Thanksgiving is the most concentrated period of holiday travel in America. Travel takes place during a very specific time. Unlike Christmas, New Years and other holidays when travel is spread out, Thanksgiving travel is focused. Many people who only fly once a year clog the airports — uncertain, confused and slow.
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Some people actually go on birdwatching vacations. Other times bird spotting is just part of a trip. Here is an only slightly tongue-in-cheek guide to some types that are often encountered in flight.
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Translated phrases or idioms have long been a source of amusement or embarrassment, for travelers.
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Jay Leno invites Jim Norton to talk about his love of airlines, airports and traveling. Heck, contributors to Consumer Traveler could have written this shtick months or even years ago. This performance is followed by two hilarious Vegas commercials featuring Chincilli Day.
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When working at her bookstore, White Birch Books, in North Conway, N.H., which is in the middle of the White Mountains, my daughter Laura gets all kinds of questions from tourists, but this one takes the cake.
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Today’s post is a collection of questions I have been asked or heard asked in and about the state of Hawaii. And I promise I have not made any of them up.
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