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Sapphic sightseers, delight: A judge has dismissed the lawsuit brought against a Greek national LGBT group regarding the use of the word “lesbian,” which was decided by the court to not refer generally to the residents of the island of Lesbos. The plaintiffs even faced a mutiny among islanders, some of whom credited the legend […]

Travel writing curmudgeon Arthur Frommer is celebrating his 1,000 blog update today by announcing that he’s paring back on posting. Given his description of what it does to him, we can’t blame the guy:

Back in May of 2007, I began this daily blog about travel and soon turned into a creature of bloodshot eyes and […]

New Yorker writer and hyper-liberal Hendrik Hertzberg got lucky on a recent visit to Austin and snagged what could be the coolest taxi this side of the Cash Cab.
The Land Yacht bills itself as the city’s only rock ‘n’ roll taxi, and the specs on this thing back up the claim. Here’s the word, unedited […]

Scandinavian Airlines is having a sale for late summer and fall travel, with Delta hot on its heels and Continental likely to catch up sooner or later, and we’ve got it all wrapped up for you. First off, these deals are no screaming bargains, but then we haven’t heard a lot of happy outbursts or […]

The AP brings us news today of a promising new trend in spa technology: garra rufa fish. Of course, we’ve covered these so-called doctor fish before, and YouTube is, uh, stocked with videos of the critters.
The flesh-eating fish first popped up in Turkey, where they’d nibble the dead skin off the feet of spa-goers. The […]

Delta has just announced a deal with US Helicopter to fly first class and unrestricted economy passengers between Manhattan and JFK for free, as long as you purchase your tickets by August 29. The chopper shuttle service, which we tried out earlier this month, usually costs $165 one-way, including taxes and fees.
Obviously, if you’re spending […]

Starting Sept 1, ExpressJet will no longer be flying as an independent carrier and will go back to serving as a regional affiliate for Continental Express, serving over 150 destinations.
Meanwhile, they’re having a goodbye sale for travel August 13 to September 1, with a 14-day advance purchase and a $50 change fee, should you need […]

Even though Bertha’s has become a tourist magnet in the heart of Baltimore’s yuppified Fells Point neighborhood, it’s still got enough junk hanging from the rafters and no-nonsense waitresses to call it, at best, a down-home spot. And we mean that as the highest compliment.

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You’ve got to travel Tuesday or Wednesday to get the best fares in this sale.
This is not a systemwide sale, and some routes have much better fares than others. We’ve posted these fares in our city search results pages.
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We thought Orlando’s inadvertently raunchy billboard was the greatest travel advertising of the year, but this ad from maverick LCC entrepreneur and washing machine salesmanTony Fernandes has just surged into the lead.
It should come as little surprise that this billboard is in Queensland, Australia, a country known for edgy advertising.
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