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FAA Downgrades Mexico’s Airline Safety Rating

The Associated Press announced Tuesday that Mexicana de Aviacion, known to millions of sun seeking, Mexico-bound travelers as “Mexicana” filed for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. and Mexico after pilots and flight attendants rejected a pay cut and layoffs.

Just days before, reports AOL Travel, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) downgraded Mexico’s aviation safety rating citing concerns that safety oversight was not up to interna
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Northern Lights Come to New England

According to the local news the Northeast could get a fantastic show of Northen lights tonight or tomorrow night.

For those of us who are in the city, our views may be obstructed due to light pollution. However, out in the open air and mountains of places such as The Mountain View Grand the lights are sure to be breathtaking.

Therefore we are welcoming photos of the Northern lights to post on our Facebook page and give us city dwellers a view of this historical event!

Feel free to post on our wal
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THETRAVELBLOGGERSSHOW

I'm pretty excited for THETRAVELBLOGGERSHOW in Orlando this September! There are more than 70 bloggers and travel agents registered and with speakers like Chris Elliott, Kim Mance, Janice Waugh, Beth Whitman, Matt Kepnes and Jeanine Barone, there is going to be so much to learn!

Join us! Register here today and make sure you get all the updates about VIP events just for the blogger attendees on Sept.11 -- Maybe Harry Potter and Cirque Du Soliel!
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@bostonlogan: Way To Go With Twitter

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@bostonlogan: Way To Go With Twitter

It’s unlikely the Boston Red Sox will make first place this year, but the city’s airport has.

Complex, maddening to navigate, and a traffic nightmare, Boston’s Logan International Airport can at least brag that it has more followers (4000) on Twitter than any other major airport in the country, and is second only to much smaller Richmond International (Virginia) with 6000

And that’s good news considering the social networking team that runs the s
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Coconut Shrimp from Grenada, The Spice Isle

by Tripatini staff

caribbean shrimp, maca bana, aquarium, grenadaHere's why Grenada, aka the Spice Island, is the Caribbean isle of your dreams: Locals offer visitors a warm welcome, food is sourced locally instead of being crated in from other continents, and lovely beaches are dotted with little hideaways rather than highrise hotels. One of the nicest small resorts is Maca Bana, a boutique hotel with seven romantic villas on a hill overlooking the beach and sea. And it's not just a great place to stay: It's a wonderful place to eat.

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August 2010 events in the Netherlands

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This post was originally published on Clogs and Tulips: An American in Holland

or augustus in Dutch, is the month that falls after juli (July) and before september (September). As you'll notice, the Dutch don't capitalize the months of the year. This also holds true for the days of the week (maandag, dinsdag, woensdag, donderdag, vrijdag, zaterdag, and zondag).

Here is a list of what's going on in the Netherlands in augustus 2010!

What's on in the Month of August?

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Rhinebeck, the 324-year-old New York State town where Chelsea Clinton staged the overhyped "wedding of the millennium" July 31, is certainly a gentrified charmer these days, with its bistros and Victorian architecture. But apart from being the area where I grew up (in pleasant and not-quite-so-twee Red Hook, part of Rhinebeck till 1812), the rest of the gently rolling Hudson Valley in which it's centrally located is also a trove unto itself, historic enough that I think of it as "America's Loire
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North Carolina Zip Lines

We just experienced our first zip line adventure at ZipQuest slightly north of Fayetteville and it was fantastic. What an energizing workout for all ages.Do check it out if you re in the area. Mary comes in for a landing!
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With extensive development and industrialization of nations across the world, the idea of coming across a Natural Paradise can seem like a yearning for the past - but some destinations, such as the Monteverde Costa Rica, have managed to hold on to their natural beauty, making them a favored choice for travelers seeking a real natural holiday experience.


Monteverde Cloud Forest has long been a destination chosen by the thousands, the initiatives by the government to boost tourism; it is now attrac

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Visit Rhinebeck, NY historic mansions, restaurants and antique shops after the Chelsea Clinton wedding

It will take a while for Rhinebeck, New York, to return to normal, now that it’s been in the world spotlight for the wedding of Chelsea Clinton to Mark Mezvinsky. But Rhinebeck has been around since the 1600s, and it will survive, and will return to being a charming, tranquil place that welcomes visitors. Rhinebeck’s location less than two hours from New York City makes it a popular weekend geta

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HuffPost Travel Gets Flack From Travel Writers

HuffPost Travel, the newly launched travel vertical of the Huffington Post, recently ran into a blitz of criticism from professional travel writers.

In a wide-ranging interview with HuffPost Travel editor, Kate Auletta, writer Chris Gray Faust, of travel blog, Chris Around the World , asked Auletta a series of questions near and dear to the hearts of travel bloggers and journalists everywhere: Are you accepting submissions from travel b
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Adventure travel has to be the most invigorating form of travel out there, combining the thrills of physical exercise and adrenaline rushes with the beauty of local scenery and the immersion in the destination. We all know of Australia as an adventure destination with the many possibilities to stimulate those rushes of adrenaline such as bungee jumping or skydiving, or Chile for its white water rafting and trekking possibilities, but what do we know about West Africa as an adventure destination?
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Learn from Niche Bloggers!

Partners of THETRADESHOW are pleased to announce the line-up for the session One Subject, One Blog: Do’s and Don’ts forNiche Blogging at THETRAVELBLOGGERSSHOW (Sept. 11-12).This event, which for the first time will bring together travel bloggers andthe travel industry, is being held in conjunction with THETRADESHOW(Orlando, Sept. 12-14). Attendees of this seminarnormal""> will hear from some of the most popular niche travel bloggersabout their inside secrets for providing new content with a crea

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Once again, I am on the road and looking for interesting things to do while participating in wine tasting (good activity) and less enjoyable shopping. I am in a sort of time warp of suburban Seattle across Lake Washington. This is Woodinville, next to Redmond where Microsoft lives. Back in the 80’s I lived around here. What a change, but life marches on and I just try to keep up these days.

Woodinville is getting big into wine tasting at traditional wineries and tasting rooms. The tasting rooms a

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Pssst! Don't Change Your Sheets, And Earn Some Money

Usually my hotel room doesn't need regular cleaning, and my sheets don't need changing daily. And when I tell the housekeeping staff to skip my room, they reward me with a hand to the small of their backs, and a thanks for making their day a little easier.

Besides, they often come to clean just when I most want them not to!

So I wasn't too surprised to learn that when Best Western conducted a pilot program designed to help train
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Are you tired of dragging your luggage through the airport? Frustrated that it tips over and won't turn when it's supposed to? Does it irk you when you have to stuff your carry-on in the overhead bin by pushing and shoving?


Well, if so, maybe it's time for a Nakation. Yep, you got it, a naked vacation. Just think, you'll never have to pack again! You won't have to worry about baggage charges or airport security - you'll be free in more ways than one!

The American Association of Nude Recreation (AA
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Sticking to the on site restaurants within your hotel does not always make for a wise dining itinerary. Chances are the price point is setfor unwitting tourists and the food may not represent the region’s bestofferings. I recently joined a blogger group on a sponsored visit toVegas’ Monte Carlo Hotel resolved to challenge thisconventional bit of wisdom. After all, the hotel wasn’t oversellingtheir restaurants as “best on the strip” but simply presented the venuesand let you decide. I was impress

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Small Lot Wines

You‘ve probably heard the term “small lot wines” and took a guess that it refers to wine produced in limited quantities. You would of course be right, but there’s more to it than that. A small lot wine can be produced at a very large winery or a very small winery, or anything in between. As you can imagine, a wine that is made in small quantities is special. Obviously not everyone can have it because not a lot is made, and it generally sells out fast. From either small or large wineries, the end

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Huffington Post Launches Travel Section


In saying that some of her happiest moments as well her most "enriching and enlightening moments have come through travel," Arianna Huffington, editor in chief of the Huffington Post, announced late last week that the Huffington Post launched a new travel section, HuffPost Travel.
The new on line feature will be headed by Kate Auletta, daughter of well-known New Yorker writer and author, Ken Auletta

The site is good, as far as it goes. It's ful
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