Did you know that nearly one-third of Americans anticipate spending more on travel in 2012, with almost half intending to spend the same amount as they did in 2011? That’s right, and consumers continue to master the web for making travel plans as annual online travel bookings are expected to increase from $102 billion to $143 billion over [...]
Archive for the ‘travel tips’ Category
19 Dec
Frugal Foreign Travel Tips for Baby Boomer Ladies
This week, Kate Forgach, gives our Baby Boomer adventurer’s some travel tips for the road. Forgach has written about senior issues for 11 years and has been featured in USA Today, Detroit News, New Orleans Times-Picayune, New Yorker magazine, “ABC World News,” NBC’s “TODAY” show and many other media outlets. So, needless to say, she knows [...]
27 Sep
Responsible Tourism, Media, and… Humanitarian Aid
We just love a symbiotic relationship. PB & J, BLT’s, Mac ‘n Cheese. Things that go well together just make life so much better, don’t you think? To that end, The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and Lonely Planet, the world’s leading travel publisher, today announced the launch of a partnership [...]
1 Jul
Reducing Your Carbon Travel Footprint
The summer travel season is here and whether you are traveling by train, plane or automobile, your vacation is likely to increase your carbon footprint — the amount of CO2 and other damaging greenhouse gases you emit into the atmosphere. Fortunately, this doesn’t have to dampen your summer fun. Gary Gero, president of the Climate Action [...]
