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Archive for June, 2008

Airports Where You Won’t Get Stuck

Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »

I often post to columns I've written for Tripso.com, but it's a good place to have in your bookmarks or on your RSS stream anyway if you're a U.S. or Canadian traveler. It's the best place to catch up on ...

Me on the Magazine Rack

Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Europe Travel, Leffel projects, Vacation deals | No Comments »

If you're near an extensive newsstand in the U.S. anytime soon, check out the new issue of Imbibe Magazine, where I've got a feature on a guy making high-end rum in Podunkville, Tennessee, right down the road from Jack Daniels. ...

A Cure for the Jaded: Canadian Rockies

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Destination reports, General | No Comments »

I was leafing through my journal yesterday and realized I have substantial time in 12 different countries in the past three years---not bad for a working writer who needs to put in desk time and run some websites. With that ...

Pacific Northwest Without a Car

Friday, June 20th, 2008 Posted in Destination reports, Family travel | 2 Comments »

I'm on a mixture of assignments and family vacation right now, with one of the articles being about visiting Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver---then on to Banff in the Rockies---using only public transportation. That ended up including a few taxi cab ...

Why Go to Honduras?

Sunday, June 15th, 2008 Posted in General | 1 Comment »

Just a quick note to point to a new article I have out called For a summer travel bargain, head to Honduras. That is the Tripso version. Here is the MSNBC version, if you prefer. I didn't write this as a ...