First things first: You have 2 more days to take advantage of Restaurant.com‘s 70% off code (see left sidebar for link). With this deal, you only pay $3 for a $25 gift certificate. That is a screaming deal. Jetblue has an airfare sale going on right now with some good deals, depending on where you’re [...]

If you’ve been hesitant to travel solo because of fear for your safety in a strange place, read on. It’s perfectly normal to feel some anxiety when traveling to a new place, particularly alone. With solo travel, your best defense is to do your research ahead of time and know what you’re getting yourself into. [...]

If you read my post of July 11, Save Money with Yapta, you know that I saved $40 off an already booked Jetblue flight by having Yapta track the flight price for me and alert me when the price went down. Well, Yapta just alerted me of another price drop on my flight, and I’ve [...]

For all you diehard Trekkies out there (c’mon, I can’t be the only one), I have more tidbits on the ending of the Star Trek Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton. This information comes straight from the mouths (keyboards?) of some of the STTE castmembers who have made it such a memorable experience for the [...]

There’s a very interesting interview in the 7/20/08 Newsweek with the CEO of Amtrak, Alex Kummant, talking about the expansion of rail service in the U.S. as a result of high oil prices. I have long been a proponent of expanding the rail infrastructure in this country and increasing rail service in high-traffic corridors in [...]

There’s a great article at MSNBC today, “The best guided city walks” by Emilie Harting. Harting extolls the virtues of going on guided tours over listening to an iPod tour or reading a guide book to become acquainted with a city. Overall, I agree. Obviously, if your reason for traveling is to get away from [...]

Vegas comes to Vermont! The Colchester-Milton Rotary Club is hosting a charity casino night and Texas Hold’em Tournament on Friday, August 15, 2008, from 7-11pm at the Hampton Inn off Exit 16 in Colchester. There is a $100 entry fee for the Texas Hold’em game, with rebuys in the first hour only. The tournament offers [...]

Today’s Wall Street Journal has an article (“Delta Launches Online Boarding Pass Ads“) featuring a new attempt by Delta Airlines to raise revenues via advertising that will appear on your online boarding passes for your target destination. So, for instance, if you’re flying to Vegas, the ads will be for Vegas restaurants, hotels, and attractions. [...]