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Travel Guide From 1887 Offers Health Tips For “Invalids”
February 28, 2011 | Culture/History, Travel News | Read More
Think the concept of medical tourism is only a 21st century idea? Think again. For thousands of years, travelers have covered vast distances to visit spa towns that are dedicated to convalescence and wellness. In fact, all of the great empires of the world, from the Greeks to the Romans to the British,...
Renata Rubnikowicz
February 28, 2011 | About Us, Local Experts | Read More
Renata Rubnikowicz has known and visited Paris almost all her life. She had some opportunities to write about the city during her earlier career as a Fleet Street staff journalist, when papers she worked on included the Times, the Sunday Times, the Observer, the Guardian and the Sunday Telegraph, and...
Aussie Couple Visits Welsh B&B, Fall In Love and Don’t Leave
February 28, 2011 | Travel News | Read More
We definitely know what it’s like, to go somewhere with the intention of only a brief stay, to fall in love with the place, and stay for longer than intended. So yeah, we know how Australian couple, Chris and Sally Allison, felt when they visited a north Wales B&B and decided to stay for a...
Christina Paschyn and Alex Demianczuk
February 25, 2011 | About Us, Local Experts | Read More
Cleveland-born Christina and Scotsman Alex are the quintessential international couple. They met and fell in love during the latter’s whirlwind tour of America in the summer of 2005. Since then they have traveled all over the world together, and between them have covered most of Western and Eastern...
Do We Need More Vacation Time?
February 25, 2011 | Travel News | Read More
The Daily Mail Online recently published an article about how Brits go on vacation two times a year, and in their lifetime will spend over £168,000 in their lifetime on travel… enough to buy a decent house.
The article was actually written to show how our vacation preferences vary over the years:...
The HiPhone 4: Dealing With Fakes and Knock Offs
February 24, 2011 | Travel News | Read More
Here’s an interesting article from Wired. It’s called Your Guide to Knock Offs and Fakes. Now, there are only four products they review, so I don’t know how much of a guide that is, but they actually went out and bought these items and ground-tested them. So props for that.
Unsurprisingly,...
Cruise Renos Gone Bad: Broken Toilets, Leaky Ceilings, No Water
February 23, 2011 | Travel News | Read More
Here’s a story that would be fit for some kind of nightmare renovations reality-TV show. P&O Cruises recently spent $100 million refurbishing their liner, Pacific Pearl. As reported by the NZ Herald, a trip out of Auckland turned to a disaster for passengers like Walter Florussen, who took...
Suzuki’s Sofa Car Introduces New Travel Method for Lazy People
February 23, 2011 | Travel News | Read More
Suzuki has released a rather confusing contraption: a sofa car. For the frat boy in us all.
The 1970s-era sofa allows you to take the comforts of your living room with you on the road! Suzuki showcased this new vehicle at the Chicago Auto Show. It gets about 40 miles/gallon, is propelled by a one-cylinder...
Mary Polizzotti
February 22, 2011 | About Us, Local Experts | Read More
Mary left the frigid northeast almost 10 years ago and never looked back. After extended detours in Central America and Denver, it was love at first sight as the San Francisco skyline first came into view. Mary has lived and worked in San Francisco and the East Bay for 7 years. She jumped the fence to...
The Ultimate TSA Showdown: Dogs, X-Ray Machines, or Mice?
February 22, 2011 | Travel News | Read More
Well here’s a fun piece of information: Israeli scientists are training mice to detect security threats in airports, and they’re far more effective than both x-ray machines AND dogs.
The scientists have created a detector, sorta like a full-body scanner, but containing mice. Eight of them, and they’re...
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