Waiting to Board with Beth Whitman
Beth Whitman has logged hundreds of thousands of miles around the globe as a contemporary wanderer, combining her love for travel with volunteer work, adventure trips, travel writing and business. She has trekked the Himalayas in Nepal and Bhutan, ridden a motorcycle solo from Seattle to ...
Read moreThe better not to hear you with – Newark hotel gets makeover
Here’s the thing about airport hotels: you shouldn’t be able to hear what’s going on outside your own room. Jet noise, traffic commotion what what’s happening down the hall should all be blessedly absent.
Read moreDitch the car in Washington State
Alaska Airlines is counting on in its intra-Pacific Northwest flight sale. Book and buy no later than July 6. Fly from July 6 through Sept. 30.
Read moreWashington State for less
From wondrous Walla Walla to Seattle’s trendy Capitol Hill region, Washington State is a cornucopia of good cuisine – much of it affordably priced. James Beard said, “Food is our common ground, a universal experience.” The common ground here is local, and the common touchstone the Pacific.
Read moreOzark odyssey – Frontier lays on more flights to Branson
For a lot of folks, Branson is a mid-American entertainment Mecca, the self-proclaimed “Live Music Show Capital of the World.” Frontier Airlines begins seasonal nonstop service from a pair of southwestern cities to BKG in September. Sept. 17 through Dec. 10 Frontier will offer once-weekly ...
Read moreTop 10 museum cities worldwide
Rarely do travelers plan a vacation to Paris without scheduling in a visit to the Louvre for a glimpse at its No. 1 draw, the captivating Mona Lisa. Nor do first-time visitors to Washington D.C. tour the Capitol without perusing its awe-inspiring Smithsonian Museums, the largest museum and ...
Read moreAlternative jet fuels to soon sprout at Detroit Metro Airport
Those of you who follow Cheapflights Flight News know we’ve been chronicling a cascade of route cuts lately, almost all of them triggered by still sky-high jet fuel costs. Now, some hopeful news.
Read moreTSA battles image problem – pats down kid, 95-year old
Transportation Security Administration embarrassment seems to have peaked of late. The latest couple of episodes: the video-recorded pat down of a six-year-old girl at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport Apr. 5 and, according to CNN, the June 18 pat down of a 95-year-old woman and ...
Read moreNext weekend away in Sonoma
Want to spend the red, white, and bluest day of the year deep in the heart of wine country? The folks in and around Sonoma would love it. The calendar is packed with Fourth of July festivities.
Read moreMore low-fare competition from Portland to Vegas
Spirit picks and chooses the places it wants to fly carefully, and the market from PDX to LAS seems ripe. The discount airline is the quintessential “unbundled” carrier – you pay for what you want. Spirit lofts some 150 daily flights to an expanding route structure that, as of now, ...
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