Category: Travel deals

• NYC Deal: Summer Restaurant Week 2024

  

    NYC Tourism + Conventions wants us to know that reservations for NYC Restaurant Week® Summer 2024 are now open. What: This twice-yearly program offers diners an opportunity to enjoy more than 600 restaurants across all five boroughs with more than 50 styles of cuisines in over 70 neighborhoods, at a value. Participating restaurants will…

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  July 16, 2024

  Foodie Finds, I Love New York, New York, New York City, Tips, Travel deals, Travel dining, Uncategorized

• NYC Travel Deals Including 24% Savings at 150 Hotels

  

  New York City Tourism wants us to know about multiple travel deals including the return of NYC Hotel Week. This promotion offers a 24% savings (for year 2024 ) at 150 hotels across the boroughs for the dates of January 3 through February 4, 2024. Reservations are now open at nyctourism.com/hotelweek Here’s what NYC Tourism further…

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  November 15, 2023

  Travel deals

  I love NY, New York, New York City

• NYC Deals: Hotel Week January 3-February 12, 2023

  

  According to NYC & Company, New York City’s official destination marketing organization and convention and visitors bureau, this year’s anticipated vibrant holiday season comes amid NYC’s continued tourism rebound. This includes hotel performance which has held steady across this destination. The City continues to generate the highest weekly occupancy levels and average daily rates (ADR)…

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  November 17, 2022

  Deals, Travel deals

• Museum Membership as Travel Gift: Free Reciprocal Admission to Museums Across North America

  Still looking for something to give a travel fan? How about a worthwhile membership to a museum that would also provide free admission to other museums both near and far from home? For instance, I recently bought a membership to the Albany Institute of History and Art.  Not only was this a worthwhile contribution to…

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  December 1, 2014

  Deals, Tips, travel bargains, Travel deals, travel savings

• Lonely Planet’s Best In Europe Plus Freebies!

   Lonely Planet has released its newest annual list: Best in Europe 2014. This list features Lonely Planet’s picks for the best places to visit in Europe this year and includes countries, cities and regions from all over the European continent. Destinations were chosen by the company’s team of editors based in Lonely Planet’s London office for having timely…

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  June 26, 2014

  European Travel, Lonely Planet, Stories, travel bargains, Travel deals

• Tips To Save Money on Summer Travel with the Right Credit Card

  CardHub.com has announced its picks for the Best Travel Credit Cards for Spring & Summer 2014, which it says were chosen from more than 1,000 total offers given their unique ability to help folks save as the year’s busiest travel seasons get underway. Here’s a quick summary of the CardHub Editor’s Best selections below. For more…

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  April 18, 2014

  Tips, travel bargains, travel cards, Travel deals, Travel money tips, travel savings

• Hurry–Amtrak Children Discount Changing to Maximum Age of 12 Years Old!

  Amtrak currently provides a passenger children discount of 50% for children aged 2-15. This is what they say: Children Ages 2-15 Save 50% Up to two children ages 2-15 are eligible to receive a 50% discount on the lowest available adult rail fare on most Amtrak trains with each fare-paying adult (age 18+). If any…

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  March 11, 2014

  Amtrak, Deals, travel bargains, Travel deals, travel savings

• Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Live-Free Admission to a Select Museum on September 28, 2013

  In the spirit of Smithsonian Museums, who offer free admission everyday, Museum Day Live! is an annual event hosted by Smithsonian magazine in which participating museums across the country open their doors to anyone presenting a Museum Day Live! Ticket…for free. Note:  Only an official Museum Day Live! ticket is eligible for free entry. Official…

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  September 5, 2013

  Museum travel, Senior Travel, Stories, travel bargains, Travel deals, travel savings

• Tips to Get that Elusive Seat From Your Airline Miles

  Check out Susan Stellin’s interesting article on how to successfully use your airline miles to better score a seat. Ms. Stellin notes that some surveys show that it’s actually easier to earn a seat than in previous years. Why? Because a poor economy reduces the amount of cash bookings. Because of this, there are apparently…

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  February 4, 2013

  Aeroplanes, Air fare deals, Airline policies, Airplane stories, airplane travel tips, Stories, Tips, travel bargains, Travel deals, travel savings

• Apps for Last-Minute Hotel Rooms

  Check out Susan Stellin’s interesting article on apps that will get a great deal on hotel rooms if you wait until the last minute. Ms. Stellin lists various apps that she has tried including those for Expedia, Priceline, Travelocity,Kayak,and Oribitz.  In her article this writer discusses recent deals and what she believes are their pro…

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  November 20, 2012

  General, Hotel search sites, Hotel searches, Hotel tips, Stories, Tips, Travel apps, travel bargains, Travel deals, travel savings