United airlines has announced that not only will flyers who buy their cheapest tickets not be able to select seats until the day of departure but now they can’t bring more than one carry on bag with them and it has to fit under the seat, it can’t go in the overhead bin. Continue reading United to make flying even worse
Interesting piece on some of the potential fallout to the travel industry . Continue reading How Trump will impact travel
Toy Story Land is coming to Shanghai Disneyland. According to a report on the Disney Parks Blog, Disney just celebrated the official ground-breaking on the new land headed to the park in 2018. The new expansion joins the first-ever Toy Story themed hotel which opened alongside the park back in June. Continue reading Toy Story Land planned for Disneyland Shanghai
You may have heard a lot of talk about how Mexico City is having a moment right now, the NY Times at the start of the year named it the top destination in the world for 2016, well I can … Continue reading Mexico City Dia De Los Muertos
Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts Punta Cana is an experiential resort providing non-stop family entertainment. Located on the golden sands of Uvero Alto beach, this upscale property delivers delightful surprises such a slimings and unexpected visits from your favorite Nickelodeon characters. At Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts Punta Cana, it’s about redefining a family luxury resort vacation with complimentary gourmet cuisine, premium drinks, personalized service and unforgettable activities hand-selected for our guests. • Nickelodeon’s first ever international resort • The renowned Gourmet Inclusive® Experience by Karisma provides guests of all ages an incomparable luxury vacation • Aqua Nick Water Park has water … Continue reading Nickelodeon Resort Sale
Southwest starts flights from Ft Lauderdale and Tampa to Veradero in November and Havana in December and is offering tickets as low as $59 one way on travel through April 24. Continue reading Southwest Sale to Cuba
Just a few words of advice while everyone is trying to get their holiday plans booked. With airfare just a few quick rules to get better prices. 1) The cheapest time to get tickets has already passed, but get your thanksgiving tickets by Halloween and your Christmas tickets by thanksgiving, because after that they’ll go up significantly. 2) if you can, fly on off dates, Christmas Eve, Day, New year’s Eve are the cheapest during the holiday season. 3) Don’t expect last minute deals, it doesn’t happen during the holidays. Continue reading Holiday Flights
Interesting story in the NY Times about how Jamaica is now looking to actually legalize parts of the marijuana industry and cash in on the related tourism. Continue reading Jamaica looking to cash in on weed tourism
I needed a few days away, so decided to head north for the long holiday weekend to a city that I had never really been to, but keep hearing great things about. My stomach and my liver took a beating, … Continue reading Weekend in The Burgh
Delta announced this afternoon that they’ll begin selling tickets on September 10 for direct flights to Havana from NY, Atlanta and Miami, and flights will start on December 1. They released a pretty good and detailed FAQ on travel to Cuba Continue reading Delta to start selling Havana tickets September 10
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