November 19, 2012

AAA predicts uptick in travel for Thanksgiving holiday
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/aaa-predicts-uptick-in-holiday-travel/2012/11/13/b1a790da-2dac-11e2-89d4-040c9330702a_story.html
Apparently, it's no secret that Americans plan to travel on the cheap this Thanksgiving. Airfares are down, gas prices are lower, hotel rooms are a smidgen cheaper and money is tight all around, according to the annual Thanksgiving travel survey ...


Baby's Death Spurs Recall of 220000 Infant Travel Beds
http://everythinglubbock.com/fulltext?nxd_id=134352
WASHINGTON A children's safety equipment manufacturer has agreed to recall about 220,000 infant travel beds after reports of one infant's death and nine others entrapped or distressed while inside the portable sleep tents. The Consumer Product Safety ...


Food tours are enriching travel
http://www.boston.com/travel/new-england/2012/11/16/food-tours-are-enriching-travel/EfCafKL3mHS25IQAyIXxTN/story.html
It started with a gift certificate for a North End food tour. Shopping the neighborhood delis and pastry shops of Boston's Italian district gave Martha Mayo a taste for food travel. She later took a cooking class in Paris, followed by a hands-on ...


With Busiest Travel Day of the Year Ahead, New York City Gas Rationing Will ...
http://observer.com/2012/11/with-busiest-travel-day-of-the-year-ahead-gas-rationing-will-continue-through-friday/
Some fear this might wreak havoc on their Thanksgiving travel plans?Wednesday will be the busiest travel day of the year, after all?but City Hall says it is taking this step because of, not in spite of, the rush for the (highway) exits. ?Because we ...


Giving Back Through Travel
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2012/11/18/giving-back-through-travel/
Bruce Poon Tip is the founder of the Canadian-based G Adventures Travel specializing in trips that provide authentic interaction with local cultures, ?While traveling through poor nations, I saw impoverishment and the opportunity to give back.? The non ...


Thanksgiving Travel Expected to See Increase in Bay Area
http://halfmoonbay.patch.com/articles/thanksgiving-travel-expected-to-see-increase-in-bay-area-8814d21c
There is expected to be a slight increase in Thanksgiving travelers in the Bay Area and throughout the state, according to travel experts. According to a report by travel organization AAA, more than 5.4 million Californians plan to travel 50 miles or ...


Teen Travel Bloggers Win Big
http://technorati.com/lifestyle/travel/article/teen-travel-bloggers-win-big/
In an example of great partnering, Family Travel Forum (FTF) and the Society of American of Travel Writers teamed up to work with and present the lucky Bloggers who earned the 2012 Teen Travel Writing Scholarships, awarded by both of these professional ...


Florida's visitor head count up in 3 r d period
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-cfb-tourism-column-1119-20121118,0,2843241.story
Travel to Florida was up 3.5 percent in the third quarter compared with a year earlier, according to preliminary estimates from Visit Florida, the state's publicly subsidized marketing agency. Visit Florida said 21.9 million people traveled to Florida ...