Family Travel: How Safe is Your Child’s Playground?
Summer time and the traveling’s easy.
And as any traveling family will do, at some point in their journey they’ll just opt to forget the big sights for the day, and play in a playground.
If they don’t, they should.
Hanging out in playground is a great way to get to know the locals, the scenery and just enjoy each other as a family.
Often I found that a few hours relaxing and picnicking at a playground were more valuable to my family t
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The “bad” news is that the number of single parents seeking quality vacations with their children is growing.
The good news is that the number of single parents seeking quality vacations with their children is growing.
More than one-quarter of all US households with children are headed by a single parent. That’s 16.5 million single-parent households in this country, and many more non-custodial single parents.
And that doesn’t even include married adults traveling alone with their kids, or
It’s the menu, not the restaurant
It’s not the Groupon or the Social Living coupon that drives the hungry to a restaurant.
It isn’t even the restaurant itself, says Hotelmarketing.com. One-third of mobile Wi-Fi users polled said that sales, coupons and other marketing strategies ranked second in influencing where they eat.
You’re thinking location, then? No, actually location of a restaurant placed third in driving dinning traffic.
What is “most likely to influence” a diner as to where he or she ea
Buying Great Fake Reviews on Trip Advisor
If power corrupts then as they say absolute power corrupts absolutely.
TripAdvisor, with it's 45 million reviews of some 500,000 destinations is the undisputed leader in shaping people's perceptions of what hotel they should stay in and where.
Good or bad reviews on the giant site can profoundly affect a hotel's bottom line.
So it comes as no real surprise that some hotels are bribing their guests with offers of free rooms, upgrades, and discounts if they po
Group Messaging: SXSW’s Hot Topic, And Good News For Travel
It’s not easy to wrap your mind (or your body) around this year’s South by South West (SXSW) music festival and industry conference just completed in Austin, Texas.
There seemed to be, as Allison Fenterstock writes in NOLA, more official showcases, more films, more book signings, smart phone apps, fashion expos and lots and lots of stuff than ever before.
And big time traffic jams.
The Los Angeles Times made a big stink about keynote spe
