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Last Minute Vacation Is Disappointing

I’m a single mother with two teenagers and a limited budget. Every year my kids and I take one week’s vacation in the summer. Last year I carefully planned out a trip to an all-inclusive resort...

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Exploring the Ecuadorian Coast

Located on the Pacific coast of Ecuador, Manta is the heart of the Manaba­ province.Manaba is famous for its local dishes, its beaches and its friendly people and did I mention its food and...

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America’s Image Abroad – Are We All Canadians?

I’m not a huge proponent of national pride. That’s not to say I don’t love my country, but I feel, in the chaotic scheme of life, humans were dumped onto different landmasses and that was that....

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Flight Attendants Get No Respect. Can They Do Their Jobs?

Wanted: Someone to push heavy carts along a narrow aisle dispensing Coke (the drink), cookies and conversation, with a smile.Applicant must be able to evacuate a plane, determine, behind closed...

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BedBugs Bite, Hotel Reputations Fall: Terminix Rates Your City

The bedbugs keep biting, and the reputations and pocketbooks of hotels and inns are getting infected.A couple of months ago we did a “trending spotting” piece on bedbugs, and the...

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Men And Women Travel Differently. Here’s How

Men and women are different. Who dares argue the point?  So it’s no surprise that we now know they travel differently, seeking different travel experiences.Men and...

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Selling the “Polygamy Tour” in Arizona

Twitter Follow And why would we be surprised? We have Medical Tours where travelers combine a few days in a luxury hotel and first class beaches in Thailand,...

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Travel Through The Theatre of the Mind

Twitter FollowListen to a poor Elvis Presley talk about his daddy’s arrest and imprisonment for forging an eight dollar check to feed his hungry...

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In Portugal Port Wine is King

If Vasco do Gama, Magellan and Henry the Navigator fortified themselves with Port, Portugal’s most famous product, it might have made their journeys less horrific.But  Port wasn’t created...

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