Victoria Chao (whom you may remember from her guest post about attempting to swim in Taiwan’s Sun Moon Lake) contacted me to tell me that she wanted to share a positive experience with United Airlines customer service. (Someone wanting to praise an airline is rare indeed!) In mid-June, she had to book a flight at [...]
Oh Jersey Shore. I hated the first episode, but then my friend Caitlin insisted I give this MTV reality show another chance. So I did and I soon became completely obsessed with this group of 20-somethings who proudly called themselves Guidos and Guidettes (pictured above) as they lived it up in MTV's beach house in [...]
The Mayans predicted that the world would end in 2012. So perhaps that’s why the Ka’ana Boutique Resort (pictured above) in Belize feels comfortable offering this incredible deal where if you book a seven-day stay at Ka’ana Boutique Resort before December 18th, you get seven complimentary days in 2012 as well as airfare from Miami. [...]
We decided to splurge on our hotel in Rome, choosing the beautiful historic Hotel Eden, which we got at a pretty good rate from Hotels.com. We really enjoyed staying there but, like many fancy hotels, Internet access wasn’t free. Nope, it was €25 a day plus tax. We’re somewhat addicted to the Internet — and [...]
Separated by the Bosphorus, the city of Istanbul spans two continents: Europe and Asia. Like most tourists, we stayed on the European side, specifically in the Sultanahmet, which is the historic center. But we were excited to venture over to Asia, so we caught the ferry at Galata Bridge to the neighborhood of Uskadar. It [...]
Let's face it. Booking a rental car is the least exciting part of planning a vacation. And it can really increase the cost of the trip, as you've got the daily rate of the car plus hefty taxes and insurance fees. When we were planning our trip to Key West in February, we had already [...]
National Buy a Newspaper Day was on Feb. 2nd, so I'm a little late for that. But if you want to (gasp) buy another newspaper, then travel lovers should pick up the New York Times this Sunday. That's because in addition to all the good stuff you usually get on Sunday (Travel, Styles, Week in [...]
I am planning a somewhat last-minute trip to Costa Rica — I’m incredibly excited as I have always wanted go there — so I have been busy booking my accommodations online. I was looking on the usual booking suspects (Hotels.com, Expedia.com, etc.) when I came across the lesser-known BookIt.com. I entered in my dates, number [...]
When the Airfarewatchdog barks, I listen. Airfarewatchdog is a fantastic website created by veteran travel journalist George Hobica that tracks airfare deals and has an adorable canine logo. It's very user-friendly — all you have to do is type in your departure city and it will give you a list of cheaper-than-normal fares. You can [...]
(photo by Stefanie Says) Real New Yorkers don't go to TKTS, the Times Square booth that sells discounted same-day theater tickets. (Or if they do, they don't tell anyone and deny it vehemently if asked.) But that doesn't mean that we locals pay full-price — at least not if we can help it. TheaterMania.com offers [...]
