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Now Boarding: Trouble in Paradise
Recently, we’ve been trying to book my inlaws on a much-deserved tropical vacation for a week. They wanted somewhere quiet, clean, comfortable, ocean view, with good restaurants and weather, minus screaming kids, minus drunk college students, minus drunk middle agers … Continue reading
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Now Boarding: Monday Hat News- American charges for blankets!
Happy Monday everyone! Here’s the latest in travel news. American Airlines is charging for BLANKETS and PILLOWS – at a whopping $8 a blanket/pillow set on domestic flights and flights to/from Mexico and Canada. Those questionably clean (even though sealed … Continue reading
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Now Boarding: Bye-bye, Northwest Airlines
Northwest Airlines and Delta Airlines quietly integrated into one company on January 31. The news had poked around my radar, but I didn’t get confirmation of it until I went onto www.nwa.com to check my miles number only to have … Continue reading
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Now Boarding: Monday Hat News
Yes, someone’s got a severe case of the Mondays, after being couped up indoors through the weekend’s snowfall and freezing temperatures. Some news in the travel world: Machu Picchu landslide strands 2,000 tourists: Heavy rains caused landslides in the ancient … Continue reading
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Now Boarding: Thursday Hat deals!
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 … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
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Now Boarding: $10 Airline holiday surcharges
Well, looky at what the airlines of the United States are doing NOW. For flights around 13 different holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas, they’re charging passengers a “surcharge” of $10 on top of the regular fare. Sure, it’s just $10, … Continue reading
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Now Boarding: Weather Channel’s Fall Foliage map
Mother Nature knew: as soon as September hit, the humidity dissipated and the suddenly temperatures dropped, and that familiar back-to-school atmosphere is in the air. It’s a mix of chimney smoke and leaves, brown bag lunches and school bus exhaust, … Continue reading
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