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Tuesday March 24, 2015

 

Destinations

10 Best Chile Experiences
Check out Chile's best experiences, from dog sledding to weaving with indigenous…

The Top 10 destinations in the world, according to TripAdvisor
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Tours and Activities

Tips From a Veteran on Making the Most of Coachella
Ben Ratliff, a Times music critic, gives advice for attending the festival that’s remarkably similar to running a marathon: Drink water and be wary of the…

Spectacular Rainbow Beaches with the World's Most Colorful Sand
Escape to these spectacularly hued beaches where you won't believe the color of the…

Iguazu Falls: Unlike any waterfall on earth
These falls on the border of Argentina and Brazil put others to…


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Cruise

AmaWaterways Owner Says Line Will Build More Cruise Ships for 2017
AmaWaterways' Executive Vice President and Co-owner Kristin Karst has confirmed the line will build two more ships in…

Carnival Australia Cruise Ships Deliver Aid to Vanuatu
Carnival Australia is using four of its cruise ships to deliver humanitarian aid to Vanuatu after the devastation of Cyclone…


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Transportation

Airbus delivers its 9,000th aircraft
Airbus celebrated the delivery of its 9,000 aircraft on Friday, delivering the milestone plane - an Airbus A321 - to Vietnamese carrier…

Cool travel hacks: New uses for airline amenity kits
For years, airline amenity kits, most of which are handed out in business and first class on long-haul flights, were quite boring. But that's…


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Lodging

Top 10: the best New Forest hotels
An insider's guide to the best hotels in the New Forest, featuring the top places to stay for open fires, captivating views, excellent pub grub, bike hire, Georgian charm, treehouse accommodation, Michelin-starred dining and top-notch wine…

Music hotels: Hi-tech gramophones, instrument room service, and treble clef lamps
At one time a bank, this 19th-century palazzo in Pest has been transformed into a 49-room hotel themed on a 'love of music'. Music runs through the hotel's veins, from the note-perfect décor to the musical library, accessible via complimentary iPads and…


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Other and Odd

Getting to the Front of the Visa Line
Frustrated by visa applications for destinations like Brazil, Russia, China and India? Here’s a three-step plan for…

Is graffiti ruining Paris?
Street art, urban blight, or a valuable record for the future? Anthony Peregrine on the spread of graffiti in the…

African elephants could be extinct 'within a decade'
At least 80,000 African elephants have been poached since 2006, experts at a summit in Botswana have…


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Today in History

The Exxon Valdeze Oil Spill
On March 24, 1989 Captain Joseph Hazelwood grounded his boat. Unfortunately, his boat was a 30,000 ton oil tanker filled with 53,094,510 gallons of oil, of which 10.8 million gallons spilled into Prince William Sound. The resulting oil spill ranks as one of the most disasterous environmental catastrophes of…

Travel Agent Diaries

Capital Travel and Events - growing bigger, and a little doubtful

I actually had a completely different entry written for this week but by virtue of recent of events, I decided this was more relevant to what is going on right now at my agency.

I remember when I was young, waking up in the middle of the night with excruciating pain in my legs night after night.  Growing pains.  They were crappy then, and although I’m thankful for my height after the fact, I don’t enjoy them much today either – but it’s no longer a pain in my legs, it’s now related to business growth.  I know, I know… I should be thankful for them because it means things are good and business is strong; but I’m not a full time travel agent and the…

  — Travel Research Online
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The 365 Guide

Make The Call!

There are people out there I know you want to "catch up" with. People you want to talk to. People you still care about. People who you have lost touch with for some reason or another. What are you waiting for? Stop procrastinating and make the call.

Are you waiting for them to call you? They are waiting for you to call them. You probably have little memory of how this distance unfolded, but who cares? Call em.

I recently made two of these…

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60-Second Geography

Explore The Iberian Peninsula With Avanti Destinations

Whether it's fine cuisine, world-class shopping, or exploring architectural wonders, the Iberian Peninsula has something for you. Let Avanti Destinations show you the best of this region and all it has to offer!

  — Travel Research Online
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Outposts

Bask On The Island Of Kos With Celestyal Cruises

The Island of Kos
The third-largest island in the Dodecanese, after Rhodes, the green isle of Kos is the birthplace of Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine. Inhabited since prehistory and called the “Island of Hippocrates,” Ios has been renowned for its rich soil since antiquity.  Its people are part of an agrarian culture that dates back to the 4th century B.C. Today much of the island’s population works in its burgeoning tourism industry, which is supported by an excellent infrastructure that features some of the Aegean’s most extensive hiking and bicycle…

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