For those of us who compulsively follow the flight map (when available) instead of the movie, or who want to watch the movie and still check where we are, there's a new tool: the Flight Map app from Makro. It depends on downloading data about flights...
Cruise Critic, recently acquired by TripAdvisor, has added a new feature (developed by another company recently acquired by TripAdvisor). The tool, called PriceDrop, helps cruise shoppers find not the advertised prices, but the prices paid by others in the past 7 days.
Those were the top 3 international cities with U.S. tourists last year, according to the Hotel Price Index. Mexico City, Tokyo and Dubai showed the biggest increases. MORE
Nestling in the rolling plains leading to the foothills of the majestic Rocky Mountains beyond is the National Historic "Bar U Ranch". First established in 1881, today Bar U Ranch continues to be a living showpiece of the daily life and skills of...
Welcome to my gallery of photographs from a day spent wandering among the stalls at the big Fuli market. The market isn't for the tourists but is a farmer's market for the people of the area, near Yangshuo.
Join Islandman on an epic Australian rail journey that calls to mind the epic trains of Europe and Asia
Thunder Bay's 50 million ton city mascot is known as the Sleeping Giant, the panoramic Sibley Peninsula, a formation of mesas and sills that juts out on Lake Superior and forms the body of water that is Thunder Bay. When viewed from the City,...
Frontier airline is having a sale to honor the Big Game, Denver to selected cities$48 one way .Actually a little change less. The example below is to Kansas City. Tickets must be bought by must be January 23, 2014. Fares are one way for domestic...
The city oldest casino,the Golden Gate and the D Casino start accepting the digital currency Bitcoin today.They will Accept it for room,food and drinks,not gambling. This follows Bitcoin being accepted by CheapAir.com for airline tickets...
A splash of bravura color against a dark winter night provides a cheery break in a long walk home up the hilly Rue de Caulaincourt in Montmartre, Paris.
Every now and then we need a break from the bustle of urban life, and Gumbo is no exception. He's gone off to the natural world...and your task, should you accept it, is to reveal to the world where Gumbo has gone. This tape will NOT...
Gumbo’s latest visit was to the famous Black Church of Brasov, Romania, the largest Gothic church in the country, and the largest Lutheran church there. As you can see from the picture, it isn’t really black anymore, but it got that name...
This was my first blog post on my blog - Travels in the 2nd half: Yesterday I bought a a travel pouch with the saying "I am not a traveler, I am more of an explorer." This is what gets me up off the couch. At the age of 52, some people like to...
Some Ryanair passengers on a Rabat, Morocco flight to Paris, France staged a sit-in, took food and duty free items after their plane was delayed because of medical emergency. The plane stopped 250 miles short of Paris in Nantes, because of...
With more winter storms this week, thousands of flights are being canceled...and yours might be affected. The cancellations don't only affect areas that are snowed in, because airlines protect the network by not flying planes into areas where they...