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While Americans braved $4-plus-per-gallon prices at the pump–or watched people spend tons of gas money at the Indy 500–celebs flocked to the tiny principality of Monaco for a weekend away. Whether they were attending the Formula 1 race, like Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls, or otherwise occupied, stars alone or in pairs made the […]

Fishy foot baths are all the rage in spas throughout the Far East. The bizarre trend started in Turkey where people pay to be immersed in a pool teeming with “doctor fish” that eat away at dead skin.
The treatment, which is also known as “fish reflexology,” apparently results in super-smooth feet. Recently, doctor fish spas […]

I’ve now picked up what is supposed to be my last paper tickets. It has been a rush trying to get several complex itineraries sorted before the conversion to all e-tickets on 1 June 2008 (or rather mostly all see my previous blog entry). Some of my upcoming trips are not currently supported […]

Wallet up for an adventure? Frontier is your airline. Not only is the carrier flying under the dark veil of bankruptcy protection, but it also just bumped up fees on everything from scuba equipment to pole vaulting poles to dry ice. (There’s also a new fee, as you’ve no doubt heard, for antlers.) Basically, when […]

So, yes, that American Airlines first-checked-bag fee is sticking, and just about everybody hates it. Frequently miffed business traveler Joe Brancatelli doesn’t mince words:

This fee is going into the Airline Stupid Hall of Fame.
Getting his back is Joe Sharkey, who also frequently hates whatever it is airlines are doing these days. The New York Times […]

Relatively new Mexican LCC Viva Aerobus made its first flight into Austin, Texas on May 1, and the early reviews are fairly decent. And the airline is certainly thrilled, says a spokesman:

The Austin-Cancun route has been madness. We underestimated the potential of the American market.
Flights between AUS and CUN have been close to capacity all […]

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You may not realize it, but Montreal has been a global cultural mecca for decades. Sure it’s frequently visited by University of Vermont students interested in legal boozing, but the city is also home to one of the most progressive electronic music, fashion, design and cuisine scenes in all of North America. Lucky for […]

Many of the hundreds of women I cyber polled recently selected the complainer chick
as the least desirable travel partner on a chick trip. Runner up was the Dictator, Bossy and Selfish Chicks. However, some women disagreed with these findings as they felt complaining was a part of
traveling.These women pointed out that if they were passive […]

Five years ago, I hadn’t heard of Tegucigalpa and it’s been at least that long since I’ve played a game of pool, but still I found myself there in October, teaching a group of Guatemalan Mayan men the ropes. Honestly, I wouldn’t have been so confident as to teach them had I thought they’d ever […]