Evelyn Kanter has a lifetime of experience as journalist -- as a magazine and newspaper writer and photographer, radio and television news producer and reporter, and guidebook author and editor, all focusing on travel, automotive, lifestyle, the environment and your rights as a consumer.
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To many of us downhill diehards, spring offers the best skiing and riding conditions, with warmer days, later sunsets, and great bargains on airfare and hotels. Here are two travel deals to get you on the snow before it melts for the season:
Once the 2010 Winter Olympics are over, there will be a lot of empty hotel rooms [...]
The best things in life are free, the saying goes. And free is also a great way to get around in some of your favorite travel destinations, via free iPhone apps.
The first Monaco-specific mobile guide immerses savvy travelers in the local culture, cuisine and contacts to the famous principality on the Mediterranean. This Monaco iPhone app [...]
Thailand is known for incredibly beautiful pagodas, beaches, wonderful food and a warm welcome to visitors. Now, its national airline, Thai Airways, is adding green programs to protect the environment.
Here’s part of what they are doing to help us all travel green –
A reforestation program at Hui Sai in Cha-am district, Petchburi province involves local [...]
Quebec Winter Carnival 2010 Mascot Bonhomme
The biggest winter carnival in the world is the annual Quebec Winter Carnival, in the heart of Old Quebec. This year’s three weeks of fun in the snow is from January 29 to February 14, 2010.
Three weeks of festivities at the Quebec Winter Carnival include parades, fireworks, slide runs, a giant [...]
Grab your cowboy hat and boots for some two-stepping, cowboy cha cha and West Coast Swing dancing to The Bellamy Brothers on MSC Cruises’ Country Music cruise. It’s a seven-night cruise to sunny and balmy Caribbean ports departing from Fort Lauderdale on February 20, 2010.
Howard and David Bellamy, The Bellamy Brothers, have been a constant in country music [...]
Tour de France, Stage 20, Livestrong photo
When Lance Armstrong is not riding a bicycle, he will be riding a Nissan vehicle. The car maker has announced it is sponsoring Team RadioShack, the new Lance Armstrong profssional cycling team. Nissan becomes the team’s official vehicle of Armstrong’s Team RadioShack.
Lance Armstrong, as if you didn’t know, is [...]
Unless you are registered with the website of a hotel company or airline, you would miss many of the best travel bargains and discounts. You can’t subscribe to them all, but we can, and we love to share.
Weekend Pass — Hilton Hotels, which includes Doubletree, Embassy Suites, Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton, and Homewood Suites, is offering [...]
The weeks after the holidays tend to be a slow season for airlines, ski resorts, cruise lines and even warm weather resorts. That means there are lots of travel getaway discounts and deals to take advantage of. Here are three winter vacation bargains to book now, before 2009 turns into 2010.
Jackson Hole Tram
Jackson Hole is [...]
Look for the Green Globe Certified logo
The Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa in Beaver Creek is the first hotel in Colorado to earn the important Silver status of LEED Certification. How difficult is it to get this green travel award? Only nine hotels in the U.S. have earned it, including the Westin Riverfront, which [...]
Photo courtesy RCCL
Missed connections, misplaced or damaged luggage, an unexpected accident or illness in the family before or during a trip, a strike or work stoppage by airline or train workers, even forgetting your passport for departure or losing it en route — these are all reasons you should not leave home without travel insurance, [...]
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Where to Find Me March
Dubai
Bangkok, Chang Mai
Colorado
May
Speaker at
Alternative Fuel Conference
Las Vegas
Where I’ve Been January
Beaver Creek, Vail, Colorado
December
Miami - Audi A8 launch
Los Angeles Auto Show
Detroit - GM, Ford
October
St. Lucia
Guadalajara, Mexico
September
Frankfurt Auto Show
Stuttgart, Munich
July
Edmondton NASCAR
Churchill, Canada, "Polar Bear Capital of the World"
May
Taos, Albuquerque
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