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Every now and then, airlines do throw passengers a bone. They’ll credit you if you cancel before takeoff, refund you if the fare goes down after purchase, make it up to you when you get bumped from a flight, soften the blow if they can’t get you home due to a mechanical failure or say […]

Lower than advertised sale fares and cheap flights with good deals on late summer and early fall travel to Barcelona and Mardrid, Spain; Milan, Rome, and Venice, Italy; and Marseilles, Nice, and Paris, France, plus many other destinations.
We’re not recommending that you start pairing sangria with foie gras or serving up your hearty lasagna as […]

It was bound to happen. American and Delta are now charging to cash in your frequent flyer miles, and it’s almost certain that others will follow, and that these fees will become a permanent fixture. You’ll pay $25 now for domestic frequent flyer tickets and $50 for international.
Keep in mind the other fees associated with […]

Have you ever been in a metal box with three small children during a thunder storm? Well, that’s what I felt like last night. Three of my grandchildren wanted to go camping last night but since we can’t find a camping spot at the closest lake after Wednesday, unless you can pay a […]

JetBlue’s recent $10 off each way promo just expired, but they have a new promo with the same terms for customers traveling between Chicago (ORD)  and New York (JFK) , Boston (BOS) and Long Beach (LGB). 
The promotion is valid for travel from 9/3/08 to 10/31/08.  Reservations must be made by 6/30/08.  Use promo code HJCHICAGO10 […]

While I’m still in vacation mode, I thought I’d give you The Best & Worst of Italy’s beaches. While Italy has over 7600 kms (4722 miles) of coastline attracting all us turisti, it would appear that the Italians believe that overrunning that same coastline with cement is a good business prospect. Anyone who has ever […]

This is a post about our adoption journey, three years in.
Today had the feel of any ordinary day at Casa Lindaloohoo.  Normal, everyday things going on.  Hubunit left very early for work, monkey was recovering from a little fever and I had to finish my on-line traffic school.
Now, since our move back to sunny California, I find […]

After years of being in the corporate world and missing years of my children’s lives I decided to become an entrepreneur.  I wanted to create something that makes a difference,..after much consideration I created PINK Compass(www.thepinkcompass.com ),  a website that give women the opportunity to learn and share their personal experiences and wisdom in blogs.    […]

Time has slowly but surely crept up to us and now, the trip’s TOMORROW! It’s extrememly hard to believe and now we’re all rushing to pack! Some of our plans haven’t –yet, it’s not even 7 pm– come to fruition, like our idea of watching old movies  and we haven’t had a big shop at […]

Since moving to Rome, I’ve become quite popular with visitors. I mean,
in Milan I think I had 17 guests in 12 years. In Rome, I have something
like 17 visitors a month. For some reason, though, I don’t think
they’re just coming to visit me, but, heck, I’ll play along for the fun
of it. As a result, […]