Category: General
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New Travel Study: Biggest Pet Travel Peeves and Ways to Destress
The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council has just launched a report and survey called, “The Adept Traveler: How to Care Less about Travel Stress.” The study is said too be based on responses from more than 2,100 American, European, and other global travelers and looks at the global travel experience – including pet peeves and what travelers…
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Fun Day Trip Back from NYC : The Cloisters, Tarrytown and Sunflower Meadow in New Paltz
Last Saturday, my husband and I completed our yearly ritual of taking our daughter, Sarah, back to FIT in Manhattan. We rented a minivan the night before and filled it all up with Sarah’s precious belongings. There’s no lot to park in, and security will only allow about twenty vehicles at one time to squeeze onto this narrow street to quickly unload everything (Yay). So the plan was…
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How do You Tip When Traveling?
Knowing how much to tip while traveling can be a confusing dilemma. The New York Times notes that Josh Alexander of Protravel has provided several guidelines for tipping: At Hotels Tip Directly: Tip the employee directly with $5.00 per day for housekeeping. Use a Worldwide Standard for Guides and Drivers: Mr. Alexander suggests that you tip an English…
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Massachusetts: Amazing Boston Pops Concert at the Trustees Castle Hill
The Trustees, Massachusetts’ largest conservation and preservation organization, is commemorating its 125 anniversary through a season of wonderful events. On August 6th, Robert and I celebrated our own anniversary when we attended by invitation one of those celebrations at magnificent Castle Hill in Ipswich, Massachusetts. There, with 5,000 other happy attendees, we sat on the property’s beautiful rolling grounds to enjoy the…
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Turning Souvenir T-shirts into Quilts
Whether it’s magnets, menus, or sea shells, many of us have a favorite memento that we like to collect on our trips. Let us know what your favorite collectables are! My son Alex likes to collect souvenir t-shirts. Unfortunately last week something red fell into a wash and some of his treasured shirts are now dotted in that…
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Lonely Planet Releases Free Celebrate Rio Ebook
Lonely Planet has released a free new ebook guide to exploring Rio de Janeiro to celebrate the upcoming 2016 Games this summer. Celebrate Rio can be downloaded from Lonely Planet’s Rio destination page (lonelyplanet.com/brazil/rio-de-janeiro), which has been completely overhauled for visitors to Rio. Brazil travel experts will be updating news regularly throughout the Games at http://www.lonelyplanet.com/news/rio-olympics.…
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Things to do in NYC this Week: New Food Hall at Grand Central
Here’a a list of things to do in NYC this week, as published by the New York Times. And if you’re near Grand Central Terminal, go inside to check out its new Great Northern Food Hall. Located in the station’s Vanderbilt Hall, this foodie location envisioned by Denmark’s Claus Meyer. Native Sounds Downtown! (Thursday) This year’s edition of the National…
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Hokkaidō, Japan Tops Lonely Planet’s First-Ever Best in Asia List
Lonely Plane has today announced its inaugural Best in Asia list – an agenda-setting collection of the continent’s 10 best destinations to visit over the next 12 months. For this first-ever Best in Asia list, Lonely Planet’s Asian-specialist editors and travel writers have named increasingly-accessible Hokkaidō, Japan with its “year-round charms” as the number-one…
Travel Gal Kim Swidler 