores -- cover to cover spreads of lush, green flora, craggy hills and the occasional Leprechaun. We all think we know what Irish music is thanks to the soundtrack of Boondock Saints. And the seasoned travelers in attendance know that DUB is one of the, if not the, ...Divorced Dads: Five travel tools and ideas to make visitation more fun
Feb 17th, 2011 at 9:00AM: Whether you travel for visitation or not, there are many travel resources you can use to make your experience with your children more enjoyable. Over the past year as a divorced dad, this is something I've learned, and the revelations, if obvious to some, have been powerful for me, especially in winter, when outdoor options simply aren't available. You don't have to sit in the house and try in ...Top 5 Alternatives to the Dirtiest Hotel in America
Feb 2nd, 2011 at 10:45PM: When TripAdvisor recently announced Pigeon Forge, Tennessee's Grand Hotel and Convention Center as "the dirtiest hotel in America," the biggest surprise may not have been the reviewers' reports of "makeup on the pillowcases," "dogs urinating in the stairwells," or "food underneath the bed."
No, the biggest shocker to those familiar with the area in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains was ...Winter in Whitefish, Montana: where extreme snow sports and radical serenity meet
Jan 26th, 2011 at 2:00PM:
Northwestern Montana just doesn't get the credit it deserves. When most tourists ponder Big Sky Country, they think of big lakes, outback hunting and skiing at Big Sky Resort. Truth is, all of those things are most definitely found in the Treasure State, but there's a slice of this place that manages to package a raft of winter sporting activities with a slice of natural beauty that'll burn a ..."The Tourist": Is it worth the trip?
Dec 10th, 2010 at 5:00PM: At the beginning of the new movie "The Tourist," a mild-mannered American schoolteacher is sitting alone on a train from Paris to Venice. A mysterious and beautiful English woman approaches him, sits in the open seat across from him, and engages him in conversation. Soon they're drinking wine and flirting over an elegant dinner on the train.
When they arrive in Venice, they are briefly ...Photo of the day (11.25.10)
Nov 25th, 2010 at 5:00PM:
The busiest travel day in America has come and gone, was it really that bad?! After all the hype and hubbub, I figured we could all used a nice zen picture of an empty airport and this shot by jrodmanjr was a perfect palate cleanser.
By this time on Thanksgiving Day, you're either stuffed full of turkey in front of the tv, or putting on your stretchy waistband pants in anticipation of an ...Australians can't wait to leave: outbound travel up 3X over 20 years
Sep 30th, 2010 at 12:00PM: It looks like the best place for vacation, if you're Australian, is anywhere else. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, outbound travel surged from 2.1 million a year to 6.8 million a year over the past 20 years. For the 12 months ending last June, 6.8 million overseas trips originated in Australia. Two decades earlier, it was only 2.1 million. At today's levels, there are 31 overseas ...No luxury: five people who have no choice in travel
Sep 30th, 2010 at 8:00AM:
It's easy to see the world only from your own point of view. After all, what choice do you have? Even the best efforts at empathy and telepathy will still leave you unable to truly put yourself in another person's shoes. In the travel world in particular, it can be difficult to understand why the person with whom you're jockeying for an armrest is on the plane at all. Try as you might, you'll ...New travel sale site Sniqueaway: a first look
Sep 15th, 2010 at 12:00PM: The team behind TripAdvisor has joined the online flash sale market with SniqueAway, launching September 20. The sample sale site is the latest to join the the ranks of Jetsetter.com, Vacationist, Voyage Prive and auction-based site Off & Away in the market to offer limited time discounts on luxury properties around the globe for a limited members-only audience.
"We've watched and learned ...Work for Netflix, travel when you want
Aug 26th, 2010 at 11:00AM:
Let me guess: you want to travel more, but you don't get enough vacation time. You'd love to take that month-long trip through Asia or just sit on a beach for an extra week every year. Those of us who don't really take a whole lot of vacation time would love to get a bit more of it, even if it means working from the road.
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Spare ATM cards can save the day - Packing tip
Aug 12th, 2010 at 11:37PM: When traveling, always get an extra ATM card.
A spare card can save the day if the ATM machine eats your card unexpectedly, or if you lose you card along the way.
[Photo: Flickr | rynosoft] ...Borrow a charger from the front desk - Hotel tip
Aug 9th, 2010 at 10:07AM: For every person who forgets their charger at home, another person leaves their charger in their room at checkout.
If you go down to the desk and ask nicely, they might offer you a big box of left-behind cords to sort through for a charger that fits your phone, computer, or whatever.
This saves money and time better spent having fun, and if you don't care about paying it forward to the next ...Which country loves to work? See who doesn't take vacation time
Aug 8th, 2010 at 4:00PM: A friend of mine asked me a few days ago when I last went on vacation – a real one. I struggled to remember the last time I went on a trip and didn't write or, before that, keep up with what was going on at the office. After stopping and focusing, I remembered a four-day trip I took to Orlando back in late 2005. Even there, I'm not sure that I didn't work, I just don't remember spending time ...
