Category: Tips
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American Museum of Natural History- How to Trick a Firefly
After my preview of “Creatures of Light,” at the American Museum of Natural History, I donned my special “behind the scenes” tour badge and quickly followed our guide through a series of stairs and side doors to an area rarely seen by regular patrons. In a small conference room, Marc Branham, Associate Professor Department of…
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Selecting Your Airline Seatmate with the Help of Facebook
How important is to us to have a compatible seatmate while traveling on an airplane? For me, it more depends on where I’m sitting. Sitting in an aisle seat sort of gives me a psychological feeling of escape. If I’m sitting in the middle seat, however,I’m more dependent on my seatmates being courteous. Nicola Clark…
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Will we be able to see the Aurora in upstate New York tonight?
The Washington Post reports that, over the weekend, the earth received the largest solar storm since 2005. This occurrence created colorful northern lights called auroras after the Sun released a solar flare of radiation and plasma. Click here to read the whole story and to see an incredible gallery of pictures. Many who have seen…
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Travel gifts for your valentine
Yes, the holiday season is over, but we know what comes next- Valentine’s Day! Instead of the usual box of chocolates and flowers, what about some travel-related gift ideas for your honey? For those of us who like to listen to music while we travel, I found some nice choices at chicbuds.com. Chicbuds just launched…
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Where’s The Snow? Vacations For Skiers
If you’re like me or many of my friends and family members, you’ve been amazed at how fast this year’s winter has been flying by. My reason why time has moved so quickly? We haven’t been trapped in our homes by the crushing weather that we received last year. I don’t mind snow- after all…
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Campaign Reporters’ Insider Travel Tips
Ashley Parker of the New York Times reports on all of the travel advice that she’s learned as a campaign reporter. Among the tips that Parker provides: Limit Yourself to a Carry-on Have a Packing Strategy Sign Up For Rewards Know Airport Do’s and Don’t’s Trail Miscellany such as the fact that she likes to…
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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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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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Travel Gal Kim Swidler 