Right now — go outside. That’s the best way to see all of the amazing colors surrounding you as North America gets ready for winter is to leave your desk and hit the great outdoors. New England has already begun its foliage season, where trees turn into fireworks of color for a few weeks....
Buy now, travel later — in fact, you don’t even need to have a particular date in mind if you book this particular Travelzoo package. It’s a four-day trip to Costa Rica, with a partial view of the ocean (we’re not sure what that means) and a whole bunch of extras at Gaia Hotel...
The TSA still hasn’t a terrorist, but its newest Chat Down program is getting bigger. Perhaps the best example of expanding government to the waistline of the people who work in it, the TSA begins its expanded Chat Down program today, according to Business Week. The expansion at Detroit Metro Airport’s Delta Terminal will...
An interesting Business Week story is up today: “Arab protests send tourists to Europe, Costing region $7 billion” The headline is pretty self explanatory. While freedom, or the hope of it, has many people praying for a better life, they’re also losing out on the big business that once came their way. Really, it’s...
Thanksgiving is the most overblown holiday ever. Quite often, the turkey is dry, the football sucks and that uncle you don’t really know that well always seems to drink one glass of wine too much. So why not find a reason to miss the big family event because you’ve already got plans — such...
The day is coming — prepare. Around Mexico, in under a month, they’ll be celebrating the Day of the Dead — aka, El Dia de los Muertos. A recent press release from the fine folks in Cancun reminded me of the holiday. Down in the Yucatan, the Day of the Dead is known as...
Oh the outrage. Stores are pulling the Anna Rexia costume from their real and virtual shelves after people started getting upset with the idea that someone might make fun of people with eating disorder. Rick’s Costume Superstore issued this statement: Ricky’s NYC does not sell or carry the Anna Rexia costume; it is not...
The TSA has this breaking news: Children are not usually terrorists. Thus, in a rule change, in part because so many TSA officers have been labeled child molesters or worse after legally feeling up kids of all ages. It may seem like only a slight change — letting kids keep their shoes on, but...
We like any deal when it’s free — as that’s about the ultimate deal you can come across. Even when the deal discriminates against men. Though that may be the point of the new website and grammatically incorrect url: Girlsthatroam.com. Tell the site about your deepest globetrotting wants, desires and annoyances and you could...
One of the best ways to travel is through exchange programs. That’s how Amanda ended up in Italy, hoping to get a semester’s worth of credit, learn a little Italian and be an ocean away from her parents. (Just like any other 20 year old.) But Amanda’s real education began with the murder of...
