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The cheap-but-classy coach line BoltBus will now start stopping in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, connecting it to New York seven times a day. Buses will stop at the Cherry Hill Mall, about 20 minutes from Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station.
Since the route was just announced today, there are still plenty of $1 tickets available. Meanwhile, there’s […]

While billionaires may be getting kicked off the coast in Italy, a new playground is popping up for them in Nigeria. Turns out that Lagos is even more pricey than LA and DC, though it hasn’t yet hit Moscow levels of decadence. The New York Times has a sampling of prices you can expect to […]

A friend of Jaunted is on-hand for the Olympics, and she’ll be doing her best to keep us posted on what it’s really like for a spectator in China. Here’s her latest report:

It’s my family’s first full day in Beijing, and it’s not as smoggy or hazy as we had expected. I heard that the […]

In a perfect world, none of us would ever have to lift a finger on
vacation. Other people would do the cooking, the cleaning, and–above
all–the laundry.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t live in a perfect world.
 

 
Maybe it’s just socks and underwear, but when I travel, I almost
always wind up doing laundry in hotel sinks. […]

So much for all the little kids growing up on the skids: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a Cleveland, Ohio institution, is expanding to New York City and Las Vegas in a de facto admission that Cleveland does not, in fact, rock.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is expected to announce the creation of […]

I don’t understand enough about the conflict in Georgia to have an opinion on it, but I do know that the former Soviet Republics are still a sort of promised land for travelers - still a bargain, not yet jaded by the influx of tourist hordes, still offering the possibility of connecting with the locals. […]

Bring your best cool-guy attitude as you attend this year’s San Sebastián International Film Festival, which runs September 18-27. Feature films from around Europe and the world will be on view, including “Frozen River,” the winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize directed by American Courtney Hunt.
The seaside town has plenty to offer besides the […]

The TSA has been collecting records on thousands of people who went to airport security checkpoints without ID this summer and has opened its files to law enforcement, the agency tells USA Today. Since June, the TSA has collected info on 16,500 fliers.
Agency chief Kip Hawley told the newspaper in an interview Tuesday that the […]

Local restaurants along the Mediterranean coast are sick of these billionaires! Roman Abramovich was the latest “victim” when the owner of Bistrot turned the oilman away from the already fully booked ristorante in Tuscany. Page Six reports that he was so miffed, Abramovich steamed over to Sardinia on his yacht instead, probably putting his five […]

Congratulations, you’re going to Denver for the DNC! While you’re making lists of things to pack, thinking about all of the great people you’re going to meet, and dreaming about the stories you’re going to write don’t forget to prepare for altitude sickness. Even if you’ve never experienced it before you will want […]