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In the spirit of the holiday season, it’s time to acknowledge airlines and hotels for how they support the underprivileged and give back to the community.
American Airlines brought more than 1,300 children and spouses of fallen military personnel to the Dallas/Ft. Worth area on December 9th, four four days of all-expense-paid holiday activities, [...]
Black Friday and Cyber Monday budget travel deals
Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals are not limited to department stores such as Target, Walmart and Toys R Us. Hotels and airlines are offering spectacular budget travel deals, too. Travel bargain hunters must make your reservation on Friday, November 26th or Monday November 29th [...]
Bedbugs are ugly little creatures that suck your blood while you sleep, leaving nasty bite marks. And they seem to be everywhere, including in the headlines. With holiday travel season approaching, it’s important to know how to avoid bringing bedbugs home from your hotel. Here are some top tips for protecting yourself from bedbugs when you travel:
Before you book a hotel, check if it’s on the bedbug list at the website Bedbug Resistry.
 Pack and store clothing in sealable plastic bags to avoid bringing bedbugs home from your hotel
When packing for your trip, sealable plastic bags are your best protection against bedbugs.
 Protect yourself from hotel bedbugs with an anti-bedbug spray
In your hotel room
Labor Day through Thanksgiving is a great time to visit Palm Beach and Boca Raton. Temperatures are in the 70s and 80s, and hotels and airlines have great pre-holiday budget travel deals. Here are some special offers and events to entice you to visit Florida’s Palm Beaches and Boca Raton:
• Boca Raton Resort & Club, The Waldorf Astoria Collection – Receive up to $100 in resort credits, plus a complimentary one-night certificate for a future stay. Offer valid through Dec. 22, 2010.
• Delray Beach Marriott – Spoil yourself with a spa package, including deluxe accommodations and spa treatment at n Spa. Rates start at $249 per night.
• Embassy Suites Palm Beach Gardens – For as little as $119, stay the night, tour the Loggerhead Marinelife Center and adopt a turtle (no worries, the turtle stays at the Center).
• Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach – Enjoy the third night free with rates starting at $216.67 per night.
• Jupiter Kayak Tours – Try Kayoga – morning kayak and yoga at Riverbend Park.
• Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens – A new exhibit beginning Nov. 2 features one of the last great Japanese ukiyo-e print designers.
• Norton Museum of Art – Visit one of the major art museums in the southeast, with a current Van Gogh exhibit, and one of my favorite pieces of art anywhere, a huge glass seascape sculpture by the glass artist Dale Chihuly, plus events with music.
Despite the BP oil spill, the worst environmental disaster in US history, most beaches along the Gulf of Mexico remain open and ready for visitors. One of the best ways you can help resort communities in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida is to travel there and spend your money in the local, family-owned restaurants, [...]
Baltimore’s first LEED certified green hotel is the moderately priced Fairfield Inn and Suites is in the heart of downtown Baltimore. It is close to the city’s famous Inner Harbor and the Baltimore Heritage Walk, a three mile walking trail through four centuries of American history, making it an ideal choice for eco-travelers looking for a moderately priced hotel close to museums and other attractions.
The Fairfield Inn and Suites chain is targeted at family, senior leisure and frequent business travelers who also like to save the green in their wallets. Included in the already-affordable room rate, guests get free internet connections and free breakfast.
Here is some of what makes this new hotel a green travel star:
* The breakfast area is lit by solar tracking skylights
* The courtyard lawn is not grass but turf created out of recycled tires, and the plants are watered with recycled water
* Eco-friendly guest amenities, including biodegradable “greenware” coffee cups
* Behind the scenes, employees will be cleaning and maintaining the building according to the ‘Green Housekeeping’ protocol set by Marriott, which operates the Fairfield chain. Marriott also operates Ritz-Carlton hotels.
The hotel is located on the site of the former Baltimore Brewing Company, locally famous for brewing DeGroen’s beer, and historic Brewer’s Park. The brewery’s old grain silo and one of its brewing tanks were salvaged and are being used to collect and store rainwater draining from the roof to water the trees and flowers. That’s double recycling — reclycling the silo and the water, too. I’m resisting the impulse to call this green beer.
The hotel’s ideal location, on Baltimore Heritage Walk, let’s you walk to 20 historic sites and museums in the Inner Harbor, Little Italy, Historic Jonestown, and City Center. To me, the most important of these is the Star Spangled Banner Flag House, where the original American flag was sewn.
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