Travel

Holiday Travel Tips: Protect Your Laptop and Privacy (PC World)

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:00:35 -0500

Here's how to safely travel with your tech gear and not become another statistic of lost laptops or data.

AAA: Gas prices, wicked weather, cash shortages could cut into Labor ... - Chicago Tribune

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:00:22 -0400

MIAMI (AP) _ Falling gas prices might not be enough to entice people to travel this Labor Day weekend, with some keeping a wary eye on dangerous Hurricane Gustav, which is threatening the Gulf Coast. About 34.4 million people are projected to travel ...

Talking travel with founder of globorati.com

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:13:29 -0400

I'm here with Mark Jolly, founder and editor of globorati, the top luxury travel site for the stylish jet set. Mark is also a contributing editor at Conde Nast Traveler, having reported from over 60 countries and lived on four ...

5 Travel Movies that will give you Goose Bumps | nomad4ever

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:16:19 -0400

Then there are movies about Travel and Travelers. Somehow those are basically pretty scary, after all traveling is dangerous, right' Let’s start with 5 tougher examples:

KIDS GET TO TRAVEL FREE ON KLIA EKSPRES (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:06:53 -0400

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13 (Bernama) -- Two children up to 12 years old will travel free-of-charge on the KLIA Ekspress between KL Sentral and KL International Airport (KLIA) when their parents purchase return journey tickets for two adults for RM140. The "Kids Travel Free" package is offered from Aug 16 to 24 Aug in conjunction with the school holidays, said Express Rail Link ...

Frommer’s Travel Guides hit Apple devices

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:06:03 -0400

The iPhone and iPod touch are now able to hold digital versions of Frommer’s Travel Guides, enabling travelers (no matter if they’re novices or seasoned folk) to help get through their journeys in relative ease and comfort. ...

Gas prices drive riders to Amtrak - Detroit News

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:06:07 -0400

LANSING -- Amtrak ridership in Michigan continues to climb as travelers look to avoid shelling out $4 a gallon for gasoline. Officials for the train company say travel on the Pontiac-Detroit-Ann Arbor-Jackson-Chicago lines increased 5.9 percent in ...

Time travel with 19th century schooner cruise - San Francisco Gate

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:03:40 -0400

This ship's role as a living museum - a moving monument to maritime history - didn't fully sink in until we sailed into a sinister-looking New England fog and the first mate handed me a conch shell. Stand at the bow and... Traveling with a serious ...

Foreign Office warns against travel to Georgia (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:09:21 -0400

The government on Saturday warned against all unnecessary travel to Georgia after the ex-Soviet country declared a state of war with Russia.

Parlez-vous Talkman Travel' Interactive Travel Guide Coming to PSP

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:06:37 -0400

Talkman Travel serves as an interactive pocket tour guide for tourists traveling to Tokyo, Paris or Rome. This will really help you “break the ice” with the locals in each of the destinations, with accurate linguistic support in ...

Summer travel woes' How about a staycation'

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:05:25 -0400

Several newspapers have been reporting on the phenomenon, in which many Americans are choosing to travel much closer to home this summer on shorter weekend trips or even just maximize their time in the backyard by investing in outdoor ...

U.S. to require advance registration for visitors from Western Europe ... - Seattle Times

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:05:34 -0400

WASHINGTON — The United States will require visitors who are allowed to enter the country without visas to register biographical details online at least three days before they travel. It will affect travelers from most of Western Europe, Japan and ...

Passport options: New docs about to debut - MSNBC

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:04:59 -0400

Have passport, will travel. Don’t have a passport' Depending on where you’re going and how you plan to get there, you may be OK. Between several new forms of alternative ID and one seldom-publicized loophole, many travelers will be able to cross ...

Little Leaguers headed to Cuba to play ball - San Diego Union-Tribune

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:08:06 -0400

A Little League team from Vermont and New Hampshire plans to travel to Cuba to play baseball this summer. The members of the Connecticut Valley South Little League All-Star team expect to play at least a game a day in the Havana area during a 10-day ...

Offbeat Guides: Personalized, On-demand Travel Guides

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:04:32 -0400

Offbeat Guides' first product is personalized, on-demand printed Travel Guides. Ever go through the experience of planning a trip using the web' I've always found it pretty painful - finding all the sights, the best places to stay, ...

US predicts Israel will relent on letting Fulbright winners from Gaza ... - International Herald Tribune

Fri, 30 May 2008 18:24:39 -0400

WASHINGTON : The Bush administration predicted Friday that Israel will soon allow select Palestinian scholars to leave the besieged Gaza Strip to study under the prestigious Fulbright scholarship program. There was no immediate announcement from ...

Travelers out of gas' - Baltimore Sun

Thu, 29 May 2008 10:04:23 -0400

Violet Quick would probably have gone to Ocean City for the Memorial Day weekend, but with the price of regular gasoline closing in on $4 a gallon, she decided to stay home and have a cookout. Quick - whose Suzuki Swift sports an "I am from Pigtown ...

Surging international travel deficit subsides in first quarter - The Canadian Press

Wed, 28 May 2008 10:06:05 -0400

Surging international travel deficit subsides in first quarter
The Canadian Press, OTTAWA -55 minutes ago
OTTAWA — The recent surge in Canada's international travel deficit subsided in the first quarter of 2008 due to a significant drop in Canadian travel...

Travel News Roundup, May 24, 2008

Sun, 25 May 2008 10:03:51 -0400

Travel blog Gridskipper has long been a favorite source of information for the cheapskate/hipster/club kid set. Under the ownership of the Gawker blog network, Gridskipper provided information on offbeat subjects from Tokyo’s ...

Survey: Top Local Memorial Day Travel Spots (WCVB Boston)

Sat, 24 May 2008 18:23:22 -0400

A new survey ranks the top travel destinations for Bostonians over Memorial Day weekend.