Wanderlust Journey

When booking our trip to Europe I was torn between purchasing a Eurail pass or not. (Eurail is the correct spelling of what we Americans tend to call a “EuroRail” pass). Jim and I were going to be travelling in 3 mainland European countries only by train so it seemed like a good plan, but [...]

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During our fun Spring Break trip to Miami and the Bahamas, we decided to take taxis instead of renting a car when traveling around Miami. We did rent a car for our trip to the Everglades, from Enterprise Rent a Car since the Everglades are ~1 hour away. Only using taxis seemed like a good [...]

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I live about fifteen minutes south of BWI Airport (Baltimore Washington International) and can usually get a flight to my parents’ home airport, Long Island Islip-MacArthur Airport, on Southwest for less than $200. Back before the recession and oil hitting the $150 a barrel peak, I used to get flights for $29 or $39 each [...]

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One of my favorite activities to do in Las Vegas is to see the Mac King Comedy Magic Show! Every time I travel to Las Vegas I made to sure to stop by Harrah’s and enjoy the show! Its ranked #11 of 581 Attractions on TripAdvisor with some great reviews. I think its a Las [...]

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Earlier this month, The New York Times published a list of thirty one places you should try to visit in 2010. Along with the listing of places, they devote several paragraphs to each, explaining why it would be a great destination and any recent changes that might pique your interest. For example, the 29th location, [...]

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In the Las Vegas episode of Man V. Food, Adam stops by the Hash House A Go Go in Las Vegas to show off some of their delights. I had no idea, and only knew because of the food, that I had been to a Hash House before in San Diego! I was in San [...]

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The Maori are the indigenous people of New Zealand and Nomadic Matt, currently traveling there, treats us to a video from a cultural show in the area. In this particular video, you can catch a glimpse of Maori life but much else. I’ve always found that cultural shows like this are a great place start, [...]

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Bloomberg reported in late October that Amtrak plans to offer free Wi-Fi internet access on their high-speed Acela trains starting in 2010. The Wi-Fi may not stay free though, they’ll decide whether or not to charge after the initial deployment. I fly fairly frequently and having wi-fi available on a trip would be awesome. I [...]

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Last weekend I flew to Las Vegas for a conference and was pleasantly surprised when I learned that Google was working with some airport wireless providers to offer free Wifi over the holidays. Baltimore Washington International, my home airport, was one of the forty seven airports participating in the free offer, available until January 15th, [...]

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I’m a big fan of Travelzoo’s Top 20 weekly emails and so when I saw Dunhill Vacations, a similar travel deals site, offer their own emails, I signed up. With both of these newsletters, you get weekly emails notifying you of hot travel deals. With Travelzoo, you get their top twenty deals every week which [...]

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