American Express Travel recently conducted a survey on the personal hobbies and interests that travelers pursue while they travel and turned up some interesting statistics. Despite the softening economy, people are still planning trips to pursue their passions. In fact, 87% of survey respondents said that they were still planning to take the same number [...]

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 [...]

If you’re in the vicinity of St. Albans, VT (about 30 minutes north of Burlington, VT via I-89) this weekend, and you have a sweet tooth, get your maple fix at the 42nd Annual Vermont Maple Festival, running Friday through Sunday. Gorge yourself on sugar-on-snow, maple donuts, maple cotton candy, and maple creemees. (Then be [...]

If you haven’t yet decided yet where to go for your summer vacation, here’s an opportunity to let your ears make the decision for you: Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal featured an article on upcoming rock concerts around the country this summer. There is a smorgasbord of them. And it’s not like they expect you to [...]

If you’re interested in trying solo travel, but you’re not sure where to go, you might need a reason, a purpose, for your trip. And if you love food, what better reason than to attend a food festival! There are many taking place around the U.S., and as the blog Shlashfood notes, we are now [...]

If you’re a music lover and you don’t already live here, you might want to consider booking a trip to Burlington, VT this June for our Discover Jazz Festival. This is considered one of the top 10 music festivals in the world (The Music Festival Guide, Chicago Review Press, Inc.). It’s a beautiful time of [...]