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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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I first heard about Yapta, an airfare tracking site, a couple of months ago and wanted to test it out myself before I recommended it. Suffice it to say, Yapta has won me over, completely.
I had booked airfare for a trip to Vegas in September through Jetblue at a price that was a bit higher [...]

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Another year, another Chew Chew Festival on the Waterfront. Day 1 has concluded, and I was there to check it out. The weather on Friday night could not have been nicer–not too hot, not too cool, no rain, and just a breath of a breeze to keep it from being too sticky. I [...]

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This coming weekend marks the 23rd Annual Green Mountain Chew Chew Festival at Waterfront Park in Burlington. I’m flexing my stomach and jaw muscles all week in preparation. The full menu and schedule are up on their website, do be sure to check it out if you are in town. Make sure [...]

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Every Saturday during the summer months (early May through October), Burlington, Vermont’s City Hall Park hosts its weekly Farmers Market and Artists Market from around 9am-2pm (don’t quote me on exact times). It’s been a few years since I’ve been to the Farmer’s Market, since I live a little outside town now, but for [...]

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A couple of weeks ago, when American Airlines instituted their new policy of charging passengers for the first checked bag, I knew other airlines would follow suit. And so they have. United and US Air have announced they, too, will be charging for the first bag checked. To make matters even worse, [...]

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Burlington City Arts has announced its 2008 lineup of bands for its annual summer concert series, which take place every Thursday in July, starting on the 10th. I sampled the music online and it’s a great batch of performers this year. It’s hard to believe it’s also FREE! If you’re going to [...]

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Budget Travel recently put out its list of the top 10 best travel innovations of the past 10 years (though actually one of their innovations has been around longer than that). It got me thinking what are my favorite things that make travel easier?
My list definitely coincides with theirs to a large extent. [...]

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