As we move further away from the holiday season and short work weeks, without escaping the imminent snow storm, it is always nice to stay on top of those last-minute airfares.
Archive for February, 2008
Thursday, February 7th, 2008
When I lived in Cork, Ireland the Spring of 2004, among the many unexpected bits of culture shock I first experienced was the time I had to pay for a plastic bag in the check out line at Tesco.
In 2002 Ireland implemented a tax on plastic bags and it did more than dramatically reduce the [...]
Smarter Travel listed the ten best bargains of the week…
$100 from Detroit to Orlando on Northwest
$125 from Dallas (DFW) to Miami on United
$143 from Seattle to San Francisco on United
$166 from Boston to Atlanta on Delta and AirTran
$166 from Chicago (O’Hare) to Boston on JetBlue
$169 from Baltimore to Tampa, offered by Hotwire (includes taxes and [...]
I never got around to horse back riding when I studied abroad at University College Cork in Cork, Ireland back in college. But, in yesterday’s Globe Richard P. Carpenter listed some great resources for the adventurous traveler, including a six-day program by The Clonshire Equestrian Centre, in conjunction with Cross Country International.
Also posted are a number of [...]
I liked the article by Janice Kleinschmidt “Wines of the world worth the trip,” featured on Forbes Traveler and also picked up by MSNBC.com yesterday, because it reminded me of my trip to Santa Barbara two years ago with Mike. Though the wines in this article are much too high-end for me, it was interesting to [...]
I couldn’t think of a better first post than a reference to an article by Jane L. Levere in the New York Times on January 29th entitled, Blogs Becoming Regular Reading for Business Travelers.
In addition to mentioning some of the more well-read sites for business travelers including BoardingArea.com, a portal a directory to blogs that address issues of [...]
