Starwood Hotels is testing a smartphone app that replaces key cards and membership cards. Guests can go straight to their room without going through check in. It is called keyless key and being trialed in Aloft Hotels in Harlem and Silicon…
Today Gumbo decided to look at a nice sunset. Gaining a high vantage point, Gumbo took this photo called “Sailing into the Sunset”. I tried to disagree with Gumbo, pointing out there’s no sails out there anywhere, but Gumbo held firm…
Frontier airlines is having a sale that might be worth looking into, especially for folks in the Denver area or who have a Frontier feeder hub into Denver. Book by Jan 30th and fly by May 21st. Here’s that link.
Seems like every day there’s a new airport upgrade in the works; some of it is just overdue, and some reflects the new competitive arena now that there are only three big “legacy” carriers. Unlike point-to-point carriers like Virgin America or…
$39 Long Beach to Las Vegas, $49 Boston to Baltimore, $59 NYC to Charleston and hundreds more fare sales on JetBlue; it’s a two day sale (1/28-29) for travel between 2/4 and 4/9. DETAILS
As several Gumbo Guessers quickly realized, Gumbo was visiting the Lower Depths, the sine qua non of modern society, the sewer system. This particular sewer is in Paris, and it runs through the Museum des Egouts—yes, the Sewer Museum.
Of no great surprise to most I think, of all the nuisance fees airlines impose none irk passengers more than baggage fees. Unlike cancellation fees, seat reservation fees, etc, people believe they have no choice but to pay these (they could of…
The Turkish Lira again hit a record low against the US Dollar. Travelers, take note of the bargain airfares also offered to Istanbul. It makes it an excellent time to plan a trip to Turkey Read more and see the …
The Forth Bridge in Scotland is nominated as a World Heritage site.Its incredible when you thinks it’s a 124 year old bridge.At its building peak it had over 4500 workers.Read More:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tra…Heritage-status.html
With growing affluence in China, more Chinese citizens are looking to travel abroad. Most will stay in Asia, but large numbers of them are traveling the USA. Seems the Chinese like outlet shopping, luxury stores, and ‘world-class’…
This summer Universal Orlando is adding an impressive Hogwartz Express train ,Diagon Alley, and to scale London Landmarks Read More:http://travel.france24.com/content/new-harry-potter-theme-park-hogwarts-express-train-and-diagon-alley
Gumbo has come down from the mountain and back into the heart of urban life…but where is that heart beating? No fortune awaits the successful guesser, and only a fleeting measure of fame—but have fun sharing clues with your fellow Gumbo…
Spanish court determines baggage fee charges are legal. Baggage fees have become extremely popular with US airlines (and equally unpopular with consumers). These fees are a main component of US airlines profitability, so they say….
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…
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…
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…
Globally, tourism grew 5% in 2013 according to UN World Tourism Organization’s World Tourism Barometer(trying saying that quickly five times in a row!) There were more than one billion trips recorded, better than expected, especially in the…
DrFumblefinger explores the architecture in “Downtown Casablanca”. Most were constructed in the period between WWI and WWII, and show art deco and art nouveau features combined with Moroccan/Moorish features.
A delicious lunch was capped by a pleasant young Berber girl pouring mint tea for us.
I was visiting a friend, and this was the view from their house. I could understand why they built their house facing this direction. I was taken by the beauty!
Samantha shares some street art pictures from her recent trip to Bogotá, Colombia.
A garden in South Wales is the topic of today’s post from ProfessorAbe