Francis Ford Coppola owns an exclusive jungle resort near the Mayan ruins at Tikal. CBS is filming its latest “Survivor” TV hit show here. And over 1.4 million tourists are expected to visit Guatemala this year. It’s being called the new Hollywood — complete with 33 real volcanoes, rainforests, tropical weather, beautiful beaches, ancient ruins,…
All you can eat whole lobster for about twenty bucks. Need I say more? And to boot there’s all the gambling you can imagine. This isn’t a high-rise casino. This isn’t Red Lobster. Oh no. This is Boomtown, baby, and if you love gambling, free drinks at the table, and all the whole lobster you…
Now that the World Series is over, my love for baseball starts to fade until Spring Training. So I got a took a seventh inning stretch yesterday and visited Baseball As America, the first major exhibit to examine the relationship between the national pastine and American culture. It will remain in all its glory at…
Halloween always reminds me of scary moments in graveyards, the “Thriller” video, “Night on Bald Mountain” from “Fantasia,” slasher movies, and other things that go bump in the night. So while we’re on the subject, we’d like to share some of our scariest travel moments… and ask you to do the same by emailing us…
The wildest, wackiest and most entertaining Halloweens in my life were spent at the corner of Market and Castro Streets in San Francisco’s notorious gay district, AKA The Castro. Tonight, Halloween in the Castro III begins with the Annual March of Light Parade at 7:00 p.m. As this parade of costumed revelers enters the Castro…
They say it’s not over ’til the fat lady sings. But for discount carrier Song Airways, their tune will change next May when parent company Delta Air Lines will tap the best features of its low-cost, highly acclaimed Song. The goal is to launch a new, unique long-haul domestic Song service for Delta customers by…
My family never travels without arranging for someone to watch our two dogs, Lucy and Panda. That’s why stylish travel also includes our pets… • In September, we told you about Pets Can Stay Travel Services. • In July, we let you know that Loews Hotels offered pampered pet packages. • In June, we shared…
Well, we’ve hit another milestone! Help us celebrate Vagablond’s 350th posting to our fashionable travel site — in record time, we might add. So please grab a plate, a fork and bring your appetite to share a delicious slice of success as our unique visitors, number of visitors, pages and hits have all doubled since…
Before the Web, I’d ask friends and family for travel advice, then sit down with a travel agent. Then the Web made it much easier, except for the too much information part that could be overwhelming. Enter Yahoo! Travel Trip Planner. With this cool tool, you can organize your travel research from Yahoo! Travel —…
By now, we all know that Wilma was one big mother of a hurricane — one of the largest storms ever to swirl into the states from the Caribbean. She was literally hundreds of miles across. She affected — and still is affecting — air traffic throughout Florida. And where other storms had one eye,…
As a diver, I love live-abord boats. They let you spend more time diving than land-based vacations. They take you right to the reefs, feed you great food, let you sleep on board, and even provide amenities like hot tubs — all so you can achieve maximum bottom time. The Aggressor Fleet offers 11 exotic…
From Expedia.com, here’s a list of 10 Ghostly Getaways — great, stately hotels that are reportedly haunted by past guests (I told them not to order the seafood special) and visitors. Some were famous. Others were not. But they’re all dead and rattling chains to get your attention: 1) Queen Mary Hotel, Long Beach, California…