A public transportation vacation: Philadelphia shows pros, cons of carless tripNews from Washington Post: I stood, frozen in place, on the sidewalk at the intersection of who-knows-where and what-am-I-doing-here, desperately trying to orient myself with my cellphone and dodging pedestrians who actually seemed to know where they were going. The minutes were ticking past. All [...]
Obligation Trips Turned Leisure Vacations With These Side Trip Travel IdeasNews from Huffington Post: As the winter months begin to thaw, the travel season will be upon us. Post 50s may find themselves pulled in multiple travel directions with reunions, college graduations, weddings and other obligation trips filling up their travel calendars and invading their [...]
First lady’s Aspen trip marks 16th vacation in 3 years for Obama familyNews from Fox News: WASHINGTON – First Lady Michelle Obama took her daughters on a ski trip to Aspen over President’s Day weekend, the 16th trip the first family has taken since President Obama took office. Over the past three years, the president, [...]
Michelle’s ski trip marks 16 Obama vacationsNews from Washington Examiner: Their stay at the home of a major Chicago fundraiser for President Obama makes the fifth time the first lady and her daughters have taken a break from Washington on their own. Only once has Obama had a long weekend out of town and alone, [...]
Habib Family Killed In India During Winter Vacation Trip (VIDEO)News from Huffington Post: All four members of a Naperville family vacationing in India were killed in a car accident Friday, on the last day of their children’s first trip to meet family overseas. Iqbal Habib, 45, his wife Zeenat, 39, their daughter Fareeza, 10, and [...]
Capital One and TravelingMom Offer a Chance to Re-do a Memorable Holiday TripNews from Sacramento Bee: MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 28, 2011 – /PRNewswire/ – With the busiest travel season upon us, TravelingMom.com, a leading family travel website and blogger network, announced today the launch of the “Holiday Travel Double Take Giveaway.” Consumers can enter to win [...]
Seven mistakes to avoid on a family tripNews from TheChronicleHerald.ca: NEW YORK — No one wants to spend more than they have to on a vacation. But with the family in tow, it’s even more important to keep the budget in check. Whether it’s taking a trip to Grandma’s for the holidays or planning on [...]
Travel agents take trip into 21st centuryNews from Ct Post: Fifteen years ago, Nancy Yale launched a travel agency focused on sending newlyweds to popular honeymoon destinations such as Hawaii or Disney World. Today, Cruise, Resort and World Travel Inc.’s bread and butter comes from planning exotic trips to Nepal and the African veldt or [...]
How to survive a family car trip News from Globe and Mail: The family road trip can be a treasured bonding time or cruel and unusual punishment, depending on how you play your parenting cards. To avoid a nightmare scenario, follow these rules of the road. Because, let’s face it, a vacation that involves a [...]
New Orleans vacation: the ultimate trip for jazz fans News from Bonners Ferry Herald: In his award-winning documentary “Jazz,” filmmaker Ken Burns invoked the image of gumbo – the signature dish of New Orleans – to highlight the combination of elements that led to the birth of jazz. Besides being a great metaphor, Burns’ comparison [...]
