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How to Avoid Lack-of-Leg-Room-Induced Emotional Breakdowns
July 29, 2011 | Travel News | Read More
Columnist for the Washington Post Gene Weingarten has answered our plane-etiquette prayers. Now, instead of becoming a fireball of furious hatred when the person seated in front of you reclines their chair, you can calmly hand them the following.
It’s available for print out in a handy PDF,...
Volcano Tourism Gives Iceland a Boost
July 29, 2011 | Travel News | Read More
Despite the country’s economy collapsing in 2008, followed by the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in 2010, Iceland’s tourism is booming…and the volcano might have helped make it happen.
Known as “volcano tourism,” all the footage of Iceland’s landscapes that aired during the...
NileGuide 5 with Jessica Spiegel of WhyGo Italy
July 28, 2011 | NileGuide 5, Travel News | Read More
Jessica Spiegel is a travel writer for the BootsnAll Travel Network. Although Spiegel is based in Portland, a city she loves dearly, she’s more commonly known as the “Italy girl.” She writes the WhyGo Italy travel guide and doesn’t try to contain her bias toward anything and everything...
What Happens When the TSA Gets Groped?
July 28, 2011 | Travel News | Read More
My, how the tables have turned! 61 year-old Yukari Miyamae was recently taken into custody after giving a TSA agent her own special pat down.
After refusing both the body scanner and a pat down, Miyamae apparently grabbed the breasts of a TSA agent and twisted them. Yikes! Miyamae was then immediately...
The Commuter Scooter Makes Being Late Fun
July 27, 2011 | Travel News | Read More
Picture this: you’re at the airline check-in, and you’ve just dropped off your luggage in a mad panic to make your flight to Vegas. The airline agent is giving you the tongue lashing of a century because you’ve dawdled so long, and you need to make it to your gate ASAP. You, however, glare right...
Next Time You Extend Your Honeymoon, Tell Your Family
July 26, 2011 | Active/Outdoors, Travel News, Travel Style | Read More
Yeah, sometimes it pays to check in with family.
Especially when you tell everyone before you leave town that you’ll be back on a certain day, and then not only do you not return that day, but you are gone for another three weeks.
Hopefully UK newlyweds Ben and Caroline Davies have learned their...
Rapper Dizzee vs. British Airlines
July 25, 2011 | Travel News | Read More
Who’s gettin’ all crazy in the hizzle?
It sounds like Rapper Dizzee – at least, he’s gettin’ crazy in the airplane.
Last week, Dizzee Rascal swore at a British Airways flight attendant on the way to Portugal, and got kicked off for being ‘verbally abusive’ to...
Help Avoid Goat Gorings By Peeing Off Trail
July 25, 2011 | Travel News | Read More
Aside from getting caught with your pants down, there is a very valid reason for not peeing near a trail in Olympic National Park in Washington state. According to msnbc.com, park officials are asking visitors to refrain from urinating along backcountry trails so they don’t attract mountain goats....
Ciara Kenny
July 22, 2011 | Local Experts | Read More
Ciara spent much of her childhood and teens dreaming of escaping the emerald isle, but after a year of country hopping around the world, she returned to her hometown in Dublin in 2008 full of renewed appreciation for the city. Ciara has a BA in English literature and history from Trinity College Dublin,...
Plankin’ in the USA
July 22, 2011 | Offbeat, Travel News | Read More
The world-wide craze that is “planking” doesn’t make much sense, but it’s still pretty hilarious. According to Urban Dictionary, planking is:
To lay horizontally across any object or the ground with their arms by their sides, aiming to occur in daring situations or a brotherly...
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