Deal of the day: Over $ 1500 off Mexico vacationNews from News10.net:   Facebook Google buzz … Read the full article . _______________________________________________ . . _______________________________________________

Obama family jet off to Hawaii separately at a cost of $ 100000 to the taxpayerNews from Daily Mail: By Lydia Warren Last updated at 3:12 PM on 16th December 2011 With thousands of families struggling to raise funds for Christmas, you would think the Obamas might manage a little thriftiness. But the first family [...]

A volunteer vacation in a Thailand park working with rescued elephantsNews from Washington Post: CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Guests volunteering at the Elephant Nature Park don’t have phone service or television, and Internet access is limited to a single area. But what they get instead of TV is ele-vision, all day long. They can see [...]

AAA: 2011 holiday season travel up 1.4 percentNews from FenderBender: Dec. 14, 2011—AAA forecasts that 91.9 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from their home during the 2011 year-end holiday season, a 1.4 percent increase compared to 2010 when 90.7 million people traveled that distance.  AAA said this year’s expected holiday travel represents [...]

Great Deals for Family VacationsNews from ABC 4: Want to have a Christmas to remember? Jennifer Dunyon with “Getaway Today Vacations” was here with some great deals to make memories and save you hundreds. Typically families are going to travel in the Spring, by giving a vacation for Christmas you get to have the kids super [...]

Kids’ Top-Secret Tips For Family Travel: The Stuff They Just Won’t Say When …News from Huffington Post: In my last column, I gave some overdue ink to kids themselves on the sometimes sensitive subject of going on vacation. Drawing from an exclusive panel made up of a dozen kids ages 6 to 15, the blog [...]

Orbitz: Faster mobile site sells same-day hotel dealsNews from USA Today: When Orbitz launches its speedier mobile website today, customers will find new features such as “tonight only” hotel deals and a new vacation package shopping tool, Orbitz tells Hotel Check-In. The last-minute hotel feature will offer discounts of up to 50% off rooms in [...]

Sears Holdings and International Cruise & Excursions, Inc. Announce Launch of …News from Sacramento Bee: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Dec. 13, 2011 – /PRNewswire-iReach/ — International Cruise & Excursions, Inc. (ICE), together with Sears Holdings announced the launch of a new business license agreement to provide the leisure and travel program, Sears Vacations, designed exclusively for Sears’ [...]

Now, buy your next family vacation on EMIsNews from Hindustan Times: Juinagar resident Satish Mahajan, 39, found an affordable accommodation for his family holiday in Kerala, but the exorbitant airfares were holding back his vacation from taking off. A frantic online search for cheaper air tickets led Mahajan to an unexpected option — buying the [...]

Stay Productive and Organized While TravelingNews from Fox Business: It is easy to get side-tracked during business travel when you are away from your office. Just being on the plane may kick you into vacation mode. You might also feel too exhausted to work, given the fast pace and stress of travel. These are just [...]