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 ...
Waste Not Want Not in Portland
Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Posted in Destination reports, Family travel | 4 Comments »Anyone who likes to lump a whole country together under one set of stereotypes needs to spend some time in Portland, Oregon. So many of the tendencies that people equate with the U.S. and Americans go out the window ...
More Thrills for the Dollar at Regional Amusement Parks
Friday, June 6th, 2008 Posted in Family travel, MSNBC - Tripso columns, Travel bargains | No Comments »I do a lot of international traveling, but I do have a little princess in the house, so sometimes the travels are right down the road for some roller coasters and splashing in a water park. Since it's about the ...
Cheap Tricks for Summer Travel
Friday, April 25th, 2008 Posted in Cheap Europe Travel, Family travel, Leffel projects, Vacation deals | No Comments »Today there's a big spread in USA Today called Cheap Tricks for Summer Travel. The online version is not as pretty, so grab the paper one if you're staying at a hotel or have some spare change at the convenience ...
Will You Fly This Summer?
Thursday, April 24th, 2008 Posted in Family travel, MSNBC - Tripso columns, Travel industry, Vacation deals | 5 Comments »Since I've got one book out on traveling to Mexico and Central America and another one called The World's Cheapest Destinations, naturally I'm going to encourage people to fly somewhere far and go exploring. This summer though, I wouldn't blame ...
