smarter traveling, driving and spending
Times are tough. We’re all looking to save money without giving up the family vacation. Check out these contests and sweepstakes that can get you on the road for free for as little as signing up on the company’s Facebook page. Bausch + Lomb is offering an all-expenses paid trip for two to celebrate the
Read more
Whatever your interest, from cooking to yoga, there is a theme cruises to fit. One of the most popular categories of theme cruises is music and dancing, especially since the popularity of such hit TV shows as “Dancing With The Stars” and “America’s Got Talent”. Here are some upcoming cruises that will get your feet
Read more
Germany is justifiably famous for its great beer and wine festivals, which start in late summer or early fall and focus on regional wines, beers, and culinary specialties. The most famous is the Munich Oktoberfest, the world’s oldest and largest beer festival , which celebrates its 200th anniversary in 2010. Festival dates this year are
Read more
India has tapped popular Bollywood actress and a former Miss World, Priyanka Chopra, to be the face and the body of the country’s environmental efforts, which include tiger conservation and cleaning up the Ganga River. Before heading to Bollywood and establishing a successful career, Chopra traveled the world as Miss World 2000. Priyanka Chopra’s new
Read more
The restaurant Global Mundo Tapas in Sydney, Australia really has to worry about guests stealing the menu as a souvenir, now that they’ve put the menus on iPads. In this restaurant, app means mobile device as well as yummy appetizer. The iPad menu gives a description of the dish, even a photo, and the wine
Read more
If you have been planning to get a U.S. Passport, or renew one, act fast. U.S. Passport fees increase dramatically on July 13, 2010. The cost of a new passport jumps from $100 to $135. Renewing your existing passport will rocket from $75 to $110, a 47 percent increase. Charges for a minor to age
Read more
Wine tasting tours are a rite of spring, summer and fall in California wine country — but your shouldn’t drink and drive. Here are three interesting alternatives: In the Northern California region promoted as Shasta Cascade, Air Shasta now offers wine tasting at Anselmo Vineyards by helicopter. It’s a two-hour excursion — a 30-minute chopper
Read more
Find your happy place outdoors. That’s the theme of National Trails Day 2010, on Sunday, June 5th. So grab your camera, a picnic lunch and water, and head for one of the many peaceful places near home or not. Hiking does not have to involve a grueling trek on a mountain trail, or even overnight
Read more
Summer of Love: In May 2009, exactly one year before Dennis Hopper passed away from the ravages of cancer, he was in Taos, New Mexico, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the movie “Easy Rider”, where much of that iconic 1969 movie was filmed. I had the great good fortune of meeting him and interviewing
Read more
First, let me say that I despise the term ‘girlfriend getaway’. That leaves out women only family travel such as a spa weekend for mother and daughter bonding, a grandpmother taking a favorite five-year-old skiing, or the joys of solo travel. So let’s talk instead about women only adventure travel. Adventure Women tours offers these two trips in July 2010 to the
Read more