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Spots Have Opened Up on Pauline Frommer's October Tour to Taiwan! 13 Aug 2013 | 07:13 pm
You know what they say about best laid plans.... We purposefully decided to limit the number of guests on my upcoming tour of Taiwan to 15 or less. But I just learned 15 minutes ago that a member of ...
More on Taiwan 10 Jul 2013 | 10:23 pm
“Bu yao!” An ugly Mandarin phrase, it translates roughly to “I don’t want it” or “go away”. And like most visitors to mainland China, I learned it on my first visit there and had to use it often on ...
Won't You Join Me on an Exciting Trip to Taiwan This Fall? 9 Jul 2013 | 06:23 pm
I usually travel alone or just with my family. But once a year, on behalf of the radio network my father and I work with, I host a tour somewhere in the world. Last year it was Paris and the French R...
Etiquette in the Air: The Importance of Manners In Flight 26 Jun 2013 | 05:59 pm
In the hopes of restoring some decorum to air travel I decided to interview “Mister Manners”, Thomas Farley. Farley is the author of “Modern Manners: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Social Graces” and ...
Spirit Airlines Quietly Ditches Its 800 Number, Domestic Airfares Down to Many Popular Destinations This Summer and More Airline News 6 May 2013 | 09:00 am
What's the difference between 800 and 801? The first is a toll-free call, and the second is an area code in Utah. Which does Spirit Airlines use for its reservations number? The one that has customers...
Holiday Inn Pays Guests To Stay At Its Properties....Sort Of 24 Apr 2013 | 01:25 am
Holiday Inn will be giving a minimum of $25 in gift cards for either gasoline, train discounts or air discounts to those who stay for two-nights between now and June 30th. Stay 3 nights, and the chain...
Pay Just $110 Per Night for a Lovely, Manhattan Hotel This Spring (No That's Not a Misprint) 18 Apr 2013 | 07:56 am
Views of the Hudson river (from some rooms), fluffy duvets, larger-than-normal rooms, a primo location, free wifi, a useable gym and a genuinely friendly staff--these are the elements that make the Be...
Change Fees Waived by Airlines for Those Flying Into or Out of Boston 16 Apr 2013 | 05:58 pm
This is just a quick blog to point you towards a helpful article by USAToday. In light of yesterday's horrific attack in Boston, all of the major carriers have waived change fees for those scheduled t...
Buckle Up, It's Going to Be a Bumpy Flight...Literally! The Effects of Pollution on Air Turbulence Plus More Bad Sequester News 15 Apr 2013 | 04:20 pm
I'm sorry that this blog has become a parade of lousy news lately, but here comes some more. Scientists are predicting that as carbon dioxide levels rise, so will air turbulence for transatlantic flig...
Lessons to Take Away from Yesterday's Pickpocket-Inspired Shut Down of the Louvre in Paris 11 Apr 2013 | 08:49 pm
Last May, I hosted a tour of France for the listeners to my radio show. We had days of touring together, and days when we set off on our own. On one of the free days, a group within our group headed t...
