My favorite time of the week… trip deals! Since all I’ve been doing is dreaming about vacation, this week’s focus is on VACATION PACKAGES (with some exceptions). COSTA RICA package starting $779: This is a spectacular deal, if you’re into tours and packages. Jon and I spent more than that per person when we took off [...]
Entries from January 2010
January 27, 2010
Cool Tools: AirFareWatchDog.com
Airlines and search engines enjoying sending lots of lists. They are good lists, of course: lists of the lowest airfares and hotels, lists of great vacation packages, that sort of stuff that budget and time-conscious travelers like myself enjoy receiving. But after a while, it is sort of pain to sift through all those lists [...]
January 25, 2010
Now Boarding: Monday travel updates
Mondays will now be Travel Hats news and updates in the travel world! Hope everyone on the East & West coast are staying dry. Super Bowl Travel Scams(and World Cup and other major sporting events): So you would all know better than to respond to a random e-mail or snail mail offering a too-good-t0-be-true promise [...]
January 20, 2010
Cool Tools: WhatsOnWhen
Some of the best reasons to travel somewhere is because of the happenings around town. For example – Jon and I planned our trip to the beautiful island UNESCO world heritage site of Visby, Sweden to coincide with the ridiculously fantastic Medieval Week. We also headed out to Eastern Europe just as the heartwarming Christmas [...]
January 18, 2010
In the Suitcase: Volunteer vacations
Who hasn’t dreamt of living out of a hut in Kenya and playing with orphaned children, helping them read or put on clothes or singing songs together. I mean, what a great romantic cliche many 22-year-old college graduates think they’ll experience as they turn their tassles and march into the Real World (and I mean a [...]
January 14, 2010
Getting Lost In: San Diego!
Really, there is nothing quite like touching down in 75-degree weather when the rest of the country is experiencing a cold spell, even in Miami (24 degrees?!). And after staring down from your plane window at miles and miles of white squares across the whole country, it’s no wonder that southern California has its share [...]
January 7, 2010
Now Boarding: Southwest, JetBlue AND Virgin Air ticket sales
I’ve ripped this straight from the LA Times travel blog: the first airfare sales of 2010, already! Southwest Airlines: This is a three-day sale that ends Jan. 7, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time. Valid for travel every day except Fridays and Sundays through May 12, with a 14-day advance purchase. Fares start at $59 each way, [...]
January 5, 2010
In The Suitcase: Packing Light
My two sisters-in-law are headed to Israel this week for ten days and were handed a fairly ambiguous packing list with suggested items on it and then to pack for temperatures between 40 to 70 degrees. And for activities like hiking, swimming, and nice dinners. The girls are scrambling to make it all fit into [...]
January 3, 2010
Wandering: My Travel Hats returns from holiday!
Apologies, travel fans, for the hiccups in schedule this December! But starting this 2010, My Travel Hats has its own New Year’s resolutions to include the following: 1. a regular editorial calendar 2. more great tips/ great trips! 3. contests, polls, and fun interactivity 4. and for all you who keep sending me press releases [...]
