Archive for December, 2008
Credit Card Safety When Traveling
When traveling as a couple, split the credit cards between you, with each person carrying a different card. This way if one person has their wallet stolen, the other person will still have an uncompromised card to use. It’s also a good idea to list your credit card numbers and the customer service phone numbers [...]
Take An Enchanting Christmas Dinner Tour of Charleston, SC
Last night Clint and I had a glorious evening, traveling by horse-drawn carriage between three of Charleston’s most elegant inns on a festive Christmas Progressive Dinner. Dressed in our holiday finery, we were trotted from luxury inn to luxury inn, sampling culinary delights at every stop. What a magical way to get in a holiday [...]
Bright, But Chilly Christmas-time in Charleston, SC
I’m on the road headed south and am making a four day stop in Charleston to enjoy the city at Christmas time. AND IT”S FREEZING!!!! I had daydreams of sun sparkled balmy days, but no such luck, the winds are brisk and biting. So we’re bundling up and stepping out to walk the storied streets [...]
Reduce Your Company's Business Travel Expenses
American Express Business has a FREE offer for you and your company. Their consulting group will provide a free analysis of your company’s T&E costs. Their program analyzes online booking, useage of nonrefundable tickets and company policy complience. Amex says it has helped save North American clients over $1billion in 2007. Contact Amex by January [...]
Find Your Inner-Self on a Surfboard!
We’ve found a terrific and unique Costa Rican adventure designed especially for women that combines the peacefulness of yoga with the exhilaration of surfing in a gorgeous beachfront setting. Dive into the waves, dive into the rainforest, dive into luxurious villas , dive into your inner rhythms, and emerge with a new outlook on life. [...]
5 Great Gifts For Travelers
The electronic gadgets we travel with just keep getting more sophisticated and plentiful. Here are some tech savvy gifts all travelers will love. New TSA screening rules for computers allow newly designed computer bags to go through security without taking the computer out of the bag. Every traveler who hauls along their trusty computer will [...]
The Frequent Flyer Tool We've All Been Waiting For!
Let me introduce you to YAPTA.com, a travel search engine site with a pocket full of new tricks to offer. The one that has the potential to WOW the marketplace is a search tool to find available frequent flyer seats among several airlines with just one search. So far participating airline frequent flyer programs are [...]
Remember Your Parking Space or Hotel Room Number
Whether you’re bouncing city to city on business staying in a different hotel room every night, or scrambling around town on endless errand runs, here’s a tip to help you find your way back to your car or hotel room. Before strolling away, whip out your cell phone and take a quick picture of the [...]
Heads Up Boston – Virgin America Has Arrived!
The long anticipated arrival of spunky new low cost carrier Virgin America is finally on the way. Nonstop flights between Boston and LAX and SFO will begin operations on February 12, 2009. Tickets are on sale now for just $149 each way (see site for full details). Virgin America also flies between New York, Washington [...]
Record Venice Floods Halt Tourism
Poor wet, cold, soggy Venice!!! “Anyone thinking of coming should think again”, exclaimed Venice Mayor, Massimo Cacciari, last week after devastating flood waters streamed into the city. Water rose to over 5 feet above sea level, the highest point in more than 20 years, submerging homes, shops, historic monuments are precious artwork alike. An ill [...]
