green living, smart spending
You know you are a diehard skier or snowboarder when it is April and you are still thinking about squeezing in another few days of downhill delight. Some resorts are staying open until mid-May. The 2023–24 ski season started slow but picked up momentum and is ending with spring storms both East and West. That
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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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It’s a long flight, and you can’t sleep well on a plane, especially in cramped economy seats, and you need to keep the kids quiet, too. That means in-flight entertainment – movies, music and games – on a system easy to use. While you wouldn’t choose an airline solely on the basis of what the
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Even before the current downhill season ends, season passes are now on sale for the 2024/25 ski and snowboard season, at the lowest early bird rates of the year. Whether you buy an Ikon Pass, Epic Pass, Mountain Collective Pass, Indy Pass, or a pass from one specific favorite area or group of destinations in
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Party hearty in Lake Charles, the family-friendly Mardi Gras destination, where kids get their own parade, and there’s another parade for classic cars and hot rods. It’s just as much fun, and a lot less expensive, than Mardi Gras in nearby New Orleans. One of the traditions of Mardi Gras in Lake Charles is the
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United is adding more than 100 new flights to popular destinations in the U.S. and Canada for the upcoming summer season. Expanded flights include some of the most scenic spots in North America. That includes Anchorage and Fairbanks in Alaska, Jackson Hole and Bozeman, the northern and southern access points for Yellowstone National Park, plus
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It was a day that would change the world by setting it in motion. Happy 137th birthday to the automobile, born January 29, 1886, when German engineer Dr. Carl Benz applied for a patent on his “gas-powered vehicle”. Later the same year and independently of Benz, German engineer and tinkerer Gottlieb Daimler built his motorized
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New York City is back on top of the tourism map, which means many visitors are traveling between LaGuardia, JFK and Newark Liberty airports and Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Staten Island. This comprehensive guide gives you all your choices for Newark Airport transportation without spending a fortune. As a native and lifelong New
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There are six FREE admission days to national parks, monuments and historic sites in 2024, one more than in 2023. There are more than 400 National Park Service sites nationwide, with at least one in every state. The fee-free days continue a tradition of FREE admission days to increase access, promote recreational opportunities, improve visitor
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