Category: Stories

• Foodie Alert: CIA Boot Camps and NAO at the San Antonio Campus

    The Culinary Institute of America has announced the most recent schedule for the boot camps  that it will be holding on its Hudson Valley, Napa, and San Antonio campuses. To learn more go to http://enthusiasts.ciachef.edu/boot-camps. I have enjoyed taking quite a few courses at the CIA’s Hyde Park and Napa Valley campuses, but I’ve always wanted…

  kimsswidler

  April 2, 2015

  Foodie Finds, General, Stories

  AARP Travel, boomer travel, culinary institute of america, Foodie, NAO, Senior Travel

• Norwegian to Change its Cockpit Procedures so That Two Crew Members Always are Present in the Cockpit

   Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (Norwegian), said to be the second largest airline in Scandinavia and third largest low cost carrier in Europe, reports that it has been looking into changing its cockpit procedures for a while. However, in light of the tragic Germanwings accident,they say that they will be speeding up the process so that two crew…

  kimsswidler

  March 26, 2015

  General, Stories

  AARP Travel, Airline safety, airline stories, boomer travel, Norwegian, Senior Travel

• 1942 Picture of the Real von Trapp Couple in San Antonio

  

  There is a lot of celebrating going on for the 50th anniversary of The Sound of Music, a famous musical that starred Christopher Plumber and Julie Andrews as Baron von Trapp and his ultimate love, Maria. But how closely did these movie stars actually look like the real von Trapps who inspired this film? While…

  kimsswidler

  March 18, 2015

  General, Stories

  AARP Travel, boomer travel, Historical Travel, San Antonio, Senior Travel, Sound of Music, Von Trapp photo

• The Euro’s Continual Fall is Our Travel Gain

  The Euro’s fall to $1.0634 today means that we as Americans may have more money to spend in Europe during our spring and summer vacations. David Jolly reports that this currency has declined nearly 13 percent in the first months of 2015 alone and is at its lowest level since early 2003. To read more of…

  kimsswidler

  March 12, 2015

  General, Stories

  boomer travel, euro’s fall, europe travel, Senior Travel, Travel Deal, travel savings

• Bereavement Travel: Which Airlines Help?

  The death of a loved one can, of course, be extremely stressful enough. But what if on top of this you need to travel at a moment’s notice from one part of the country to another to arrive at the funeral services on time? Check out Walecia Ronhard’s interesting article, “Dealing with the Dreaded Bereavement Trip,“ that…

  kimsswidler

  March 12, 2015

  General, Stories

  AARP Travel, airline stories, bereavement travel, funeral travel, Senior Travel

• Finding Romance and Friendship on the Road

  While it’s wonderful to travel with family and established friends, sometimes we need or even desire to travel solo. Check out Stephanie Rosenbloom’s article about finding friendship and possibly romance on the road. Let us know how you’ve made a friendship while traveling.  For me, the easiest place has been while on a plane or simply…

  kimsswidler

  February 10, 2015

  General, Stories, Tips

  Romance Travel, solo travel

• Answers to Ten Top Travel Questions

  Check out Stephanie Rosenbloom’s interesting article on what she found so far were the top ten travel questions for this year. They are: 1. How to pack a suite case. 2. How to get cheap flights. 3. What is a hostel? What is a pension? 4. What to pack for a cruise? 5. How old…

  kimsswidler

  February 3, 2015

  General, Stories

  best resorts in Jamaica, booking transfers, cheap flights, Hostels, packing a suitcase, Travel tips

• What Air Travel Search Sites do You Like?

  

    When trying to find the best flights to take for my mother/daughter trip to San Juan earlier this month, I searched using my usual collection of options including Expedia, Priceline and Travelosity. Seth Kugel, however, reports that there are so many more available search sites. This New York Time’s Frugal Traveler suggests that we…

  kimsswidler

  January 28, 2015

  General, Stories, Tips

  travel search sites, Travel tips

• SkyMall Catalog No Longer on Planes

  Joe Sharkey of the New York Times reports that we may no longer find SkyMall catalog, that airline fixture that hawks unusual gifts,in our seat-back pocket the next time we grab a flight. Reasons for this catalog’s disappearance? More fliers are forgoing paper magazines and instead are reading on their tablets. But another big cause…

  kimsswidler

  January 27, 2015

  General, Stories

  airline stories, skymall

• Winter Storm Juno: What NYC Looks Like Now and Travel Bans

  

    My daughter Sarah just took this picture of the Chelsea area of Manhattan as she and the rest of this city’s inhabitants brace for what could be the worst snow storm in that region’s history. The New York Times reports that the latest forecasts call for as much as two feet of snow to fall…

  kimsswidler

  January 26, 2015

  General, Stories

  I love NY, New York City, WINTER STORM JUNO