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The Bedbug Registry exists to give travelers and renters a reliable and neutral platform for reporting their encounters with bedbugs. These retro pests are spreading extremely quickly across several North American cities!
Bed bugs are easy to transport in luggage and very hard to get rid of. They have become a real nuisance for hotels, who are generally not publicizing their infestations. You can’t tell whether a building or hotel room has them based on cleanliness - the bugs can thrive anywhere there are cracks and crevices to hide in. Until a reliable, safe pesticide becomes available, avoiding bedbug encounters will be the only reliable way to ensure they don’t spread into your own home.
GROUP travel has never been more popular, and for good reason:
A GROUP can be smaller than you might think: An all-inclusive or tour group can be as few as 10 people, and a cruise group is typically 16 people
Think you might have a GROUP? Contact Me - I have experience with putting together groups for flights, cruises, mission and volunteer trips, and all-inclusive vacations (including Destination Weddings)! I can source exactly what you need and also negotiate the best rates and amenities for your group.
04 MAR 2010: Dad got more than a detention for this one. The Federal Aviation Administration suspended an air traffic controller and a supervisor after they permitted the controller’s elementary-school-aged child to direct air traffic at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. Now it’s been learned that everybody had so much fun, a second child, was allowed the same privileges the following day. An investigation is underway.
No idea is too farfetched these days! A Czech travel agency is offering escorted trips for toys. In the past week, the venture’s website has logged over 15,000 visitors. The concept is simple - send them your favourite stuffed animal and they will escort it around the sights of Prague, taking photographs of the stuffed critter against backgrounds like Prague Castle or the Charles Bridge. The company was inspired by the 2001 film “Amelie”, in which the heroine has pictures of her father’s garden gnome posed in front of various world landmarks sent to him to convince him to fulfill his dream of touring the world.
If there is one universal at this time of year, it’s Christmas lights. During the last month of the year, there is never an energy crisis, only an opportunity to dazzle in the most ostentatious manner possible.
There is a house around the corner from us in Burlington that is quite famous for it’s Christmas light display. Yes, we visit and stand in awe every December.
But now, we will look much further… assembled below you will find videos of some of the most remarkable Christmas displays from around the world. Accuse them of being wasteful, call them garish, but you have to hand it to them in one respect… they know how to put on a show, and we all love to be entertained! Festive is truly in the eye of the beholder, as you will see if you click on the following merry links:
Travel brochures are packed with useful information and pictures, and can be a great help when planning a trip. In their traditional paper version, they are also bulky, certainly not eco-friendly, and they quickly become out of date and obsolete. Many of my trusted travel suppliers actually produce electronic versions of their brochures, and so I added a section on my blog site to list them for you. Just click on ‘E-brochures’ tab!
Although I love to work with my customers in researching and booking their last minute getaways, I can also if you prefer to do it yourself on-line! Check out my secure booking engine for all inclusive vacations. When you book, I will receive an immediate confirmation, and will still help with any questions, issues, special requests, travel tips, and with making sure you receive and understand the trip documents. Travelonly.com is quick and easy to use, it provides the lowest and most up-to-date pricing, and it’s the best of both worlds: you can book your trip yourself, and still receive the support of a travel agent that you can trust and count on.
With Halloween around the corner, here’s a look at 7 of the Scariest Travel Movies ever made:
The Shining
Jack and his family are stuck in the Overlook Hotel. The Hotel is haunted; it drives Jack crazy (All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy!) and he turns on his poor family. Can the mystical force of The Shining save them…?
Psycho
Marion Crane steals a suitcase of cash and flees to Norman Bates’ remote hotel. She’s the only visitor and things soon get creepy. Norman acts strangely, and who exactly is living in the big house above the hotel? Things are definitely not as they seem… Surely the original hotel-horror, Psycho will leave you reluctant to ever take a shower on holiday again.
