Category: Stories
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Top of This Year’s Bucket List-Meeting Robert Ballard, Discoverer of the Titanic
If you’ve read my posts, you know that I have a great love for exploration, and that this has been an amazing year for fulfilling many of the goals on my bucket list. I’ve written about many adventures including going behind the scenes of the Monterrey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), meeting famous world explorer…
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Airlines Fight New Law That Requires them to Include Fees and Taxes in Advertised Fare Price
Although airline flights are decreasing and services have been reduced, there are still numerous advertisements out there for airfare deals. But how many times have we discovered what seems to be a great bargain only to find out that there are additional fees and taxes? Susan Stellin of the New York Times reports that, starting…
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10 Adventure Travel Destinations To See in 2012: No Passport Required
Lauren Pearce of ARAMARK Parks and Destinations offers the following advise for travel adventure without having to leave our own nation: 1. See Big Game and Big Mountains with a Tour of Denali National Park, Alaska Roughly the size of Massachusetts, everything about Denali National Park and Preserve is huge—from housing North America’s largest peak…
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Know Your Airplane Rights
So many of us will be traveling by airplane this holiday season. But do we fully know our rights if our plane has been delayed or canceled? Here are some interesting tips from Mary Schiavo, an aviation attorney who has been in the aviation industry for more than 30 years, first as a licensed pilot,…
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Gift Ideas For Practical Travelers
There are so many suggestions out there for last minute holiday travel gifts. Michelle Higgins of the New York Times had an interesting list of compact gifts for the travelers who want to pack light. Higgins mentions a super lightweight carry on, a puffy jacket that can turn into a travel pillow, and a collapsible…
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CSI: The Experience! at the Discovery Center
For years, CSI has been one of the most popular dramas on television so I was happy to be invited to take a look at CSI: The Experience! at the Discovery Center in New York City’s Times Square. This hands-on exhibit lets you play the role of a crime scene detective. Once my friend and…
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Victim of Road Rage -How Would You Handle It?
It’s that time of year again when holiday travel and crowded bargain hunting start making many drivers a bit edgy. But what about the ones that take their anger to the next level? It was a little over two years ago, but the memory of my last major experience with road rage can still really…
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Hotel Room Service and Your Calories
The New York Times reports that many hotel chains are trying to make room service more desirable. Some such as the Klimpton Hotels have rolled out a Travel Healthy menu. Others such as the Public in Chicago are trying to make this service more affordable. Still others like the Windsor Court in New Orleans provide…
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10 Most Slimming Vacations
Health.com compiled a list of ten vacation destinations that, they say, make it easy to eat healthy and get toned without trying. The judges included Samantha Brown,the host of Travel Channel shows including Great Weekends and Passport to Europe, Melisse Gelula is the co-founder of WellandGoodNYC.com andJim Kaese,Editor in Chief for AthleticMindedTraveler.com Here’s the list:…
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New Fashion Gifts on the C. Wonder Bus
A few months ago I had the wonderful opportunity to spend the day at Harper’s Bazaar Magazine in New York City. While I was there, I was invited to board the promotional bus for C Wonder that was parked outside the publication’s headquarters at Hearst Towers. I was asked to wait to show you the…
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Travel Gal Kim Swidler 