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Celebrate National Park Week with FREE admission and FREE events in many of the 424 national parks and historic sites in the USA. National Park Week 2024 is April 20-28, and encourages all of us to discover something new about their national parks and monuments, from the Statue of Liberty in NYC to Yosemite in California. With
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Avianca Airlines has launched an airfare sale between the US and destinations in the Caribbean, Central America and South America, with fares as low as $53 each way.With a deal this good, you know there are restrictions. So here they are -This Red Sale is for tickets purchased between April 9 and 14, for flights
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Once again, well before the end of the current ski/snowboard season, Vail Resorts is selling its Epic Pass for next season, with the best rates of the year to ski/snowboard at more than 50 downhill destinations in the US, Canada and Europe. There are multiple choices for Epic Pass, so you need to decide where
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The 2024/25 ski/snowboard season in the Northeast is getting an extension thanks to a storm system dumping a foot or more of powder on trails and glades. In between turns, now is also the time to get early-bird discounts on season passes for the 2024/25 season, some with perks to use them now, for the
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Usually, travel news is about higher prices, including checked baggage fees. So we are happy to report that a major airport shuttle service is lowering its prices to and from some of the most popular destinations in the USA and beyond. Just in time for spring break, GO Airport Shuttle is reducing shared shuttle rates between
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The ski and snowboard season gets underway officially on Thanksgiving Weekend, with downhill destinations from Alta in Utah to Windham in New York either already open or opening, and several are celebrating important anniversaries or introducing important new trams and lifts. Here’s a round-up of the most important news for those with snow brains. Season
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Jackson Hole Mountain Resort is trying to break the world record for the most people skiing and riding in jeans. But everybody gets to enjoy $25 lift tickets and performance equipment rentals for the denim competition day, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, whether or not you are wearing jeans. The current record was set at The
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Once again this year, restaurant and fast-food chains are honoring current and retired military with free or discounted meals on Veterans Day, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. Some deals are for the entire weekend, Nov. 10-12, others include coupons valid for additional days. Expect to show a military ID to get the deal – or show
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The 2023 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is getting ready to be the centerpiece of New York City’s holiday celebrations. The 2023 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree arrives on November 11. The 12-ton, 80 foot tall tree will be wrapped in more than 50,000 multi-colored, energy-saving LED lights and crowned with a 9-foot, 900-pound Swarovski star covered
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Got the wanderlust and an active passport? Then take advantage of these super cheap flights to Europe as low at $99 each way. Book your flight by Sept. 13 to London, Rome, Paris, Oslo and Berlin and enjoy a fall, winter or spring holiday in Europe for less, from gateways including New York City, Boston,
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