I was listening to an interesting podcast this week about Solo Touring at Disney World (Episode #523 posted at WDW Today) and was a little bothered by a couple of comments the guys made.  (The “guys” are podcasters Matt Hochberg, Mike Newell, Mike Scopa, and Len Testa.)  The first comment was about what resorts these [...]

There have been women-only tour companies and vacations for quite some time, but here’s a new one: Women-only floors at luxury hotels?  Wow. I just had a flashback to a summer camp I used to work at that had separate men’s and women’s dormitories.  Except it was anything but luxurious. According to this article by [...]

Ernesto Machado has written a really thought-provoking blog post at Brave New Traveler called When Does Budget Travel Become Exploitation?  The post makes some generalizations and assumptions about people traveling on the cheap, but it certainly does raise a lot of points about budget travelers who go overboard on the cheapness.  Even better than the [...]

Jetblue is celebrating its 9th anniversary by giving away roundtrip tickets and other prizes every day this week.  The prizes accumulate each day ala “a partridge in a pear tree”, only without the lords a leaping.  You can sign up to win daily.  Yeah, sorry I didn’t mention this yesterday.  But you still have 4 [...]

Here it is, the obligatory holiday-themed blog post (even if the “holiday” is a totally commercial event manufactured by retailers and greeting card companies).  What does Valentine’s Day have to do with solo travel, you ask?  Well, if you’re single and unattached for Valentine’s Day this year, it’s the perfect excuse to lavish some love [...]

City Park is an oasis in New Orleans, well worth a visit when you’re in the city.  You can take the Canal Streetcar to the Park.

I saw this story today at MSNBC (“It’s a small world after all, Nemo”) about the newly refurbished It’s A Small World ride at Disneyland in California which has undergone a rehab recently and incorporated fictional characters from Disney movies such as Ariel, Nemo, Stitch, and Aladdin.  Disney claims they did it to freshen up [...]

On my last night in New Orleans, a new acquaintance who happened to be staying at the Hotel Monteleone suggested we have dinner at their restaurant, the Hunt Room Grill.  It hadn’t been on my list of dining choices, but I was willing to give it a try.  I am so glad I did.  This [...]